Passed Acts; St. 1957, c.426, SC1/series 229, Petition of John F. Thompson

Petition subject: Racial discrimination Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:25455150 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Massachusetts Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: John F. Thompson, Ludlow; Frank S. Giles Jr., Methuen; committee on mercantile affairs Selected signatures:John F. ThompsonFrank S. Giles Jr.John E. PowersFred Lamson Actions taken on dates: 1957-01-07,1957-01-09 Legislative action: Received in the House on January 7, 1957 and referred to the committee on mercantile affairs and sent for concurrence and received in the Senate on January 9, 1957 and concurred Total signatures: 4 Legislative action summary: Received, referred, sent, received, concurred Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 4 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: citizens, rep. [representative], sen. [senator] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Printed Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: additional documents available Additional archivist notes: discrimination because of race, color, religion, national origin or ancestry in publicly assisted housing accommodations, towns next to names including Ludlow, Methuen, Suffolk, Middlesex Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: St. 1957, c.426, passed June 7, 1957 Acknowledgements: Supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-5105612), Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University, Center for American Political Studies at Harvard University, Institutional Development Initiative at Harvard University, and Harvard University Library.