Evening star., 1954-10-24
By Cecil Hollond
s.ar Stuff Correspondent

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| BOWLING GREEN, KY, oct.
With the election 10 days
off, the senatorial campaign
here in the Bluegrass State has
warmed up-and so has Alben
! w. Barkley's flowing oratory.
After a placid beginning. the
76-year-old former Vice Presi-
dent, bidding to return to his
/ long held Senate seat. has
opened up to the delight Of the
Barkley partisans in the Demo-
cratic part Of the State.
'The same old Alben," said a
grizzled farmer who heard him
during the Barkley swing down
through the middle part of the
State to this college town. Still
the champ" said another. "the
champion orator of the Nation. !"
And Mr.. Barkley. insisting he's
enjoying every minute of the
campaign, is giving reason for
their comments. He is taking
after his 53-year -old Republican
opponent, Senator John Sher-
man Cooper. the administration,
and, in his pungent remarks,
regardless of what other Demo-
Gratis may be doing, he's not
sparing President Eisenhower
himself.
Barkley Enjoys Campaign.
With his tongue in his cheek,
the phrase-making Barkley is
willing to give the Republicans
some credit. II can say this for
the Republican party and for
the Republican administration
in. Washington" he delights in
telling his audiences. 1T has
accomplished in 20 months what
it took us Democrats 20 years
to do-create a desire for a
change" That desire, Mr.. Bark
ley confidently predicts, will be
gratified on November g."
Whatever the outcome, Mr..
Barkley shows every indication
of enjoying the give-and-take of
this climactic campaign in his
long politica, career.
He's a little sensitive to SEN
ator Cooper's veiled suggestions
he can't take it any more. Rid
ing along in his campaign sta
ton wagon toward this college
town. after a hardy brunch CT
country ham, eggs, honey and
milk at Cae City, where his
party spent the night, Mr.. Bark
ley observed:
II notice where Senator Cooper
says he has made 70 speeches to
my Is or 20. Well, all I can say
that it's not the number of
speeches, it's the quality"
Mrs. Barkley, making all the
trips with Senator Barkley, said,
I'm getting a kick out of all
this" Mr.. Barkley turned to her
with a grin and commented,
"You mean, Honey, you're get
ting kicked around"
Then he pretended to COM
plain. you know, all these peo-
pie aren't coming out to hear
me. They want to see you"
AS the campaign draws toward
q close. Mr. Barkley has over
come the usual Democratic re-
luctance to include Gen. Eisen-
hover in criticism Of the Re-
publican party. He lis charging
that Gen. Eisenhower has broken
his promise to farmers and to
labor.
The 1852 election. Mr.. Bark
ley acknowledges, was'a personal
victory for Gen. Eisenhower, but
with Barkleyian touch he adds
that Gen. Eisenhower was "a
great showcase put out in front
while in the store there is the
same old shopworn, motheaten,
shoddy goods"
Cites Three Generals.
That campaign. he continued,
featured three generals-Gen.
Macarthur, Gen. Eisenhower and
General Motors"
'The Republicans then, as
they are doing now" Mr.. Barkley |
adds, cleft it to the Democratic
party to look after general well
fare"
BY and large, the Democratic
concern for the general welfare,
is the theme of all the Barkley
shaped and conditioned
by his audience, and embellished
with Barkley phrases and anec-
dotes.
In attacking Senator Cooper
and the Republican administra-
tion on sliding farm price sup
ports, Mr.. Barkley observes that
it wasn't necessary for the Re-
publicans to pass law for that
purpose as farm prices have
been sliding ever since they took
Office"
In recent days, two matters
have enlivend the Senatorial
LOST.
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