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Vice President Barkley had to order the packed galleries to refrain from demonstrations. Connally hoped sarcastically that the order did not apply to Senator Millikin-"because his physical exertions here are so attractive as to obliterate completely his intellectual achievements." Connally took one last swing at his opposition. The Republicans were trying to kill the whole foreign-aid bill by making an issue of Point Four, he cried. Taft's arguments were an example of statesmanship "with a little 's.' " As for Donnell, Connally scoffed, he would not be against Point Four after November. "As soon...
Just as the Senate chaplain finished the opening prayer one day last week, a big, white-haired man in a blue suit and bow tie walked slowly into the chamber and took his seat. Vice President Barkley, presiding, noted the white-haired Senator's presence and the members stood and applauded. Arthur Vandenberg, who had undergone nine major operations in the past seven months and had not been at his Senate desk since February, rose with some effort, smiled and made a slight...
...filing his petition, Lucas had challenged the Republicans to support him in trying to get the Senate to limit debate. The Republicans threw back a yelling gibe; it was up to Lucas to produce the necessary support from among the Trumancrats. An hour after Arthur Vandenberg took his seat, Barkley called for the cloture vote. It failed of passage by twelve votes. The score: 52 for, 32 against...
...this week without its two top guests of honor-President Truman and Hopalong Cassidy-even though it was postponed especially to ensure the presence of both (TIME, May 22). The celebration committee's chairman, Colonel Waldron Leonard, didn't blame the President. After all, Vice President Alben Barkley was ready & willing to appear as his standin...
...Defensive. With his thin hair rumpled in the breeze, his coat slung on the seat beside him, he kept his Ford rolling on-from a V.F.W. meeting in Pink Hill, to the Daniel Boone celebration in Salisbury (accompanied by Vice President Alben Barkley), to a Lions Club meeting in Albemarle. After every meeting he stepped down from the platform to chat with the crowds, often delayed his schedule because he insisted on stopping off for roadside discussions. When he disappeared during the Wallace strawberry festival last week, his supporters knew just where to find Frank Graham: at the market, talking...