Oral History Interview with J. Fagg Foster, August 28, 1967 Page: 8
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And it was taken up almost immediately by those persons who were
mostly interested in accomplishing what the mass meeting had been
called to do: to repeal the Fair Labor Standards Act. And this
involved Senator...what was his name, "pass the bisquits Pappy"
O'Daniel who was then Senator and a former governor. And it in-
cluded a former candidate for governor as a nominee of the Republi-
can Party by the name of...I can't bring up his name. I can see
him as well as I can see you. He was a member of the Board of Re-
gents of the University, and he led the questioning and arguments
from that side.
Cochran: Strickland?
Foster: Strickland? That doesn't sound right. I shall think of it present-
ly.
Cochran: Well, Senator O'Daniel then, was one of the men who responded vi-
gorously to your statement, and the name of the other member of the
Board of Regents we will have to state later. Well what happened
then? What happened the next day or two or three?
Foster: I don't remember the time intervals between the events that came
later, but immediately there was some communication between the
Board and the member whose name escapes me at the moment...
Cochran" T. Whitfield Davidson from Fort Worth, was he involved in this?
Foster: I don't recall his being so. It seems vaguely familiar but I can't
bring it up. But President Rainey, President of the University at
the time, clearly was contacted by these persons in their official
capacity as regents and by political figures who were associated
with the Senator's office in Washington. In any event, the Uni-
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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/m1/9/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Oral History Program.