Attorney, former Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives. His experiences as a member of the Texas House of Representatives and Speaker of the House, 1931-33. Funding for highway construction; philosophy concerning functions of Speaker of the…
College professor, farmer-stockman, former member of the Texas House of Representatives from Denton, Democrat. His experiences and personal views as a member of the Texas House of Representatives; House speakerships in general; lobbyist activities.
Attorney, judge, former U.S. Congressman from San Antonio, 1939-49. Neutrality legislation; selective service legislation; Lend-Lease; conscientious objectors; atomic bomb; demobilization; Marshall Plan; Truman Doctrine; creation of Atomic Energy…
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…
His experiences and personal views as a member of the Special Session of the Sixtieth Legislature. Appropriations; revenue bills; comments about budget-making process; legislature’s relationship with Governor John Connally; liquor legislation; urban…
His experiences and personal views as a member of the Sixtieth Legislature. Reapportionment and the “one-man, one vote” decision of U.S. Supreme Court; state employee pay raise; state water planning; federal-state relations; revision of Code of…
Attorney, former county judge, businessman, member of the Texas Senate from Rockwall, Democrat. His experiences and personal views as a member of the Sixtieth Legislature.
Former secretary to Representative Sam Rayburn. Her personal recollections and experiences from her many years of service in the office of Congressman Rayburn in Washington, D. C.
College professor, former member of the Texas Legislature, from Denton, Democrat. Reminiscences from his tenure in the Texas House of Representatives, 1932-38. Assistant reading clerk; first legislative race, 1932; comments on former Governors Ross…
Attorney, former U.S. Congressman from Wichita Falls, Texas, 1938-51, federal judge. Early law career; his unsuccessful campaign for Congress in 1936; his successful campaign for Congress in 1938 against ardent pro-New Dealer W. D. McFarlane;…
