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The Texas Compatriot
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President, TXSSAR
William N. Floyd, Jr., M.D.
PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE
DEAR COMPATRIOTS,
NSSAR Meeting, New ORleans:
Twenty compatriots of the TXSSAR attend-
ed the 104th Annual Conference in New Or-
leans. We had a good time. Outgoing Pre-
sident Bob Vance and incoming President
Stewart Mc Carthy, issued an invitation to
11 Delagates, members of the SAR and their
guests to attend the 105th Congress in
Louisville in 1995.
The Texas Society was given the follow-
ing awards: highest number of new members
under age 40; largest number of CAR trans-
fers; largest number of new members; most
new Chapters; largest number of sons, gr-
andsons and nephews; largest number of new
member supplementals; the coveted $500.00
annual award to DAR State Society recruit-
ing the most 3 AR members and several other
awards for a total of nine.
The Ladies Hospitality room was always
well attended. Everyone commented on the
enjoyment of the luncheon with the SAR
Royal Krewe and the Dixie Land Band. The
dinners were beautifully decorated and
the food was delicious.The following resolutions were passed:
1). The NSSAR respectfully requests the
President of the United States to keep all
U. S. forces deployed outside the United
States under U. S. command and urges the
Congress of the U. S. to pass the Senate
bill introduced by Sen. Paul Coverdell of
Georgia that no funds shall be expended
for the deployment of U. S. troops under
the U. N. command unless authorized by the
U. S. Congress.
2). The NSSAR urges (1) the President and
Congress to adopt a balanced budget for fi-
scal 1995 and pass legislation which will
commence a reduction in the debt by 1996,
and (2) all Compatriots to write their Sen-
ators and Congresspeople to insist on the
adoption of deficit and debt reduction law.
as a matter of the highest priority.
3). The NSSAR urges the President and
the Congress of the United States not
to enact legislation illegally admiting
the City of Washington, D. C. to the Un-
ion as the State of New Columbia, in dir-
ect contravention of the Uo S. Constitut-
ion, and be it further RESOLVED, that the
Executive Secretary of the NSSAR to trans-
mit copies of this resolution to the Pres-
ident of the United States, the Presiding
Officer of the U. S. House of Representat-
ives, and to all State Presidents of the
NSSAR.
4). The NSSAR urges the Congress to term-
inate all funding for the NEA as a matter
of the highest national priority as a com-
ponent of reviewing federal programs to
reduce or.terminate funding, as the cir-
cumstances dictate,
5). The NSSAR respectfully petitions the
Congress of the United States to propose
an amendment to the U. S. Constitution,
for ratification by the states, specify-
ing that Congress and the states shall H
have the power- to prohibit public physical
desecration of the flag of the United Sta-
tes, and that the Executive Secretary of
the NSSAR is directed to send copies of
this Resolution to the Clerk of the U. S.
House of Representatives, the Secretary
of the U. S. Senate, and to all State
Presidents of the NSSAR.
6). The NSSAR urges (1) the various stat-
es to adopt legislation requiring hand
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