Bruce Alger Collection

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Bruce Alger Collection


Overview of the Collection
Accession No.:	MA 83-11
Repository:	Texas/Dallas History & Archives, Dallas Public Library 1515 Young St Dallas, TX 75201
Creator:	Bruce Alger
Title:	Bruce Alger Collection
Dates:	1954-1979
Quantity:	46 boxes
Abstract:
Language:	The records are in English.

Occasionally in history a person emerges who stands apart, either by choice or chance. In 1954 such a man was elected by the Texas Fifth District as the first Republican U. S. Representative from Texas since the Civil War. Whether Bruce Alger stood apart by chance or by choice depends on the interpretation of the issues and circumstances.

Bruce Alger was born in Dallas, Texas, June 12, 1918, but was raised in St. Louis, Missouri. A recipient of a Blossum scholarship, Alger attended Princeton University, where he studied philosophy, art and music. After graduation his first career was television, the newest invention of the 1940s. Joining the RCA Corporation in their promotions department, Alger settled down to work in communications; however, his career was interrupted by WWII. Alger joined the Army as a flyer, holding the rank of Captain by war's end. On his return he found RCA would not hire him. He had been "gone too long" for the new fast-paced field.

In 1945 Alger moved to Dallas and formed Alger Development Co. As a real estate agent and land developer Alger soon found himself concerned with local issues and became the first president of the White Rock Chamber of Commerce. He settled back to enjoy his business and community.

However, in 1954 Alger's life would change. After being approached by associates, Alger became the Republican candidate for U.S. House of Representatives for the Fifth District. To his own surprise he was elected - the first and only Republican from Texas, setting him apart by circumstance. For the next ten years Alger would also be set apart by choice.

Alger's tenure in office (1954-1964) is included in Texas' Johnson-Rayburn era. Lyndon Johnson and Sam Rayburn controlled the totally Democratic Texas delegation in Washington for many years. As a Republican Alger was an outsider. As an ultra-conservative Republican Alger was even further outside his state representative circle. As an individualist, a strict constitutionalist, and a man of extreme principles, or as some have said stubbornness, Alger stood separated from other Republicans as well.

Bruce Alger believed in the limited role of federal government during a time when the government was being asked toe expand. Alger stood fast to his principles. Compromise was not possible when the principle became the issue. Later, in his own words, Alger felt he had been too naïve to realize how Congress worked. People expected trade-offs and Alger could not trade. In an era of social movements, such as civil rights, his view of the federal role differed from most. He felt these changes belonged on local levels. The federal government should provide for the common defense and foreign affairs. Responsibility for social programs, or domestic controls, belonged to people closest to the problems. A good example of his unyielding belief concerned the funding for school lunch programs. In his view providing lunches, or other similar aid, should be controlled both financially and physically by local people. He stood firm on this point down to being the only member of the House to voice opposition to the lunch program.

Alger's steadfast determination increased his unpopularity with the Texas delegation as wall as members of the Fifth District back home in Dallas. It's possible that this fact, the 1963 assassination of President Kennedy, in Dallas, and Texas' Democratic Party traditions all contributed to Alger's defeat by former Dallas mayor Earle Cabell in 1964.

After ten years of public service Alger picked up his private life. Continuing in real estate as a broker, he moved first to Florida and in 1976 back to Dallas. He remained out of political life, except for occasional public appearances. As of 1986 Bruce Alger is still living and working in the Dallas area.

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Scope and Contents

The Bruce Alger Collection begins with Alger's campaign and election in 1954, continues through his tenure in office and follows his political interests and activities up to 1979. Correspondence and U. S. House procedures are a a major portion of the collection contents.

1954 1964 - THE CONGRESSIONAL PAPERS

The congressional papers include speeches, letters, as well as House bills, resolutions, and voting records. An interesting aspect of this section deals with the Ways and Means Committee, on which Alger served. Reports on Urban Renewal, the Hoover Commission, Public Assistance, Tax Bills and Civil Rights issues are also well represented.

1967-1979

The remainder of the collection gives a more in-depth look at Bruce Alger. It reveals what issues he remained interested in including Civil Rights, Urban Renewal, the Kennedy Assassination, busing, school prayer, and the Vietnam War. The remainder of the collection consists of newspaper clippings, photographs, tapes and books, including three manuscripts written by Alger.

The collection is an excellent source for American politics, Texas politics, ultra conservatism in the 1850s, 60s, and 70s as well as a biography of Congressman Bruce Alger.

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Related Material

FOR MORE INFORMATION SEE ALSO:

Oral History of Bruce Alger, interviewed by Gerald Saxon, part of the Dallas Public Library's Oral History Project in the Texas/Dallas History and Archives Division, 1984. (Tapes #256, 257, 258)

Bruce Alger: An Oral History Interview, interviewed by Alan Mason, East Texas State University and Dallas Public Library Oral History Project, 1983. (DPL #325.73092A 395YA)

Biographical vertical files, Texas/Dallas History and Archives Division, Dallas Public Library.

