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...Louisville, Ky., Vice President Alben Berkley helped observe National Newspaper Week by helping his great-nephew Johnny Dyson, 13, deliver the Paducah Sun Democrat to a few houses. Said Barkley to one housewife: ". . . I'm taking subscriptions in advance." Told she was paid up until January, the Veep replied: "That's fine. I'll be back; I'm going to be out of a job the first of the year anyway...
Three days later, at Indianapolis, Stevenson again promised to keep federal spending at a minimum, and hit at Ike with the charge that military men are notoriously careless of costs. Then, moving on to Paducah, Ky., the Stevenson party stopped off to visit "Angles,".home of Veep Alben Barkley, who served 140 fried chickens and eleven hams to his guests. During lunch at Angles, Stevenson was presented with a trophy of the 1892 presidential campaign-a watch-fob bearing the pictures of Democrat Grover Cleveland and his vice presidential running mate, Stevenson's grandfather. The giver, a Paducah lawyer...
...spend a great deal of their own money on political activity. A most lucrative and common practice is the delivery of speeches for fees. The Democrats' Estes Kefauver, Paul Douglas and Hubert Humphrey are all regulars on the speech circuit. The star of the circuit is Vice President Alben Barkley, who has for years drawn fees up to $1,000 for each appearance. Barkley is a paid platform favorite for Israel bond-selling drives. Many Arabs think (mistakenly) that this fact has had an influence on U.S. policy in the Middle East. But not many Arabs vote...
...Stevenson's turn. As usual, he gave a good performance. His English, however, was more polished than plain, and he sidestepped Nixon's specific questions on whether or not he favors Acheson's foreign policy, the Brannan Plan, federal seizure of the tidelands. Comparing Alben Barkley, 74, to Richard Nixon, 39, Stevenson remarked: "The Republican Party is the party which makes even its young men seem old. The Democratic Party is the party which makes even its old men seem young...
After the Democratic labor leaders thumbed down Vice President Alben Berkley, 74, as a presidential candidate, the New York Herald Tribune's Columnist Hy Gardner compiled a roster of some union oldsters who are still going strong: William Green, 79, John L. Lewis, 72, Philip Murray, 66, James C. Petrillo and David Dubinsky, both...