Attorney, former U.S. Congressman from Lufkin. Experiences as a Texas politician and U. S. Congressman, 1931-46, 1950-56; chairman of House Committee on Un-American Activities during New Deal; views on communism.
Geologist, independent oilman, former member of the Texas House of Representatives from Midland, Republican. His experiences and personal views as a member of the Sixtieth Texas Legislature. Business career; decision to enter politics; experiences…
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…
Attorney for the Receiver (State Insurance Board). His experiences during the Texas insurance scandals of the mid-1950s. James Allred’s gubernatorial campaigns; early insurance litigation; appointment as assistant state attorney general, 1953; state…
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…
His experiences and personal views as a member of the Sixty-first Legislature. One-year versus two-year budget; creation of new four-year colleges; influence of beer and liquor lobby; sales tax exemptions; comments about Speaker Gus Mutscher;…
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.
Businessman, member of the Texas House of Representatives from Carrollton, Democrat. His experiences and personal views as a member of the Sixty-first Legislature. Personal political philosophy; one-year versus two-year budget; Caveness Plan; social…
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…
His experiences and personal views as a member of the Regular and First Special Session of the Sixty-second Legislature. Revenue bills; corporate profits tax; Sharpstown stock-fraud scandal; legislative ethics; “Dirty Thirty”; appropriations;…
Mortician, member of the Texas House of Representatives from Houston, Republican. His experiences and personal views as a member of the Regular and First Special Session of the Sixty-second Legislature. Revenue bills; corporate profits tax;…
Public relations consultant, member of the Texas House of Representatives from Amarillo, Democrat. His experiences and personal views as a member of the Regular and First Special Session of the Sixty-second Legislature. Revenue bills; corporate…
His experiences and personal views as a member of the Second, Third, and Fourth Special Sessions of the Sixty-second Legislature. House speakership race; House rules reform; appropriations bill; insurance legislation; comments about Governor Preston…
His experiences and personal views as a member of the Second, Third, and Fourth Special Sessions of the Sixty-second Legislature. House Speakership race; House rules reform; appropriations bill; insurance legislation; comments about Governor Preston…
Businessman, member of the Texas House of Representatives from Dallas, Republican. General views concerning problems in Texas state government. Two-party politics; annual legislative sessions; legislative pay; ethics legislation; single-member…
His experiences and personal views as a member of the Sixty-third Texas Legislature. Freshmen legislators; reform legislation; appropriations; insurance legislation; comments about Governor Dolph Briscoe.
Social worker. Her experiences as a delegate to the first national convention of the National Women’s Political Caucus, Houston, Texas, February 8-10, 1973; views on various state and national feminist leaders; views on women’s liberation in general.
Dairyman, former Mayor of Dallas, former member of the United States House of Representatives. Early family history; rise of Cabell Brothers in the dairy business; Mayor of Dallas, 1961-65; Kennedy assassination; U.S. House of Representatives, 1965-…
Attorney, member of the Texas Senate from Mineral Wells, Democrat. His experiences and personal views as a member of the Sixty-fourth Texas Legislature. Personal views of Lieutenant Governors Ben Ramsey, Preston Smith, Ben Barnes, and Bill Hobby;…
His personal views and experiences as speaker during the Sixty-fourth Legislature. Early political career; personal political philosophy; quest for the house speakership; personal observations of former Speakers Byron Tunnell, Ben Barnes, Gus…
His experiences and personal views as a member of the Sixty-fourth Legislature. House Speakership race; committee appointments; public school financing; public utilities legislation; constitutional revision; insurance legislation; personal…
Attorney, member of the Texas House of Representatives from Houston, Republican. Her experiences and personal views as a member of the Sixty-fourth Legislature. Decision to enter politics; personal political philosophy; House speakership race;…
Attorney, member of the Texas Senate from Garland, Democrat. His role in the passage of public utilities legislation during the Sixty-fourth Legislature.
