Oral History Interview with J. Fagg Foster, August 28, 1967 Page: 9
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9versity was asked apparently to check on us, and it did so, as it
should, although we didn't know what was going on at the time. And
the department of economics was asked to check into our behavior as
professional employees of the University, and it did so and reported
to the President apparently in a manner which was apparently not
harmful to us in any professional way. I've not yet known just
what that report contained. But in any event, the department was
sufficiently convinced of the adequacy of our services that they
took a protective position in our regard.
Cochran: Had you at all discussed in any vague form before you went up there
that there might be any consequences? Had you stopped to consider
that somebody might react a bit?
Foster: Yes. We knew that if we were successful there would be opposition
to the action. Otherwise, there would have been no initial effort
to repeal the act. We did not anticipate that it would be of the
proportions that it assumed.
Cochran: Headed against you personally.
Foster: Against us personally. We thought that it would be simply an inci-
dent, a minor incident, that would hardly be news-worthy except may-
be locally, and that there would be no involvement of the Universi-
ty, since we did not present ourselves as representatives of the
University but rather as inte ested citizens taking a position con-
trary to that being taken by those who sponsored the mass meeting.
In any event, certainly we did not anticipate the ruckus that arose
from this incident. When the University questioned us about what-
ever had been suggested to them...
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Cochran, Kendall & Foster, J. Fagg. Oral History Interview with J. Fagg Foster, August 28, 1967, book, April 16, 1968; Denton, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth223563/m1/10/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Oral History Program.