Oral History Interview with David Allred, August 9, 1967 Page: 58
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legislature is likely to vote for it, and if it's voted down, the
legislature is likely not to vote for it.
In researching some of this, I read one of my father's quotes
which said that while the state cannot legislate morals, it certainly
does not have any obligation to place temptations in the way of
people. It should, instead, remove these temptations when possible.
I felt much the same way in regard to liquor by the drink
because I feel it will increase consumption. This is one of a
number of reasons why I opposed liquor by the drink, and it wasn't
brought up in this last session. The advocates of the bill were
primarily those from large cities. We found predominantly that the
large city people favored it and the rural area boys opposed it.
The advocates took polls almost constantly. Every week or so they
ran another poll to see how the sentiment stood. When they saw they
couldn't get it passed, they didn't bring it up. But I think religion
does have a very definite place in law-making and I think it is
exercising that much more than people realize through the consciences
and the hearts and minds of the people in the legislature most of
whom are church members, I think, and many of them active in their
churches.
Another strong impression I have from the legislature is that
where before I didn't really have much opinion one way or the
other, I very definitely favor a bi-cameral legislature now. The
reason for this is I discovered it is possible to sneak something
through or bulldoze something through one house. And if you have
two houses plus the gubernatorial veto, you have a much better chance
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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/m1/59/?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.