Word: barkleys
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Year-Alben W. Barkley. Thank God, it can't happen here...
Everybody knew what "liberty" he meant. Senator Connally and colleagues were on their way to tell rebellious Alben Barkley that he was no longer beholden to President Roosevelt for his Senate leadership; that now he was free to be his own and the Senate...
...Connally battle-cry had a meaning which transcended the individual fortunes of Alben Barkley. It was also a declaration of the U.S. Senate's independence from Executive domination. The Barkley revolt had completed a process begun in 1937, by which control of the Senate has passed from convinced or captive New Dealers to a working coalition of Republicans and conservative Democrats. For the New Deal is a real minority now: of the last 13 who voted to uphold the President's veto, at least three are secretly against a Fourth Term for their Boss...
...eleven important committees. Connecticut's Francis Maloney and Missouri's Harry Truman are independent voters and thinkers; neither has much influence on the floor. Montana's Burt Wheeler, diehard Roosevelt hater, is a formidable individual fighter. But the real leaders are Kentucky's Barkley, Georgia's Walter F. George, Virginia's Harry Byrd, North Carolina's Josiah Bailey, Alabama's John Bankhead, Tennessee's Kenneth McKellar and Texas' Tom Connally. These are all veterans who feel that the deference due their long Party service has been withheld by Franklin...
...President then issued his famed, first "Dear Alben" letter, unmistakably naming his choice. There were 75 Democrats in the Senate then. Caucusing, they threw their ballots into Carter Glass's battered old Panama. The first 74 to be counted were evenly divided; the 75th was for Alben Barkley. When the result was announced, he bit off the stem of his briar pipe...