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...convention proper opened, the assembled Democrats seemed really intent on only one thing-getting it over with. They were not stirred by old Senator Alben Barkley's keynote address...
...Philadelphia, Les Biffle hopefully passed the word that Kentucky's aging Senator Alben Barkley was the man on whom all could agree. But Presidential Agent Clark Clifford slipped into town and called a round of conferences. Democratic Chairman Howard McGrath assured him that the votes were there to nominate Douglas...
That left "Dear Alben" Barkley, the old party wheelhorse, out in front. Said
...quick; I don't want it passed around so long it is like a cold biscuit." Some of the big city bosses thought Barkley was too old (70), too tired, and too far South to carry the big city strongholds. But on opening night, after his keynote speech, Alben Barkley got a spontaneous half-hour ovation as the orchestra boomed out My Old Kentucky Home...
Harry Truman's nomination for the presidency was apparently in the bag. Last week Frank Hague's New Jersey Democrats pledged their "militant support" of him; Kentucky's Senator Alben Barkley flatly predicted that he would be nominated and elected...