Senator John G. Tower Collection - 18 Matching Results

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[John Tower Edited Speech on Educational Policy given to the Classroom Teachers Association in Rosenberg, Texas, October 18, 1965]

Description: Speech proposing that establishing interstate educational compacts nationwide will help states alleviate the confusing and multifarious processes for creating educational policy. He specifically promotes the compact model created by James Bryant Conant, a professor and former president of Harvard University.
Date: October 18, 1965
Creator: Tower, John G. (John Goodwin), 1925-1991
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Partner: Southwestern University

[John Tower Edited Speech on Right to Work given to the Texas-Oklahoma Kiwanis Convention General Assembly in Lubbock, Texas, September 24, 1965]

Description: Speech arguing in favor of retaining Section 14b of the Taft-Hartley Act, which protects the right to work without joining a union, and opposing the labor bosses who want this law repealed.
Date: September 24, 1965
Creator: Tower, John G. (John Goodwin), 1925-1991
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Partner: Southwestern University

[John Tower Edited Speech on Soviet Military Technology given to the Texas AFL-CIO Summer Youth Citizenship Conference at St. Edward's University in Austin, Texas, June 18, 1965]

Description: Speech explaining the ways in which Senator Tower agrees and disagrees with labor goals and asserting that he and labor have the common cause of opposing Communism. Argues that the Soviet Union has surprised the world with the development of solid fuel rockets and massive air transport vessels and that the United States needs to better anticipate Soviet technological advances.
Date: June 18, 1965
Creator: Tower, John G. (John Goodwin), 1925-1991
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Partner: Southwestern University

[John Tower Speech on the Pacific Treaty Organization given to the Houston Rotary Club, October 28, 1965]

Description: Speech explaining the proposition of a Pacific Treaty Organization. PATO would push much of the burden off American troops and technology fighting Asian wars against Communism and allow other "free" countries to more effectively join the United States in opposing Communist countries.
Date: October 28, 1965
Creator: Tower, John G. (John Goodwin), 1925-1991
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Partner: Southwestern University

[John Tower Speech to Indiana State College about Fight Against Poverty in America, Mar. 25, 1965]

Description: Speech; Decline of poverty; Federal bureaucracy versus individual responsibility; Private initiatives to fight poverty; Poverty Bill; White Citizens Council; NAACP [National Association for the Advancement of Colored People]; Welfare and education programs; Poverty statistics; Economic Opportunity Act of 1964; VISTA anti-poverty program.
Date: March 25, 1965
Creator: Tower, John G. (John Goodwin), 1925-1991
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Partner: Southwestern University

[John Tower Speech to Public Affairs Forum, Indiana State College about Poverty in America, Feb. 15, 1965]

Description: Speech; Antipoverty programs; Decline of poverty; How to measure poverty; Unemployment as a result of lack of skill, lack of ability, lack of education and/or lack of motivation; Salary costs for hiring antipoverty officials and social workers as part of the budget; Office of Economic Opportunity; Vocational and literacy training; Federal bureaucracy versus individual responsibility.
Date: February 18, 1965
Creator: Tower, John G. (John Goodwin), 1925-1991
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Partner: Southwestern University

[John Tower Speech to Society of American Engineers about importance of oceans to America, Corpus Christi, Nov. 3, 1965]

Description: 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.
Date: November 3, 1965
Creator: Tower, John G. (John Goodwin), 1925-1991
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Partner: Southwestern University
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