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...Kentucky, all 26 of the state's Chicago votes were pledged to Native Son Alben Barkley...
...when Alben Barkley was asked if he intended to retire after his term as Vice President, he borrowed an old Southern political expression for his answer: "You can't resist the clamorment of the people." Last week, with both ears fine-tuned to the clamorment channel, the Vice President announced that he will accept the presidential nomination if it comes...
Then the wise old strategist launched his "campaign" of amiable availability. There will be no big speeches, no controversial pronouncements, but enough pleasant appearances to make himself seen and heard as a wit, raconteur and friend of all Democrats. Such Barkley-style backslapping and storytelling will not get him to Chicago with many delegates in his pocket. But they are part of a priceless asset: he is the Democratic Party's best-loved leader...
...love among the Democrats-there has to be to cement such a collection of reformers, big-city bosses, labor leaders and Southern conservatives. If the party's national convention goes into a long deadlock over Kefauver, Harriman and Russell, the delegates may turn to Barkley, who is loved by all factions. Or they may turn to House Speaker Sam Rayburn of Texas, who is respected by all factions...
...were generally in comfortable control. Estes Kefauver, the front runner by far in the primary votes to date, managed to pick up only 2 Chicago votes from the no delegates chosen (with 84 votes). Senator Russell got 19½ votes (all in North Carolina), Stevenson 7½, Kerr 1, Barkley 2½, Harriman 2. The remaining 492 votes were uncommitted...