[Letter from T. N. Carswell to Representative Omar Burleson - June 25, 1959]
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A letter written to Omar Burleson, House of Representatives, Washington, D. C., from T. N. Carswell, dated June 25, 1959. Carswell expresses his hope that Burleson will get the measures passed which he has marked on an enclosed ballot that was published in the Reporter News. He advises of his support of the bill sponsored by Representative Smith of Virginia to curb the power of the Supreme Court as to strictly state matters and repudiates the foreign aid policy describing the administration of it as "shot through with incompetence". He requests to be sent a copy of the record for …
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A letter written to Omar Burleson, House of Representatives, Washington, D. C., from T. N. Carswell, dated June 25, 1959. Carswell expresses his hope that Burleson will get the measures passed which he has marked on an enclosed ballot that was published in the Reporter News. He advises of his support of the bill sponsored by Representative Smith of Virginia to curb the power of the Supreme Court as to strictly state matters and repudiates the foreign aid policy describing the administration of it as "shot through with incompetence". He requests to be sent a copy of the record for the last session and to be put on Burleson's list to receive a copy of the Congressional Record.
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T. N. Carswell Collection
This collection was assembled by Thomas Norwood Carswell (1887-1978) and contains correspondence throughout his life. His files hold letters signed by most of the major political leaders of Texas during the 1940s through the 1960s, as well as letters signed by Presidents Harry S Truman, Richard M. Nixon, Senator Lyndon B. Johnson, and George Washington Carver. It also contains a scrapbook of his time at Simmons College.
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Carswell, T. N. (Thomas Norwood).[Letter from T. N. Carswell to Representative Omar Burleson - June 25, 1959],
letter,
June 25, 1959;
(https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1398265/:
accessed June 12, 2024),
University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu;
crediting Hardin-Simmons University Library.