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[John Tower Speech to Texas State Legislature about Southeast Asia, Feb. 22, 1967] (open access)

[John Tower Speech to Texas State Legislature about Southeast Asia, Feb. 22, 1967]

Speech; address august body; Communist aggression; war; Vietnam; North Vietnam; South Vietnam; Viet Cong; Haiphong.
Date: February 22, 1967
Creator: Tower, John G. (John Goodwin), 1925-1991
System: The Portal to Texas History
[John Tower Speech on Centralized Power and the Vietnam War given to the Texas State Legislature in Austin, Texas, February 22, 1967] (open access)

[John Tower Speech on Centralized Power and the Vietnam War given to the Texas State Legislature in Austin, Texas, February 22, 1967]

Speech claiming that the biggest internal threat for the United States is the centralization of power in the federal government and that the biggest external threat for the country is Communist aggression, particularly in Vietnam. Argues that more power should be distributed to the state and local levels of government and that the United States should not back down in the Vietnam War.
Date: February 22, 1967
Creator: Tower, John G. (John Goodwin), 1925-1991
System: The Portal to Texas History