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[John Tower Speech on the Grenada Invasion of 1983 given at the National Security Colloquium Series at the University of Texas in Austin, Texas, December 7, 1983] (open access)

[John Tower Speech on the Grenada Invasion of 1983 given at the National Security Colloquium Series at the University of Texas in Austin, Texas, December 7, 1983]

Speech explaining that discoveries of significant Soviet and Soviet-ally influence on Grenada during the U.S. invasion reveals increasing Soviet global power and the need for improved international defense.
Date: December 7, 1983
Creator: Tower, John G. (John Goodwin), 1925-1991
System: The Portal to Texas History
[John Tower Speech on Shipbuilding Productivity and Profitability given to the Shipbuilders Council of America at the Watergate Hotel in Washington, D.C., July 7, 1972] (open access)

[John Tower Speech on Shipbuilding Productivity and Profitability given to the Shipbuilders Council of America at the Watergate Hotel in Washington, D.C., July 7, 1972]

Speech declaring the importance of naval and merchant ships to U.S. national interests on the seas and arguing against critics that say that the shipbuilding industry is inefficient, costly, and technologically behind other nations.
Date: July 7, 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 American Security Essentials to International Wehrkunde Meeting in Munich, Germany, Feb. 7, 1970] (open access)

[John Tower Speech about American Security Essentials to International Wehrkunde Meeting in Munich, Germany, Feb. 7, 1970]

Speech; Nixon Administration; Military posture of superiority as essential tool for negotiation with Soviets; Four spheres of political influence needed: Soviet, American, Western European, Asian; American involvement in Vietnam; Senator Mansfield's resolution of level of forces permanently stationed in Europe; NATO [North Atlantic Treaty Organization] defense obligations; Call for Western Europe to act more multilaterally in defense matters; Talks on strategic arms limitation (S.A.L.T.) with Soviet Union; Warsaw Pact bid for an early European Security Conference.
Date: February 7, 1970
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 on Revenue Sharing given to the Coastal Bend Regional Planning Commission? in Corpus Christi, Texas, May 7, 1971?] (open access)

[John Tower Speech on Revenue Sharing given to the Coastal Bend Regional Planning Commission? in Corpus Christi, Texas, May 7, 1971?]

Speech expressing support for government revenue sharing at the state and local levels and lauding the regional organizations such as those found in the Texas Coastal Bend for helping with disaster relief.
Date: May 7, 1971
Creator: Tower, John G. (John Goodwin), 1925-1991
System: The Portal to Texas History