Oral history interview with James J. Kaster, 1982 February 25.

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Oral history interview with James J. Kaster, 1982 February 25.

Interview with James Kaster, legislative liaison to Governor William Clements, concerning his experiences and personal views as the governor's liaison during Sixty-seventh Texas Legislature. Kaster discusses his appointment as legislative liaison, Governor William Clements, legislative strategy, law-and-order legislation, initiative-referendum, the curriculum revision bill, redistricting, the state water plan, and Speaker Bill Clayton and Lieutenant Governor Bill Hobby.

61 leaves ; 29 cm.

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