Speech; Promotion of western values; Defense of free-world interests; Military alliances; Strengthen military power; National defense; Secure access to resources and overseas markets; Peaceful development and independence of less-developed countries; Diplomacy; Nuclear strategy; President-elect Reagan; NATO; Warsaw Pact Forces.

Speech; President Carter's energy legislation; Burden of energy plan on producing States like Texas; Balance between production and conservation; Texas' reliance on oil and gas; Coal conversion; Energy conservation; Public utility reform; Natural gas pricing plan; Pearson-Bentsen Amendment; Tax incentives.

Speech; Sea power; Oceanography; Senate Armed Services Committee; Challenge of international communism; Soviets' strong navy and their advanced research activities; Fish, oil, mineral resources, sea commerce important for survival of U.S. economically and physically.

Speech describing the goal of peaceful relations among an international community, outlining the interests of the United States of America in international relations, and suggesting that increased military power will help the United States to reach its goals in the international community in the midst of Soviet power.

Speech; Senate Banking Committee; Urban Mass Transportation Administration (UMTA) - Section 13 (c) Agreement; Department of Labor; Writing Report Language; New York City Aid Program; Securities Acts; "Tower Amendment"; Disclosure requirements; Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA); Municipal securities.

Speech; Responsibility of government and the individual; Centralized authority; Democracy; Federal government; Constitution; Population growth; Bureaucracy.

Speech explaining the role of the free market in the U.S. economy and criticizing government policies, especially the Humphrey-Hawkins bill, that are projected to hurt the economy.

Senate Resolution No. 425; geopolitics; reliance on foreign sources of energy; crude oil; OPEC; cartel; domestic production. See also: [John Tower Speech at Financial Times -- Oil Daily Forum Conference on Oil and Government, 1974?, Draft] and [John Tower Speech at Financial Times -- Oil Daily Forum Conference on Oil and Government, 1974?, Edit], [John Tower Speech at Financial Times -- Oil Daily Forum Conference on Oil and Government, 1974?, Handwritten Draft no. 1] and [John Tower Speech at Financial Times -- Oil Daily Forum Conference on Oil and Government, 1974?, Handwritten Draft no. 2].