Part V
Changing Political Ideas Through Eras in Texas Alfredo E. Cárdenas Part 5 of a Series At the height of the Depression, Archie Parr began his downslide in politics, with his heir apparent being his son George. However, George seemed to have always been getting into trouble and was finally convicted of Federal income tax evasion, sent to Federal prison. Archie managed to get George out on parole within a year. But, as a convicted felon, the son had to give up his post as county judge and forfeited his right to hold office or vote. A decade later, President Harry Truman granted George a presidential pardon, and he reentered elective office for a few turbulent years. While the present scholarship maintains that the Parrs ruled as despots without restraint, the Parr hold on the politics of Duval County was intrinsically wedded to the Tejano community through friendship and mutual loyalty. After his father’s death, George took complete control of the county’s political apparatus and ambitiou...