Governor McKeithen on Jack Gremillion's Investigation into Organized Crime in Louisiana
Brooks Read Collection
Details
Collection:LSA
Genre: News
Place Covered: Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana
Copyright Holder: Louisiana Department of State
Date Issued: 1967
Duration: 00:01:27
Subjects: McKeithen, John J. (John Julian), 1918-1999 | Gremillion, Jack Paul Faustin Sr.,1914- 2001
Contributors:
- Read, Brooks Photographer
- McKeithen, John Speaker
Description
John McKeithen press conference on Attorney General Jack Gremillion taking on the investigation of the Life magazine accusation of organized crime in Louisiana. McKeithen states that he doesn't know what Mr. Gremillion's plans are, but that he's never seen a man with more courage and determination than Jack Gremillion has demonstrated. McKeithen states that it's far beyond the call of ordinary duty, and that taking over the legal end of the investigation is to the attorney general's credit. He states that he will back him up in his decision.