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Show serving in the United States Senate to be born in a log cabin. The 55 year old man was born in the little town of Ada, Okla., then situated in Indian territory. To make his success story even more striking, he is also one of the richest men in the Senate, being a millionaire several times over. His national political career dates from 1940, when he became national committeeman for Oklahoma. Ok-lahoma. He held this post until 1948. From 1943 to 1947 he served as Oklahoma governor. He was elected to the U. S. Senate in 1948 and has served four years of his six year term. Legislatively he is interested in oil and Indian affairs, two of Oklahoma's most pressing problems. prob-lems. He is also regarded by Washington experts as one of the ablest first-year men in the Senate. Educated at Oklahoma Baptist Bap-tist University and the University of Oklahoma, he passed Oklahoma Okla-homa bar examinations in 1925, and practiced in his home town. JEFFERSON-JACKSON DAY DINNER SATURDAY Utah Democrats will get a rare opportunity to hear an active presidential candidate March 29 when Sen. Robert S. Kerr (D-Okla.) (D-Okla.) comes to Salt Lake City to address the annual Jefferson-Jackson Jefferson-Jackson day dinner. The Oklahoma Democrat, former for-mer governor of his state, is recognized rec-ognized as one of the leading speakers" in the senate. His reputation re-putation in party circles is so great he was chosen to make the keynote speech at the 1944 Democratic Dem-ocratic national convention in Chicago. Senator Kerr, mentioned often as a possible presidential candidate, cand-idate, had informed close friends in Washington that he intends to actively campaign for the presidency pre-sidency even though President Truman might decide to run. His announcement of candidacy may even be made before his Utah appearance. Advance indications are that the '1952 Jefferson-Jackson day dinner, set for the Hotel Utah in Salt Lake City, will be one of the most successful ever held. Milton L. Weilenmann, state chairman of the event, says that ticket sales are picking up encouragingly en-couragingly and a full house is expected., Proceeds from the event which costs $25 per couple, will go into the state party campaign coffers to finance the 1952 campaign. There will be a good sized group of $12.50 single tickets also on sale, Mr. Weilenmann said. Senator Kerr, keynoter for the event, holds the unique distinction distinc-tion of being the only man now |