Oral History Interview with David Allred, August 9, 1967 Page: 38
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Allred
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and on some bills, a man will get up and say:
"This is a compromise bill. We've talked to all the different
associations involved." Let's say it's going to touch two or three
different businesses. And the different business associations'
lobbyists get together and they talk with the bill's sponsor and
they say, "All right, if this provision is in there, we won't oppose
this bill. We don't particularly like it perhaps, but we won't
oppose it." And the sponsor gets up and says, "All right, this
bill has been agreed upon by the representatives of the various
industries that will be affected." Well, this is all well and good,
and it might be the type of bill that would help all the industries
affected. But would it help the people?
Also, the lobby can help you push a bill. If you have a bill
that a lobbyist is interested in, he can talk to his friends and
try to get them to support your bill. And he can get quicker action
sometimes or get a stalled bill moving.
Going back to discuss a little more about "The people." A great
hue and cry is made on behalf of the people. I think everybody tends
to interpret his own ideas as to what would be best for the people.
And I guess really there's no way around that. I'm leery of a guy
who comes in, as many do, and says, "Now this is my opinion, and
there's lots of other folks who think the same way I do." The person
may really believe this. He may have talked to other people about.
But most people are not informed, and if anybody has a strong view, a
lot of people are going to agree with him simply because he's goingto be espousing his view. Often the way he's going to do it is say,
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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/m1/39/?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.