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...press, General Hugh Johnson last week had fun playing with the President's nicknaming whimsey. The President calls his Secretary of the Treasury "Henry the Morgue." Columnist Johnson toyed with "Harry the Hop," "Fanny the Perk," "Danny the Rope," "Leo the Hen," "Harold the Ick," "Alben the Bark"-then gave up and said: "Try this new White House game on your acquaintances, mah frens...
...more for you in six years than ol' Alben got you in 26 years." -Governor Albert B. Chandler at Mayfield...
...getting now from the Federal Government for a set of balanced budget books down in Washington, then vote for Happy Chandler. But if you want 10 keep on getting what you're getting, and get some more, too, then vote to keep me in the Senate." -Majority Leader Alben W. Barkley at Lowes Crossroads...
Kentucky law forbids vote-counting on Sunday but as early as midnight Saturday it was apparent that "Dear Alben" Barkley was preserved to his President. Despite C. I. O.'s endorsement, he lost a lot of miners' votes in eastern and southern counties but his home counties of western Kentucky backed him solidly and the northern counties, where Flood Relief and WPA benefits had been lavished most heavily, deserted Governor Chandler. On Monday came Louisville's tabulations, and the Barkley margin climbed above...
...U.S.S. Houston last weekend toward his "humiture"-ridden, politically fermenting country, he could have added up his political score, based on the week's primary elections in six States, about as follows: Kentucky-an all-important, extremely satisfying New Deal touchdown in the renomination of Majority Leader "Dear Alben" Barkley for the Senate...