Word: sparkman
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...group voiced unanimous support of the Democratic national ticket of Adlai E. Stevenson and John Sparkman, but backers of Senator Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. succeeded in blocking endorsement of Congressman John F. Kennedy in the Massachusetts Senate contest...
...Stevenson-Sparkman ticket drew praise as "a great liberal team" which would "protect the great social gains of recent years and insure new progress...
...Last week the Democratic National Committee, facing up to the danger, named House Speaker Sam Rayburn to lead the Texas campaign for Stevenson and Sparkman...
...Representative Wright Patman, going all out for Stevenson and Sparkman, was making plans to stump the state...
...Washington radio chief, Lou Frankel: "As we book our man on speeches around the country, we can fit him into the radio & TV time already purchased." The Democratic program is simple: there is only one star, and such supporting players as Harry Truman and Vice Presidential Candidate John Sparkman will get only a minimum share of the limelight. Of Adlai Stevenson, Frankel says: "He's our John Barrymore, our biggest radio & TV asset...