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Index Terms

This record series is indexed under the following controlled access subject terms.

Persons:

Alger, Bruce

Places:

Dallas, Texas

Subjects:

United States. Congress. House

Occupations:

Legislators -- United States

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Detailed Description of the Collection

Box	Folder

1		1954
	1		Biography - Bruce Reynolds Alger
	2		Campaign speech kit
	3		Booklets, pamphlets
	4		Election clippings, pamphlets
	5		Congratulatory letters
	6		Congratulatory letters
	7		Campaign lists
	8		Wallace Savage news clippings
2		1955-1956
	1		Americans for Democratic Action - ratings - clippings
	2		Americans for Democratic Action - ratings - clippings
	3		Congratulatory letters
	4		Speeches - speech material
	5		Speeches, radio address, newsletters
	6		Voting record files - 84th Congress
	7		Voting record 84th Congress
	8		Lyndon Johnson, Senator, letters, speech
	9		H. R. 7448 - Repeal of Gasoline Tax
	10		H. R. 7304 - Depletion Allowance, Tax Code
	11		H. R. 7052 - Repeal of Sec. 601, P. L. 155
	12		H. R. 221 - American Law Student Week
	13		H. R. 4510 - Veterans Regulations
	14		Americans for Democratic Action, press releases
	15		Facts Forum January
	16		Facts Forum - radio program
	17		Urban Renewal kit
	18		Election campaign
	19		Campaing contributions
	20		Campaign contributor lists and summaries
	21		Henry Wade vs. Alger, clippings, speeches
	22		Henry Wade speeches, correspondence
	23		Campaing speeches - Wade vs. Alger
	24		Speeches
3		1956-1958
	1		Congratulatory letters
	2		National Republican Convention
	3		H. R. 11153 - Davis-Bacon Amendment
	4		Freda L. Sullivan Immigration - Private Law 563
	5		Hoover Commission bills 1955
	6		Americans for Democratic Action
	7		Speech material - speeches
	8		Speeches
	9		Voting record
	10		Lyndon Johnson - correspondence, pamphlets
	11		Congratulatory letters
	12		Oil imports, off-shore drilling
	13		Investigation of Oil for Europe program
	14		Statement to Committee on Education & Labor
	15		Post Office Department & correspondence
	16		H. R. 6478 - Natural gas bill
	17		H. R. 6407 - Tax Relief for Small Business
	18		H. J. Res. 261 - Proposed Amendment to the Constitution
	19		S. J. Res. 36 - Balancing the Budget
	20		H. R. 5790 - Supply & Service Division, Department of Defense
	21		H. R. 5580 - Juanita Lewis Insurance
	22		Alger bills - 85th Congress
	23		Alger bills - correspondence
	24		Adverse Effects of the Expanding Activities of hte National Government on the Private Economy and Federal System: The Case for Free Enterprise and Local Self-Government. Legislative Reference Service, Library of Congress
	25		Federal expenditures
	26		Speeches, speech notes - campaign
	27		Campaign statements - contributor lists
	28		Speech file
4		1958
	1		Report luncheon speech
	2		Campaign speeches - news releases
	3		Barefoot Sanders - clippings - campaign literature
	4		B. F. Fisk debate - rebuttal
	5		B. F. Fisk - clippings - Congressional Record
	6		Americans for Democratic Action
	7		Unemployment compensation - Washington newsletter, Congressman N. M. Mason
	8		Correspondence, re: speeches
	9		Fair trade, public hearing
	10		Fair trade - bills, statements, correspondence
	11		Voting record by roll call, 2nd session, 85th Congress
	12		City of Dallas urban renewal program
	13		City of Dallas urban renewal correspondence
	14		Urban renewal reports - correspondence
	15		Master file - urban renewal
	16		Master file - urban renewal
5		1958-1959
	1		Urban renewal - master file
	2		Urban renewal - master file
	3		Hoover Commission - progress reports, correspondence
	4		Draft - Bill to Amend Internal Revenue Code
	5		H. J. Res. 259 - Constitutional Amendment - tax limitation
	6		H. R. 13328 - To provide additional District Judges
	7		H. R. 12759 - Private bill, George Berberian
	8		H. R. 7367 - Private bill, Lee McDonald
	9		H. R. 6860 - Private bill, Lidji and Gattegno
	10		Jobless pay benefits
	11		Social Security, unemployment & medical coverage
	12		Fair trade - bills, statements
	13		Fair trade - reports, clippings
	14		Fair trade, master file
	15		Lyndon Johnson - correspondence, clippings
	16		Johnson-Kennedy voting records
	17		Walter Reuther - labor
	18		Speech notes - material
	19		"The Mainstream of Freedom" - Alger speech
	20		Reading, PA speech
	21		"The Republic at the Crossroads" - Alger
	22		Report luncheon speech
	23		"The R. E. A. in Transition" - Alger
	24		Garland post ofice dedication speech
	25		Labor legislation - Alger
	26		Voting attendance record
6		1959
	1		Oil depletion hearings - Senator Gore speech
