[Report of Legal Adviser of LULAC, John J. Herrera, to Supreme Council of LULAC - 1977-08-20] Page: 3 of 6
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PROBLEMS WHICH FACE THIS MEETING FOR IMMEDIATE ACTION.
1. IN OCTOBER, 1976, THE SUPREME COUNCIL OF LULAC IN OFFICIAL
SESSIONS VOTED ARTICLES OF IMPEACHMENT AGAINST JOSEPH R. BENITES,
2. ACTING ON SUCH ORDERS AND WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF OUR
CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS, JOSEPH R. BENITES WAS IMPEACHED BY A
LULAC PANEL HEADED BY PAST NATIONAL PRESDIENT, GEORGE J. GARZA,
IN HOUSTON, TEXAS, FEBRUARY 11-12, 1977.
3. CONTRARY TO THE LULAC IMPEACHMENT, WHEREIN JOSEPH R.
BENITES WAS STRIPPED OF ALL LULAC RESPONSIBILITY AND ACTIVITY,
CERTAIN PERSONS IN LULAC HAVE CONTINUED TO GIVE RECOGNITION TO
JOSEPH R. BENITES NOT ONLY AS A MEMBER OF LULAC BUT ALSO AS A
PAST NATIONAL PRESIDENT OF LULAC AND AS A MEMBER OF THE LULAC
EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION, EVEN THOUGH THE BY-LAWS OF SUCH FOUNDATION
CLEARLY STATE THAT ANY MEMBER OF SUCH FOUNDATION "MUST BE A MEMBER
OF LULAC IN GOOD STANDING" .
4. AT A RECENT MEETING OF THE LULAC FOUNDATION, THE DULY
APPOINTED NATIONAL LEGAL ADVISER OF LULAC WAS NOT ALLOWED TO SIT
IN AND ADVISE THE NATIONAL PRESIDENT OF LULAC ON ANY LEGAL MATTERS
PERTAINING TO LULAC AS PROVIDED FOR IN OUR LULAC CONSTITUTION.
THE LEGAL MATTERS' THAT THE LEGAL ADVISER WAS ADVISING ON WAS THE
PROPRIETY OF JOSEPH R. BENITES SITTING IN ON ANY FUTURE HEARINGS
OF THE LULAC FOUNDATION.
5. ROBERTO ORNELAS AND WILLIAM D. BONILLA, MEMBERS OF THE
LULAC FOUNDATION, NOW MAINTAIN THAT JOSEPH R. BENITES HAS NOT BEEN
IMPEACHED AND THAT HE IS ELIGIBLE TO SERVE ON LULAC BOARDS AS A
MEMBER OF LULAC.
6. THEY ALSO MAINTAIN THAT RESOLUTION FOUR VOTED ON BY
UNANIMOUS VOTE OF THE 4STH NATIONAL - CONVENTION CALLING FOR A NEW
BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE FOUNDATION IS NULL AND VOID.
7. NO OPPOSITION TO RESOLUTION 4 OR THE BENITES MATTER WAS
OFFERED BY EITHER BONILLA OR ORNELAS AT OUR PAST NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
IN LOS ANGELES EVEN THOUGH THEY WERE BOTH PRESENT AND COULD HAVE
UNDER OUR CONSTITUTION STATED THEIR OBJECTIONS OR GRIEVANCES AS TO
EITHER THE BENITES MATTER OR THE REORGANIZATION OF THE LULAC
EDUCATIONAL FUND.
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Herrera, John J. [Report of Legal Adviser of LULAC, John J. Herrera, to Supreme Council of LULAC - 1977-08-20], report, August 20, 1977; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth251302/m1/3/: accessed June 12, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Hoston History Research Center at Houston Public Library.