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78th U.S. Congress, Second Session, Senate Bill 2048 (open access)

78th U.S. Congress, Second Session, Senate Bill 2048

Bill introduced to the United States Senate and House of Representatives to prohibit discrimination in employment because of race, creed, color, national origin, or ancestry.
Date: 1944
Creator: United States. Congress (78th, 2nd session : 1944)
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Abstract of Title to Part of Block 4 of "Westview Addition" to the City of Houston, SSBB, in Harris County, Texas (open access)

Abstract of Title to Part of Block 4 of "Westview Addition" to the City of Houston, SSBB, in Harris County, Texas

Abstract of title to part of block 4 of the "Westview Addition" to the City of Houston, including the General Warranty Deeds, Assignment of V/T & D/T, Agreement, Right-of-Way Deed, Quit-Claim Deed, Release of Interest, Release of V/T, Release of V/L, Assignment of M/L, Release of M/L for the property area.
Date: July 20, 1944
Creator: Texas Abstract Company Incorporated
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Address on behalf of C. V. Buster Kern for Sheriff of Harris County, Tex. (open access)

Address on behalf of C. V. Buster Kern for Sheriff of Harris County, Tex.

Text of the campaign speech given by John J. Herrera on behalf of C. V. "Buster" Kern, who is running for Sheriff of Harris County.
Date: August 25, 1948
Creator: Herrera, John J.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Affidavit signed by Ernesto Herrera - 1948-12-07] (open access)

[Affidavit signed by Ernesto Herrera - 1948-12-07]

Notarized affidavit regarding two tracts of land owned by Ernesto Jimenez Herrera. One lot is in the Houston Suburban Estates subdivision and the other two lots are in the City Gardens subdivision. Herrera does not claim any of these properties as his homestead. Instead he is leasing his business property at 124 Preston Avenue.
Date: July 12, 1948
Creator: Herrera, Ernesto Jimenez
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Amendment to LULAC Charter - 1940-04-15] (open access)

[Amendment to LULAC Charter - 1940-04-15]

Copy of an Amendment to League of United Latin American Citizens Charter dated April 15, 1940. The amendment extends the territorial limits of the corporation from "The State of Texas" to "United States of America".
Date: April 15, 1940
Creator: League of United Latin American Citizens
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Announcement of The League of United Latin American Citizens Council No. 60 dance] (open access)

[Announcement of The League of United Latin American Citizens Council No. 60 dance]

An announcement on LULAC Council No. 60 letterhead for their dance to be held on Sunday, December 9, 1945 with honored guest Macario Garcia, winner of the Congressional Medal of Honor. Other special invited guests included the Mexican Consul,the Chairman of the Good Neighbor Commission, the mayor of Houston, Sgt. Cleto Rodriguez (another Congressional Medal of Honor winner), and other LULAC delegations from San Antonio and Laredo.
Date: December 6, 1945
Creator: The League of United Latin American Citizens Council No. 60
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Balance statement for  Porfirio and Fransisca Vasquez. from L. M. Inkley Company - 1945-10-06] (open access)

[Balance statement for Porfirio and Fransisca Vasquez. from L. M. Inkley Company - 1945-10-06]

Card from L. M. Inkley Company printed with a statement balance as of September 30, 1945, for Porfirio and Fransisca Vasquez.
Date: October 6, 1945
Creator: L. M. Inkley Company
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Bill for Services Rendered for John J. Herrera by John H. Barron - April 14, 1947] (open access)

[Bill for Services Rendered for John J. Herrera by John H. Barron - April 14, 1947]

Onionskin carbon copy of an itemized bill sent to John J. Herrera for services rendered by John Barron, Consulting Radio Engineers of Washington, D.C. Services rendered between March 5 through April 11, 1947 and totaled $906.05.
Date: April 14, 1947
Creator: Barron, John H.
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Bill for Services Rendered for John J. Herrera by John H. Barron - April 14, 1947] (open access)