	2		Oil depletion literature
	3		Oil Depletion issue
	4		Depletion hearings - Ways & Means
	5		Urban Renewal
	6		Urban Renewal
	7		Urban Renewal - speeches, statements
	8		Urban Renewal - Congressional Record
	9		Urban Renewal - correspondence
	10		Urban Renewal, City of Dallas
	11		Urban Renewal, Newark Conference
	12		Renegotiation Act, Ways & Means Committee
	13		Presidential State of the Union Address
	14		Unemployment compensation, Ways & Means
	15		Temporary employment Act - H. R. 10
	16		H. R. 3607 - To Amend Internal Revenue Code
7		1959-1960
	1		The 1958 Elections - A Summary Report
	2		Alger platform material
	3		Legislation introduced in 86th Congress
	4		Alger bills, correspondence
	5		Congressional Record
	6		H. J. Resolutions 538 & 158 - Balanced Budget
	7		H. R. 2319 - To provide additional Texas Judges
	8		H. R. 5840 - Amendment to Agricultural Adjustment Act
	9		H. R. 5164 - Amend 1954 Internal Revenue Code
	10		H. R. 5655 & 5611. Defense Facilities protection - Fertilizer production survey
	11		H. R. 8003 - Limiting Labor Activities, correspondence
	12		H. R. 8090 - Tax Relief for Small Business
	13		H. R. 7731 - Natural Gas Bill - correspondence
	14		H. R. 8632 - For Relief of Walter W. Cook
	15		H. R. 9470 - For Relief of E. W. Cornett Sr. and Jr.
	16		Alger bills, 86th Congress, correspondence
	17		H.R. 3607 - Tax Reform
	18		H. R. 7716 - Cokas Children Immigration Relief
	19		H. R. 643 - Treaty Limitations, Bricker-Connaly Amendment
	20		H. R. 12654 - Congressional Expenditures
	21		H. R. 10982 - For Relief of Roberto A. Lopez
	22		Analysis of bills to amend Fair Labor Act of 1938
	23		Voting record - The Free Citizens
	24		Voting record - Civil Affairs Associates
	25		Voting Record - AFL-CIO Committee
	26		Voting Records - 86th Congress
	27		Voting attendance records
	28		Civil rights hearings - House Judiciary Committee
	29		Civil rights - bills, amendments, speeches
	30		Civil rights - booklets, reports, Congressional Record
8		1960
	1		Invitations - January
	2		Invitations - February
	3		Invitations - March
	4		Invitations - April
	5		Invitations - May
	6		Americans for Democratic Action - voting tallies
	7		Americans for Constitutional Action
	8		Eisenhower letter
	9		Eisenhower Administration - military construction and defense appropriations
	10		The President's Budget message
	11		National platforms - Democratic & Republican
	12		Campaign file - general
	13		Press releases
	14		Campaign statements, contributor lists
	15		"Maintaining a Stable Dollar" - speech, 48th Annual Meetings, U.S. Chamber of Commerce
	16		"The Washington Scene"- speech before Texas Medical Association
	17		Speech to El Paso Republicans
	18		Speech to Oklahoma Utilities Association
	19		Keynote address - Dallas Republican Convention
	20		Alger speeches
	21		Press releases
	22		Republican platform
	23		Clerk, House of Representatives, correspondence
	24		Newsweek January 25 and April 18
	25		Grand Prairie airport
	26		Lyndon Johnson, Senator - correspondence
	27		Japan-Russia, World War II - correspondence
	28		Fair trade - clippings, correspondence
	29		Trade Agreement Act negotiations
	30		Alger divorce clipping
9		1960-1961
	1		H. R. 7924 - To Amend Estate Tax
	2		Urban renewal - correspondence
	3		Social Security, Medical Benefits Insurance Exhibits - correspondence
	4		Social Security - Medical Assistance for the Aged - amendments
	5		Social Security - Medical Benefits - booklets, magazine articles
	6		Social Security - booklets, printed matter
	7		Social Security, Medical Benefits - correspondence
	8		Social Security Amendments - H. R. 12580
	9		Public Assistance - Advisory Council Report
	10		Unemployment compensation hearings
	11		Unemployment compensation hearings
	12		State & Federal Unemployment Law - booklets
	13		Housing & Home Finance Agency Report
	14		Action for the Aged and Aging - A Report
	15		Federal Grants-in-aid - Report
	16		Medical Care Under Public Assistance
	17		Blue Print for Neighborhood Conservation
	18		Revenue Act - Committee Report
	19		Federal Highway Act - bills & amendments
	20		Trade Agreements Report - President's report
	21		Fair trade bill amendment - S. 1722
	22		Washington Report - press releases
	23		Speeches - press releases
	24		Cuban plan hijack-Berlin crisis statements
	25		Human events
	26		Social Security Board annual report
10		1961
	1		The John Birch Society - correspondence, bulletins, clippings
	2		Americans for Democratic Action - LA Times reprints
	3		Americans for Constitutional Action - tally of roll call votes, 87th Congress
	4		Legislation summary
	5		Interparliamentary Union - reports
