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In 1933 he was made Secretary of Agriculture by Roosevelt. He was a registered Republican at the time. Leftist intellectual [[Rexford Guy Tugwell]] took the #2 role as Assistant Secretary of Agriculture.
In 1933 he was made Secretary of Agriculture by Roosevelt. He was a registered Republican at the time. Leftist intellectual [[Rexford Guy Tugwell]] took the #2 role as Assistant Secretary of Agriculture.
When Congress formed the [[Agricultural Adjustment Administration]] (AAA) in the early days of Roosevelt’s [[New Deal]], it became the main vehicle for ending the depression in farming. In the Department in his first big battle he took sides with the "agrarians" such as Chester Davis against the [[far left]], led by Jerome Frank, Gardner Jackson, [[Lee Pressman]] and Rex Tugwell. The radicals were purged, with Tugwell moved to a new division.
When Congress formed the [[Agricultural Adjustment Administration]] (AAA) in the early days of Roosevelt's [[New Deal]], it became the main vehicle for ending the depression in farming. In the Department in his first big battle he took sides with the "agrarians" such as Chester Davis against the [[far left]], led by Jerome Frank, Gardner Jackson, [[Lee Pressman]] and Rex Tugwell. The radicals were purged, with Tugwell moved to a new division.
==War cabinet==
==War cabinet==
==1948 Presidential bid==
==1948 Presidential bid==
[[file:WallaceEggs.jpg|thumb|220px|Wallace with egg on his shirt]]
[[file:WallaceEggs.jpg|thumb|220px|Wallace with egg on his shirt]]
He ran as the [[Progressive party]] nominee in the [[United States presidential election of 1948|presidential election of 1948]], but lost to [[Harry Truman]]. Far left elements and the Communist party took control of most of his campaign, to his dismay. Former New Deal economist and Soviet spy [[Harry Magdoff]] was an advisor and speechwriter during Wallace’s 1948 unsuccessful bid.
He ran as the [[Progressive party]] nominee in the [[United States presidential election of 1948|presidential election of 1948]], but lost to [[Harry Truman]]. Far left elements and the Communist party took control of most of his campaign, to his dismay. Former New Deal economist and Soviet spy [[Harry Magdoff]] was an advisor and speechwriter during Wallace's 1948 unsuccessful bid.
At a campaign stops in Greensboro as well as Burlington, North Carolina, Wallace was pelted with eggs and tomatoes. Wallace rushed into the crowd at one of the stops and grabbed a man.<ref>[https://www.loc.gov/item/2004672507/ Burlington, N.C., finally losing his temper at a barrage of eggs and tomatoes hurled when he appeared here, Henry Wallace rushes into crowd grabbing a middle-aged man by the arms, shaking him bodily]</ref><ref>http://cdn.loc.gov/service/pnp/cph/3c30000/3c34000/3c34500/3c34520v.jpg</ref>
At a campaign stops in Greensboro as well as Burlington, North Carolina, Wallace was pelted with eggs and tomatoes. Wallace rushed into the crowd at one of the stops and grabbed a man.<ref>[https://www.loc.gov/item/2004672507/ Burlington, N.C., finally losing his temper at a barrage of eggs and tomatoes hurled when he appeared here, Henry Wallace rushes into crowd grabbing a middle-aged man by the arms, shaking him bodily]</ref><ref>http://cdn.loc.gov/service/pnp/cph/3c30000/3c34000/3c34500/3c34520v.jpg</ref>