The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-26
Ry WEsTBRooK PEGLER

lolonS or pn1lOSOpulSS III "AAASal AAS'Ay 'ei
lace and some other political fire-walkers OF
the Roosevelt administration did some mess
ing around on the sly are not, as some OIL US
NAV think Just harmless nonsense. like tea
CUP reading and tricks with coins and plug
lat When fellow with an Oriental makeup
and the manner of carnival fortune teller
can make blithering clown OF member
of the Cabinet of a President Of the United
States and obtain from him credentials tor
prowl through parts of Asia where mischief
was not just an occurrence but major IN
dustry that is serious business.
At this point let me point out that Henry
Wallace has never denied his ASSOCIATION with
Nicholas Roerich or any OF the tesunaony IN
various litigations which depicted Roerich as
an Orientalist, a practitioner Of magic, such
as automatic writing, a deity and candidate
sor position which Louis L. Horch, OF the
Department of Commerce, described as
"head" of Siberia. At this point, invite
Wallace to deny any part OF this, and threaten
to prove all this and much more on him If he
should dare. In fact. much of it has been
proved already and more will be proved BE-
yond any question in a short time and | saall
undertake to put other powerful personalities
of the new deal into association with the
same general circle.
Manv of our professional politicians are
taught early in the game never to deny any
thing Wallace, however, has been presented
to Us as a man superior to the sordld pro1es-
sional Of our politics. The truth about Henry
is, however, that he plays the game accord
ing to the professional rules, Using deception,
e7as on and guile as we'll as the best OF them
ever did and still nouthes moist phrases
about spirituality which nevertheless defy for
mutation They seem to conform to Christi
an;ty but still his religion or faith is elusive.
He speaks of some spiritual emanation OF
mankind He is no more to be grasped than
VIC off, nj
Washington corps, mentally lazy or incompe
tent for their mission have tagged him
mystic. which is a trademark word resorted
to by slovenly writer's for the reason
that the same kind use "glamorous" to de-
scribe either a moonlit night or some cal
loused old night-clu tramp.
Wallace has had many opportunities to for
rluate and expound his religion. If he has
one. but we find mere sentences and inklings
scattered through his writings and do not
know who his god is. The devotees Of some
of the Oriental PHILOSOPHERS hold that there
is no god, but that there is great moral
force and that they worship or try to prac-
tice principles. Some of the cults literally do
respect Christ as a superior person, in Fact
master, but only one of many and some of
them hold that the great masters are still
in the Himalayas. aloof and not yet ready
to reveal themselves. There is also sug-
gestion that some Of these supernatural beings
in human form already have come among us
and are going about ordinary BUSINESS day
by day with us, outwardly unrecognizable. We
are going to be surprised when they unnaask
sno the mystical publicity about Henry
Wallace is worth clipping and filing in this
connection.
To the devotee, communism would be only
phase OF markings experience on the way
70 some higher plane and the ultimate per-
lection Wallace in one expression perhaps
unSuarded, spoke Of things that he might do
II he were to live a thousand years. He
seemed to be resigned to the idea that he
would not be spared to carry out the work
ne had in mind, out not all the members O.
the cults give up so easily. He may have
mental reservations himself, or plans to hang
around and haunt us.
Our sort Of government and the western
civilization are based on the Ten Comm and
ments. Our basic unit Of society is the fam
lily. There is, however, no reason why the
prophet of new society a new civilization
and new economy should accept this deca.
log. Thou shalt mol steal' can be repudiated
obliterated from the morality Of the world as
false precept put over on Henry Wallace's
common man to save him the expense of
hlrlng policemen to guard his private prop. |
erty Some societies have got along without
marriage and there would be a strong politi- |
cal appeal in the program of preacher o.
al Oriental philosophy who should say to the
rannle that there was nothing but prejudice
ana superstition to forbid plurality in mar.
rlage or total pronscuity. The trend to IL |
centiousness has been seen in every circle
OF the communist movement in the United
States and Ben Gitlow, who formerly was
"hief OF the party here, frankly confessed
mat the communists had exploited this as an
appeal to youth
The master, the mahatma Of guru Of the
new eaith, might be a celibate, above temp
tations OF the flesh, but such society would
give him a lot of votes.
The task of the revolution is to create
doubt and then disruption to destroy the west
ern civilization Wallace himself may be in
sellectuauy unequal to the forces that might
use him to accomplish the total revolution.
lie certainly was not strong man when he
permitted himself to become dupe of Nicho.
'as Roerlch, and again 1 tell you that if he
daFes to deny that he was dupe will prove
it On him.
think it is a terrible mistake OF so MANY
Americans, and do not know how many 10
accept the flat assurance so often writtehaag
a mallace,s press-agents that he is an honest
II he were honest and not sneak he
never would have suffered his Department of
to denounce Rocrich, with q cow
ardly insnuation that he had been suspected
of espionage in Asia, just when Roerich's fl
nancial interests were under vital litigation
IN court in New York. The insinuaton was
cowardly because Wallace ran and hid and
would not back it up. He was sneak to
conceal from the people of the United States
the tact that Roerich took him in completely
with his Chinese beard and souinty eyes, and
persuaded Wallace to send him TO Asia on an
Official expedition Of the American govern
ment when Roerich already mad expressed
desire to become head" of Siberia. If he
were honest he would step to the edge OF
lhe platform today, explain his association
with Roerich and accept the political consa'
quences Of his own silly gullibility.