The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-30
AsPeglerSeesH
By WEsTBROOK PEGLR
(Copyright, by King Features Syndica1

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Three OF the best authorities have compared
the authentic handwriting Of Henry Wallace
with the handwriting Of the WOODY guru let
tiers. All three Of these men give their opinions
that the actual and indisputable Wallace let
tiers and the screw-ball documents We're writ
ten by the same person. These experts are
Clark Sellers and John L. Harris, both of Los
Angeles, and George j.. Lacey, of Houston,
Tex. The examination OF disputed documents
is their profession. Their judgments are re-
spected by the courts.
To relieve these men Of any suspicion that
they sought the consultation or wanted pub
licitv, l will say they did not. The problem
was presented to them and the initiative was
mine, not theirs. In fact, Mr.. Sellers, the
first of them to be consulted, gave his pro-
fessional opinion only on condition that his
name be not mentioned except in case Of a
contest. In that event he would come forward
and defend his conclusion that Wallace did
write the letters. Charles Nicholson, the head
press agent of the Roosevelt party through
1914, described these letters as ''silly.'' So
they certainly are but that word does not
describe this gullah. II your little boy
wrote such monkey business you would take
him to the doctor. But when you reflect that
the writer Of this confusion was next in line
for the presidency of the United States and
with the war on and our own country already
lliS SlulI Is tST4lylLS.
Maybe Roosevelt didn't know the existence
OF this writing at the time that he handpicked
Wallace and compelled the 1910 democratic
convention to nominate him when they would
rather have torn him apart. They were so
mad that they booed this strange fellow with
the wet, Tapping lips and the Hitlerian bang
over his eyes, like an arena full Of wild
animals. They wouldn't even let him make
a speech Of acceptance. But Roosevelt GER
4 Olr did L~r III ,L~1 -AN--. L.. L.
day, 1910.
If these are the same letters that Charlie
Mix saw and I think they are, then l say
Charlie Mike went a long, long way for his
client, the democratic party, and took a ter
rble chance on the safety of the United States
when ne decided, without expert advice. that
they were of at least doubtful authenticity.
was even more terribly guilty be-
cause ne knew he could die any moment
and that Wallace would then take over with
his wild, bewildered interest in oriental teach
ers and mysterious masters of unrevealed
wisdom. Later, when he certainly knew the
truth, Roosevelt fired Jesse Jones from the
Department of Commerce which included con-
troll of the R.F.C., 'the greatest bank in the
world" and nominated Henry for the job.
He may have figured that he was playing
it safe because Congress certainly wouldn't
Henry until the R.F.C. was carefully
removed from his reach, which is exactly
what happened.
Mr.. Sellers was asked to examine and com.
compare these documents. He did it as a pro-
f%essional service and gave his opinion &C.
cordingly. Mr.. Harris and Mr.. Lacey were
invited to consultation by Mr.. Sellers. Mr..
Harris came to the conclusion that Wallace
wrote the guru letters. Mr.. Lacey's inspection
was somewhat cursory'' but nevertheless he
REACHED the opinion that the questioned
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reconsideration, all three gave permission to
me to name them as my authorities in the
case.
Now, from a leading authority on yoga,
the oriental philosophy or religion which ap.
pears to have held Wallace's interest for a
time, 1'have another expert opinion that
Nicholas Konstantin Roerich, the Russian art.
ist, who was Wallace's teacher, is not a yoga
scholar. Roerich, this authority says. is \
'pseudo-occultist'' and his writings are a "re.
hash of sstrology, rosicrucianism and theo.
~sophical cccultism."
However that may be, Henry Wallace did
Use the peoples money to send a strange
expedition to Mongolia and China in 1884,
soon after he became Secretary Of Agri-
culture, with Roerich in charge. Ostensibly
this was an expedition to collect the seed Of
drought-resisting grasses. But stories in Eng.
lish language papers published in China indi.
Gated that the expedition had mysterious pur-
poses and that old Roerich applied to the
Fifteenth U. S. infantry in Tien Tsin for
rifles, revolvers and ammunition. He was
turned Town until the regimental command
was over-ruled from Washington. Also, there
was strife among the members of the qroun
One of the screwbaIl letters mentions ,
crystal soul behind living blue eyes above a
cleft beard. I have never seen Roerich. who
is calico both a leader and a master and
sometimes, apparently, a ruler. l understand
that he is now in India. But a photogranh
taken at the time that this msss-nrod1ction
picture-palnter, who casually mentions mora
than 5000 pictures, was chasing grass seed
over China shows an old guy with so,int
eyes, possibly blue. and a cleft, or two-IeageS