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[Letter from Senator Ralph Yarborough to T. N. Carswell - May 11, 1959] (open access)

[Letter from Senator Ralph Yarborough to T. N. Carswell - May 11, 1959]

A letter written to Mr. T. N. Carswell, Abilene, Texas, from Ralph Yarborough, United States Senate, dated May 11, 1959. Yarborough defends his actions on the Kennedy-Ervin Bill touting it's qualities and passage. "The bill is a compromise, as any bill in so contested a field would necessarily be when it has been able to muster 90 votes to 1, from the 49 States in the Union."
Date: May 11, 1959
Creator: Yarborough, Ralph W.
System: The Portal to Texas History