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Gomez continued:​

Gomez continued:​

 

"Thus, he was in total control of every bill that came before his committee, no exceptions. If you wanted to introduce legislation dealing with an area of retirement you went to confession with Father Wall. He was one of the few House members who had a private office in the Capitol at the time. In fact, he had a suite of offices on the ground floor. Long before the House was wired to bring the audio proceedings . . . to almost every office, Shady had speakers in his office bringing him the audio proceedings of the House. He was rarely in the chamber unless he had bills to present. If you needed to see Chairman Wall, you made an appointment and went to his office. If he blessed your idea for new legislation, he would introduce the bill, drafted the way he wanted it and under his name. . . . "<ref name="Ron Gomez, p. 72">Ron Gomez, p. 72.</ref>​

"Thus, he was in total control of every bill that came before his committee, no exceptions. If you wanted to introduce legislation dealing with an area of retirement you went to confession with Father Wall. He was one of the few House members who had a private office in the Capitol at the time. In fact, he had a suite of offices on the ground floor. Long before the House was wired to bring the audio proceedings . . . to almost every office, Shady had speakers in his office bringing him the audio proceedings of the House. He was rarely in the chamber unless he had bills to present. If you needed to see Chairman Wall, you made an appointment and went to his office. If he blessed your idea for new legislation, he would introduce the bill, drafted the way he wanted it and under his name. . . . "<ref name="Ron Gomez, p. 72">Ron Gomez, p. 72.</ref>​

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In 1982, the since defunct ''Baton Rouge Enterprise'' named Wall's committee the second "worst committee in the legislature,"  with only Labor and Industrial Relations deemed even worse. ''The Enterpise'' said that Wall's committee "isn't so bad, except that it's not a committee. It's Shady's classroom" in which he handles his "bored and unruly children."<ref name="Ron Gomez, p. 72"/>​

In 1982, the since defunct ''Baton Rouge Enterprise'' named Wall's committee the second "worst committee in the legislature,"  with only Labor and Industrial Relations deemed even worse. ''The Enterpise'' said that Wall's committee "isn't so bad, except that it's not a committee. It's Shady's classroom" in which he handles his "bored and unruly children."<ref name="Ron Gomez, p. 72"/>​

 

Gomez said that Wall once told him that most appearing before the legislature regarding retirement benefits "consider themselves experts on retirement. They're not. They're just hired guns trying to milk the system. Some of them are actuaries, . . . . [saying] they can predict the future. They can't. They lie. . . . "<ref>Ron Glomez, pp. 72-73.</ref>​

Gomez said that Wall once told him that most appearing before the legislature regarding retirement benefits "consider themselves experts on retirement. They're not. They're just hired guns trying to milk the system. Some of them are actuaries, . . . . [saying] they can predict the future. They can't. They lie. . . . "<ref>Ron Glomez, pp. 72-73.</ref>​

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In 1971, Wall announced his candidacy for governor of Louisiana but withdrew and ran inatead for reelection to the legislature.<ref>Leo Honeycutt, ''Edwin Edwards: An Authorized Biography'' (Lafayette: Lafayette Publishing Co., 2009), pp. 69, 76.</ref>​

In 1971, Wall announced his candidacy for governor of Louisiana but withdrew and ran inatead for reelection to the legislature.<ref>Leo Honeycutt, ''Edwin Edwards: An Authorized Biography'' (Lafayette: Lafayette Publishing Co., 2009), pp. 69, 76.</ref>​

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==The Monroe penthouse==

==The Monroe penthouse==

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