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Summary:

Interview with Grant Jones, an insurance executive and a Democratic member of the Texas Senate from Abilene, concerning his experiences and personal views as a member of the Sixty-sixth Legislature. Jones discusses his appointment as chairman of the Finance Committee, the Legislative Budget Board and the budget-making process, Comptroller Bob Bullock, Governor William Clements, the appropriations bill, tax relief legislation, public school financing, the Peveto bill, "Killer Bees," and consumer legislation.

Author/Creator:

Jones, Grant, 1922-

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 Grant Jones, 1979 August 21 [by Jones, G.]

Related Series:

Oral History; [volume] 490

Subjects:

Jones, Grant, 1922- — Oral history

Texas Legislature — Senate — Oral history

Legislation — Texas — Oral history

Legislators — Texas — Oral history

Texas — Politics and government — 1951- — Oral history

Genres:

Oral history — Examples

Political oral history — Examples

General Notes:

Interview conducted in 1979 for the Texas Political History Oral History Project. Interviewer: Dr. Ronald E. Marcello, Professor of History, North Texas State University.

Physical Description:

67 leaves ; 29 cm

Call Numbers:

OH 490

OCLC Numbers:

173993227