Show ' - ' I 1 I Vice President 1 1 His-rTfoi-1e- y ? : ! By ROBERT ' r 1 ALBRIGHT C ALBEN BARKLEY owes Governor Earl Warren of California a debt he can never repay AFor Earl Warren was first to declare i e t T ' I ' 1I ''' 1 ' f ' I ' A'' 2' war on that useless appendage in American politics "Mr Throttlebottom" Thanks to Warren Albeit Barkley a working vice president at last will become more than '1 ' 12 st a i ' f' - i - F- - ' i 1 t''''''"''''' I P 1 ' ' ' ' in government 1 As a condition to running for the office Warren asked Governor Thomas E Dewey to banish the Throttlebottom myth that vice presidents should be seen and not heard Dewey agreed Now Harry Truman and Alben Barkley are putting Warren's idea to work As time goes on Barkley will handle more and more presidential chores take g a hand in administration To the working partnership Barkley brings two things this administration can use — battle-teste- d legislative "know how" and a rare sense ot humor Not since Tom Marshall prescribed a "good five-cecitrar'' as the nation'Prime need has a- - vice president put so much fun in government Folks had all but forgotten there was such an office as vice president Vacant for nearly four years few really had missed it With Barkley around they soon will rediscover what may become in fact the second highest office in the land Barkley is what politicians call a "ready man" As Senator he could speak on an instant's notice or without notice save a tense situation with a funny yarn or swing into a appeal to action lbs record squares with everything the Democratic party has stood for in fat years and lean under Coolidge and Hoover under Roosevelt and Truman Three times keynoter for the Democrats he's become a walking record of what the Democratic party stands for At Philadelphia last July someone coined a name for him: "Old Mr Democracy" Washington Ailmirea the Barkley Wit MUCH HAS been written about Barkley "the party ILL wheelhorse and workhorse" little or nothing about Barkley the showman and teller of tales He has a warm sense of the ridictdous and an endless store of stories "cloakroom and parlor" that are part of the Washington legend In the wee small hours of the gala celebration on the night before the inaugural Barkley went over to the President's box asked Mr Truman if he was ready to leave "I'm ready right now" said the President "but I don't think Mrs Truman is" "Well" replied Barkley arms akimbo "I'm going to stand right here until I find out who's boss" Next day the President and Vice President sat side by side in the brittle cold for five hours while the inaugural parade passed in front of them To the spectators it looked as though they were having the time of their lives Mostly it was a case of "Have you heard this one?" with the President on the receiving end Later Barkley was asked what they talked about "That" he said "was presidential and vice presiden- tial stuff and of no possible interest to anybody else" When colleagues pressed him Barkley told the story of the old maid who went to the Zoo "She paused in front of the hippopotamus cage and asked the keeper: 'What kind of animal is that?' "'That's a hippopotamus madam' he said "'Is it male or female?' asked the lady n madam' said the keeper l ptsox'lu1 m't usas 01T interest hi It another but anyone 1 i policy-makin- 1 ' cipher 1 4 ir nt i ' 1 i i I ''' ' - ' ' - ' r 41- - '' ' ' 'it ‘ e ' ' i 4- 1 v ' ' ' ) i ' ' '''' 74 - 0 0 ' ' ' L z t )- ft k li I 1 - kr I ''' '' - - ' ) - rib-tickli- t -- ' rei 44 1 j i"- - 1k '' : -- A 09i 4-- ‘ -' ' 1 I 01 St Sk 1 '0 f t apt: ''' 's ' ' t e' ' - Y - A 1 11) -- 4? 4 41 - 1 'i ‘ ' x li 1 ' V 1 c1 pm 14v) t 1411 ‘‘4 1 - ‘)) - g EINEEEPIPEPOIVEIEEPTEELEMEREMENOWSESIEREEPAEEEM IREEEErawsEwmogrA No "Mr Throtilebottom" Kentocky's Alben W is determined to be a "working" vice president Combining tar-kitt- - '''''' ilL4 s ) tc A 1:1r t b i - - ' e ' 1 1I "d good humor with a tong record of service Barkley is one of the most popular figures in the administration AUTHOR of this article has been a Washington newsman for um() P9 Ithan 20 years: and during most of them he has been acquainted with Mr Barkley -— -' t"4 rl t ' lti ' 1 THE CONTINUED 1 - t'n"M i desk-poundi- t '' - - ON NEXT PACE $ 1 i |