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Montana Congressman Wesley D'Ewart, now campaigning for the U.S. Senate, last week observed that no Republican senatorial candidate was more than 65*(his own age). Perhaps D'Ewart was struck with the number of superannuated Democratic candidates for the Senate: Kentucky's Alben Barkley (76), Rhode Island's Theodore Green (87), Iowa's Guy Gillette (75)) Wyoming's Joseph O'Mahoney (69). West Virginia's Matthew Neely (79), Virginia's A. Willis Robertson (67), Nebraska's Keith Neville (70), South Carolina's Edgar Brown (66), Kansas' George...
...Kentucky's Alben W. Barkley, speaking to Louisville cost accountants, had a mild word of protest about the subject assigned to him. Said the ex-Veep: "Frankly, I'm unable to understand why you asked me to talk on the cost of Government. I haven't cost the Government anything in nearly two years...
...find fault with Senator Cooper and his record. His trouble lies in the class of field he's running in. It's Correlation Cooper, a fine horse, up against Hasty Road Barkley, and that's too much horse. With a regretful bow to John Cooper, it would be wonderful to have Alben Barkley . . . back on the track...
...matter of age and health is bound to be an issue in the Cooper-Barkley campaign. Although the durable old Veep is in vigorous health, the indisputable fact that he is 24 years older than his opponent will weigh heavily against him with many voters. He is only a few pounds overweight (190 Ibs.), but, as he rumbles, "I always gain weight on campaigns. Out visiting these people, they put on the table Kentucky ham, fried chicken, turnip greens, boiled potatoes, three-story cake and the other good eats. It's hard for a healthy man to resist." Barkley...
...will be a clean race. "There'll be no mudslinging." says Barkley. The issues will be clear. Without undue emphasis on party labels. Cooper will campaign for the Eisenhower program and the need for his own vote in the Senate to carry it through. Barkley will bear down on unemployment in Kentucky. Each will trade heavily on his own immense popularity, and for many a Kentucky voter the choice will be difficult. In the words of a Penny-royalist," It'll be 'whittledycut' "-which in Kentucky means a real fine horse race...