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[Clipping: Editor Pleads for Immediate Action On 12-Point Gambling Bill -- Signed by C. C. Wade]

Description: Editorial from the February 21, 1961 issue of The Baptist Standard, detailing what happened during the hearing on House Joint Resolution 4 and asking that people contact their representatives to oppose the bill. There is a pre-printed letter on the editorial for one to sign and fill in their representative; It is signed by C. C. Wade and addressed to Truett Latimer. The last sentence of the third paragraph is subject to an annotation that reads, 'This is good! Don't give up! You have our prayer… more
Date: February 1961
Creator: James, E. S.
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Clipping: Editor Pleads for Immediate Action On 12-Point Gambling Bill -- Signed by L. Etna Carr]

Description: Editorial from the February 21, 1961 issue of The Baptist Standard, detailing what happened during the hearing on House Joint Resolution 4 and asking that people contact their representatives to oppose the bill. There is a pre-printed letter on the editorial for one to sign and fill in their representative; it is signed by L. Etna Carr and addressed to Truett Latimer. The other side of the paper contains an article titled 'Safeguards Against Secularization'.
Date: February 1961
Creator: James, E. S.
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Correspondence between Truett Latimer and Mr. and Mrs. J. T. W. Brown, 1953]

Description: Correspondence between Truett Latimer and Mr. and Mrs. J. T. W. Brown discussing a petition the Browns signed regarding Texas House Bill #216 and the high taxes that would be needed to raise teacher salaries. The Browns' response is handwritten on the back of Latimer's initial letter.
Date: 1953-02~
Creator: Latimer, Truett; Brown, J. T. W. & Brown, Mrs. J. T. W.
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Correspondence between Truett Latimer and Mrs. Andrew W. Hunt, 1953]

Description: Correspondence between Truett Latimer and Mrs. Andrew W. Hunt discussing a petition Hunt signed regarding Texas House Bill #216 and the desire for higher teacher salaries in the state of Texas regardless of any taxes that are raised to achieve said goal. Mrs. Andrew W. Hunt's response is typed directly onto Latimer's initial letter.
Date: 1953-02~
Creator: Latimer, Truett & Hunt, Mrs. Andrew W.
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Letter and Petition from Alan Zane to Truett Latimer, February 5, 1959]

Description: Letter from Alan Zane to Texas State Representative Truett Latimer with five attached petitions from citizens of Taylor County. The petition features hundreds of names, some with addresses, urging Latimer to submit legislation in the House that would establish regulatory powers of the Game and Fish Commission in Taylor County.
Date: February 5, 1959
Creator: Zane, Alan
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Letter from A. C. Scott to Truett Latimer, February 24, 1961]

Description: Letter from A. C. Scott to Truett Latimer discussing the tax issues in Texas. He suggests a sales tax that would return a portion of the tax to the counties based on population. He also supports increasing the license on cars and trucks to fund road maintenance in place of ad valorem taxes on automobiles.
Date: February 24, 1961
Creator: Scott, A. C.
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Letter from A. E. Wells to Truett Latimer, February 1, 1957]

Description: Letter from A. E. Wells to Truett Latimer discussing an unnamed enclosed bill concerning the allocation of schools' professional units based on average daily attendance. Wells writes that he has asked Bascom Hayes of the Texas Education Agency to contact Latimer to answer any questions about the proposed bill. He also mentions that he is contacting Mr. Sturgeon about teachers serving on juries, as Latimer had suggested, and that he will keep Latimer informed about teachers' feelings about legis… more
Date: February 1, 1957
Creator: Wells, A. E.
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library
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