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[Letter from John J. Herrera to T. W. "Buckshot" Lane - 1955-12-21] (open access)

[Letter from John J. Herrera to T. W. "Buckshot" Lane - 1955-12-21]

Onionskin paper carbon copy of letter sent in response to Sheriff T. W. "Buckshot" Lane, assuring him of John J. Herrera's support for Culp Krueger for State Senate. Herrera goes on to say that he feels Krueger is "missing the boat" with Texas Latinos by not helping their mutual friend Abel Cisneros, going on at length about Cisneros's virtues and the unfairness of his situation.
Date: December 21, 1955
Creator: Herrera, John J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from T. W. "Buckshot" Lane to John J. Herrera - 1955-12-28] (open access)

[Letter from T. W. "Buckshot" Lane to John J. Herrera - 1955-12-28]

Letter from T. W. "Buckshot" Lane to John J. Herrera promising to work on Krueger with regards to his program and Abel Cisneros. Lane also says he will be taking a job with furniture manufacturers and work West Texas as his territory, though he is considering making a bid for Representative one more time. Lane mentions that the lack of money in politics was a large contribution to the end of his political career.
Date: December 28, 1955
Creator: Lane, T. W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Ed Idar, Jr. to John J. Herrera - December 27, 1955] (open access)

[Letter from Ed Idar, Jr. to John J. Herrera - December 27, 1955]

Letter from Ed Idar, Executive Secretary of the American GI Forum of Texas, to John J. Herrera, requesting Herrera to make a five minute radio tape to address the poll tax rallies in January in each of the three Valley counties.
Date: December 27, 1955
Creator: Idar, Eduardo, Jr.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter to Oscar Laurel - 1955-12-12] (open access)

[Letter to Oscar Laurel - 1955-12-12]

Letter to Oscar Laurel, LULAC National President, dated December 12, 1955. At the top of the letter there is a note to John J. Herrera with the signature of "Ed": "We don't know if Laurel has "sold out" Lulac to the Shivers forces." In the letter to Laurel it is stated that Laurel should not endorse nor aid politicians with an agenda that goes against the "people." "I am sure you will agree with me that Lulac should in no manner lend itself to efforts of politicians designed to divide and weaken the people which both our organizations represent."
Date: December 12, 1955
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John J. Herrera to Ed Idar Jr. - 1955-12-21] (open access)

[Letter from John J. Herrera to Ed Idar Jr. - 1955-12-21]

Onionskin paper carbon copy of letter to Ed Idar Jr. from John J. Herrera dated December 21, 1955 addressing the political issues with the American GI Forum poll tax drive in the Valley, Texas. "I don't see anything wrong in the efforts of the American Gi Forum conducting this type of civic drive in the Valley. I think it should have been done long ago." Herrera writes that the Latin American people of Mexican descent should all be able to vote and pay the poll tax in preservation and contribution to the "American way of life."
Date: December 21, 1955
Creator: Herrera, John J.
System: The Portal to Texas History