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Inaugural (Thurs. 11:30 a.m., all networks). Starring President Truman and Vice President Barkley...
Vote as You Please, But-Harry Truman conferred with the leaders who will boss the job: Texas' Sam Rayburn, Speaker of the House; Massachusetts' John McCormack, House majority leader; Illinois' Scott Lucas, the new Senate majority leader (see below). Vice President Alben Barkley, from his position as presiding officer of the Senate, would also take an active and commanding part in steering the Truman legislative program...
After the Republican congressional landslide in 1946, Scott Lucas moved in as minority whip. When Vice President Alben Barkley left the floor to preside over the Senate, good Party Man Scott Lucas was the unanimous choice for his post...
...last, with expressions of relief, they sat down before blank pieces of bond paper and wrote down the names of Harry Truman and Alben Barkley. But as they rose quietly, to escape, the chairman called: "Now, we're not through yet. We all have to sign six copies." A handful of disappointed spectators began drifting away. When John Windsor departed, after three hours and 40 minutes, he grunted: "I don't think I've accomplished anything today but spend some of the state's money." (A fee of $8.32 plus $12 travel expenses...
...going to spend his Christmas with the U.S. garrison in Berlin, as co-star of a cold-war U.S.O. troupe that included Bob Hope, Jinx Falkenburg, Irving Berlin, Air Secretary Stuart Symington, and half a dozen Rockettes. A Congressman for 35 years, Vice President-elect for eight weeks, Barkley was living up to his new responsibilities: "My time just isn't my own any more...