The weary figure of the Senate majority leader reflected both the dignity and pathos of a faithful St. Bernard Plodding doggedly through all-day conferences in his Capitol office, Alben Barkley rescued what he could for OPA.
The avalanche that had fallen upon price controls was only one more in a series of Administration disasters in the current Congress. Through every storm Alben Barkley had been plunged into the heroic task of guiding colleagues no longer inclined to be led. Last week he continued the relentless watch he had stood over the British loan,...
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