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After his election, McKeithen named Mrs. Long to a state job on the Tax Commission, a position which Dodd said that she handled very well.
After his election, McKeithen named Mrs. Long to a state job on the Tax Commission, a position which Dodd said that she handled very well.
==A $163,000 mistake?==
==A $163,000 mistake?==
Dodd said that Blanche Long erred badly in how she handled two Long supporters, Frank and Ruth Matthews. She forced the couple to "repay" $163,000 to her. This was compensation for funds that Earl Long had left with them for "safekeeping." Dodd took the view that the Matthewses had repaid Earl the money during the congressional campaign but could find no receipt to present to Mrs. Long, held the original "IOU" from the Matthewses. Dodd said that he was convinced that the $163,000 was paid twice.
Dodd said that Blanche Long erred badly in how she handled two Long supporters, Frank and Ruth Matthews. She forced the couple to "repay" $163,000 to her. This was compensation for funds that Earl Long had left with them for "safekeeping." Dodd took the view that the Matthewses had repaid Earl the money during the congressional campaign but could find no receipt to present to Mrs. Long, held the original "IOU" from the Matthewses. Dodd said that he was convinced that the $163,000 was paid twice.
In a suit heard in 1966 seeking to reclaim the $163,000, Blanche Long claimed that attorney and former state Senator Joe T. Cawthorn of Mansfield, on or about August 20, 1960, had delivered to Long $6,000 in cash in Marksville in Avoyelles Parish. This was two weeks before Long won his congressional race against Harold McSween but died before he could claim the seat.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://leagle.com/decision/19661054186So2d868_1926.xml/LONG%20v.%20MATTHEWS|title=Long v. Matthews|date=1966|publisher=leagle.com|accessdate=October 28, 2014}}</ref>
In a suit heard in 1966 seeking to reclaim the $163,000, Blanche Long claimed that attorney and former state Senator Joe T. Cawthorn of Mansfield, on or about August 20, 1960, had delivered to Long $6,000 in cash in Marksville in Avoyelles Parish. This was two weeks before Long won his congressional race against Harold McSween but died before he could claim the seat.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://leagle.com/decision/19661054186So2d868_1926.xml/LONG%20v.%20MATTHEWS|title=Long v. Matthews|date=1966|publisher=leagle.com|accessdate=October 28, 2014}}</ref>
==Legacy==
==Legacy==
Mrs. Long was living in Metairie in Jefferson Parish at the time of her death at the age of ninety-five. She was a [[Methodist]], while her husband was baptized into the First [[Baptist]] Church of Baton Rouge when he was sixty years of age. He is buried in the Earl K. Long Memorial in [[Winnfield]]. She is buried in Lake Lawn Cemetery in Metairie.
Mrs. Long was living in Metairie in Jefferson Parish at the time of her death at the age of ninety-five. She was a [[Methodist]], while her husband was baptized into the First [[Baptist]] Church of Baton Rouge when he was sixty years of age. He is buried in the Earl K. Long Memorial in [[Winnfield]]. She is buried in Lake Lawn Cemetery in Metairie.