Word: berkley
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Washington, Mrs. Alben Berkley told reporters that she did not like to be addressed as "The Veepess": "Somehow or other it sounds like a snake. I guess I connect it with theword viper. I'd really much rather be called Mrs. Veep...
Vice President and Mrs. Alben W. Berkley arrived in Korea for a firsthand "fact-finding" tour. Said he: "The politicians back home got to bellowing that this was a forgotten war. I told the President he shouldn't come over, but I had some free time." After a Thanksgiving dinner in a jet pilots' mess, the Veep moved up to the front lines, where he autographed a 105-mm. howitzer shell, pulled the lanyard and celebrated his 74th birthday with the wish: "I hope I got some...
...North Georgia Methodist Conference in Atlanta, Vice President Alben W. Berkley explained how he happened to become a Methodist himself. "My ancestors were Presbyterians for six generations," said the Veep, "but I was at a Methodist college-old Emory at Oxford, Ga. I decided to become a Methodist when I was 17. I decided I could be just as good a man in the Methodist Church as in the Presbyterian Church, if I wanted...
Vice President Alben W. Berkley explained in El Paso why he spent so much time on speaking tours: "Since most of the American people can't afford to come to Washington to see the Government, I feel it's my duty to bring the Government to them...
...Philadelphia, Vice President Alben Berkley asked his Secret Service guard not to tail him too closely. Explained the Veep: "I don't want to feel that I'm in a vacuum and guarded every minute of the day ... I try to take my wife with me wherever I go, and you can bet your life she keeps...