Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1948-01-23
It's News
To Me
By O. J. Pecord

Anybody
silly. He isn't
Believe me- Henry thinks he knows exactly what he is
doing course Mr. Wallace hasn't got anything lot OF
why he's doing it. They think that he is candidate Tor
president Third Party ticket not because he has any
homes of winning Prosperity which
everyone for he friend of the Republicans
because he member of the Communist Party Che sn
but very keen desire to discharge his grudge
against Mr.. Truman
Nobody said, they that Henry Wallace
h Ounce He is an intelligent almost the point of be-
ing definitely tagged as an Intellectual But of intei
gent men, Mr.. Waace's judgement does not always square
With his intelligence and commit
Poor Henry has slipped and not because of lack OF
knowledge he prefers to personal feelings
above the hest interest of the very people for whom al
ways professed sometimes pracced practical sympathy
WHAT DID
When Henry listened the siren voice of veng-
and the persuasion OF gentlemen on the e VINO give
loyalty to Mother Russia and the Kremn ne betrayed
the very people whom he must look for support Ihese
are the people before the last Democratic convention
fought retain Mr. Wallace in the vice presidency Inc
people his loyal hackers and who believed that
he represented the things which they represented,
OF course there of these people who pretend
to people Henry would like to think they but man
intelligent Henry Wallace would be completely incapable
of that kind OF thinking over any considerable perod o
Surely Wallace should know Communist by this time
If Mr. Wallace knows what he is saying when he writes @
munsts allow themselves to be captured anyone is
its not going to be the Commes And IN NE
case of Mr. Wallace looks like Henry taken captive
willingly perhaps but nevertheless captive of the Communists
THE SLOGAN
Mr. Wallace has platform peace and Prosperity" Is
anyone against that? the Russian
opposed Lenns slogan both before and after
taking the Russian government-"Bread and Peace
It's good slogan and good program. Everybody is Tor
bread and prosperity but just how henry
going accomplish the thing is lot less tangible than
which Russia bread and peace after
fashion.
Maybe somebody should tell Mr. Wallace that the Com
have taken him the they did Poland bul-
other democratic European nations Maybe
somebody should tell him that he doing the of real
Third Party dsservce and setting back years But
then again. Henry this already and has deter
mined give the deck the reaconary rather than
submerge his injured ego.
THE PAYOFF
time when the working people of this
country did not think that MIR Wallace real smart ana
They disappointed they the
the Federal administration They are dis
appointed because they did not want man like Henry
Wallace friend of the plain people beay the very cause
which still processes to be fighting Truly Mr. Wallace
has slipped.
but two possible payofs the Wallace cand
dacy First will not the election and knows It, but
hopes take enough votes from Truman to insure the
election of Republican second he will fail completely
of who have still sympathized with Mr.. wallace
and him the limit still sympathzes with him the
the company which him. He has lost what
appeal he had for he is ab
tou the political field but because the means he used tc
get there
imagine that Mr. Wallace IS going to feel lot
different about lot of things before the end of this year anc
console ourselves that there Heaven over the
return of podal than there in the retention OF many
of the just
Poor Henry he just couldn't wait