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Vice President Alben Berkley made a realistic admission, a luxury that an ex-Senator can afford. Caught between trains in Indianapolis, he explained: "I'm on my way to punish an audience with a speech." Meanwhile, in Washington, grandchildren Alben II, 4, and Dorothy Anne, 6, took advantage of grandpa's absence to check over his old Senate desk, and made a few marginal notes on his copy of the Congressional Record...
...Alben Berkley was 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...
...hostess to the Vice President-elect was filled. Possibly spurred on by applications from eager ladies ("I didn't know whether they wanted to marry me or hire out to me"), Alben Berkley named his daughter, Mrs. Max Truitt...
Senator Alben W. Berkley of Kentucky, who had been feeling sore ever since he was in a smashup (TIME, Nov. 10), discovered that he had a busted rib. The Senator wore tape on his 70th birthday...
Stephen M. Schwebel '50 was reelected chairman of the United Nations Council for the coming year, in elections held last night. Other officers named include Donald S. Connery '50 and W. Baird Bryant '50, vice-chairman; Peter Stafford '49, secretary; and Eliot Berkley...