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...North Georgia Methodist Conference in Atlanta, Vice President Alben W. Berkley explained how he happened to become a Methodist himself. "My ancestors were Presbyterians for six generations," said the Veep, "but I was at a Methodist college-old Emory at Oxford, Ga. I decided to become a Methodist when I was 17. I decided I could be just as good a man in the Methodist Church as in the Presbyterian Church, if I wanted...
...Philadelphia, Vice President Alben Berkley asked his Secret Service guard not to tail him too closely. Explained the Veep: "I don't want to feel that I'm in a vacuum and guarded every minute of the day ... I try to take my wife with me wherever I go, and you can bet your life she keeps...
Vice President Alben W. Berkley gave readers of Life and Health magazine his remedy for keeping fit: plenty of fresh air, exercise, moderate eating. Wrote the Veep: "I have never had a headache in my life ... I have never had indigestion in my life. My digestive organs have been as efficient and as regular as a Seth Thomas clock in its halcyon...
Picking up steam, he whisked over to Capitol Hill to present Alben Barkley with a gavel turned from wood used in the 1817 reconstruction of the White House. It was Barkley's 38th anniversary in Congress, and both the President and the Veep were in fine fettle. Since he had never quite made the White House, quipped Barkley, "the President has brought a piece of the White House to me." The Senate roared, and Harry Truman cracked back: "I'm in pretty good health yet." Then the President shook hands all around, not overlooking such of his current...
...Oregon, Republican maverick Senator Wayne Morse was running against a Democrat who was far to the right of him. Democrat Howard Latourette complained bitterly that the Truman Administration was giving him no help. The Veep conspicuously skipped Oregon in his western barnstorming and, when asked, elaborately failed to remember the Democrat's name. He added: "I like Wayne Morse. He is an attractive man." Morse was considered a shoo...