	6		Employment in the Dynamic American Economy - Republican Policy Committee
	7		Operation Employment - Republican Policy Committee
	8		Ways & Means Committee tax legislation
	9		Ways & Means Committee Medicare legislation
	10		Alger bills - correspondence
	11		H. R. 8407 - To Place Unions Under Anti-Trust Laws
	12		H. R. 8193 - Henry E.Sunderman Relief
	13		H. J. Res. 448 - Anti-Communism
	14		H. R. 2200 - Internal Revenue Code - correspondence
	15		H. R. 2803 - Roberto A. Lopez Relief
	16		The 1960 elections - A summary report
	17		National Parking Association speech
	18		California speeches & correspondence
	19		Dallas Federal Building - committee lists, clippings
	20		ADA-Communist Party reprints
	21		Nation's Business April
	22		Gonzales Burn Case - Sen. R. Yarborough
	23		General Edwin Walker - correspondence and literature
	24		Lyndon B. Johnson, Vice President
	25		Jack Ruby Letter - Enquirer
	26		Congratulatory letters
11		1962
	1		Urban renewal - speeches, articles
	2		Urban renewal - Mrs. G. W. Goekin file
	3		Urban renewal - correspondence
	4		Urban renewal - In Operation
	5		Urban renewal - statements, articles
	6		Public housing, Dallas
	7		Public housing, Dallas - Lyn Davis file
	8		The Adverse Effects of Public Housing - Library of Congress Report
	9		Public housing - Alger speech, Congressional Record
	10		Public assistance legislation
	11		Public assistance programs, preliminary study
	12		Public assistance correspondence
	13		Public assistance amendments
	14		Trade Bill H. R. 9900 and amendments
	15		Trade Bill H. R. 9900 - recommended changes
	16		Trade Expansion Act - H. R. 11970
	17		Trade Expansion Act - Committee 977 export-import policy
	18		Import restrictions by E. E. C. countries
	19		Export origins study - 5th District of Texas
	20		Soviet oil as an economic weapon
	21		Trade legislation
	22		Trade legislation - expansion summaries
12		1962
	1		Trade Expansion Act - H. R. 11970
	2		Trade Expansion Act
	3		Summary - welfare bill H. R. 10032
	4		Summary analysis - P. L. 87-792 Self-Employed Retirement Tax
	5		Revenue Act
	6		Foreign aid
	7		Alger bills - 87th Congress
	8		H. R. 11492 - Bill to Eliminate Withholding Tax From Wages & Salaries
	9		H. R. 11492 - correspondence
	10		H. R. 9905 - Revoke U. S. Membership in U. N.
	11		Davis-Bacon Act Amendment hearings
	12		H. R. 2030 - Herlong-Baker tax bill correspondence
	13		H. R. 13411 - To Provide Alternative to Internal Revenue Code
	14		H. Con. Res. 421 - Training Enemy Military Personnel
	15		H. R. 9718 - Federal Dental Officers Association
	16		H. R. 8407 - Anti-trust Labor Union Bill
	17		H. R. 8407 - Anti-trust Labor Union Bill
	18		Alger, Herlong & Baker Tax Reduction Bill
	19		H. J. Res. 138 - Constitutional amendment, prohibiting government in business
	20		H. R. 7845 - For Relief of J. A. and J. S. Nichols
	21		H. R. 6075 - For Relief of Capt. H. A. Rowe
	22		H. R. 4704 - For Relief of Nick Papadopolous
	23		Voting record by roll call - 87th Congress
	24		Alger bills - correspondence
	25		Foreign affairs - correspondence
	26		Campaign material
	27		God In Our Government - Alger
13		1962
	1		Ways and Means Committee legislative notices - correspondence
	2		Ways and Means reports on Medicare-Social Security
	3		Ways and Means Medicare legislation
	4		Ways and Means - public assistance reports
	5		Summary - record and accomplishments, Ways and Means Committee, 87th Congress
	6		Health care legislation
	7		Medicare - Congressional Record
	8		Health care insurance, statement - Community Service Society of New York
	9		Social Security data
	10		American Medical Association assistance during 87th Congress
	11		County Medical Officers Conference, Atlanta, GA
	12		Alger speeches
	13		Speeches, notes, press statements
	14		Washington Report - speech material
	15		Clippings, speech material
	16		Americans for Constitutional Action index
	17		Americans for Constitutional Action digest
	18		The Conservative Society of America - voting index
	19		Americans for Democratic Action
	20		Conservative organizations - correspondence, pamphlets
	21		A. C. A. index
	22		Free Enterprise, Inc.
	23		The Objectivist (newsletter)
	24		Human Events - special supplement
	25		God In Our Government - Alger
	26		Are We Approaching Government by Dictatorship?
	27		Dallas Morning News - correspondence, clippings
	28		John Stemmons, Webb Cooley, Hugh Prather and S. J. Hay letter urging defeat of Cong. Alger
	29		William Jones file - 1962 campaign
	30		Campaign correspondence, clippings
	31		Campaign clippings
	32		Campaign correspondence
	33		Campaign correspondence
14		1962
	1		Campaign correspondence
