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Cheers. In Congress, the first reaction to the Crimean Charter was overwhelming approval. Said Majority Leader Alben Barkley: "A source of great gratification. . . ." Added Minority Leader Wallace H. White: "This speaks in forthright terms...
...Showdown. On the morning of the showdown, Alben Barkley, wearing a black patch over his bad eye, called a caucus of Democratic Senators. For well over an hour he begged them to let the George Bill come to a vote first, pass it, and then vote on Henry Wallace's qualifications. Finally, he pulled out his ace argument. At this very moment, said he, Franklin Roosevelt was "on the verge of" a historic international conference.* At such a time, he argued, the Senate must not slap down Mr. Roosevelt at home. Wyoming's dapper little Joseph...
...Promptly Alben Barkley moved to consider the George Bill and, after some cursory sparring, it passed, 74-to-12. Just as the vote was being taken, a page in knee-breeches tugged at Alben Barkley's coat. The Senator rushed to the cloakroom, returned in three minutes with a penciled slip of paper in his hand. Triumphantly he read it to the Senate. It was a paraphrased* message from the President, two days late, promising that he would sign the George Bill. Thereupon, Alben Barkley moved that the vote on confirming Henry Wallace as just plain Secretary of Commerce...
...Alben Berkley showed up in the Senate with a big black patch over his left eye, explained that he had undergone treatment for an ulcer on the cornea. Said the Senate Majority Leader: "The doctor told me I should wear the patch to protect my eye against wind. Soooo-1 thought I ought to wear it to the Senate...
Whether or not the U.S. press did its best, plenty of others did their worst. At the President's Birthday Ball (which the President did not attend), Cinemactress Veronica Lake prayed: "Godspeed him home, wherever he is." Senate Majority Leader Alben W. Barkley, rushing to the rescue of Henry Wallace, told the Senate that Franklin Roosevelt was "on the verge" of meeting Stalin and Churchill. London correspondents cabled about a mysterious high U.S. visitor; two days later Britain's Official Court Calendar revealed that Harry Hopkins had conferred with King George VI. Hopkins went on from there, talked...