[Letter from Thomas L. James to I. H. Kempner, April 7, 1953] Page: 1 of 2
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-NTER-OFFICE LETTEP-
FOR MR. I. H. KEMPNER DATE April 7, 1953
SUBJECT School Taxes 2-50 SM 51590
WRITE ON BUT ONE SUBJECT TO BE USED BY ALL OFFICERS OR DEPARTMENT
ON THIS SHEET HEADS FOR INTER-OFFICE CORRESPONDENCE
Dear Mr. Kempner:
I talked to Senator Jimmy Phillips yesterday afternoon
about Senate Bill 243 by Senator Otis E. Lock of Lufkin, the
passage of which we are very much interested in.
Senator Phillips says the bill will pass the committee
o.k. and he is reasonably certain it will pass the Senate. However,
he is not sure just how it will be received by the House and recom-
mended that we get busy and get as many letters as we can to both
Senators and Representatives urging full support and passage of
this particular legislation.
I am asking some contacts in Houston and suggest you do
the same thing in Galveston, with the view to getting letters to
the Senators and Representatives. In the meantime, what do you
think about getting Bob Armstrong to write our Texas Brokers and
urge them to write their Senators and Representatives about this
bill and get as many of their friends to do likewise? This should
bring in lots of letters from sections of the State where no prison
lands are located and should prove very helpful.
I should like to get your views on this by telephone
tomorrow morning.
Yours very truly,
Th e. L. James.
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