Oral history interview with L. DeWitt Hale, 1974 December 20.

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Oral history interview with L. DeWitt Hale, 1974 December 20.

Interview with L. DeWitt Hale, an attorney and a Democratic member of the Texas House of Representatives from Corpus Christi (1939-1940; 1953-1962; 1964-1967). Hale discusses the Texas Constitutional Convention of 1974, the need for constitutional revision, the Constitutional Revision Commission, the Joint Constitutional Convention Planning Committee, Price Daniel, Jr. as chairman of the Constitutional Convention, the Judiciary Committee, the right-to-work provision, and the failure of the Constitutional Convention.

89 leaves ; 29 cm.

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