Oral History Interview with David Allred, August 9, 1967 Page: 12
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it's a mistake when they do, but in my case I found that I can help
people simply by knowing where to go and what to do.
Sometimes people get a little huffy when they want you to
break the law and you won't do it and the implication is "Well, you
would do it for anyone else, but you won't do it for me." And they
go away huffy. That's one of the casualties of politics. You make
enemies as well as friends. But I think one of the reasons I went
into it was because there is a chance to do a lot of good and it
makes me feel good. And I think a lot of people who are in politics
have their own theories of government. I have my own ideas about
how the state ought to be run, how the nation ought to be run. So
do many others. A friend of mine, for example, was an Episcopal
rector of a church in Sillsbee, Texas. His name is Davis Carter.
And Congressman Brooks from the Beaumont area offered Davis a chance
to be his administrative assistant. I talked to Davis after he had
completed about ten years as Jack Brooks' assistant and had certainly
had an influence on how the Congressman voted on legislation, an
influence on bills that the Congressman introduced, and so forth.
They were very close friends and Brooks was a very conscientious,
hard-working Congressman. And Davis told me, "Well, I felt like
I could stay on as rector of the church in Sillsbee, or I could go
up and really have a say in what our nation was doing." He chose
to go with Brooks even though the combination of religion and
politics may seem a little unusual. I think it's not as unusual
as people like to think, but it is a little unusual.
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Marcello, Ronald E.; Kamp, H. W. & Allred, David. Oral History Interview with David Allred, August 9, 1967, book, November 20, 1968; Denton, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth223569/m1/13/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Oral History Program.