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To Honorable Herbert L. Lavis, San Antonio, Texas, From [Alonso S. Perales], San Antonio, Texas, December 13, 1933
Letter from [Alonso S. Perales] to Herbert L. Lavis, Acting Bexar County Relief Administrator, asking for information regarding Juan Padron's employment eligibility after he was dismissed from work due to his undocumented status. Perales reminds Mr. Lavis that the Civil Works Administration Act allows a person who declares intention to become a US citizen to keep their work authorization, which Juan Padron was successful in completing. -
To Honorable Herbert L. Lavis, San Antonio, Texas, From Alonso S. Perales, San Antonio, Texas, December 12, 1933
Letter from Alonso S. Perales to Herbert L. Lavis, Acting Bexar County Relief Administrator to introduce a situation regarding Mr. Juan Padron who was dismissed wrongfully due to his undocumented status, citing the Civil Works Administration Act -
To Honorable L. A. Woods, State Superintendent of Public Instruction, from Alonso S. Perales, October 18, 1946.
Letter to L.A. Woods from Alonso Perales regarding the lack of response from the Pleasanton Board of Education to a group of citizens and taxpayers of Pleasanton, Texas. -
To Honorable Tom Connally, United States Senator, From [PERALES], Director General, The League of Loyal Americans, Feb. 28, 1941.
Letter urging Senator Tom Connolly to consider proposing a federal Anti-Race Hatred Law designed to end racial prejudices. This request comes as a response to prejudices witnessed against people of Mexican descent in Texas. -
To Honorable Tom Connally, United States Senator, From Alonso S. Perales, Director General, The League of Loyal Americans, February 28, 1941.
Letter to Tom Connally, United States Senator from Alonso Perales. Request to support Senate Bill 195 for the "Prevention and Control of Tuberculosis". "Secondary request from Alonso Perales" requesting Mr. Nelson A. Rockefeller send a "corps of lecturers and writers" in which to provide a "diplomatic and tactful campaign" to create "more sympathethic understanding and fellowship among us here." -
To J. T. Canales, Esquire, Attorney-at-Law, Brownsville, Texas, from [PERALES], Nov. 2, 1927.
Letter to J.T. Canales from [PERALES] regarding the drafting of a Constitution for the League and the translation of it into Castilian Spanish. -
To J. T. Canales, Esquire, Attorney-At-Law, Brownsville, Texas, from [PERALES], Nov. 30, 1927.
Letter to J. T. Canales from [PERALES] soliciting him to be the new President General for "Our League". -
To L.do [Licenciado/Esq.] Alonzo [Alonso] Perales, From David M. Ortiz, Noviembre 14th, 1946.
Letter from David M. Ortiz to Alonso S. Perales related to discrimination activities against Mexicans that occurred in Uvalde Texas. -
To Lic Alonso S. Perales, From [Unknown], March 13, 1944
Letter from [Unknown] to Alonso S. Perales regarding the racial discrimination military wives like herself have faced when seeking employment. -
To Lic Alonso S. Perales, From Pedro Cortes Suarez, March 10, 1944
Letter from Pedro Cortes Suarez to Alonso S. Perales naming the types of establishments in Big Spring, Texas where people of Mexican descent are not permitted, including coffee shops, theatres, and military air fields.