Oral History Interview with David Allred, August 9, 1967 Page: 91
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Allred
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the lobbyists once served in the legislature themselves. Homer
Leonard, who represents the Brewers' Institute, the beer lobby, is
a former speaker. But I know some of the wives felt that they
couldn't really let their hair down and talk frankly because the
lobbyists' wives were there and could certainly be counted on to
bring back to their husbands any little tidbits of information
that might be useful. In a situation like the legislature,
information is power. Anyone who possesses information about how
someone might vote or something like that, has a negotiable item
or at least a useful item; perhaps not negotiable, but at least
useful. By negotiable I meant that it's part of a lobbyist's stock
in trade to know how people are going to vote and to know people's
likes and dislikes in order that he can best present his case in
a favorable light to a particular person.
My wife and Mrs. Patsy Bass, the wife of Representative Bill
Bass of Ben Wheeler, suggested to the Wives Club that they do some
service projects and perhaps take some tours of some things like
the state capitol and the old French Legation and so forth in
Austin. And this was not met with universal approval so I think
what's going to happen next session is that those wives who are
interested will do this and those wives who feel that they don't
want to become any further involved, that their social life is
already too heavily burdened, will not do it. My wife had also
suggested that the legislative wives have a mock session some
morning and let the wives go through the actual processes ofintroducing and considering a bill so that they can understand a
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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/m1/92/?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.