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Gardner said that the demotion "turned out to be the best thing that could have happened to Bussie and the labor movement in Louisiana ... He was extremely effective as the Louisiana leader of organized labor and brought a level of influence for labor in Baton Rouge that it had not previously enjoyed.<ref>''Jim Gardner and Shreveport'', Vol. I, p. 322.</ref>​

Gardner said that the demotion "turned out to be the best thing that could have happened to Bussie and the labor movement in Louisiana ... He was extremely effective as the Louisiana leader of organized labor and brought a level of influence for labor in Baton Rouge that it had not previously enjoyed.<ref>''Jim Gardner and Shreveport'', Vol. I, p. 322.</ref>​

 

==Bombing of Bussie's home==​

==Bombing of Bussie residence==

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On July 19, 1966, Bussie's Baton Rouge residence in the Kenilworth subdivision was bombed, but there were no injuries. Jules R. Kimble, a then 24-year-old proclaimed former member of the [[Ku Klux Klan]], who also claimed to have been the heir to a nonexistent fortune, told police that he had overheard three Klansmen plot the bombing of both the Bussie residence and that of Viola Logan, an [[African American]] teacher in Port Allen in West Baton Rouge Parish. Kimble said the plot was hatched in Kimble's [[New Orleans]] home but that he declined to participate in the execution of the plans. It was theorized that the bombing was inspired by Klansmen who favored a state grant-in-aid program to benefit white private academies which would soon mushroom in predominantly black sections of Louisiana with the arrival of court-mandated school [[Segregation|desegregation]]. Kimble was eventually booked with aggravated assault,  impersonating a police officer, and carrying a concealed weapon before such was legal.<ref>[http://www.zoominfo.com/people/kimble_j._256835908.aspx J. Kimble: ZoomInfo Business People Information<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>​

On July 19, 1966, Bussie's Baton Rouge residence in the Kenilworth subdivision was bombed, but there were no injuries. Jules R. Kimble, a then 24-year-old proclaimed former member of the [[Ku Klux Klan]], who also claimed to have been the heir to a nonexistent fortune, told police that he had overheard three Klansmen plot the bombing of both the Bussie residence and that of Viola Logan, an [[African American]] teacher in Port Allen in West Baton Rouge Parish. Kimble said the plot was hatched in Kimble's [[New Orleans]] home but that he declined to participate in the execution of the plans. It was theorized that the bombing was inspired by Klansmen who favored a state grant-in-aid program to benefit white private academies which would soon mushroom in predominantly black sections of Louisiana with the arrival of court-mandated school [[Segregation|desegregation]]. Kimble was eventually booked with aggravated assault,  impersonating a police officer, and carrying a concealed weapon before such was legal.<ref>[http://www.zoominfo.com/people/kimble_j._256835908.aspx J. Kimble: ZoomInfo Business People Information<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>​

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==On boards and commissions==

==On boards and commissions==