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In the 1969 legislative session, Caldwell followed Rockefeller’s lead in supporting the legalization of the sale of mixed drinks when approved through local-option elections. As a minister, Caldwell lectured against the use of liquor, but as a legislator he deemed the issue best settled locally.<ref>Cathy K. Urwin, ''Agenda for Reform: Winthrop Rockefeller as Governor of Arkansas, 1967-71'' (Fayetteville, Arkansas: [[University of Arkansas]] Press, 1991), p. 122</ref>  

In the 1969 legislative session, Caldwell followed Rockefeller’s lead in supporting the legalization of the sale of mixed drinks when approved through local-option elections. As a minister, Caldwell lectured against the use of liquor, but as a legislator he deemed the issue best settled locally.<ref>Cathy K. Urwin, ''Agenda for Reform: Winthrop Rockefeller as Governor of Arkansas, 1967-71'' (Fayetteville, Arkansas: [[University of Arkansas]] Press, 1991), p. 122</ref>  

Ernest Dumas, formerly of the defunct ''Arkansas Gazette'' recalls that Caldwell in 1969 and 1970 led the attempt to enact the “good government” tax increases sought by Rockefeller, but he could convince few Democratic colleagues to join him, an exception having been Morrell Gathright, a lawyer from Pine Bluff in Jefferson County.<ref>Statement of Ernest Clifton Dumas, Little Rock, Arkansas, December 9, 2011}}</ref> Budget director William Goodman described Caldwell as “trustworthy, one whom the other legislators could depend upon.” Two Democrats, Max Howell, a lawyer from Jacksonville , Arkansas, and Knox Nelson, an oilman from Pine Bluff, controlled the Senate in the era before the implementation of term limits. Goodman recalls Rockefeller having spent much of his time dealing with Howell and Nelson, rather than the few Republican legislators then in office.<ref>Statement of William Goodman, December 2011</ref><ref>William Max Howell (1915-1999) was the longest serving legislator in Arkansas history, with tenurein both the House and Senate. Knox Nelson (1926-1996), partly a victim of [[redistricting]], lost his Senate seat in the early 1990s to Jay Turner Bradford, an insurance agent from Pine Bluff.</ref>

Ernest Dumas, formerly of the defunct ''Arkansas Gazette'' recalls that Caldwell in 1969 and 1970 led the attempt to enact the “good government” tax increases sought by Rockefeller, but he could convince few Democratic colleagues to join him, an exception having been Morrell Gathright, a lawyer from Pine Bluff in Jefferson County.<ref>Statement of Ernest Clifton Dumas, Little Rock, Arkansas, December 9, 2011</ref> Budget director William Goodman described Caldwell as “trustworthy, one whom the other legislators could depend upon.” Two Democrats, Max Howell, a lawyer from Jacksonville , Arkansas, and Knox Nelson, an oilman from Pine Bluff, controlled the Senate in the era before the implementation of term limits. Goodman recalls Rockefeller having spent much of his time dealing with Howell and Nelson, rather than the few Republican legislators then in office.<ref>Statement of William Goodman, December 2011</ref><ref>William Max Howell (1915-1999) was the longest serving legislator in Arkansas history, with tenurein both the House and Senate. Knox Nelson (1926-1996), partly a victim of [[redistricting]], lost his Senate seat in the early 1990s to Jay Turner Bradford, an insurance agent from Pine Bluff.</ref>

==State Republican chairman==

==State Republican chairman==