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Keynoter and party machinery shape convention opening
The article explains the role of the keynote speaker and permanent chairman at national nominating conventions. It notes the Republican choice of Gov. Dwight Green and Democrat Sen. Alben Barkley, then outlines the influence of National Committees, credentials and resolutions panels, and past platform debates from 1840 to recent campaigns.
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Washington
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Welome
Gov
Dwight Green
Illinois
Alben W. Barkley
Kentucky
National Committee
Joseph W. Martin
House
Sam Rayburn
Texas
District of Columbia
Sco Es Catia Ey
Boss Murphy
Thomas Fortune Ryan
Areca Gar
Committee On
Credentials
Resolutions Committee
John W. Davis
Klan
League of Nations
Warren G. Harding
League