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In 1962, Montgomery introduced a resolution in the state Senate which condemned the activities of the [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]] in Louisiana. "We are outraged by the prostitution of the once great FBI, and its present misuse as a political police force, not dissimilar in method and result to the [[Gestapo]] or the NKVD", the Soviet secret police. [[United States Department of Justice|Attorney General]] [[Robert F. Kennedy]], not FBI Director [[J. Edgar Hoover]], was especially singled out for responsibility. Montgomery in fact admired Hoover for his strongly [[Communism|anticommunist]] stance.<ref>''The New Orleans Times-Picayune,'' July 4, 1962.</ref>​

In 1962, Montgomery introduced a resolution in the state Senate which condemned the activities of the [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]] in Louisiana. "We are outraged by the prostitution of the once great FBI, and its present misuse as a political police force, not dissimilar in method and result to the [[Gestapo]] or the NKVD", the Soviet secret police. [[United States Department of Justice|Attorney General]] [[Robert F. Kennedy]], not FBI Director [[J. Edgar Hoover]], was especially singled out for responsibility. Montgomery in fact admired Hoover for his strongly [[Communism|anticommunist]] stance.<ref>''The New Orleans Times-Picayune,'' July 4, 1962.</ref>​

In 1963, Montgomery had supported Louisiana Public Service Commissioner [[John J. McKeithen]] in the Democratic  runoff election against [[Chep Morrison]]. Then he quietly supported McKeithen's Republican opponent, [[Charlton Lyons]], a Shreveport [[oil]]man, in the general election held on  March 3, 1964. In time, Montgomery and McKeithen were consistently at political odds.​

In 1963, Montgomery had supported Louisiana Public Service Commissioner [[John J. McKeithen]] in the Democratic  runoff election against Chep Morrison. Then he quietly supported McKeithen's Republican opponent, [[Charlton Lyons]], a Shreveport [[oil]]man, in the general election held on  March 3, 1964. In time, Montgomery and McKeithen were consistently at political odds.​

The next year, Montgomery was elected chairman of the Louisiana Committee for Free Electors, an organization that grew from a meeting of some two hundred conservative Democrats in the capital city of [[Baton Rouge]]. Two representatives from each congressional district were chosen. The free elector movement, however, was abandoned with the nomination in July 1964 of [[U.S. Senator]] [[Barry  Goldwater]] of [[Arizona]] as the Republican presidential nominee.<ref>Glen Jeansonne, ''Leander Perez of Louisiana,'' pp. 322-327, for discussion on free elector movement.</ref>

The next year, Montgomery was elected chairman of the Louisiana Committee for Free Electors, an organization that grew from a meeting of some two hundred conservative Democrats in the capital city of [[Baton Rouge]]. Two representatives from each congressional district were chosen. The free elector movement, however, was abandoned with the nomination in July 1964 of [[U.S. Senator]] [[Barry  Goldwater]] of [[Arizona]] as the Republican presidential nominee.<ref>Glen Jeansonne, ''Leander Perez of Louisiana,'' pp. 322-327, for discussion on free elector movement.</ref>