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==Underworld connections==

==Underworld connections==

In 1967, while seeking a second term as governor against fellow Democrat [[U.S. Representative]] John Richard Rarick (1924-2009), McKeithen removed Young as his aide de camp. D'Alton Smith of New Orleans, brother of A. D. Smith, an elected member of the Louisiana State Board of Education, was [[indictment|indicted]] on public bribery charges stemming from reports that Smith had offered Young $25,000 to influence Young's decisions in government. After leaving McKeithen's staff, Young turned state's evidence, and his testimony before a [[grand jury]] led to D'Alton Smith's indictment.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1298&dat=19671025&id=8l4QAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ZIoDAAAAIBAJ&pg=7439,735382|author=Jack Owens|title="Organized Crime Being Probed in Louisiana"|publisher=''The Free Lance Star''|date=October 25, 1967|accessdate=April 28, 2010; no longer on-line}}</ref> ''[[Life Magazine]]'' indicated that when McKeithen threatened to fire Young over the proposed bribery, Young resigned.<ref name=life>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UFYEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA22&lpg=PA22&dq=Aubrey+Young+of+Baton+Rouge&source=bl&ots=M3VV7SdM8x&sig=_6UOXTK72JWaItw3mNAaKnwA0JQ&hl=en&ei=q_PYS5-hA4LK8wThxtiaBw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5&ved=0CBEQ6AEwBDgK#|author=Sandy Smith|title=The Fix|publisher=''[[Life Magazine]]''|publisher=Google Books|accessdate=April 28, 2010}}</ref>

In 1967, while seeking a second term as governor against a fellow Democrat, [[U.S. Representative]] [[John Rarick]], McKeithen removed Young as his aide de camp. D'Alton Smith of New Orleans, brother of A. D. Smith, an elected member of the Louisiana State Board of Education, was [[indictment|indicted]] on public bribery charges stemming from reports that Smith had offered Young $25,000 to influence Young's decisions in government. After leaving McKeithen's staff, Young turned state's evidence, and his testimony before a [[grand jury]] led to D'Alton Smith's indictment.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1298&dat=19671025&id=8l4QAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ZIoDAAAAIBAJ&pg=7439,735382|author=Jack Owens|title="Organized Crime Being Probed in Louisiana"|publisher=''The Free Lance Star''|date=October 25, 1967|accessdate=April 28, 2010; no longer on-line}}</ref> ''[[Life Magazine]]'' indicated that when McKeithen threatened to fire Young over the proposed bribery, Young resigned.<ref name=life>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UFYEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA22&lpg=PA22&dq=Aubrey+Young+of+Baton+Rouge&source=bl&ots=M3VV7SdM8x&sig=_6UOXTK72JWaItw3mNAaKnwA0JQ&hl=en&ei=q_PYS5-hA4LK8wThxtiaBw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5&ved=0CBEQ6AEwBDgK#|author=Sandy Smith|title=The Fix|publisher=''[[Life Magazine]]''|publisher=Google Books|accessdate=April 28, 2010}}</ref>

Heavily involved in labor matters, Young also arranged the meeting at which [[Teamsters union]] business agent [[Edward Grady Partin]] of Baton Rouge was offered, first, $25,000 a year for ten years and, then, $1 million from underworld boss Carlos Marcello (1910-1993) to work out a plan to overturn the conviction of union president [[Jimmy Hoffa|James Riddle Hoffa]], who was confined to federal prison at the time. Partin's previous testimony had been instrumental in Hoffa's conviction.<ref name=life/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jfk-online.com/hayride.html|author=Walter Sheridan|title=Louisiana Hayride|publisher=jfk-online.com|accessdate=April 28, 2010}}</ref>​

Heavily involved in labor matters, Young also arranged the meeting at which [[Teamsters union]] business agent [[Edward Grady Partin]] of Baton Rouge was offered, first, $25,000 a year for ten years and, then, $1 million from underworld boss Carlos Marcello (1910-1993) to work out a plan to overturn the conviction of union president [[Jimmy Hoffa|James Riddle Hoffa]], who was confined to federal prison at the time. Partin's previous testimony had been instrumental in Hoffa's conviction.<ref name=life/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jfk-online.com/hayride.html|author=Walter Sheridan|title=Louisiana Hayride|publisher=jfk-online.com|accessdate=April 28, 2010}}</ref>​