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...Senate tuned up last week, the old wit on the rostrum seemed to be stealing the show. Alben Barkley swore in the new and re-elected members with chuckles and flourishes, and cautioned one & all: "Be sure and sign the payroll." When the only woman Senator, Maine's Republican Margaret Chase Smith, appeared with her new colleague, former Governor Frederick G. Payne, Alben Barkley sweepingly kissed her hand as the galleries cheered. The old (75) Veep was having a fine time...
...Alben Barkley's first acts as vice-president was to reverse Vandenberg's ruling. The Michigan Republican marshalled the Republicans into coalition with the Southerners, and got the 64-vote rule reinstated...
This week Vice President Alben William Barkley will step up on the rostrum of the U.S. Senate with his gavel, and the 83rd Congress will come to order. The Senate and the House will organize, and then will begin a resolute fortnight of shadow boxing...
...Ohio, agricultural Darke County was a good sample of intense Republican enthusiasm. Darke was 413 for Eisenhower and 116 for Stevenson (1948: Dewey 289, Truman 132). In Kentucky, a solid Democratic county like Marshall-in Alben Barkley's congressional district-raised its G.O.P. vote from...
...strongly organized "Democrats for Eisenhower" in Virginia were elated, although it is doubtful whether Byrd will actively help their campaign. Earlier, Governor John Battle had come out for Stevenson and the regular Democratic ticket, and leaders of the Byrd organization are committed on both sides. Veep Alben Barkley furiously called Democratic defectors "like the woman who keeps her husband's name . . . but bestows her favors to the man across the street." As of this week, Stevenson still seemed to have slightly better than a 50-50 chance to carry Virginia...