- Harry Hurt III, "George Bush, Plucky Lad," Texas Monthly, June, 1983, p. 196.
- Houston Chronicle, 21 February 1963.
- For Anthony Farris in the Pennzoil vs. Texaco case, see below and also Thomas Petzinger, Jr., Oil and
Honor (New York, 1987), passim. - Boston Globe, June 12, 1988, cited in Michael R. Beschloss, The Crisis Years, p. 581.
- See Barbara Bush, C. Fred's Story (New York, 1984), p.2. This is an example of Mrs. Bush's singular
habit of composing books in which she speaks through a canine persona, a feat she has repeated for the
current family pet and public relations ploy, Millie. In her account of how C. Fred the dog got his name,
George Bush is heard ruling out usual dog names with the comment: "Not at all. We Bushes have always
named our children after people we loved." So, writes C. Fred, "I am named after George Bush's best
friend, C. Fred Chambers of Houston, Texas. I have met him many times and he doesn't really seem to
appreciate the great honor that the Bushes bestowed upon him." - See Ronnie Dugger, "The Four Republicans," in The Texas Observer, April 17, 1964.
- Quotations from Bush and Yarborough campaign material, except as otherwise indicated, are from
Senator Yarborough's papers on deposit in the Eugene C. Barker Texas History Center at the University of
Texas in Austin. - See Ronnie Dugger, "The Substance of the Senate Contest," in The Texas Observer, September 18,
- See "The Historic Texas Senate Race," in The Texas Observer, October 30, 1964.
- Cited in Ronnie Dugger, "The Substance of the Senate Contest," The Texas Observer, September 18,
- 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 of communication--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 his book, 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 Yarborough and 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
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