[Speech by John J. Herrera for San Jacinto Day - 1956-04-21] (open access)

[Speech by John J. Herrera for San Jacinto Day - 1956-04-21]

Speech delivered by John J. Herrera at the San Jacinto Monument on April 21, 1956, in celebration of the 120th anniversary of the Battle of San Jacinto. Herrera refers to the recent meeting between President Dwight D. Eisenhower, President Adolfo Ruiz of Mexico, and the Canadian government.
Date: April 21, 1956
Creator: Herrera, John J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Statement endorsing Tony Campos as Candidate for Regional Governor of LULAC for Texas, February, 1956] (open access)

[Statement endorsing Tony Campos as Candidate for Regional Governor of LULAC for Texas, February, 1956]

Statement endorsing Tony Campos of Lubbock, Texas as Candidate for Regional Governor of League of United Latin American Citizens for Texas. The endorsement contains a supporting statement outlining all of the different offices held by Tony Campos throughout different LULAC Administrations. "If it is Leadership that LULAC needs, Campos has it." The Regional Convention is to take place in Corpus Christi, Texas on February 17 - 19, 1956.
Date: 1956
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Telegram and articles from Danny Olivas to Pete Tijerina - 1956-10-23] (open access)

[Telegram and articles from Danny Olivas to Pete Tijerina - 1956-10-23]

Copy of a telegram and articles from Danny Olivas to Pete Tijerina dated October 23, 1956 which include a telegram from Olivas to Tijerina: "We are not endorsing the Ike Dick Slate." Above the telegram, there are two articles and a telegram copied onto a piece of paper. One article with Felix Tijerina expressing his support for the Eisenhower-Nixon administration. The other article was John J. Herrera's rebuttal to Tijerina's support of the Eisenhower-Nixon administration: "We have bitterly realized in their past administrations that we were the last to be hired and the first to be hired. We will continue to support the Democratic party and their nominees, Stevenson and Kerauver." Herrera writes: "The great majority of the Latinos do not share his enthusiasm for the Republican Party, as 97 percent of the Latinos work for a living and do not own their business (as Mr. Tijerina does), or are professional people."
Date: October 23, 1956
Creator: Olivas, Danny
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Draft of article by John J. Herrera - 1956-10-22] (open access)

[Draft of article by John J. Herrera - 1956-10-22]

Onionskin paper carbon copy draft of an article by John J. Herrera dated October 22, 1956. This article was Herrera's rebuttal to Felix Tijerina's article on support of the Eisenhower-Nixon administration. "We have bitterly realized in their past administrations that we were the last to be hired and the first to be hired. We will continue to support the Democratic party and their nominees, Stevenson and Kerauver." Herrera also writes: "the great majority of the Latinos do not share his enthusiasm for the Republican Party, as 97 percent of the Latinos work for a living and do not own their business (as Mr. Tijerina does), or are professional people." At the top of this article in Spanish, there is a note which reads as such in English: "(Note: Despite certain Mexican 'leaders' knowing that Nixon 'was of the tricky politics' since October of 1956 many here in Houston on the radio or the TV begged 'Now more than ever four more years of Nixon': The least they should do is now after the failure, is to ask for forgiveness from the people before continuing to make recommendations on who to vote for."
Date: October 22, 1956
Creator: Herrera, John J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Canteen Service Course Completion Certificate Granted to Eleanor Bodansky by the Galveston Chapter of the American National Red Cross] (open access)

[Canteen Service Course Completion Certificate Granted to Eleanor Bodansky by the Galveston Chapter of the American National Red Cross]

Certificate granted to Eleanor Bodansky for completing the Canteen Service course conducted by the Galveston chapter of the American National Red Cross.
Date: June 9, 1956
Creator: The American National Red Cross
System: The Portal to Texas History