	2		Campaign correspondence
	3		Election law guide book
	4		Campaign statements
	5		State Department correspondence and pamphlets
	6		National AMA Legislative Conference speech, Chicago January 26
	7		Speeches and speech material
	8		Cuba - press releases
	9		Invitations
	10		Congratulatory letters
	11		Congratulatory letters
	12		Congratulatory letters
	13		Congratulatory letters
	14		Congratulatory letters
	15		Congratulatory letters
	16		Joint Committee on Republican Principles
	17		National Republican Congressional Committee
	18		National Republican Congressional Committee
	19		Republican Political Policy Committee
	20		Republican House Conference
	21		Dallas County Republican Executive Committee
	22		Dallas County Republican Executive Committee - Peter O'Donnell, Chariman
	23		Congressional correspondence
	24		Ways & Means tax legislation
	25		National Indignation Convention
15		CONGRESSIONAL RECORD FILE 1955-1963
16		CONGRESSIONAL RECORD/OFFICE FILES 1961-1963
17		WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE 1963
	1		Ways & Means Committee - income tax legislation
	2		Ways & Means - tax legislation
	3		Ways & Means - Medicare legislation
	4		Ways & Means - Medicare legislation
	5		Ways & Means - motor fuel tax - H. R. 3846
	6		Ways & Means - international coffee agreement
	7		Ways & Means - Report on Revenue Act - H. R. 8363
	8		Ways & Means - oil depletion tax legislation
	9		Ways & Means hearings on president's tax proposals - oil industry
	10		Ways & Means hearings - tax proposals, mineral depletion
	11		Ways & Means hearings - depletion allowance
	12		Ways & Means - public testimony - hearings on president's tax recommendations March 26
	13		Ways & Means hearings - president's tax recommendations March 13
	14		Ways & Means hearings - president's tax recommendations March 11
	15		Ways & Means hearings - president's tax recommendations March 6
	16		Ways & Means hearings - president's tax recommendations February 26
	17		Ways & Means hearings - president's tax reduction proposals February 25
	18		Ways & Means hearings - tax recommendations, stock options February 21
	19		Ways & Means tax hearings - schedule of witnesses
18		WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE AND TAX FILES 1963
	1		Ways & Means hearings - president's tax recommendations - public witnesses
	2		Ways & Means hearings - witness statements
	3		Ways & Means hearings - witness statements
	4		Director of Budget Bureau testimony before Ways & Means
	5		Secretary of Labor statement to Ways & Means, re: president's tax programs
	6		Ways & Means reports on Kennedy tax cuts
	7		Kennedy tax cut correspondence - suggestions
	8		Tax bill remarks - Congressional Record
	9		Tax hearings - legislation
	10		Tax hearings - legislation
	11		Tax hearings - reports
	12		John F. Kennedy message on tax reform
	13		Ways & Means Committee legislation
	14		Ways & Means Committee legislation
	15		Ways & Means Committee legislation
	16		Ways & Means Committee tax legislation
	17		Ways & Means Committee legislative calendar
	19		Tax file - views on tax legislation
	20		Ways & Means Committee notices
19		1963
	1		Tax hearings - all topics
	2		President's tax proposal - public witness schedule
	3		Tax legislation correspondence
	4		Legislative correspondence
	5		The Business Committee for Tax Reduction - Correspondence
	6		Tax reduction bill - H. R. 8363
	7		Excise tax repeal - correspondence
	8		Tax clippings
	9		"Liberty Amendment" - James B. Att (California)
	10		Debt limit legislation
	11		Debt limit legislation
	12		Debt limit legislation
	13		Foreign affairs legislation - correspondence
	14		Gold legislation reports
	15		Petroleum Study Committee report August 6
	16		Trade Expansion Act
	17		Medicare - statements before Ways & Means Committee
	18		Medicare - statements
	19		Hospital Act hearing November 8
	20		Hospital Act hearing November 19
	21		Hospital Act hearing November 20
	22		Hospital Act hearing November 20
	23		Social Security - medical coverage
	24		American Medical Association statement before Ways & Means on H. R. 3920
20		1963
	1		Arms Control and Disarmament Act hearings
	2		Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee
	3		Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee
	4		Interior and Insular Affairs Committee
	5		House Administrative Committee
	6		Government Operations Committee - legislation and correspondence
	7		Cuba and Cuban policy - special committee report
	8		Cuba - correspondence
	9		Veterans Administration - correspondence
	10		Post Office Department - correspondence
	11		Departmental correspondence
	12		H. R. 4009 - Federal Dental Officers
