The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-16
WALLACE SEEKING
PARTY SYMPATHY
By MARQUIS CHIJDo

oNc hoo any pollucal futDYo ~
to him when he d~eparted let
shores, his performance i, Jess
land would certainly have w. Eng
end to it. While our divisions an
at home are very sharp, tbo -eTs
a deep feeling against rgrr .e !,
our q%uarrels to a foreign HAs
What Wallace is saying on l.
European tour is not new. u, Ms
just what he has said reno. !. Is
to audiences in this corT,.E
Against the foreign soInsGsy
board, the emotionalism Of 5I' lung
terances seems even mora III
sponsible and exaggerated r'e'
doe. here at home. 4 Il
President Truman is not ill.,,
to be pushed into ']'repIvin5,g9 sy
Wallace, nor will he rpn} 70
him. The feeling in the 'J MA.
House is that it was done. and + t1
oughly done, when the former 4.o'
rotary of commerce was asg, SsC'
resign from the Truman ca5.n
last September. As'
The request for his resigo.,.
came after Wallace. in his ~oU
son Square Garden speech, bad 'ul'
tempted to defect Amerio d.
foreign policy in another djroctaua
To take any recognition of WI
lace's recent speeches. it is fs1.
would be merely to give him
opportunity for further sens9rforaaIi
headlines. That is the last t5inr
the White House wants.
Part of the pressure on the pr..
ident to r%epudiate Wallace gro~.
out of party politics on the s".
of a presidential election. The w
publicans can't help havino ,
sneaking hope that Wallace viii
continue to be an embarrassment
to MIR. Truman in his car7naien
for reelection. A public repudi,
alton would also serve their NM.
poses, since it might breed = ouar.
rel within the democratic oar.y
which would carry over into ts
contest next year.
At his last press conference, Tho
President was asked about bob
| Wallace and Sen. Claude Peppr
in relation to next years cam.
paign. He answered that it va,
not his business to read anyone
out Of the democratic party.
The affaire Wallace in its Euro
pean phase is, of course, bigger
than a mere partisan political .
sue. Wallace is doing a deep dr.
service not merely to his owl
country but to the world.
What we are attempting in |
Greece can be either good Or bad
With the backing of men and
women of liberal thought. wao he
lleve that our economic power can
be used to give new life ard new
opportunity to the forces Of de.
mocracy. our aid to Greece can
be a constructive example to de.
pressed peoples everywhere The
tragedy is that Wallace is helping
extreme reaction to give the pro
gram the worst possible start.
Talk about invoking the Logan
act against Wallace is foolish
That act, which forbids an Ameri'
can citizen from going abroad TO
influence the direction Of Ameri'
cen foreign policy in relations
with the heads of a foreign GOV
eminent, is in essence unentorce'
able. In his speech in Liverpool
Wallace seemed to be fairly
yearning for the cloak of marty
dom, inspired by senatorial hints
that some action should be taken
against him. He suggested that
when he returned to this country
the State department might take
his passport from him.
1t would be a shame to grant
hin. such easy martyrdom, Inc
novelty of h attacks made
against a foreign sounding board
will quickly wear off.
From this distance it is hard 70
Judge what Wallace's influence in
England may be. Far more in En-
rope than in the United States he
is a symbol of the Roosevelt Eew
deal. He has kept this ratng
abroad by his constant a~rtlculatlon
OF the ideas and aspirations Of the
Roosevelt era.
There are American liberals
with just as good claims 10 the
new deal inheritance who repnal'
ate Wallace. One of them is Aeon
Henderson, who has fought active
ly and valiantly for progressive
causes, past and present. HenoeE.
son, for example, was one OF 1nt
leaders in this country vino 1ougn'
for aid for the belleaguered op'H
ish republic in the dark days WneI
German and Italian fascists were
helping Franco destroy the Iegl'f
mate government OF Spain.
In his trenchant magaz,e
Politics." Dwight MacDonald na'
a searching analysis OF "a!IaSs.
He describes "Wallaceland' us
Wallace habitat, as follows: II u
a region OF perpetual fogs, c1usSy
by the warm winds OF the Il0eIa.
gulf stream coming in con'a..
with the Soviet glacier. Its 1als.'
speak 'Wallese,' a debaSeo p.G
vincial dialect" Europeans Snou: u.
be made aware of how SINAI ~
the number of Americans WV
speak or understand this cul'O''
dialect.
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