Speech given to the Texas Association of Rural Water Cooperatives on February 1, 1974 by Senator John Tower. Tower describes how the Administration and Congress are working to facilitate growth in rural areas, but they face several obstacles. There is disagreement about the goals of rural development and how they should be implemented, and even where legislators do agree, there are practical obstacles to implementation. Yet, there is a consensus that rural areas need more job opportunities, increased income levels, improved housing, and higher quality community services. The members of the Texas Association of Rural Water Cooperatives play a key role in improving quality of life by providing and improving water and sewage facilities.

Memorandum from Tommy Brooks to John Tower written to help the senator prepare for his speech to a homebuilders organization. A fact sheet created by the homebuilders, a document of issues and comments analyzing S. 2182, and a legislative report noting the bills that would have the greatest impacts on the homebuilders were originally attached to the memo. Brooks describes the speeches that Senator Cranston, Rep. Ashely, and Senator Sparkman have already delivered to the homebuilders.

Legislative report created by Lewis Cenker and Burton C. Wood to inform members of the National Association of Home Builders of legislative bills that may be passed during the second session of the 93rd Congress that would impact home builders. The bills described cover a wide array of topics, including energy, labor, land, and financial policies. Home builders are encouraged to support measures that would be most favorable to them.

Fact sheet compiled by the National Association of Home Builders. Details the issues that Home Builders face such as the depression in residential construction,and the inefficiency of the Department of Housing and Urban Development. The fact sheet describes an issue, analyzes legislation relating to that issue, and then states the position of the NAHB concerning whether or not it supports the bills examined. The NAHB is particularly concerned with the mortgage crisis, the energy crisis, and land use.

Housing and Community Development Act of 1974. S. 3066; "Omnibus" housing bill; Emergency Housing Finance Act of 1974; Land use legislation; Real estate; Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973; HUD [United States Department of Housing and Urban Development]; FHA [Federal Housing Administration]; Clean Air Act.

Speech, 30th Homebuilders Convention, "Congress Looks at Housing", Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, HUD, Energy Shortage, Mortgages, Energy Crisis, Omnibus Housing Bill, Housing Rehabilitation, Mortgage Interest Rate, Economy, Financial Institutions, Depletion Allowance, Investment Tax Credit, Wellhead Price of Oil and Gas, Deregulate Prices, Federal Power Commission

Speech explaining the effects of economic "credit crunch" periods on the housing industry, namely higher interest rates and lower availability of mortgage funds. Describes measures that the federal government is taking to address these problems.

Speech arguing that the United States is suffering from a shortage of natural gas, and the way to address this problem is to strip the Federal Power Commission of its power to regulate prices of natural gas producers and to encourage natural gas exploration.

Speech about the conditions of the economy and legislation related to the housing industry.

Speech; Nomination of Clements for Deputy Secretary of Defense.

Speech delivered by Senator John Tower to Savings and Loan Associations updating them on legislative developments that may affect their industry. Tower explains changes occurring in the housing market such as reduced construction of homes and the flight of people to inner city housing. He also mentions measures that could hurt thrift associations such as President Nixon's proposal for a Department of Housing and Urban Development co-insurance program that would require savings and loan associations to insure loans with the Federal Housing Administration. There is also a major concern about Federal Reserve regulations that could essentially transfer funds from thrifts to commercial banks. To alleviate this issue, John Tower introduced and promoted Senate Joint Resolution 160 as a "band-aid" and hopes that Senate Bill 2591 will provide a more thorough diagnosis of the problem.

Speech describing the failure of federal urban development programs and explaining Senator Tower's proposed community development revenue sharing legislation that should alleviate fiscal and planning problems in urban development and give more oversight to local mayors.

Speech; Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Act of 1972; Federal Housing Assistance (FHA); Community Development Legislation.

Speech; Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA); President Nixon; Davis-Bacon Act; 92nd Congress; wages;

Speech describing current legislative measures that will impact senior citizens and praising the federal government for giving due attention to the aging. Proposes Joint Congressional Committee on the Aging and primarily discusses Social Security laws.

Speech about the achievements of the GI Forum and Senator Tower's support for programs that aid Spanish-speaking Americans in the areas of education, employment, and housing.

Speech declaring the importance of naval and merchant ships to U.S. national interests on the seas and arguing against critics that say that the shipbuilding industry is inefficient, costly, and technologically behind other nations.

Speech supporting the bills introduced by Senator Bill Brock and Senator John Tower (S. 3373 and S. 3654 respectively) to help reduce the costs of residential housing construction. Tower's bill is aimed at revising wage requirements in the Davis-Bacon Act that prevent wages from being depressed by the spending of federal funds on federal projects.

Speech; naval and merchant ships; shipbuilding; President Nixon's Doctrine of Strategic Sufficiency; trade and commerce; Nixon's Seattle Speech; Merchant Marine Revitalization Act of 1970.

Speech about measures and programs that Senator John Tower has supported in order to help Mexican-Americans achieve better education and have increased employment in both the private and public sectors.

Speech; fire loses; cost of fire services; National Academy; management training for Chief Fire Officers; fire prevention programs.

Speech; environmental policy address; air and water pollution control; solar energy; recycling; waste; technological advances; Space Program; fossil fuels; Dr. Peter Glaser, Research Physicist, Arthur D. Little Company; economic costs of pollution control.

Speech; energy crisis; National Petroleum Council; petroleum import; petroleum sources; natural gas; coal; petroleum; nuclear power; energy consumption; investment outlays; Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC); Teheran Agreement; Domestic Exploration Investment Tax Credit; Trans-Alaskan pipeline.

Speech; Reform of labor laws; Pay Board, George Meany; Organized labor; Henneside Bill; Strike legislation; Transportation strikes; Labor Committee; Hartke Bill; Value added tax; Voluntary army.