	13		Alger legislative record
	14		Bill to Eliminate Withholding from Wages
	15		Labor anit-trust laws
	16		Tax Equalization Bill - H. R. 6908
	17		Anti-Dumping Act amendment - H. R. 6322
	18		To Amend 1954 Internal Revenue Code - H. R. 737-738
	19		United Nations, Withdrawal of Membership - H. R. 263
	20		Effects of Tax Liens and Levies - H. R. 4952-4953
	21		House Resolutions - 6, 7, 26, 112
	22		House Joint Resolutions - treaties and agreements
	23		House Resolution 8 - Victory over Communism
	24		Savings and loan tax exemption - clippings, correspondence
	25		President's message on trade agreements
	26		Indian rights - H. R. 980
	27		To Amend Social Security Act
	28		Mental retardation
	29		Congressional correspondence
	30		General correspondence
	31		Clerk, House of Representatives - general
21		1963
	1		State Department, investigation of
	2		State Department correspondence - U. N.
	3		State Department - arms control
	4		State Department - Monroe Doctrine
	5		State Department - pamphlets, correspondence
	6		State Department - pamphlets, correspondence
	7		State Department - pamphlets, correspondence
	8		Urban renewal - reports, clippings
	9		The Case Against Urban Renewal, human events
	10		Rent control - New York City
	11		The Challenge of Federal Control of Community Development - Alger
	12		Congressional Record April 10
	13		Urban renewal - correspondence, pamplets
	14		Urban renewal - correspondence, pamplets
	15		Urban renewal - correspondence
	16		Urban renewal - correspondence
	17		Growth in Dallas
	37		Dallas Federal Building - press statement
	38		Dallas Federal Center, General Services Administration
	20		Dallas Federal Center - correspondence
	21		Dallas Federal Center - pictures, prospectus, clippings
22		1963
	1		Human Events - 5th Annual Political Action Conference
	2		Human Events - 5th Annual Political Action Conference
	3		Committee of Political Education - AFL-CIO
	4		Americans for Constitutional Action
	5		Truth in Elections, compiled by ACA
	6		American Institute for Economic Research
	7		The John Birch Society Bulletins
	8		The Threat of Communism
	9		Issue of the Day - newsletter
	10		American Coalition of Patriotic Societies
	11		Conservative organizations
	12		Washington Report
	13		Congressional Record May 20
	14		Labor correspondence
	15		Impending railway strike - correspondence
	16		House Un-American Activities Committee
	17		Financial report - Comptroller of Currency
	18		The Federal Government and Education - Cong. Edith Green
	19		Lyndon B. Johnson - Vice President file
	20		Adlai Stevenson clippings
	21		Electoral College reform
	22		Alger legislative record
	23		Analysis of Alger voting record January - December
	24		Letters to the editor, Dallas Times-Herald
	25		United Nations correspondence
	26		Prescription for Freedom - Alger speech
	27		Lincoln Day speeches - speech material
	28		Summary of remarks - AMPAC Rally, Las Vegas
	29		Water pollution - statement
	30		Health Professions Education Act, speech
	30		Speeches
	31		State Executive Committee, Republican Party of Texas - speech September 14
	32		General correspondence
	33		Republican National Committee newsletter
	34		Republican National Committee
	35		Republicans - general
	36		Republican Conference Study Committee
	37		Republican Conference - Increased Minority Staffing
	38		Republican organizations - In House of Representatives
23		1963
	1		H. R. 8276 - For Relief of Adel Natrawi
	2		Alger bills - correspondence
	3		White House correspondence
	4		Republican principles
	5		Republican policy suggestions
	6		Republican Committee on Committees
	7		Republican Policy Committee
	8		Republican National Committee
	9		Republican National Committee newsletter
	10		Republican Party - State of Texas
	11		Republican Party - Texas
	12		Young Republicans of Texas
	13		Young Republicans - out of state
	14		George Romney - Governor - Michigan - correspondence
	15		Newsletter correspondence
	16		Newsletter correspondence
	17		Williams, James D. Attorney - corresondence
	18		Chamber of Commerce
	19		City of Irving, Texas - correspondence
	20		Why Gold - American Institute for Economic Research
	21		Fact Forum - Alger speech to Junior Bar, Florida Bar Convention
	22		Human Events - Facts Forum
24		1963
	1		Invitations January-February
	2		Invitations March
	3		Invitations April
	4		Invitations May
	5		Invitations June-July
	6		Invitations August-December
	7		Congratulatory letters
	8		Congratulatory letters
	9		Congratulatory letters
	10		Thank you letters
	11		Speaking engagements
	12		Charles Edison dinner
	13		United Nations
25		1964
	1		National platforms, Dem. & G. O. P.
