Argument in State v. NAACP

The Honorable court properly identified this action when it correctly excluded all evidence relating to segregation, stating that this is not a race action. The fact that the NAACP purports to represent the Negro race has no bearing whatever on this case. We have alleged, and we believe we have established, that the NAACP and the NAACP Legal Defense and …

Texas Association of Public Accountants

June 15, 1956 Texas Association of Public Accountants (Tyler, Texas) I want to talk to you about one of the most serious problems that has ever faced the people of Texas—or of this country. Last May 21 the United States Supreme Court annihilated the “right-to-work” laws of 18 states, including Texas, at least in so far as they apply to …

Open the Door, Blackstone

(Opening remarks only) Thank you for that very flattering and truthful introduction. I think he did a good job considering that he was in somewhat the same position as the Master of Ceremonies who had to introduce another obscure character from a small town in Texas. He said, “Our next speaker needs no introduction. Even if I told you who …

An Address to the Mississippi LP-Gas Dealers

Texas owes an eternal debt to the great State of Mississippi for all of the fine people you have bred and given to our state. You gave us a number of the brave men who laid down their lives at the Alamo, and multiplied thousands of pioneer settlers. And not the least of the rugged trail-blazers who went to Texas …

Men’s Club of the First Christian Church

Government is a very important factor in our lives, and there are certain things Christians ought to remember about it. It was Thomas Jefferson who first pointed out that this country was not in any sense founded upon the Christian religion. We believe in the absolute separation of church and state and complete freedom of worship, and churches of all …