As political quarterback Franklin Roosevelt returned on the 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: Kentuckyan all-important, extremely satisfying New Deal touchdown in the renomination of Majority Leader "Dear Alben" Barkley for the Senate (see p. 10).
Tennessee a safety in the defeat of Senator George L. Berry, a questionable New Deal asset, by a "100% Roosevelt man," in a contest fought on local issues (see col. 1)....
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