Steve Thomas Posted February 19, 2005 Share Posted February 19, 2005 This is actually for John Simkin. I know a while back, you were inquiring about something called a Suite 8-F Group. I don't know if the group you had in mind was national in scope or not. (I tried doing a search of the posts, but because one of the words was less than four characters, the software just returned an error.) Anyway, I've been reading a book called Red Scare, by Don Carleton, Texas Monthly Press, 1985. It's about right-wing hysteria in Houston, TX in the 1950's. On page 70 of Carleton's book he talks about the power brokers of Houston regularly meeting in Suite 8-F of Jesse Jone's Lamar Hotel. They were called "The 8-F Crowd." Carleton wrote, "One writer has referred to the meeting place as "one of the secret capitals of Texas."" Footnotes Carleton includes on the "8-F Crowd" include: Conway, The Texans, pp. 101-103. Hurt, The Most Powerful Texans, p. 73 Green, The Establishment in Texas Politics, p. 17 Hope this helps. Steve Thomas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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