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SHERIFF LEE (continued)
Young Harry quickly became manager of the new
restaurant, then president of the local chapter of the
Louisiana Restaurant Association.
As an officer of the group, he kept watch over
the progress of a minimum wage bill and the Civil
Rights Act of 1964. The job brought him into contact
with Hale Boggs, who rekindled his fascination for
public life.
"Somebody would come to him with some problem in
the district and Hale would just pick up the phone and
fix it. It would be done. That amazed me," says Lee.
At the same time, Boggs was fascinated by Lee,
Mrs. Boggs recalls. He made Lee a protege, incorpor-
ating him into that close network of advisors and
friends - others included Billy Connick and Owen
"Pip" Brennan - who kept tabs on life in the district
for the Congressman.
At the restaurant, meanwhile, it may have been
understood Harry was preparing to leave. "I think
they had always been talking about it in general terms,
and I guess they all presumed that at some point in
time he'd run for Congress," says Edwards.
By the mid-1960s Lee had an LSU degree, a wife and
a completed tour in the Air Force. With his brother
out of college and prepared to manage the restaurant,
Lee asked his father's permission to study law at
Loyola. He was 32.
"He told me sure, as long as I did it on my own
time," says Lee. "So that's what I did. I'd go to
class in the morning, be at the restaurant at 1 p.m.
and work until one in the morning - six days a week."
Lee completed law school and set up a small prac-
tice in Gretna, but within five years Boggs urged him
to apply to the district's federal judges for the posi-
tion of U.S. magistrate. ,
Lee already knew most of the judges from his as-,
sociation with the majority leader, "and I think he
must have called in some chips on his own," says Lee.
The appointment was his.
But the job also effectively shelved Lee's po-
litical ambitions for a time, putting him into a neu-
tral corner to watch a political lesson which changed
his future.
After Boggs's disappearance on an Alaskan cam-
paign flight, Lee watched his successor, David Treen,
grope for the reins of power as a freshman legislator.
"I don't think it was until I actually saw Treen,
and later Bob Livingston, struggling like that that
it really, finally dawned on me how long I'd have to
wait to be able to work and see immediate results like
Hale Boggs could."
He had toyed with the prospect of a Congressional
race against Treen in 1974, then dropped it. In fact,
he dropped the idea of ever being a Congressman, he
says.
Lee first filed for the sheriff's office race in
1975, then withdrew to accept the post of parish at-
torney.
By mid-term, however, he decided to try again,
and in 1979 he and his backers mounted a massive cam-
paign that defeated incumbent Sheriff Alwynn Cronvich.
Harry Lee officially assumed office on April 1, 1980.
By Judy Lee
BY
June Dove Leong
THE MESSAGE Our kindly Daisy Chan
Gee, who has a heart of gold,
has contributed countless
hours of devoted service.
Upon her recommendation, I
was able to speak to her
friend and Executive Director
of the American Lung Associa-
tion Phyllis Upson. Says
Mrs. Upson, "Did you know'
Christmas Seals work all year
round for the respiratory
health of all our people.
Children with asthma
are taught exercises and new
attitudes which help them con-
trol their asthma and reduce
their visits to the doctor and
the hospital.
Elderly people with emphysema, asthma, and bronchi-
tis are loaned home breathing equipment free of charge
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them handle their lives better.
School children benefit from special programs to
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Nurses, therapists and physicians learn the newest
management and prevention measures of lung disease.
Workers in industries are alerted to lung hazard of
the work place so that they can adequately protect them-
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Kindergartens and Day-Care centers are alerted to
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and emergency treatment if this occurs.
Your American Lung Association, San Jacinto Area
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ier. "
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contributed, are needed. They would appreciate your
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