Oral History Interview with J. Fagg Foster, August 28, 1967 Page: 22
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I think the mistake I mentioned, the failure to use the language
and tactics that those whole education was at stake directly, the
members of the Board of Regents, was a failure that is fairly uni-
form among academicians assuming that everyone understands the lan-
guage to which they are accustomed. And they aren't. No, the mem-
bers of the Department gave us whatever advice we requested.
Our decisions and our pronouncements and our news releases and so
on were entirely our own. We felt responsible and very grateful
to the other members of the department and to President Rainey,
who staunchly supported us throughout all this and subsequently
as a result found himself in...well...fatal conflict with the
Board over the same issues. This resulted in his deciding, as a
service to his native state I believe, to run for Governor in an
effort to bring the issues before the community as a whole. During
that time, I was in the army overseas and didn't know much about
it. But we returned to the States before the election itself, and
I was in Austin when the final campaign was being run. I think I
came back in November--October even, maybe. What was it...'45? I
came here to the University of Denver in '46, September 1946. The
campaign was on, and, in the first campaign for the primary, I be-
lieve Professor...who was it? I can't bring his name up either...
was actively engaged in recruiting help among academic folk in Dr.
Rainey's campaign. I believe Rainey won the plurality in that cam-
paign, didn't he?
Cochran: No, he came in second.
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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/m1/23/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Oral History Program.