	2		State of the Union - comments, clippings
	3		Lyndon B. Johnson - president
	4		Lyndon B. Johnson - research
	5		Lyndon B. Johnson - clippings - news releases
	6		H. R. 10839 - Anti-Dumping Act
	7		Wheat and cotton legislation
	8		Food Stamp Act
	9		Arkansas River project
	10		Military construction - Defense appropriations
	11		King-Anderson bill - Medicare benefits
	12		Grand Prairie airport legislation
	13		Firearms legislation - correspondence
	14		Economic Opportunity Act
	15		Foreign aid
	16		Ways and Means Committee - Revenue Act
	17		Ways and Means legislation - legislative reports
	18		Internal Revenue Act
	19		Grand Prairie airport
	20		Redistricting legislation
	21		Alger bills 84th to 88th Congresses
	22		Alger bills 88th Congress
	23		Alger bills 88th Congress
26		1964
	1		Ways and Means hearings, tax and debt callings
	2		Ways and Means legislation
	3		Ways and Means cattle and beef import restrictions
	4		Import duties - correspondence
	5		Interstate income taxation
	6		Ways and Means bills and resolutions
	7		Tariff legislation correspondence
	8		Tax legislation correspondence
	9		Tax legislation correspondence
	10		Tax legislation correspondence
	11		Internal Revenue Act extension
	12		Internal revenue correspondence
	13		Trade Agreement Act
	14		Debt limit legislation
	15		Excise tax repeal - correspondence
	16		Oil import program
	17		H. R. 9082 - Keogh Bill - Renegotiation Act
	18		Internal revenue - Income tax forms
	19		Urban renewal - Rockford, Illinois correspondence
	20		Urban renewal - correspondence
	21		Urban renewal - correspondence and reports
	22		Urban renewal - Congressional Record excerpts
	23		Congressional Record September 29
	24		Office of House Clerk - memos and letters
	25		United Nations - correspondence
27		1964
	1		Social Security - Medicare legislation
	2		Medical care for the aged - charts, table
	3		Old-age and disability insurance system
	4		O. A. S. D. I. staff papers - discussion drafts
	5		Social Security - Medicare correspondence
	6		Blue Cross and private health insurance - subcommittee report
	7		Statements before Ways and Means Committee - H. R. 3920, Medicare
	8		Statements before Ways and Means Committee - Medicare
	9		Statements before Ways and Means Committee - Medicare
	10		Ways and Means Committee - Medicare correspondence
	11		Ways and Means Committee - Medicare correspondence
	12		Ways and Means Committee - Medicare correspondence
	13		Ways and Means Committee - Medicare correspondence
	14		Summary of remarks, by Alger, to AFL-CIO - re: Medicare - New York March
	15		Healing the Body Politic - Medicare speech to Texas Association of Physicians and Surgeons
	16		Social Security speech notes - correspondence
	17		Voting records, 88th Congress
	18		Voting records, roll call votes, 88th Congress
	19		Voting records, roll call votes, 88th Congress
	20		Digest and tally of roll call votes - 88th Congress
	21		Americans for Constitutional Action Voting Index, 1st Session, 88th Congress
	22		ACA Consistence Index - news releases
	23		ACA Supplementary Index - Analysis of Lyndon B. Johnson's Senate voting record
	24		Americans for Democratic Action - speeches, pamphlets, news releases
	25		Conservative Society of America - voting index
	26		AVA - Human Events and ADA World
28		1964
	1		Americans for Constitutional Action
	2		Civil Rights clippings, memos, correspondence
	3		The John Birch Society, bulletings, correspondence
	4		Miscellaneous file
	5		Invitations to speak
	6		Cuba - State Department publications - correspondence
	7		General Edwin Walker file
	8		Republican platform
	9		Goldwater file
	10		Goldwater file
	11		National campaign, correspondence
	12		Camden, New Jersey convention speech
	13		National campaign - Goldwater
	14		Goldwater visit to Dallas County September 23
	16		Republican Policy Committee
	17		Presidential candidates
	18		Campaign file, general
	19		Campaign forms, statements re: contributions
	20		S. O. S. membership lists
	21		Republican women
	22		Campaign cases - persons aided by Alger
	23		Alger questionnaire
	24		Dallas County
	25		Battle Line - Republicans, Dallas County
	26		"Today's Challenge to America's Constitutional Concepts" - King College July
	27		Speeches, news releases
	28		Speeches, clippings, speech material
	29		News clippings, campaign September
	30		News clippings - post election
	31		City of Dallas news clippings
29		1964
	1		Letters to W. R. Haughton, campaign manager, RE: Bruce Alger
	2		Campaign correspondence
	3		Campaign correspondence
	4		Campaign correspondence
	5		Campaign contributions
	6		Campaign clippings
	7		W. R. Haughton, campaign manager
