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[Letter from Preston A. Weatherred to Truett Latimer, April 15, 1957]

Description: Letter from Preston A. Weatherred to Truett Latimer discussing House Bill 299, a bill that would affect the chain store tax law. Mr. Weatherred explains how the current law is unfair to small drive-in ice and food stores and how the bill would change this without changing the laws for the larger chain stores.
Date: April 15, 1957
Creator: Weatherred, Preston A.
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Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Letter from Truett Latimer to Mrs. J. C. Patterson, March 18, 1957]

Description: Letter from Truett Latimer to Mrs. J. C. Patterson discussing a petition Patterson signed supporting a driver education bill and opposing House Bill 2, which would prohibit people under sixteen from obtaining drivers' licenses. Latimer writes that he has added an amendment to H.B. 2 that would allow children who have completed drivers education to get licenses, which he believes will achieve the goals of the Driver Education Program.
Date: March 18, 1957
Creator: Latimer, Truett
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Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Letter from R. O. "Bill" Williams to Truett Latimer, February 7, 1957]

Description: Letter from R. O. "Bill" Williams to Truett Latimer discussing Williams's opposition to House Bill 27 known as the Flexible Rating Bill. Williams writes that the bill would allow companies to cut rates on insurance premiums by cutting coverage and asks Latimer to vote against it.
Date: February 7, 1957
Creator: Williams, R. O. "Bill"
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[Letter from Jack Whetstone to Truett Latimer, March 8, 1957]

Description: Letter from Jack Whetstone to Truett Latimer discussing the legislature's decision to withhold funds from the University of Texas part of the Cotton Research Committee of Texas in the General Appropriations Bill. Whetstone writes that the reduction in research funding for the university will jeopordize the entire cotton research program and he urges Latimer to consider restoring the funds so they can continue their work.
Date: March 8, 1957
Creator: Whetstone, Jack
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[Letter from Robert Sayles to Truett Latimer, February 26, 1957]

Description: Letter from Robert Sayles to Truett Latimer discussing an enclosed petition concerning the proposed division of Taylor County into commissioners' precincts along numerical lines. Sayles writes that he and the other signees believe such a division would result in inequities and discrimination for the county's rural residents.
Date: February 26, 1957
Creator: Sayles, Robert
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