[Bill for Services Rendered for John J. Herrera by John H. Barron - April 14, 1947]

Onionskin carbon copy of an itemized bill sent to John J. Herrera for services rendered by John Barron, Consulting Radio Engineers of Washington, D.C. Services rendered between March 5 through April 11, 1947 and totaled $906.05.
Date: April 14, 1947
Creator: Barron, John H.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Biographical Article on John J. Herrera] (open access)

[Biographical Article on John J. Herrera]

Biographical article on John J. Herrera from the Pan-American magazine, Volume 1, Number 4, January, 1945.
Date: January 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Birth announcement and photograph]

Photograph of a baby girl with dark hair, visible from the chest up. An accompanying page has two baby footprints and a lock of hair. Text in the upper-left corner says: "Name: Baby Girl Louvier, Weight: 6 lbs 15 oz, Date: 6-21-45 at 8:51 p.m."
Date: 1945-06~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Boy Scouts of America Charter for Troop #426, Houston, Texas] (open access)

[Boy Scouts of America Charter for Troop #426, Houston, Texas]

The original charter of Boy Scout Troop #426 of Houston, Texas dated October 31, 1943. The troop was sponsored by The League of United Latin American Citizens, with John J. Herrera as Scoutmaster of the troop. It is printed in color on the official Boy Scouts of America charter form.
Date: October 31, 1943
Creator: Boy Scouts of America
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Case number 68, Committee on Fair Employment Practice in the matter of Shell Oil Company] (open access)

[Case number 68, Committee on Fair Employment Practice in the matter of Shell Oil Company]

Legal document of charges brought by the United States Fair Employment Committee in the matter of Shell Oil Company, Incorporated, and Oil Workers International Union, Local 367, C.I.O. for engaging in discriminatory employment practices. A hearing was ordered by the President's Committee on Fair Employment Practice to examine the complaints filed with the said committee. This document was signed on behalf of Shell Oil Company by P.E. Foster, refinery manager, and John C. Quilty, Industrial Manager. C.B. Locke, President, signed for Oil Workers International Union, local 367, C.I.O., and Emanuel H. Bloch, Trial Counsel, signed for the President's Committee of Fair Employment Practice.
Date: December 30, 1944
Creator: United States. Committee on Fair Employment Practice
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping from scrapbook - includes article, "Latin American Scouts Map Ritual," letter and envelope] (open access)

[Clipping from scrapbook - includes article, "Latin American Scouts Map Ritual," letter and envelope]

Part of page from a scrapbook with a letter from the Secretary of the Board of Legal Examiners to John J. Herrera, and articles about the Latin-American Boy Scouts of America, Antonio Morales, Jr. and Daniel Rodriguez.
Date: {1943-04-18,1943-09-11,1943-10-29}
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping from scrapbook - includes greeting card, business card, and envelope addressed to John J. Herrera] (open access)

[Clipping from scrapbook - includes greeting card, business card, and envelope addressed to John J. Herrera]

Part of page from a scrapbook with a note from the Supreme Court of Texas congratulating John J. Herrera, with envelope, and a business card for John J. Herrera. Note, envelope, and business card are laminated on a piece of thin cardboard.
Date: October 24, 1943
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Contract between Felix H. Morales and Charles L. Belfi - May 10, 1947] (open access)

[Contract between Felix H. Morales and Charles L. Belfi - May 10, 1947]

A memorandum of a contract made between Felix H. Morales and Charles L. Belfi in Bexar County, Texas. The contract stated that Morales had employed Belfi as the general manager of the proposed radio station in Houston, Harris County, Texas. The contract listed the salary and commission terms Belfi was to receive as well as housing and transportation accommodations. The full term of the contract was to expire after ten years on May 10, 1957 and it was signed by both parties and notarized.
Date: May 10, 1947
Creator: Morales, Felix H.
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Contract between Felix H. Morales and Charles L. Belfi - May, 1947] (open access)

