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Identifier: e_cle_000101
Title: Speech by William P. Clements, Jr. for Republican Convention, Keynote Speaker, September 9, 1978
Description: Speech by William P. Clements, Jr. for Republican Convention, Keynote Speaker, September 9, 1978. Speech to the Republican Convention on the future of the Republican Party in Texas. Clements describes how he is different than other Republican candidates and why he can win. Clements also lists a number of issues he sees as important for Texas, including energy, education, and tax reform.
Page Count: 14
Contributor: Clements, William P., 1917-2011
Subject Name: Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ), Republican Party (Tex.), Briscoe, Dolph, Harvey, Omar, Crocker-Clements, Rita, 1931-, Haerle, Nola, Jarvis, Howard, Carter, Jimmy, 1924-, Gann, Paul, 1912-1989, Grover, Henry Cushing Hank
Subject Topic: Political campaigns, Fund raising, Jet fighter planes, Taxation, Education, Agriculture, Energy and natural resources
Time Period: "Gubernatorial Campaign, 1977-1978"
Themebook Term(s): Republican Party of Texas, Jimmy Carter, Dolph Briscoe

Identifier: e_cle_005861
Title: Newspaper clipping headlined "Riding Tall And Shooting From the Hip," February 28, 1979
Description: Newspaper clipping headlined "Riding Tall And Shooting From the Hip," Washington Post, February 28, 1979.
Page Count: 2
Subject Topic: Election, Energy policy
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
Themebook Term(s): Republican Party of Texas, Jimmy Carter

Identifier: e_cle_000566
Title: Transcript of Bill Clements' speech at the Republican State Convention, September 10, 1982
Description: Transcript of Bill Clements' speech at the Republican State Convention, September 10, 1982
Page Count: 23
Creator: Clements, William P., 1917-2011
Subject Name: Baker, Baker, Jim
Subject Topic: Campaign promises
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
Themebook Term(s): Republican Party of Texas, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan

Identifier: e_cle_012395
Title: Group of documents regarding the "Clements Clause" in the 1977 Panama Canal Treaties, May 1983-December, 1986
Description: Group of documents regarding the "Clements Clause" in the 1977 Panama Canal Treaties, May 1983-December 1986, primarily correspondence between William P. Clements, Jr., and Phillip Harman, chair of the Committee for Better Panama and United States Relations. Harman requests information about Clements' participation in the Panama Canal Treaty while serving as United States Deputy Secretary of Defense and introducing a clause, later removed, that would allow the United States to intervene in Panama to protect the Panama Canal. Other correspondents include Jeb Bush, Bob Dole, and Zbigniew Brzezinski. Included in correspondence are newspaper clippings, excerpts from William J. Jorden's "Panama Odyssey" and Admiral Thomas Moorer's introduction to Capt. G. Russell Evans' book "The Panama Canal Swindle." Also included is an excerpt of Harman's screenplay "The Great Panama Canal Ripoff."
Page Count: 63
Creator: Harman, Phillip, Clements, William P., 1917-2011, Harris, Janie, Moorer, Thomas
Contributor: Clements, William P., 1917-2011, Harman, Phillip, Harris, Janie
Subject Topic: International relations, Panama Canal (Panama), Panama Canal Treaty
Time Period: "White Interregnum, 1983-1986"
Themebook Term(s): Republican Party of Texas, Jimmy Carter

Identifier: e_cle_005886
Title: Dallas Times Herald newspapers clipping headlined, "The emergence of a Kennedy Candidacy could lift Democrats," September 23, 1979
Description: Dallas Times Herald newspapers clipping headlined, "The emergence of a Kennedy Candidacy could lift Democrats," September 23, 1979, regarding the campaigns of a number of Texas politicians, paired with other clippings that are directly related to this topic.
Page Count: 3
Creator: Tiede, Saralee
Subject Name: Hobby, Bill, 1932-
Subject Topic: Political campaigns
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
Themebook Term(s): Republican Party of Texas, Jimmy Carter

Identifier: e_cle_001786
Title: Correspondence between Mike Harris from William P. Clements, December 5, 1980
Description: Correspondence between William P. Clements and Walter Peeples Jr, September 20 to August 2, 1982, regarding democrats vs. republicans in office.
Page Count: 2
Creator: Harris, Mike, Clements, William P., 1917-2011
Subject Name: Carter, Jimmy, 1924-
Subject Topic: Election
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
Themebook Term(s): Republican Party of Texas, Jimmy Carter

Identifier: e_cle_012408
Title: News release from Clements for Governor regarding the Panama Canal, 1978
Description: News release from Clements for Governor regarding the Panama Canal, 1978. William P. Clements, Jr., describes his objections to the United States' Panama Canal Treaty.
Page Count: 2
Creator: Clements for Governor Campaign Committee
Contributor: Clements, William P., 1917-2011
Subject Name: Carter, Jimmy, 1924-
Subject Topic: Governors--Election, Panama Canal Treaty, Panama Canal (Panama)
Time Period: "Gubernatorial Campaign, 1977-1978"
Themebook Term(s): Republican Party of Texas, Jimmy Carter

Identifier: e_cle_000125
Title: Memo to Omar Harvey regarding Grover Candidacy, February 2, 1978
Description: Memo to Omar Harvey regarding Grover Candidacy, February 2, 1978. Memo from unknown author regarding the Hank Grover's candidacy for Texas Governor and the problems facing the Clements campaign in regards to the conservative movement.
Page Count: 2
Contributor: Harvey, Omar
Subject Name: Reagan, Ronald, Bush, George, 1924-, Carter, Jimmy, 1924-, Republican Party (Tex.), Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ), Jacobson, Pat, Grover, Henry Cushing Hank, Texas Conservative Union
Subject Topic: Political campaigns, Conservatism, Taxation, Equal rights admendments, Abortion, Gay rights, Gun control, SALT II (Strategic Arms Limitation Talks), Panama Canal (Panama)
Time Period: "Gubernatorial Campaign, 1977-1978"
Themebook Term(s): Ronald Reagan, Jimmy Carter, Republican Party of Texas