Report of Legal Advisor of LULAC, John J. Herrera to Supreme Council of LULAC, August 20, 1977 Page: 1 of 6

                                
REPORT OF LEGAL ADVISER OF LULAC, JOHN J. HERRERA
TO SUPREME COUNCIL OF LULAC, AUGUST 20, 1977
Houston , Texas
I WELCOME YOU TO HOUSTON, TEXAS, THE FIFTH CITY IN THE UNITED
STATES AND I AM HAPPY TO SAY A BASTION IN THE ANNUALS OF LULAC.
HERE IN MY CITY, YOU ARE MOST WELCOME. I THINK THAT I SPEAK FOR
ONE AND ALL OF MY SISTER AND BROTHER LULACS. LULAC AND IT'S
WORKINGS HAS BEEN KIND TO US HERE IN HOUSTON FOR WE HAVE NOW
LIVING IN HOUSTON FOUR PAST NATIONAL PRESIDENTS AND DISTINGUISHED
MEMBERS OF LULAC. ALTOGETHER FOR 8 YEARS DURING THE LAST 25 YEARS
AT SOME TIME OR OTHER A HOUSTONIAN HAS BEEN AT THE HEAD OF LULAC.
SINCE THEN, ALSO TWO OTHER PAST NATIONAL PRESIDENTS HAVE MOVED
INTO HOUSTON MAKING US A THRIVING LULAC COMMUNITY. OUR DISTRICT
8, UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF OUR DYNAMIC DIRECTOR, MS. MAMIE GARCIA,
IS VERY MUCH ALIVE AND WELL. HERE IN HOUSTON WE WORK AND THRIVE
IN LULAC HAPPY TO WORK WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF OUR AIMS AND PUR-^
POSES, OUR CONSTITUTION AND THE MANY, MANY PRECEDENTS HANDED US
DOWN THROUGH THE YEARS AND WHICH WE REGARD AS OUR RULES OF
PROTOCOL. YOU HAVE BEEN CALLED TOGETHER NOW AS THE SUPREME
COUNCIL OF LULAC BECAUSE SUCH IS NOT THE CASE IT STANDS NOW IN
THE NATIONAL STRUCTURE OF LULAC.
WE ARE BEING SERIOUSLY THREATENED FROM WITHIN AND WITHOUT
AND THESE THREATS GO TO THE VERY EXISTENCE OF OUR 48 YEAR OLD
ORGANIZATION. ON YOU NOW DEPENDS WHETHER WE REACH OUR 50th YEAR
IN .1979 AND GO FORWARD TO OUR SECOND HALF A CENTURY. WE HAVE
BEEN DEALING WITH OUR ENEMIES FROM WITHOUT FOR MANY YEARS AND
THAT HAS BEEN THE NAME OF THE GAME; IT IS THIS INSIDIOUS GROUP
OF LATE INSURGENTS THAT ARE NOW THREATENING TO TAKE OVER LULAC
THAT WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH NOW. I BEG OF YOU NOT TO ALLOW YOUR-
SELVES TO BE BOGGED DOWN INTO NEEDLESS TECHNICALITIES, FOR THAT IS
THE REASON THAT THESE INSURGENTS BELIEVE THAT THEY CAN EITHER
TAKE OVER LULAC AND RULE IT OR RUIN IT IN ITS OWN INACTIVITY.
BRIEFLY, HERE IS THE LULAC NATIONAL PICTURE AND THE ACUTE