Monthly Bulletin, El Paso LULAC Council Number 132, Volume 3, Number 31, August 1951 (open access)

Monthly Bulletin, El Paso LULAC Council Number 132, Volume 3, Number 31, August 1951

Monthly Bulletin of El Paso LULAC Council No.132 of El Paso, Texas, dated August, 1951. References John Herrera's decision to give the deciding vote to his opponent in the LULAC Presidential election.
Date: August 1951
Creator: League of United Latin American Citizens
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from D. R. Taylor to John J. Herrera - 1951-08-07] (open access)

[Letter from D. R. Taylor to John J. Herrera - 1951-08-07]

Letter and envelope from D. R. Taylor, District Sales Manager, Pan American World Airways, Mexican Government Tourist Bureau, Houston, Texas, to John J. Herrera, dated August 7, 1951. Includes an invitation to lunch with Dr. Francisco del Rio y Canedo, Director General Mexican Government Tourist Bureau, on August 14, 1951 at the Shamrock Hotel in Houston, Texas.
Date: August 7, 1951
Creator: Taylor, D. R.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Joe G. Resweber to John J. Herrera - 1951-08-09] (open access)

[Letter from Joe G. Resweber to John J. Herrera - 1951-08-09]

Letter from Joe G. Resweber, Position Two Councilman of the City of Houston, Texas, to John J. Herrera dated August 9, 1951. This letter replies to Herrera's request for the Parks Department to clean up a city block used for a playground.
Date: August 9, 1951
Creator: Resweber, Joe G.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from J. R. Means to A. W. Schild - 1951-08-10] (open access)

[Letter from J. R. Means to A. W. Schild - 1951-08-10]

Letter from J. R. Means, Manager of Texas Employment Commission in Brenham, Texas, to A. W. Schild of Waller, Texas, dated August 10, 1951. Notification that Schild's request for "Mexican Nationals" has been approved by the Bureau of Employment Security in Washington.
Date: August 10, 1951
Creator: Means, J. R.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Envelope from Spiner and Pritchard Attorneys at Law to John J. Herrera - 1951-08-13] (open access)

[Envelope from Spiner and Pritchard Attorneys at Law to John J. Herrera - 1951-08-13]

Envelope from Spiner and Pritchard, Attorneys at Law of Houston, Texas, to John Herrera, dated August 13, 1951.
Date: August 13, 1951
Creator: Spiner and Pritchard, Attorneys at Law
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John J. Herrera to Graham Arthur Barden - 1951-08-31] (open access)

[Letter from John J. Herrera to Graham Arthur Barden - 1951-08-31]

Onionskin carbon copy of letter from John J. Herrera, National Organizer of LULAC, to Graham Barden, Chairman, Committee on Child Labor and Education, House of Representatives, Washington, D.C., dated August 31, 1951. It is also copied to Texas Congressman Albert Thomas. LULAC opposes any change in the Federal Child Labor Laws. Texas ranchers and agricultural interests are trying to change the law to allow children of school age to work in the cotton fields during school hours.
Date: August 31, 1951
Creator: Herrera, John J.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Minutes from the LULAC Supreme Council Meeting - 1951-08-19] (open access)

[Minutes from the LULAC Supreme Council Meeting - 1951-08-19]

Minutes of the Supreme Council Meeting of the League of United Latin American Citizens held at the Hamilton Hotel in Laredo, Texas, on August 18-19, 1951.
Date: August 19, 1951
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John Herrera to Frank Klitzner - 1951-08-22] (open access)

[Letter from John Herrera to Frank Klitzner - 1951-08-22]

Onionskin paper carbon copy of letter from attorney John J. Herrera to Frank Klitzner of the Los Angeles County Probation Office providing a character reference for Manuel Villasenor, age 26. Herrera says that he has known Villasenor for twelve years and describes Villasenor's family, his history of petty crimes in Houston, his time in the military, and Herrera's opinion that Villasenor needs assistance for a lack of mental adjustment.
Date: August 22, 1951
Creator: Herrera, John J.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History