	8		Campaign workers correspondence
	9		Campaign committee
	10		Campaign thank you notes
	11		Television spots - cost break down
	12		Texas Republican candidates - clippings
	13		Dallas Times Herald - correspondence, clippings
	14		Texas Democratic candidates - clippings
	15		Our Strategy for 1964 - Adm. Ben Moreel
	16		Bobby Baker
	17		Congressional correspondence
	18		Congressional Record correspondence
	19		General correspondence - "F" and "H"
	20		Letters of congratulations
	21		Congressman Joe Pool - clippings
	22		Mayor Earl Cabell
	23		"Cabell Lies"
	24		General correspondence - invitations
	25		Invitations June
	26		Invitations July
	27		Invitations August
	28		Invitations September
	29		Invitations October
	30		Invitations turned down
	31		Compilation of business statistics - Dallas - Dallas County
30		1964-1965
	1		Campaign correspondence
	2		Campaign correspondence
	3		Campaign contributions
	4		Campaign Advisory Committee
	5		Questionnaire results - correspondence
	6		Republican National Convention
	7		Americans for Constitutional Action Index
	8		Newsletters
	9		Departmental correspondence
	10		State Department correspondence
	11		Post Office Department correspondence
	12		Medicare correspondence, unions
	13		H. R. 4926 - "Get Government Out of Business"
	14		H. R. 10839 - Amend Anti-Dumping Act
	15		Internal revenue - joint committee
	16		Government Operations Committee
	17		Interior and Insular Affairs Committee
	18		Joint Economic Committee - publications
	19		Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee
	20		Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee
	21		Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee
	22		Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee
	23		Foreign aid
	24		A. C. A. news releases, reports - correspondence
	25		Constitution Party newsletter
	26		Pilots for the American Republic Fly June 26
	27		Congressional Record vote tally, 1st Session, 89th Congress
	28		Invitations to speak
31		1966-1967
	1		Congressional Record - Civil Rights Act August 3 - 4
	2		Congressional Record - Civil Rights Act August 5 - 8
	3		Congressional Record - Civil Rights Act August 9
	4		Civil rights legislation
	5		Republican political literature
	6		A. C. A. Digest of roll call votes
	7		A. C. A. correspondence - meeting reports
	8		Mama Went to War - Gina Manion
	9		Alger speeches
	10		Speech material
	11		Correspondence
	12		Congratulatory letters
	13		News clippings
	14		Reading material - miscellaneous
	15		A. C. A. Trustees meeting minutes June 8
	16		A. C. A. Study - National Committee for an Effective Congress
	17		A. C. A. Digest and Tally, roll call votes, 1st Session, 90th Congress
	18		John Birch Society bulletins
	19		Manion Forum October - December
	20		National Education Association
	21		Texas Committee for the Constitution, Inc.
	22		Urban renewal
	23		News clippings - reprints
32		1967-1968
	1		Correspondence
	2		Speeches
	3		Speeches
	4		Speech - Chamber of Commerce, Boca Raton, FL
	5		Return to Real Estate - announcements
	6		Civil Rights legislation
	7		Civil Rights - Congressional Record
	8		Vietnam - communism
	9		U. S. News and World Report July
	10		Manion Forum July - August
	11		National Rifle Association literature
	12		Judiciary Committee Hearings - Abe Fortas, Homer Thornberry
	13		Confirmation of Fortas and Thornberry - Congressional Record July 1
	14		George Wallace
	15		Citizens for Reagan
	16		Speech material file
	17		Speech material file
	18		News clippings
33		1968-1970
	1		Sppeches
	2		Facts Finders Forum
	3		Liberty Lobby - L. B. J. biography
	4		World Constitutional Convention in Europe
	5		National Dividend Plan - Thurston Morton
	6		Dan Smoot Report
	7		Manion Forum
	8		National Right to Work Newsletter
	9		A. C. A. Index, 1st Session, 91st Congress
	10		Digest and Tally of roll call votes - Senate 91st Congress
	11		Gold Coast Conservative Club
	12		Conservative organizations
	13		Rhodesian Viewpoint
	14		The Black Manifesto - Cong. John Ashbrook
	15		Conservative organizations
	16		Manion Forum - Objectivist newsletter
	17		Manion Forum
	18		Correspondence - political and governmental
	19		Federal Reserve Board
	20		Health - clippings, pamphlets
	21		Crime - clippings
	22		Layman's Leadership Institute
	23		Archibold Roberts (Lt. Col. Aus. Ret.) speech
	24		Alger Creed
	25		Speeches
	26		Public housing - speech and clippings
	27		Anti-Semitic pamphlets
	28		Politics
34		1971
	1		Civil Rights clippings
	2		Middle East clippings
	3		Taxes - clippings, pamphlets
	4		Revenue sharing - clippings
	5		Russia - clippings

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