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...Robinson grew red and angry. A few moments later his heart began to flutter and pain ran through his chest. He went out on the terrace to sit in a rocker until he felt better. He decided to take a day of rest. He held a conference with Senator Alben Barkley of Kentucky and other lieutenants who were leading his Court fight, then returned home although he could not well be spared from the fight...
Message to Alben. On the morning Joe Robinson was found dead Governor Clifford Townsend of Indiana paid a pre-arranged call at the White House. His remarks to the press in leaving were almost ignored in the excitement of bigger news, but they were not overlooked at the Capitol. Of Indiana's two Democratic Senators, one, Frederick Van Nuys has been a vigorous opponent of the President's Court Plan, the other, Sherman Minton, as vigorous a supporter. Governor Townsend told the press that he didn't "think the organization could nominate Van Nuys again...
...dear Alben:- ". . . Since the untimely death of our majority leader I had hoped, with you, that at least until his funeral services had been held, a decent respect for his memory would have deferred discussion of political and legislative matters...
...several days, Leader Joseph T. Robinson proposed a compromise. It reduced the local contribution requirement from 40% to 25%, omitted the "pauper's oath," placed the responsibility on the President for waiving the 25% requirement for communities unable to meet it. But the Administration forces under Senator Alben W. Barkley of Kentucky rallied to oppose this modified restriction on the spending...
...discretion as to the amount of local contributions required." Losing his temper, Joe Robinson turned on him and bellowed: "I can give the Senator from Illinois the explanation, but-Great God!-I respectfully decline to give him understanding." The final scene of the debate was almost tearful. Alben Barkley cried: "I never expected to see the floor of the U. S. Senate turned into a theatre where a scene from the Merchant of Venice would be re-enacted with Uncle Sam playing the role of Shylock." Carter Glass stamped onto the floor and delivered a philippic upon "economic blunders...