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Where is Home for America? (open access)

Where is Home for America?

Text regarding poverty in America and the failure of anti-poverty legislation. It includes a typed bibliography and a handwritten body of text and related notes.
Date: July 30, 1972
Creator: Jordan, Barbara, 1936-1996
System: The Portal to Texas History
Senate Journal: Sixty-second Legislature - Third Called Session (open access)

Senate Journal: Sixty-second Legislature - Third Called Session

Issue of the Senate Journal for the 62nd Texas Legislature, Third Called Session, with details about the proceedings of the legislature. On the back of the journal is an article written in memory of Reverend B. M. Jordan, Barbara C. Jordan.
Date: June 15, 1972
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
Senate Journal: Sixty-second Legislature - Third Called Session (open access)

Senate Journal: Sixty-second Legislature - Third Called Session

Issue of the Senate Journal for the 62nd Texas Legislature, Third Called Session, with details about the proceedings of the legislature. On the back of the journal is an article written in memory of Reverend B. M. Jordan, Barbara C. Jordan.
Date: June 15, 1972
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
Senate Journal: Sixty-second Legislature - Third Called Session (open access)

Senate Journal: Sixty-second Legislature - Third Called Session

Issue of the Senate Journal for the 62nd Texas Legislature, Third Called Session, with details about the proceedings of the legislature. On the back of the journal is an article written in memory of Reverend B. M. Jordan, Barbara C. Jordan.
Date: June 15, 1972
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
Senate Journal: Sixty-second Legislature - Third Called Session (open access)

Senate Journal: Sixty-second Legislature - Third Called Session

Issue of the Senate Journal for the 62nd Texas Legislature, Third Called Session, with details about the proceedings of the legislature. On the back of the journal is an article written in memory of Reverend B. M. Jordan, Barbara C. Jordan.
Date: June 15, 1972
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
Senate Journal: Sixty-second Legislature - Third Called Session (open access)

Senate Journal: Sixty-second Legislature - Third Called Session

Issue of the Senate Journal for the 62nd Texas Legislature, Third Called Session, with details about the proceedings of the legislature. On the back of the journal is an article written in memory of Reverend B. M. Jordan, Barbara C. Jordan.
Date: June 15, 1972
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
Senate Journal: Sixty-second Legislature - Third Called Session (open access)

Senate Journal: Sixty-second Legislature - Third Called Session

Issue of the Senate Journal for the Third Called Session of the 62nd Legislature, with short sections about the legislative proceedings, and an article honoring Reverend B. M. Jordan, Barbara C. Jordan's father.
Date: June 15, 1972
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
Senate Journal: Sixty-second Legislature - Third Called Session (open access)

Senate Journal: Sixty-second Legislature - Third Called Session

Issue of the Senate Journal for the 62nd Texas Legislature, Third Called Session, with details about the proceedings of the legislature. On the back of the journal is an article written in memory of Reverend B. M. Jordan, Barbara C. Jordan.
Date: June 15, 1972
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
Senate Journal: Sixty-second Legislature - Third Called Session (open access)

Senate Journal: Sixty-second Legislature - Third Called Session

Issue of the Senate Journal for the 62nd Texas Legislature, Third Called Session, with details about the proceedings of the legislature. On the back of the journal is an article written in memory of Reverend B. M. Jordan, Barbara C. Jordan.
Date: June 15, 1972
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
Senate Journal: Sixty-second Legislature - Third Called Session (open access)

Senate Journal: Sixty-second Legislature - Third Called Session

Issue of the Senate Journal for the 62nd Texas Legislature, Third Called Session, with details about the proceedings of the legislature. On the back of the journal is an article written in memory of Reverend B. M. Jordan, Barbara C. Jordan.
Date: June 15, 1972
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[John Tower Speech about the defeat of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1972 in Dallas, Oct. 12,1972] (open access)

[John Tower Speech about the defeat of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1972 in Dallas, Oct. 12,1972]

Speech; Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Act of 1972; Federal Housing Assistance (FHA); Community Development Legislation.
Date: October 12, 1972
Creator: Tower, John G. (John Goodwin), 1925-1991
System: The Portal to Texas History
[John Tower Speech at President Nixon's Natl. Commission on Fire Prevention and Control, Apr. 24, 1972] (open access)

[John Tower Speech at President Nixon's Natl. Commission on Fire Prevention and Control, Apr. 24, 1972]

Speech; fire loses; cost of fire services; National Academy; management training for Chief Fire Officers; fire prevention programs.
Date: April 24, 1972
Creator: Tower, John G. (John Goodwin), 1925-1991
System: The Portal to Texas History
[John Tower Speech to Houston Associated Builders and Contractors? about Labor Law Reform, Sept. 25, 1972] (open access)

[John Tower Speech to Houston Associated Builders and Contractors? about Labor Law Reform, Sept. 25, 1972]

Speech; Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA); President Nixon; Davis-Bacon Act; 92nd Congress; wages;
Date: September 25, 1972
Creator: Tower, John G. (John Goodwin), 1925-1991
System: The Portal to Texas History
[John Tower Speech to the Texas Cotton Association about Labor Legislation, Lubbock, TX, Mar. 24, 1972] (open access)

