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Mr. Weldon HartInterviewer: Dr. Thomas B. Brewer
Dr. Brewer:
Mr. Hart:
Brewer:
Hart:August 8, 1966
Mr. Hart, how did your association with Governor Shivers begin
and in what capacity have you been with him?
I have known Allan Shivers since about 1930 or '31, at the Uni-
versity of Texas where we were both students. Oddly enough, or
interestingly enough, at that time we were both interested in
politics. He was President of the Student Association, and I
was active purely as a ... as a campus political follower, you
might say, but we were on opposite sides of some rather bitter
campus campaigns. This ... this relationship was rather vague
and not very intimate. We just knew one another casually. In
19 ... in about 1945, I discontinued my career -- if you want
to call it that -- as a sports writer and started covering Capi-
tol news, particularly sessions of the Legislature.
Did you work for an Austin newspaper?
I worked for Austin American Stateman's and became chief of the
Capitol bureau. And that was about the time that Allan Shivers --
Senator Allan Shivers -- was preparing to run for Lieutenant
Governor, did run, and was elected. Therefore, as the Capitol
correspondent, I became rather well acquainted with him as he
was the presiding officer of the Senate. In fact, we became well
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Brewer, Thomas B.; Odom, E. Dale & Hart, Weldon. Oral History Interview with Weldon Hart, 1966-1967, book, December 18, 1967; Denton, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth223557/m1/2/?q=Lamar+University: accessed June 3, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Oral History Program.