Oral history interview with Ralph Hall, 1970 January 17 and 1971 July 2.

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Oral history interview with Ralph Hall, 1970 January 17 and 1971 July 2.

Interview with Ralph Hall, an attorney, a former county judge, a businessman, and a 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 discusses 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.

109 leaves ; 29 cm.

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