Talk:Henry A. Wallace
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Wallace for many years was closely associated with a mystic who he called Guru. A hostile journalist Westbook Pegler published some of the letters:
"In March 1948 Pegler began to publish some of the actual letters in his widely syndicated column. One letter asked, "Have you heard from the horoscope?" Some contained references to "the Flaming One," "the Sour One," "the Tigers," and so on. Still others displayed the strange ethereal language in which much of the early correspondence had been couched: "I look at the locket from out of the past and wonder if I shall see it in the far distant future. Apparently we are fighting always a new battle. Shall our hearts sing at the fighting? Do we never create that sweet land of beauty and justice?" Or again: "Disappointments are frequent and difficulties great, but we hope for much because of the obvious imminency of the times. The earth beat, the Indian rhythm of ancient America, haunts me like a faint fragrance from the past while I strive to center my complete forces on the pressing problems of the day." [Henry A. Wallace: His Search for a New World Order. by John Maze & Graham White University of North Carolina Press. page 273]
Historians conclude they are authentic, though Wallace refused to comment on them.
[edit] Henry A. Wallace RIP
What was the cause of Wallace's death? I've read somewhere (can't quite remember), it was Lou Gehrig's Disease. If so, can anyone find a verifiable source on this & add it to the article? I can't find a source. GoodDay 01:00, 4 November 2006 (UTC) Someone had already added that. I made the reference tag visible. Also added him to [Category:Deaths from motor neurone disease].--195.137.93.171 (talk) 17:54, 11 January 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Well, must we agree?
" Historians Schapsmeier and Schapsmeier argue (1970 p 181)
"The Progressive party stood for one thing and Wallace another. Actually the party organization was controlled from the outset by those representing the radical left and not liberalism per se. This made it extremely easy for Communists and fellow travelers to infiltrate into important positions within the party machinery. Once this happened, party stands began to resemble a party line. Campaign literature, speech materials, and campaign slogans sounded strangely like echoes of what Moscow wanted to hear. As if wearing moral blinkers, Wallace increasingly became an imperceptive ideologue. Words were uttered by Wallace that did not sound like him, and his performance took on a strange Jekyll and Hyde quality—one moment he was a peace protagonist and the next a propaganda parrot for the Kremlin." "
All right: that's what these two gentlemen think. Perhaps I do not agree: should my own opinions be quoted too?
- Are you an historian, do you have a published work to which reference can be made? --ukexpat 01:20, 16 July 2007 (UTC)
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The man was an early proponent of civil rights and a progressive. Why is that not reflected in his bio?
- It could be, as long as it's cited in reliable sources, so it can be verified. Be bold! Frank | talk 15:58, 27 May 2008 (UTC)
