Senator Huey P. Long, Shushan was an important political figure in Louisiana during the 1920s and 1930s, before scandals drove him from public office.
He was first employed during his early teens by Shushan Brothers, a New Orleans wholesale dry goods business established by his father and uncle.
[2][3] Long was criticized by Gerald L. K. Smith, a racist and anti-semitic politician, of having "too many Jews" in circle, which "Shushan resented.
[2][3][5] In 1935, he was tried for Federal tax and money laundering charges under the Internal Revenue Code by a special prosecutor, former Texas Governor Dan Moody,[7][8][9] but was found not guilty.
[2][3] However, due to the scandal, his name was literally and figuratively removed from the airport,[2][3] in a move similar to a Damnatio memoriae.