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10. See The Industries of St. Louis, published 1885 by J.M. Elstner & Co., pp. 61-62 for Crow, Hagardine
& Co., David Walker's first business; and p. 86 for Ely & Walker.
11. See Letter of G.H. Walker to D.R. Francis, March 20, 1905, in the Francis collection of the Missouri
Historical Society, St. Louis, Missouri, on the organization of the Republicans and Democrats to run the
election of the mayor, a Democrat acceptable to the socially prominent. The next day Walker became the
treasurer and Francis the president of this "Committee of 1000." See also George H. Walker obituary, St.
Louis Globe-Democrat, June 25, 1953.
12. Letter of Perry Francis to his father, Ambassador David R. Francis, Oct. 15, 1917, Francis collection of
the Missouri Historical Society. "... Joe Miller left for San Francisco 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...."
13. Private interview with a Walker family member, cousin of President Bush.
14. Prescott Bush, Columbia University, op. cit., p. 7.
15. 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.
17. Public statement of Averell Harriman, New York Times, Oct. 6, 1920, p. 1.
18. St. Louis Globe-Democrat, Oct. 12, 1920, p. 1.
19. 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.
20. Prescott Bush, Columbia University, op. cit., pp. 16-22.