- Cited in Ronnie Dugger, "The Substance of the Senate Contest," The Texas Observer,
September 18, 1964. - Ibid.
- Dallas News, October 24, 1964.
- Dallas News, October 3, 1964.
- An untitled report among the Yarborough papers in the Barker Texas History Center refers to
"Senator Bush's affiliation in a New York knife-and-fork-club type of organization called, 'The
Council on Foreign Relations.' In a general smear--mainly via the "I happen to know' letter chain ofcommunication--the elder Bush was frequently attacked, and the younger Bushes were greatly
relieved when Barry Goldwater volunteered words of affectionate praise for his former colleague
during a $100-a-plate Dallas dinner." - Just how far these efforts might have gone is a matter of speculation. Douglas Caddy in hisbook, The Hundred Million Dollar Payoff (New Rochelle), p. 300, reprints an internal
memorandum of the machinists Non-Partisan Political League which expresses alarm about the
election outlook for Yarborough, who is described as "the last stand-up Democratic liberal we have
in the south." The memo, from Jack O'Brien to A.J. Hayes, is dated October 27, 1964, and cites
reports from various labor operatives to the effect that "the 'fix is in' to defeat Ralph Yarboroughand to replace him with a Republican, Bush, the son of Prescott Bush of Connecticut. The only
question at issue is whether this 'fix' is a product of Governor Connally alone or is the product of a
joint effort between Connally and President Johnson." According to the memo, "Walter Reuther
called Lyndon Johnson to express his concern with the failure to invite Mrs. Yarborough to
accompany" LBJ's plane through Tminute television broadcasts by Yarborough, aexas. Labor leaders were trying to help raise money for last-nd also to extract more vocal support for the senator
from LBJ. - See Bush and Gold, Looking Forward, p. 82.
- Bush and Gold, Looking Forward, p. 87.
- Fitzhugh Green, George Bush: An Intimate Portrait (New York, 1989) , p. 85.
- Dallas News, October 31, 1964
- Ronnie Dugger, "Goldwater's Policies, Kenndy's Style" in Texas Observer, October 30, 1964.
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George Bush: The Unauthorized Biography --- by Webster G. Tarpley & Anton Chaitkin
Chapter -X- Rubbers Goes to Congress
During the heat of the senate campaign, Bush's redistricting lawsuit had progressed in a way that
must have provided him much solace amidst the bitterness of his defeat. When Bush won his suit in
the Houston federal district court, there was a loud squawk from Governor John Connally, who
called that august tribunal as a "Republican court." Bush whined that Connally was being
"vitriolic." During Bush's primary campaign, a three-judge panel of the federal circuit court of