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Harvey G. Fields died in 1961. His political papers were locked away for 45 years only to be recently discovered. Instead of the small town aged lawyer, these papers revealed a man who spent over 50 years helping the oppressed in Louisiana and the nation. In 1916 he was the youngest member of the Louisiana Senate. In 24 he went to his first Democratic national convention. In 25 after serving 4 years as district attorney he became Chairman of the Louisiana Democratic Party. In 27 he was a law partner of Huey Long and in 28 he took Huey's unexpired seat on the Public Service Committee. In 37 he was appointed Federal Prosecutor and in 39 he presented the case to the attorney general that led to the Louisiana Scandals and the indictment of 200 people and the imprisonment of Governor Leche and his administration. He was so controversial in his fight for justice that FDR did not have him reappointed. His personal papers lend new insight to the chaotic period of the state and nation just before and during the Great Depression. Long and Fields had their offices in Shreveport and Fields' Federal Prosecutor offices were also in Shreveport. A book has just been published that chronicles Fields politcal life and contains over 100 of his private papers. The book is titled "I Called Him Grand Dad. the Lost Political Papers of Harey G. Fields" and is available from Amazon and Barnes and Noble. Names such as Huey Long, Jim Farley, Franklin Roosevelt, Tom Clarke, Gene Talmadge, Carter Glass and Richard Leche appear throughout the book.

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Just saw this from LSU. http://hill.blogs.lib.lsu.edu/2010/03/03/p...-now-available/