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[Letter from Representative Omar Burleson to T. N. Carswell - May 10, 1949] (open access)

[Letter from Representative Omar Burleson to T. N. Carswell - May 10, 1949]

A letter written to Mr. T. N. Carswell, Public Accountant, Abilene, Texas, from Omar Burleson, House of Representatives, Washington, D. C., dated May 10, 1949. Burleson discusses the Labor Bill and advises Carswell that he voted against the Wood Amendment and the Administration's "so-called" Substitute Bill to retain the Taft-Hartley Law; he voted for recommittal of the Lesinski Bill, which included the Wood Amendment. Burleson comments on legislative procedures, how complicated it has been and his doubts concerning future legislation involving the Taft-Hartley Law.
Date: May 10, 1949
Creator: Burleson, Omar
System: The Portal to Texas History