Oral History Interview with David Allred, August 9, 1967 Page: 61
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Allred
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other as "the able and distinguished senator from Idaho" or
something like that instead of using first names or epithets.
And in Austin, in the Texas House of Representatives, we refer
to each other on the microphones as Mr. so-and-so. You might
have been out having coffee with the guy before and be on a
first name or nickname basis, but when you got on the floor it
became, "May I ask the gentleman this question?" or "Mr. Jones,
have you thought about this point?" At first it seemed to me
that this was simply a holdover from a more formal age. But it
has a very definite purpose. I have seen tempers get very
riled. When you really strongly believe something, not everyone
is capable of controlling his temper. We all have a point
beyond which we lose our temper. Requiring this formality makes
for more seasoned, more deliberate, more thoughtful debate, and
less of personalities and name-calling.
A criticism I have of the legislature is that there is not
enough time to study all the bills that come up. Now they have
done something about it this time and for the first time this
session they began to require the committee clerks to brief a
bill. In other words, you introduce a bill and when it is
referred to a committee, the clerk of that committee would brief
the bill. They placed before each committee member a copy of
the bill and a copy of the summary. The only difficulty is the
summary, sometimes deliberately can leave out points.
Now the bill itself cannot be written like a summary becausethe lawyers--and bills are predominantly written by lawyers--need
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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/m1/62/?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.