His experiences and personal views as a member of the Sixtieth Legislature. Influence of lobbyists; House Rules; power of committee chairs; defeat of pari-mutuel betting bill; value of Texas Legislative Council; stand on annual legislative sessions; comments about African-American legislators Curtis Graves and Joe Lockridge; personal political philosophy.

His experiences and personal views as a member of the Special Session of the Sixtieth Legislature. Revenue legislation; reform of liquor laws; increase in state sales tax; changes in House rules; beer and liquor lobby; comments about Lieutenant Governor Ben Barnes; comments about other House members.

His experiences and personal views as a member of the Regular and Special Sessions of the Sixty-first Legislature. One-year versus two-year budget; revenue bills; comments about Lieutenant Governor Ben Barnes And Speaker Gus Mutscher; extension of state sales tax; Cavness Plan; minimum wage law; workman’s compensation; welfare legislation; comments about Governor’s Committee on Public school Education; student unrest on college campuses; establishment of additional four-year colleges; comments about Governor Preston Smith.

His experiences and personal views as a member of the Special sessions of the Sixty-first Legislature. One-Year versus two-year budget; increase in sales tax; Expansion of sales tax; “grocery tax”; conflicts with Speaker Gus Mutscher; beer lobby; views on corporate taxes; voter disillusionment; urban-rural conflicts; Wichita Falls politics; his campaign for reelection; contest for House speakership.

His experiences and personal views as a member of the Regular and First Special Session of the Sixty-second Legislature. Origins of “Dirty Thirty”; Sharpstown stock-fraud scandal; comments about Speaker Gus Mutscher, Representatives William Heatly, Frances Farenthold, and Tommy Shannon.

Journalist, member of the Texas House of Representatives from Wichita Falls, son of former Governor James V. Allred, Democrat. His experiences and personal views as a member of the Sixty-fourth Legislature. House speakership race; committee chairpersons; House rules; Equal Rights Amendment; establishment of Public Utilities Commission; public school financing; Constitutional Convention.

His experiences and personal views as a member of the Second Special Session of the Sixty-fifth Legislature. Influence of Proposition 13 in California; treasury surplus; comments about Governor Dolph Briscoe, Speaker Bill Clayton, and Lieutenant Governor Bill Hobby; personal reaction to the special session; repeal of sales tax on residential utility bills; increase in inheritance tax exemptions; taxation of agricultural and timber land; initiative-referendum; Peveto bill; formation of the “Filthy Fifty”; Sam Houston Caucus; House Study Group.

His experiences and personal views as a member of the Sixty-sixth Legislature. Sam Houston Caucus; Impressions of Governor William Clements, Speaker Bill Clayton; consumer legislation; interest rates; tax relief; Peveto bill; comments about “Killer Bees.”