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Vice-Presidential Candidate Alben Barkley was the big attraction for Democratic Day. Illinois Democratic leaders hoped that Barkley would stand the farmers on their ears with a great speech-the way he had roused the convention at Philadelphia. But Barkley was a flop...
...Personally," said Senator Alben Barkley of the spy investigation as a campaign issue, "I don't see that it is an issue. Nobody likes a Communist...
PLEASE INTRODUCE YOUR PAGE 23 REPORTER WHO FOUND "THEY WERE NOT STIRRED BY OLD SENATOR BARKLEY'S KEYNOTE ADDRESS" TO YOUR PAGE 24 REPORTER WHO FOUND "AFTER HIS KEYNOTE SPEECH, ALBEN BARKLEY GOT A SPONTANEOUS HALF-HOUR OVATION AS THE ORCHESTRA BOOMED OUT (MY OLD KENTUCKY HOME...
Loyalty is the first page in Alben Barkley's book. In his 23 years in Congress, he dutifully voted as a party regular, was elected majority leader in 1937. No man was more popular with his colleagues. His good humor was legendary, his wit the Senate's best...
After his nomination, Alben Barkley talked informally about his service in the Senate with Harry Truman. Said he: "We're teammates now, and after the election we'll still be a team, in there pitching with the catcher understanding the signs of the pitcher, whether it will be a slow drop or a chin cutter...