 A "Pageant" magazine poll of legislators chose Barkley and Republican Robert A. Taft as the hardest-working members of their respective parties.The Barkleys sold their Washington, D.C., home and moved into an apartment to reduce expenses.Marny Clifford, wife of Truman's Naval Advisor Clark Clifford, nicknamed Barkley "Sparkle Barkle" for his care of his wife, who died March 10, 1947.