[John Tower Speech to the Texas Cotton Association about Labor Legislation, Lubbock, TX, Mar. 24, 1972]

Speech; Reform of labor laws; Pay Board, George Meany; Organized labor; Henneside Bill; Strike legislation; Transportation strikes; Labor Committee; Hartke Bill; Value added tax; Voluntary army.
Date: March 24, 1972
Creator: Tower, John G. (John Goodwin), 1925-1991
System: The Portal to Texas History
[John Tower Speech on Rural Electrification, 1972] (open access)

[John Tower Speech on Rural Electrification, 1972]

Speech expressing support for Senate Resolution 232 (similar to Senate Resolution 271) because it releases funds to the Rural Electrification Administration to provide more electrical services in rural areas.
Date: 1972
Creator: Tower, John G. (John Goodwin), 1925-1991
System: The Portal to Texas History
[John Tower excerpts of address on productivity and profitability to Shipbuilders Council of America, June 7, 1972] (open access)

[John Tower excerpts of address on productivity and profitability to Shipbuilders Council of America, June 7, 1972]

Speech; naval and merchant ships; shipbuilding; President Nixon's Doctrine of Strategic Sufficiency; trade and commerce; Nixon's Seattle Speech; Merchant Marine Revitalization Act of 1970.
Date: June 7, 1972
Creator: Tower, John G. (John Goodwin), 1925-1991
System: The Portal to Texas History
[John Tower Speech in Houston about pollution control, Draft dated Apr. 17, 1972] (open access)

[John Tower Speech in Houston about pollution control, Draft dated Apr. 17, 1972]

Speech; environmental policy address; air and water pollution control; solar energy; recycling; waste; technological advances; Space Program; fossil fuels; Dr. Peter Glaser, Research Physicist, Arthur D. Little Company; economic costs of pollution control.
Date: April 17, 1972
Creator: Tower, John G. (John Goodwin), 1925-1991
System: The Portal to Texas History
[John Tower Speech on Labor Law Reform, 1972?] (open access)

[John Tower Speech on Labor Law Reform, 1972?]

Speech arguing for the need to change and update labor legislation because the current legislation is causing an abuse of power on the part of labor organizations, which Tower believes is one of the principal causes of inflation.
Date: 1972
Creator: Tower, John G. (John Goodwin), 1925-1991
System: The Portal to Texas History
[John Tower Speech to Natl. Petroleum Refiners Assoc. about energy crisis, San Antonio, March 27, 1972] (open access)

[John Tower Speech to Natl. Petroleum Refiners Assoc. about energy crisis, San Antonio, March 27, 1972]

Speech; energy crisis; National Petroleum Council; petroleum import; petroleum sources; natural gas; coal; petroleum; nuclear power; energy consumption; investment outlays; Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC); Teheran Agreement; Domestic Exploration Investment Tax Credit; Trans-Alaskan pipeline.
Date: March 27, 1972
Creator: Tower, John G. (John Goodwin), 1925-1991
System: The Portal to Texas History
[John Tower Speech about Housing Legislation, 1972] (open access)

[John Tower Speech about Housing Legislation, 1972]

Speech about important proposals for housing legislation that may be considered as the 92nd Congress nears the end of its session.
Date: 1972
Creator: Tower, John G. (John Goodwin), 1925-1991
System: The Portal to Texas History
[John Tower Speech to AGC Convention about Labor Law Reform, Houston, March 7, 1972] (open access)

[John Tower Speech to AGC Convention about Labor Law Reform, Houston, March 7, 1972]

Speech; Correlation between organized labor and inflation; Labor law reform as domestic priority; Associated General Contractors (AGC); Bill to repeal the Davis-Bacon Act of 1931; General Accounting Office (GAO); Federal construction costs; Construction unions; Senate Labor and Public Welfare Committee.
Date: March 7, 1972
Creator: Tower, John G. (John Goodwin), 1925-1991
System: The Portal to Texas History
[John Tower Speech about Spanish-speaking American Economic and Education Issues given to the GI Forum National Convention in Washington, D.C., July 27, 1972] (open access)

[John Tower Speech about Spanish-speaking American Economic and Education Issues given to the GI Forum National Convention in Washington, D.C., July 27, 1972]

Speech about the achievements of the GI Forum and Senator Tower's support for programs that aid Spanish-speaking Americans in the areas of education, employment, and housing.
Date: July 27, 1972
Creator: Tower, John G. (John Goodwin), 1925-1991
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Edited Version of John Tower Speech about Mexican-American Education and Employment, May 4, 1972] (open access)

[Edited Version of John Tower Speech about Mexican-American Education and Employment, May 4, 1972]

Speech about measures and programs that Senator John Tower has supported in order to help Mexican-Americans achieve better education and have increased employment in both the private and public sectors.
Date: May 4, 1972
Creator: Tower, John G. (John Goodwin), 1925-1991
System: The Portal to Texas History
[John Tower Speech on Labor Reform, 1972?] (open access)

[John Tower Speech on Labor Reform, 1972?]

Speech discussing economic problems caused by organized labor's abuse of power and calling for labor law reforms. A question and answer transcript follows the speech.
Date: 1972?
Creator: Tower, John G. (John Goodwin), 1925-1991
System: The Portal to Texas History