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Senate Revolt Clouds Barkley Nomination Prospects
Washington reports a Senate revolt against White House leadership over taxes and economic controls casts doubt on Alben Barkley’s bid for a 1952 Democratic ticket. Truman's command of the party wanes as Taft Byrd Russell Kerr McMahon Douglas and Keefauver loom as possible running mates or threats.
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Washington
Senate
White House
Alben W. Barkley
Truman
Charles G. Dawes
Missouri
Barkley
Taft
Ohio
Byrd and
Russell
Virginia
Georgia
John Nance Garner
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Jack” Garner
Justice Vinson
Supreme Court
Paul H. Douglas
Illinois
Fulbright
Kefauver
Arkansas
Thomas E. Dewey
Keauver
Chicago
Memphis
Ed” Crump
Alben