Oral History Interview with David Allred, August 9, 1967 Page: 30
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most legislators do not have unless they are independently wealthy.
Sometimes it gives you an excuse to go and collect some more
campaign funds and stash them away for future campaigns.
But anyway I was sort of given the word that I ought to go to
some party that this lobbyist threw, just so that he wouldn't feel
that I was so antagonistic that he would need to field an opponent
against me.
The lobby I think quite often donates to both sides in a
campaign so that they will be known as a friend regardless of who
wins. The truth of the matter is, I don't think the fact that
someone contributed to my campaign is going to make me vote against
my convictions. But certainly anyone who contributed to a campaign,
is going to be listened to and their views considered. This, I
think, is what the lobby is aiming at as much as anything else.
Few commitments are asked in the campaign donation stage, as far
as I know. That is, I don't think anybody came around and said,
"Now I am going to give this to your campaign, and I want you to
be sure that you vote for X bill." But in all honesty, it is
probably implied. In other words, if you are talking to an oil
lobbyist, you know he is interested in keeping taxes off the oil
industry.
Now, the lobby does throw some parties and they also may buy
your dinner on occasion. The nicety is that they are called
"sponsors," as in "Do you have a sponsor for this dinner?" That
means, "Is there a lobbyist here who is going to pick up the check?"But again I don't feel that a lobbyist buying my dinner obligates
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Marcello, Ronald E.; Kamp, H. W. & Allred, David. Oral History Interview with David Allred, August 9, 1967, book, November 20, 1968; Denton, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth223569/m1/31/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Oral History Program.