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When Republican gubernatorial nominee [[David C. Treen]] criticized Dumas' handling of the 1972 riot, which was prompted by a splinter group of [[Black Panthers]], Dumas, a supporter of fellow Democrat [[Edwin Edwards]], said that Treen was too uninformed to offer any comment. "My advice to Mr. Treen is before he opens his mouth, he ought to put his mind in gear," retorted Dumas.<ref>''The Minden Press-Herald'', January 14, 1972, p. 1.</ref>
When Republican gubernatorial nominee [[David C. Treen]] criticized Dumas' handling of the 1972 riot, which was prompted by a splinter group of [[Black Panthers]], Dumas, a supporter of fellow Democrat [[Edwin Edwards]], said that Treen was too uninformed to offer any comment. "My advice to Mr. Treen is before he opens his mouth, he ought to put his mind in gear," retorted Dumas.<ref>''The Minden Press-Herald'', January 14, 1972, p. 1.</ref>
Mayor Dumas joined with state highway department director Ray W. Burgess (1921–2006), African American [[attorney]] Murphy Bell, and others to assist in the renovation of Sweet Olive Cemetery, the oldest black cemetery in Baton Rouge, which in the 1960s had been nearly abandoned. Located at South 22nd Street between North Boulevard and Louisiana Avenue, the structure is a haven of black history.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://google.com/search?q=cache:DXteYeBBEZsJ:archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/LA-CEMETERY-PRESERVATION/2009-01/1232506716+W.W.+Dumas+of+Baker,+LA&cd=11&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us|title=Carol Anne Blitzer, "Resting in peace: Group has worked for years to preserve historic Sweet Olive Cemetery"|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Advocate'', October 29, 2001|accessdate=November 27, 2009}}</ref>
Mayor Dumas joined with state highway department director Ray W. Burgess (1921–2006), African American [[attorney]] Murphy Bell, and others to assist in the renovation of Sweet Olive Cemetery, the oldest black cemetery in Baton Rouge, which in the 1960s had been nearly abandoned. Located at South 22nd Street between North Boulevard and Louisiana Avenue, the structure is a haven of black history.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://google.com/search?q=cache:DXteYeBBEZsJ:archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/LA-CEMETERY-PRESERVATION/2009-01/1232506716+W.W.+Dumas+of+Baker,+LA&cd=11&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us|author=Carol Anne Blitzer|title=Resting in peace: Group has worked for years to preserve historic Sweet Olive Cemetery|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Advocate'', October 29, 2001|accessdate=November 27, 2009}}</ref>
On July 4, 1976, national Bicentennial Day, Dumas dedicated the former Baton Rouge Downtown Airport, a general aviation facility never upgraded for continued use, as the new Independence Park. Some former airport land was later transferred for the use of the Louisiana State Police.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.airfields-freeman.com/LA/Airfields_LA_BatonRouge.html|title=Paul Freeman, Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields: Louisiana: Baton Rouge|publisher=members.tripod.com|accessdate=November 27, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091107040245/http://www.airfields-freeman.com/LA/Airfields_LA_BatonRouge.html|archive-date=November 7, 2009|dead-url=yes|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
On July 4, 1976, national Bicentennial Day, Dumas dedicated the former Baton Rouge Downtown Airport, a general aviation facility never upgraded for continued use, as the new Independence Park. Some former airport land was later transferred for the use of the Louisiana State Police.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.airfields-freeman.com/LA/Airfields_LA_BatonRouge.html|title=Paul Freeman, Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields: Louisiana: Baton Rouge|publisher=members.tripod.com|accessdate=November 27, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091107040245/http://www.airfields-freeman.com/LA/Airfields_LA_BatonRouge.html|archive-date=November 7, 2009|dead-url=yes|df=mdy-all}}</ref>