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...gone, embarrassing questions began to crop up. Was it essential for General Omar Bradley to go pheasant hunting in a special Air Force plane? Was it vital to national defense for Navy Secretary Francis Matthews to fly his whole family to a military ceremony in Honolulu? Did Vice President Alben Barkley have to use a B-17 to take a three-piece band to a party for his St. Louis friend, Mrs. Carleton Hadley...
That night at the gala dinner, the politicos had their happy fill of virtue, curried shrimp and good cheer. Harry Truman kidded Vice President Alben Barkley about his St. Louis girl friend, and McGrath introduced the Veep, to great applause, as "the squire of Paducah and the new spirit of St. Louis." Barkley said imperturbably that "there has always been an inseparable connection between Kentucky and Missouri and it looks like it's going to continue-I hope...
...Washington newshen bustled up to Vice President Alben Barkley and asked coyly: "Veep, my editor would like to know what La Dame Hadley has that we don't have-except maybe you?" Barkley promptly seized good-looking, thirtyish Ruth Montgomery and bussed her smack on the lips. "There is your answer, kid!" cried the Veep. Chortling, he added: "I'll tell you something you've got that she hasn't got-a husband...
...talking about Mrs. Carlton (Jane) Hadley, the comely, 37-year-old St. Louis widow whom Barkley had managed of late to see most every weekend. But the nation's tabloid readers needed no explanation. Last week they were following the sedate capers of 71-year-old Widower Alben Barkley with the interest usually reserved for limber-loined starlets bound for the Riviera...
...Vice President plan to marry Mrs. Hadley? Said Alben Barkley: "Frankly, that is an unfair question...