Evening star., 1945-01-28

publican family father Henry Cantwell Wallace served
Secretary of Agriculture under Presidents Hardng ana
Coolidge His sons the post in 1888 affords
one of the examples American history where son
has followed his father in high Government position
Roots the Soil
So Mr.. Wallace's liberalism" or radicalism-as the
reader chooses to the product OF industrial
expoaton the root proearian revolt against the
established according to Karl Marks tneorlzng
Rather in the pattern Of Count Leo Tostoy an
other farmer and philosopher who four decades before
Henry Wallace haing the century OF the common man
indeed Mr. Wallaces roots are the soil rather than
In the big industrial wherethe fight at Chicago last
his denomination for the vice ho"eo
he now has largest measure of political support
After finishing college, where schoolmates recall him
moody, ntrospective young man who had little time
pleasure Mr. Wallace joined the staff OF Waaces Farmer
weekly journal founded by his grandfather But he did
himself theorizing Along with his editorial
work he found time to run fair-szed farm.
1t was the depression and resultant suffering and
unrest in the Middle West that first brought young Henry
Wallace President Roosevelts attention In 1882 farm
prices had sunk unprecedented lows Farm mortgages
were being foreclosed right farmers
banded together resist foreclosures by armed force
real revolt threatened
Mr. Wallace among the influential farm leaders who
demanding that the Federal Government do something
improve the price of farm products Looking around
Secretary of Agriculture with advanced ideas the
President concluded that Wallace then only
42-was his
Fathered AAA Setup.
leaders Washington for of conferences Out OF
these resulted the legislation setting the Agricultural
Adjustment Administration which subsidized farmers
through processing tax on their products.
Numerous suits filed by professors charged that
Mr.. Wallace GEAR" and finally, in 1885, the Supreme
Court declared the AAA Act unconstitutional the
administration strong enough put promptly through
Congress second measme-the Soil Conservation Act
under which subsidies continued this time directly
from Federal funds Two years later the AAA Act
and Wallace given the power invoke, with
Meanwhile, Henry Wallace had gradually been absorb
ing the broad social philosophy of the New Deal not only
applied farming to industry trade
and social and racial relations.
Replaced Garner in 1910.
BY 1910 Mr.. Roosevelt had decided that Mr. Wallace
should be his political heir and forced the retirement of
John N. of Texas to make way for the Iowan.
During his four years Vice President Mr. Wallace
made history in office of traditional silence.
A man of marked vgor Mr. Wallace mastered Spanish
and represented the President the Inauguration
President Manuel Avia Comacho following this with
goodwill tour of Latin America His linguistic interest
turned to Russian which he mastered well enough make
speech in Moscow when he went on special mission
to Russia and China last year.
Meanwhile Mr.. Wallace once timd before public gath
erings had taken up oraory seriously His ideas
summed up Succinctly in speech had Chicago
last summer before the Democratic National Convention
He said:
"The future belongs to those who go down the line
swervingly the liberal principles Of both political de-
and economic democracy regardless of race
religion.
Urged General Equality.
I'm political educational and economic sense, there
must be inferior races. poll tax must CO. Equal
educational opportunities must The future must bring
equal for equal work regardless of sex or race"
1t probably great disappointment to Mr.. Wallace
when the President gave him only ukewarm support for
denomination at Chicago last But he gave
no public indication Of the promptly took the
stump" for the Presidents re election.
The shelving of Jesse Jones. with whom Mr. Wallace
warred vigorously when head Of Eco
noic Warfare one extrac,rricuar actvi-
ties during years and his appointment as
retary Of Commerce. his political reward for this loyalty