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Summary:

Interview with Ralph Hall, an attorney, a former county judge, a businessman, and a Democratic member of the Texas Senate from Rockwall. He discusses his experiences and personal views as a member of the Sixty-first and Sixty-second Legislatures. Hall talks about the one-year versus two-year budget, tax legislation, the University of Texas at Dallas, teacher pay raises, anti-riot legislation, the state sales tax, the "grocery tax," the destination tax, Lieutenant Governor Ben Barnes, deficit financing, the corporate profits tax, as well as the Sharpstown stock-fraud scandal, ethics legislation, redistricting, his campaign for the office of lieutenant governor, and Governor Preston Smith.

Table of Contents:

• January 17, 1970 interview [52 leaves]
• July 2, 1971 interview [57 leaves]

Author/Creator:

Hall, Ralph, 1923-

Contributors:

Marcello, Ronald E.

Texas Political History Oral History Project

North Texas State University > Oral History Collection

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

Oral history interview with Ralph Hall, 1970 January 17 and 1971 July 2 [by Hall, R.]

Related Series:

Oral History; [volume] 160

Subjects:

Hall, Ralph, 1923- — Oral history

Texas Legislature — Senate — Oral history

Legislation — Texas — Oral history

Legislators — Texas — Oral history

Taxation — Texas — Oral history

Sharpstown Stock-Fraud Scandal — Oral history

Texas — Politics and government — 1951- — Oral history

Genres:

Oral history — Examples

Political oral history — Examples

General Notes:

Interview conducted in 1970 and 1971 for the Texas Political History Oral History Project. Interviewer: Dr. Ronald E. Marcello, Professor of History, North Texas State University.
Terms of use: This oral history is currently closed and unavailable for use. For further information about this transcript, please contact the University Archivist.

Physical Description:

109 leaves ; 29 cm

Call Numbers:

OH 160

OCLC Numbers:

144682320