Breakfast cost upset Louisiana legislator

Enough was enough when a Baton Rouge hotel charged a state legislator thirty cents for his breakfast in June 1942. He stormed back to the capitol and filed a bill to keep hotels and restaurants from raising prices during football weekends, Mardi Gras, and when the legislature was in session. Rep. Henry Sevier complained that “when you go to [Baton Rouge or New Orleans] during a football game or Ma…