S.C.R. No. 156
                             SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
    1-1        WHEREAS, D. L. "Dally" Willis of Midland is the dean of Texas
    1-2  lobbyists, having served the Communications Workers of America and
    1-3  the Texas labor movement continuously since 1961; and
    1-4        WHEREAS, Mr. Willis has been instrumental in the passage of
    1-5  every significant piece of telecommunications legislation during
    1-6  that period, including the 73rd Legislature's "live operator" bill,
    1-7  the first legislation of its kind in the United States; and
    1-8        WHEREAS, He has been indispensable in the passage of
    1-9  legislation beneficial to Texas state workers since the
   1-10  establishment of the Texas State Employees Union/Communications
   1-11  Workers of America in 1980, including the 1981 emergency pay raise
   1-12  and the 1991 payroll deduction measure; and
   1-13        WHEREAS, Mr. Willis has monitored the floor activities of the
   1-14  Texas House of Representatives for the Texas AFL-CIO for every one
   1-15  of those 34 years; and
   1-16        WHEREAS, His life represents the best traditions of the Texas
   1-17  labor movement in exalting the working man and woman and in
   1-18  defending the poor and the dispossessed; and
   1-19        WHEREAS, Dally's inexhaustible energy and his cheerful
   1-20  disposition are legendary among his colleagues; and
   1-21        WHEREAS, In the hearts and minds of the legislators and
   1-22  legislative staff, D. L. "Dally" Willis is one of the most beloved
   1-23  figures ever to walk the halls of the Texas Capitol; now,
    2-1  therefore, be it
    2-2        RESOLVED, That the 74th Legislature of the State of Texas
    2-3  hereby extend best wishes and warmest greetings to D. L. "Dally"
    2-4  Willis on the occasion of his 75th birthday on Sunday, May 21,
    2-5  1995, in recognition of his many decades of public service; and, be
    2-6  it further
    2-7        RESOLVED, That a copy of this resolution be prepared for
    2-8  Dally as a memento of this great occasion and as an expression of
    2-9  the high esteem in which he is held by the members and employees of
   2-10  the Texas Legislature.