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...nomination" for the Supreme Court. Franklin Roosevelt grimaced, declared that all reports of whom he would nominate should be labeled "Surmise No. 23." Meanwhile Senators began to cast about for a majority leader to succeed Joe Robinson if he became Justice. The President was understood to favor Alben William Barkley of Kentucky, now assistant leader, who sees eye to eye with the New Deal. Senators were much more inclined to favor James Francis Byrnes of South Carolina, who is more popular although he has differed with the New Deal on occasion. And this dialog was widely quoted...
...over deposits and assets of protective committees; 3) allow the SEC to intervene in an advisory capacity when reorganizations are under the jurisdiction of the courts as in 776 cases. Some of the powers asked by the Commission are incorporated in bills introduced by Kentucky's Senator Alben William Barkley and Tennessee's Representative Walter Chandler now before Congress...
...such array of talent or of enthusiasm could the President muster on his side. The best he had were Hugo LaFayette Black, Alben Barkley, Sherman Minton, Henry Ashurst, Robert La Follette. From these the level of enthusiasm and ability fell rapidly away. His reliable wheel horses Robinson, Harrison, Byrnes and others were still true, but their attitude indicated that at heart they were no more than lukewarm. Not yet forgotten was the promise of the Democratic platform, made last summer, that if the aims of the New Deal could not be accomplished within the Constitution an amendment would be proposed...
Building up its campaign program the Harvard Roosevelt Club today brings Senator Alben W. Barclay of Kentucky, keynoter of the Democratic Conventions of 1932 and 1936, before a Law School audience at 4 o'clock in Langdell Hall. Introduced by Felix Frankfurier, Byrne Professor of Administrative Law, Senator Barclay will speak on the "Reelection of Roosevelt...
...Democrats this year, as in 1932, selected as their keynoter at the national convention (1 Carter Glass, 2 Alben William Barkley, 3 Bennett Champ Clark, 4 Maury Maverick, 5 Joseph T. Robinson...