last Tuesday night, where he will receive orders to continue to Petrograd. I was told by
Mildred Kotany [Walker's sister-in-law] that Bert Walker got him his appointment
through Breck Long. I didn't know Joe was after it, or could have helped him myself. He
will be good company for you when he gets there...."
- Private interview with a Walker family member, cousin of President Bush.
- Prescott Bush, Columbia University, op. cit., p. 7.
- St. Louis Globe Democrat, Aug. 7, 1921. 16. This is the sequence of events, from
Simmons to U.S. Rubber, which Prescott Bush gave in his Columbia University
interview, op. cit.,) pp. 7-8. - Public statement of Averell Harriman, New York Times, Oct. 6, 1920, p. 1.
- St. Louis Globe-Democrat, Oct. 12, 1920, p. 1.
- Sports-as-business has continued in the family up through George Bush's adult life.
Bert's son George Walker, Jr.--President Bush's uncle and financial angel in Texas--co-
founded the New York Mets and was the baseball club's vice president and treasurer for
17 years until his death in 1977. The President's son, George Walker Bush, was co-owner
of the Texas Rangers baseball club during his father's presidency. - Prescott Bush, Columbia University, op. cit., pp. 16-22.