Evening star., 1948-05-09


none better" who wants only to
keep his country out Of war, accord
ing to his wife.
Mrs. Wallace comedies, however
IN this problem of clariication, Il
don't think my husband always
helps things. He puts his worst foot
forward"
For example, she ridicules the
very idea of communistic ties. He
has denied it over and over again"
she sighs. He says he's not going
to continue to deny it all the time,
but I think Id like it repeated
every day of his life"
Mild-mannered, placid Ito Wallace
always has SHE'D from crowds and
controversy. She literally is taking
a back seat in the current campaign,
but she can be found in her hus-
bands roofing section. To those
who remember her conservative IN
clinations, let it be said that she
now is entirely in accord with his
general position.
They were really splendid group
of people," she reports of the Con-
necticut assemblage. Il don't see
why the newspapers want to insist
it's a lunatic fringe behind my nus
band. Those people are sincerely
interested in peace and they are
following him to help all they can.
Why, never even saw Communist
in my life, and I doubt If he ever
has. either"
Just as Mrs Wallace once con-
fided to a relative that their political
Disbursements ultimately found her
husband right, she now thinks the
rest of the country ultimately Will
come to the same conclusion. His
vision" finally will be vindlcated,
Is her opinion.
In this connection, she declares,
"this has always impressed me about
nv husband. People make fun OF
him. They think he's absolutely
wrong. Often, he sees farther ahead
in the future, of how things are
going to come out. He has that fac
ulty. and it makes him unpopular.
If people remember back, he was
pretty right about great many
subjects he was very strongly crltl-
cized for"
Emphatically denying that her
husband is favoring Russia in the
critical cold war between East and
West, Mrs. Wallace explains:
"He lust wants to try to work with
the Russians. Many people have
hated Soviet Russia so hard-you
know who they are; l don't have to
name names. A good many people
have hated Russia for good many
years. And they simply hate to work
with them. That attitude must be
combatted."
Then Mrs. Wallace added, I'VE
won't say Russia will work with us.
Who can? But. we would like to see
q little more effort along that line"
OF their many former political
associates and friends who have
been publicly critical - including
Eleanor Roosevelt-Mrs. Wallace
saws she hsrbors no resentment,
"They are entitled to their own ideas
and beliefs, and I am sure they are
sincere" she added.
Mrs. Wallace says she understands
thoroughly what her husband Is
trying to do for world peace and
security She thinks great many
appreciate his views, but. she adds,
More people would, if they could
lust sit down and talk to him and
listen to what he has to say
While Mrs. Wallace is entirely
sympathetic with the objectives OF
the new party, she admits she will
be greatly relieved when the cam
paign is over.
Mrs. Wallace was interviewed in
the rambling old white shingle
manse atop a gently sloping hill on
their "far-vieW" chicken farm. 1t
was a chilly afternoon, and the
flames cracked merrily in the rock
fireplace, a welcome contrast to the
distant turmoil and conflict which
accented our conversation.
Official Washington has been Gu
rious to know how Mrs. Wallace Is
taking the explosive era which be-
gan with her husbands custer from
the cabinet. Did it make her retire
further within herself, or cause an
added tenseness?
From all appearances. just the OPP
posite is the case think I found
a new Mrs. Wallace from the one
we knew In Washington. Her
strong feelings. aroused by the con-
troversy, and her intense loyalty to
her husband seem to have developed
new powers of self She
is a sweet-faced person, and her in
tense effort to effect understanding
has brought her national warmth to
the surface. She speaks easily and
earnestly and she is frank about
her personal situation.
Mrs. Wallace has come to feel
much at home on their farm to
which they moved in June, 1947.
She thought she would be going
back to Washington often. She
says she still has many friends in
the Capital. But she's very hap
py" on the farm that is now their
home. She is kept busy running
the house and shopping in nearby
towns. Often, she spends her spare
time working in the garden-Which
she considers good for her waistline.
Mrs Wallace doesn't look as if she