Findings of doctors who examined Gov. Earl K. Long after his release from Southeast Louisiana State hospital June 26 will not be made public.
The medical report of four Tulane and Louisiana State university specialists who conducted a thorough examination of Gov. Long at that time had been expected to be made public at a civil service hearing in which state Trooper William R. Abadie seeks reinstatement to the job from which he was fired by the governor.
The doctors were released from their subpeans yesterday after Civil Service chairman Moise Dennery sustained objection to their testimony. 'Reluctant Witness'
Two of the specialists, Dr. Richard Paddison, professor of neurology at LSU School of Medicine, and Dr. Charles Watkins, chairman of "the LSU Department of Psychiatry and Neurology, appeared at the hearing with a lawyer. Elven Ponder, attorney for state police Sgt. William R. Abadie, protesting Abadie's firing by Gov. Long, described Dr. Paddison as a "reluctant witness."
The doctor refused to testify as an expert witness in the hearing after Dennery ruled he could not be ques-
tioned specifically on his diagnosis of Gov. Long.
Two other New Orleans doctors subpenaed, Dr. Robert Heath, chairman of the Tulane Department of Psychiatry and Neurology, and Dr. Victor Lief, instructor of psychiatry and medicine at Tulane, did not appear at the hearing.
'Nervous Breakdown*
The four doctors after Long's release from Mandeville issued a statement saying Long had suffered "A nervous breakdown." They also said he had suffered brain damage as a result of a series of small strokes and a heart attack.
The doctors have steadfastly refused to amplify their statement.
Their statement question an earlier diagnosis describing the governor's condition as paranoid schizophrenia.
Dr. Arthur Long, the governor's cousin who practices both medicine and psychiatry, testified yesterday he diagnosed Long's condition as ' 'manic depressive psychosis" May 28, the day before Gov. Long was taken to Galveston, Tex,, for hospitalization. Tentative Basis
Dr. Long said he made the diagnosis "on a tentative basis," but had not changed it.
A court order committing Gov. Long to Mandeville after his return from Galveston was introduced in evidence at the hearing.
On those papers, the governor's c ondition was described as a paranoid schizophrenic "with cycles of manic depression."
The diagnosis, which was described as tentative, was made by Dr. Chester Williams, East Baton Rouge coroner and a general practitioner, and Dr. Sparkman S. Wyatt, Baton Rouge psychiatrist, after an examination in the basement of the East Baton Rouge courthouse. Rules Out Testimony
Dennery yesterday ruled out testimony by Dr. Paddison and the other Tulane-LSU doctors on grounds it could add nothing to the evidence of the commitment papers and to Dr. Long's testimony. He said it would be "corroborative and cumulative."
Abadie's attorneys claimed the medical testimony was necessary to show that Gov. Long w,as in an "irresponsible" mental condition at the time he was taken to Galveston and later at Mandeville.
They also sought to show that a "nianic depressive" patient r^guires isolation and completl rest, hence the orders that state troopers were to have no contact with Long at Mandeville.
Dr. Paddison, accompanied by New Orleans attorney Henry B. Alsobrook, would not answer a hypothetical question on the treatment of a manic depressive patient. 'Under Subpena'
"Dr. Paddison does not wish to testify as an expert," said Alsobrook. "He does not feel he should be subjected to a hypothetical question."
Dr. Paddison's only statement was, "I am here under subpena. I will testify if directed to do so. There are certain matters in my examination of the governor which are matters of record and which are in his file. I gave them to another doctor as a consultant."
Alsobrook said he represented Dr. Paddison and Dr. Wat-kins. He said Dr. Heath was not present at the hearing. Dr. Heath is an internationally known phychiatrist who has specialized in the treatment of schizophrenia.
Dennery excused the doctors from.a reappearance for today's session of the hearing after Cleburn Dalton, state police attorney, said he would present no medical evidence today.