[Contract between Felix H. Morales and Charles L. Belfi - May, 1947]

A contract for personal services between Felix H. Morales and Charles L. Belfi. The contract provides details about their employment agreement and payment terms. The blank contract was not dated or signed.
Date: May 1947
Creator: Morales, Felix H.
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Copy of case number 68, Committee on Fair Employment Practice in the matter of Shell Oil Company] (open access)

[Copy of case number 68, Committee on Fair Employment Practice in the matter of Shell Oil Company]

Copy of a legal document of charges brought by the United States Fair Employment Committee in the matter of Shell Oil Company, Incorporated, and Oil Workers International Union, Local 367, C.I.O. for engaging in discriminatory employment practices. A hearing was ordered by the President's Committee on Fair Employment Practice to examine the complaints filed with the said committee. This document was signed on behalf of Shell Oil Company by P.E. Foster, refinery manager, and John C. Quilty, Industrial Manager. C.B. Locke, President, signed for Oil Workers International Union, local 367, C.I.O., and Emanuel H. Bloch, Trial Counsel, signed for the President's Committee of Fair Employment Practice.
Date: December 30, 1944
Creator: United States. Committee on Fair Employment Practice
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cortez new Lulac President (open access)

Cortez new Lulac President

Newspaper clipping from "San Antonio Light" announcing Raoul A. Cortez as the new LULAC President-General and names of other office bearers of LULAC. Cortez pledged to fight against segregation of Latino Americans in public schools. San Antonio was selected for the 1949 convention for the LULAC sessions.
Date: June 14, 1948
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Credentials certification letter from Corpus Christi LULAC Council Number One to LULAC Credentials Committee - 1949-01-11] (open access)

[Credentials certification letter from Corpus Christi LULAC Council Number One to LULAC Credentials Committee - 1949-01-11]

Onionskin paper copy of credentials certification letter from George J. Galvez, Secretary, and Elias Licona, President, of Corpus Christi LULAC Council Number 1 to LULAC Credentials Committee dated January 11, 1949. This certifies that Hector de Pena was appointed as delegate to the Regional LULAC Convention to be held in Houston, Texas, on January 29 and 30, 1949.
Date: January 11, 1949
Creator: Galvez, George J.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Decision regarding the charges brought by the Committee on Fair Employment Practice in the matter of Shell Oil Company] (open access)

[Decision regarding the charges brought by the Committee on Fair Employment Practice in the matter of Shell Oil Company]

Charges filed by the President's Committee on Fair Employment Practice against Shell Oil Company, Incorporated, dated December 11, 1944, for engaging in discriminatory employment practices at the Deer Park Refinery in Houston, Texas.
Date: December 30, 1944
Creator: United States. Committee on Fair Employment Practice
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Document No. 33682 Part 1499 - Commodities and Services, RMPR 165 (open access)

Document No. 33682 Part 1499 - Commodities and Services, RMPR 165

Revised Maximum Price Regulation No. 165, dated July 1, 1944. This document covers the services covered by the Office of Price Administration, how the price structures are established and lists the penalties for violations or evasion. Includes a sample form.
Date: July 1, 1944
Creator: United States. Office of Price Administration
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Draft of speech by John J. Herrera about the Texas Good Neighbor Commission] (open access)

[Draft of speech by John J. Herrera about the Texas Good Neighbor Commission]

Draft of speech written by John J. Herrera about the Latin-American and Anglo communities working together for better communication. Mention is made of the establishment of the Texas Good Neighbor Commission and its work towards this goal.
Date: 1940/1959
Creator: Herrera, John J.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Draft of speech by John J. Herrera about the Texas Good Neighbor Commission] (open access)

[Draft of speech by John J. Herrera about the Texas Good Neighbor Commission]

Speech written by John J. Herrera about the Latin-American and Anglo communities working together for better communication. Mention is made of the establishment of the Texas Good Neighbor Commission and its work towards this goal.
Date: 1940/1959
Creator: Herrera, John J.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History