Barkley's Colorful Political
Career Contained Frustration
By LYLE C. WILSON
United Press Correspondent
Washington (U.R There'll be
rousing political meeting
somewhere along about now
with A 1 b e n
William Bark
ley up there
on the plat
form doing his
stuff to the
a s s e m b 1 y's
Rebel yells.
And, as the
servant of the
Lord which he
c wuioa hoped to be,
Barkley will serve up some
hearty laughs for all hands pres
ent. It was his belief that a good
laugh was appropriate in any
company. Those who knew
Barkley well will believe he
was not long in resuming that
speech o sadly interrupted in
Lexington, Va., Monday evening.
Yet, with all the charm and
laughter that marked Barkley
through a politician's well
rewarded life, the big Kentuck
lan was a frustrated man. He
wanted to be president.
Elected in 1912
Taft was president, the Ti-
, tame had been only a few
months sunkwhen Barkley first
' was elected to Congress back in
1912. The Senate followed and
in July, 1937, came Barkley's
first big break. In the contest to
elect a Democratic Senate lead
er following the death of Arkan
sas' Joseph T. Robinson, FDR
intervened with a public letter
which began, "Dear Alben."
That was enough for wavering
Democrats. Barkley won by a
one-vote margin over the late
Pat Harrison of Mississippi.
That triumph sent Barkley
twice in pursuit of the vice pres
idential nomination, always in
happy confidence that he had
from Mr. Roosevelt a green light
for that ambition. But in 1940
and again in 1944 Barkley's
green light flickered out before
the balloting, as it did for a con'
siderable number of others who
had believed FDR's friendly in
terest meant what he seemed to
say. At one of those disappoint
ing conventions, Barkley decid
ed to refuse to deliver a sched-
uled keynote speech on grounds
that Mr. Rosevclt had double
crossed him. But he changed his
mind in time and paid great
tribute to the President. Bark
ley was a team man.
His lone rebellion was in Feb
ruary, 1944. FDR had vetoed in
searing language a victory tax
bill which Barkeey and others
let LONG
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had pushed through. FDR's
hand-picked Senate leader took
the floor, raging, red-faced and
almost explosive. He called the
veto message "a calculated and
deliberate assault upon the leg
islative integrity of every mem
ber of Congress."
"I do not intend to take this
unjustifiable assault lying
down," shouted Barkley, and
promptly resigned his Senate
leadership. By nightfall, Mr.
Roosevelt was busy smoothing
Barkley's feelings and the
breach was patched too soon,
some Democrats thought.
Congress, however, overrode
FDR's veto and Senate Demo
crats unanimously reelected
Barkley to the leadership.
The high point of Barkley's
life should have been in 1948-49
when, finally, he was nominated
for vice president, and with for
mer President Truman won an
election which was counted lost.
Happy congressional Democrats
voted Barkley a S2.000 gold
medal at public expense for his
share in that victory and Mr.
Truman got a salary hike along
with a fat tax-free expense ac
count. The man from Kentucky
served the vice-presidency well
and became the nation's sweet
heart as a beloved "Veep."
Chamber Greet ers
To Meet in Ashland
The Greeters committee of the
Jackson County Chamber of
Commerce will meet in Ashland
with the Ashland Chamber of
Commerce's Greeters committee
Thursday, Russ Jamison, com
mittee chairman, has announced
Mrs. Lorena 'McNair, chair
man of the Ashland Greeters
committee, is in charge of ar
rangements there.
The "coffee clatche" will be
held at Ann Hathaways cottage.
and is another in a series of ex
change meetings planned to ex
tend cooperation to other Cham
bers and member cities. New
members of the Ashland Cham
ber, representatives of the Ore
gon Shakespearean Festival and
city officials will be guests.
Members of the Jackson
county Chamber will meet at
the Medford hotel at 8:30 a.m.
Thursday.
NOT HIS DAY
Potsdam, N. Y. (U.R) Po
liceman John Faubert went to
a hospital for treatment of
head cut he suffered when he
slipped and fell while washing
a police car. Only three hours
later the bandaged policeman
had to return to the hospital for
treatment of a dog bite suffered
in the line of duty.
On The Side
(Distributed by King FaaturM Syedicst.,
Asking
By E. V. Durling
Inc.)
Tit not the frost that freezes me,
Nor blowing snows inclemency.
"Tis not the cold that makes me cry
But mv love's heart grown cold to me.
But had I wist, before I kissed.
That love had been so ill to win.
I'd locked mv heart in a case of gold
And pinned it with a silver pin.
Douglas
What is the official flower of
your city? If you don't know,
first blush for your ignorance
and then call up the information
bureau at the city hall and find
out. The official flower of the
beautiful borough of Brooklyn is
the Forsythia. Keep that in mind.
The next time you call on a
Brooklyn girl bring her Forsy
thias instead of Roses or Orchids.
So They Say
Grace Kelly was born under
Scorpio (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) Scorpio
is the strongest, sexiest and most
subtle sign of the Zodiac. Fe
males born under that sign have
great personal magnetism and
analytical minds. A Scorpian is
a one man woman, mat is, one
man ' at a time. However, if a
man is boring, excessively domi
nating or disloyal the Scorpio
wife will quickly take steps to
get rid of him. The Scorpio girls
can hand out criticism but can't
take it. Or so say the stargazers.
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Queries from clients. Q. How
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the Irish Hospital Sweepstakes is
reserved for the prize winners?
A. Sixty per cent of the total is
reserved for prizes. Of the re
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Get It Right
Note the luxury liners the
Queen Mary and Queen Eliza
beth referred to as "twin steam
ships." That's wrong. Those
boats differ in many respects.
One of the major differences is
that the Queen Elizabeth has
stabilizers. The Queen Mary is
not so equipped so when the seas
are heavy the rock and roll is
much greater on it than on the
Queen Elizabeth.
Hone And Women
When it comes to figures, Mari
lyn Monroe has more than any of
the women who have achieved
fame because of their shapes. Or
so says her press agent. It is
possible the claim may be justi
fied. I note it said Marilyns
measurements are 38-23-34-36
That's one more measurement
than possessed by., any other
streamlined beauty. Seems Miss
Monroe has a "double hip" mea
surement, a lower hip and an
upper hip. The 34 is her upper
hip measurement, the 36 that of
her lower hip.
Pleas Note
How many drinks should be
extracted from a fifth of whis
key? How about a quart? One
distiller says 17 drinks from, a
fifth. Twenty-one trom a quart
The Scotch say limit from a
quart is 18 drinks. Still 17 from
a fifth, 21 from a quart is gen
erous enough. But where can be
found a bar that follows such a
policy. In the average bar,, the
bartender is expected to get 25
drinks from a fifth.
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newspaperman now enjoying a
life of comparative leisure as a
novelist. Jim first hit the spot
light as a novelist with that hot
cha tale titled, "The Postman
Always Rings Twice." Among
his other best sellers, all made
into films, were, . "Double In
demnity," "Mildred Pierce" and
"Serenade."
Civil Service Position
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The civil service commission
has announced examinations for
historians in various federal
agencies in the Washington,
D.C., area. Examinations for en
gineering aid in various federal
government agencies in the
states of Idaho, Montana, Ore
gon, and Washington, also was
announced.
Additional information and
application forms may be ob
tained from Chester Silliman at
the Medford post office. ;
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