Word: barkleys
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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When Galo Plaza arrived at Washington's airport in George Marshall's luxurious Constellation, not only President Truman but Vice President Barkley and the Secretaries of State, Treasury, Defense, Interior and Agriculture were there to greet him. That evening, Harry Truman gave a state dinner (trout, squab and four kinds of wine) attended by some 50 top Washingtonians at the Hotel Carlton. Next evening, Dean Acheson gave another black-tie banquet for Galo Plaza; the guests included a lot of the faces the Ecuadorian had seen the night before. Afterward, the visitor, who had no work...
...Washington, a favorite trick of politicos to undermine an opponent-or a trusting friend-is to "leak" uncomplimentary stories about him to newsmen. Last week the leak was briefly turned against Vice President Alben Barkley. The word was whispered around Washington that Alben Barkley could never run again for the vice presidency. "The old man," said one Senator, "just can't take the grind any more." Barkley, newsmen were told, hasn't even enough strength left to preside over the daily sessions of the Senate, is forced to pass out the job to other Democratic Senators. Columnist Robert...
...Women's Clubs), Underwood made his first try for public office when he entered the 1948 race for Congress. But he has been a figure in Kentucky politics for years: with Chapman, Governor Laurence Wetherby and Kentucky's Senior Senator Earle C. Clements, and Vice President Alben Barkley...
...George Barkley, Glen Baer, and Tom Everhart are counted on to provide height for the Kirkland squad. Three Deacon "B" league men, Fran Collins, Richard Dubak, and Roger Swanson, will replace missing "A" league...
Picking up steam, he whisked over to Capitol Hill to present Alben Barkley with a gavel turned from wood used in the 1817 reconstruction of the White House. It was Barkley's 38th anniversary in Congress, and both the President and the Veep were in fine fettle. Since he had never quite made the White House, quipped Barkley, "the President has brought a piece of the White House to me." The Senate roared, and Harry Truman cracked back: "I'm in pretty good health yet." Then the President shook hands all around, not overlooking such of his current...