Oral History Interview with Bullock Hyder, May 12, 1966 Page: 2
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Governor Moody who was a great deal more informal with less aid
and less protocol I guess you'd say than exists now.
Later after Mr. Minor became speaker I stayed in the
speaker's quarters which at that time was one room with a drop-
ceiling partition for a bathroom, a cold water flat, with Mr. Minor.
There was one double bed, a lavatory and commode; the most
primitive situation which certainly would contrast with the
palatial, upholstered, carpeted, draped quarters that the speaker
and lieutenant governor have now. I think about the first time I
stayed there that after explaining to me that it was a cold water
flat, Mr. Minor said, "Just go on in there and run the water in
the tub and just jump in. I do it every day." So I did, and it
was quite cold, this was in January, and then I ran the water for
him, and so he went in to take a bath, and I heard no noise, so I
looked in, and he had one foot in the tub rubbing the water up on
him, so I reached over and got a pitcher of water which was quite
cold and hit him right in the back with it, and he went into the
tub with quite a yell. This has been a story that has gone between
us for many many years.
I think without taking more time to talk about members, at this
point, that it might be well to review for history the non-members
that would be considered the lobby that were very influential in
those days. Oil of course has for some time been a very dominant
industry in this state, and at that time probably oil and public
utilities were two of the strongest factors. Of course, Texas was
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Kamp, H. W. & Hyder, Bullock. Oral History Interview with Bullock Hyder, May 12, 1966, book, May 12, 1966; Denton, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1529160/m1/4/?q=Lamar+University: accessed May 31, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Oral History Program.