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...examine the qualifications of nominees, Senators were accustomed to naming friends for bench vacancies and getting near-automatic presidential approval. Some Senate veterans have still to hear the new message, and, more than any other factor, senatorial balkiness has held up the flow of nominations. In Texas, Senator Ralph Yarborough and Vice President Lyndon Johnson quarrel now over every available patronage plum; Justice hopes to resolve a potentially bitter fight by selecting Yarborough-approved candidates for two unfilled posts in Texas' southern and western districts, Johnson men for two available judgeships in the northern district. Another troublesome appointment...
...partly in protest against Democrat John Kennedy, partly because Tower seemed to be a more vigorous conservative than Bill Blakley. Liberal Democrats also voted for Tower-for different reasons. With Blakley out, much more federal patronage will go to the liberals' darling in Washington, Senator Ralph Yarborough (who pointedly did not endorse Blakley). More important, Tower's victory was certain to hasten the coming of a true two-party system in Texas-with conservatives swinging over to the Republican banner, and the liberals gaining more power in Democratic ranks...
Vice President Lyndon Johnson has served notice on White House patronage bosses that he still intends to pass on federal appointments in Texas. Johnson's ukase does not sit too well with Texas' senior Senator, Ralph Yarborough, but he can only grumble mildly...
...public ceremony in the Houston Music Hall, Texas Governor Price Daniel and representatives of ten other Southern Governors, plus federal and military dignitaries, heard the fife-and-drum corps play his favorites: Dixie, When Johnny Comes Marching Home and The Yellow Rose of Texas. Said U.S. Senator Ralph Yarborough: "He was the last warrior of a lost cause, the sole remaining soldier of a whole civilization. The combatants are all gone now, but we stand in awe of the bravery of both sides...
...brother, Sam H. Johnson, was listed as a clerk of the Senate Democratic Conference with a salary at an annual rate of $15,633,36. The report also showed that Sens. James E. Murray D-Mont., Leverett Saltonstall R-Mass., and Ralph W. Yarborough D-Tex. had their sons working in their offices here...