TEXAN BUSH FAR FROM THROUGH

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DALLAS, TEXAS
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- 264,750
S - 312,346
MAY 19 197T
Mor6h ; e . a
from throu
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ART-backed winners included Sher-
iff Carl Thomas of D Alas and State Rep.
Bob McFarland of Arlington. And Tom
Pauken of Dallas ran a very strong race
against incumbent Sen. Bill Braeck-
lein,
Last year, $62,000 of ART .-money ~`.
went into grassroots campaigns. The..
5125-per-plate Bush dinner put another
550,000 in the" bank for 1978 'sponsors
?reported. Nearly 600 persons attended.
State Republican Chairman -.'Ry
. Hutchison. of Dallas, who belongs- to
t the "regular"faction, said it plai}4p
field a full slate of `candidates-next
year. Hutchison himself is eyizi either'
a , race for governor ' orl' 1attorney
general, and pledges if' he runs it will
be for an office-he considerst"winna-
ble,.:
THE PARTY'S big national candidate
in 1978 will be U.S. Sen. John:Tower.
Former President Ford will speak, at a
Tower fund-raiser June 3 in Houstm .
On June 17, the party will sponso .a
$125-per-plate fund-raiser in''-DaMtM,
Bush will attend these too, along wk
other GOP notables. Bush now is
Houston bank executive.
Bush. told his audience, ~ here this
prospect of building a strong Republi.
can party in Texas is "exciting." He
said Texas Republicans have an, oppor-
tunity.to make a far greater
contribu-tion to the success of the party and its
principles' than:, is-the case: in Lmost
states. - ar. ., s:+dc ssxa:";
"'I have 'an inner confidence ':we can
do it,'"? said Bush one"of the `national
party's brightest 'stars. He has suffered
disappointment`- two defeatsfor`the
'U.S. Senate in Texas, and a narrow loss
of the vice-presidential appotntmemt to
Nelson Rockefeller
But Bush'has great accomplishments
too -head-of. the Central Inte'llig i e
1,Agency; an ambassador-level .posl:T}
"tIhe Republtc"of''China,"ambassador to,
AUSTIN George Bush told a state-
wide Republican~lgroup the other night
that he is far from through, with poli-
tics.
inc, 52, Bush didn't
in becoming ?_a
candidate again, al-
though he is being
mentioned as a pros-
pect both for gover-
nor and president.
What Bush said he MOREHEAD
is most interested in. is.. building-6
broader Republican party'which''tSh
make a significant impact an' the fu-
ture courts of the United States.
If Bush can help heal divisions
within the Republican party in Texas,
it will be a good start.
The 1976 political year did nothing
for Republican {unity in "Texas, pl-
though it may-have been strengthened
by having two,working organizations-,
One-came in , the' presidential primg ;
where conservativerbackers of Ron,
Reagan swept the Texas delegate vote.- I
Many 'of ,thei Reagan loyalists re=
'turned to, the fold 'behind, President r
Ford in November but some :'wounds{
linger: -'?`
THE. OTHER DIVISION was between
the . "regular". GOP.,state organization .
and :. the Associated .Republicans ,of,
t
Texas, (ART), led