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Line 26: − + − The ''Baltimore Sun'' referred to him as "one of the most admirable and ridiculous figures of the New Deal." Wallace brought men like [[Rexford G. Tugwell]] into the Department as his Under Secretary of Agriculture. It is very clear that Wallace became slowly infected by Tugwell with the theory of [[State Planning]]. Mordecai Ezekiel, who believed thoroughly in state planning and had a plan for $2500 a year for everybody, jobs for all and security from cradle to the grave, was his economic adviser in the Agricultural Department. + − − Wallace headed the [[Agricultural Adjustment Administration]] (AAA) in the early days of Roosevelt’s [[New Deal]]. In the Department in his first big battle he took sides with those who were called reactionaries - George Peek, et al. - against Jerome Frank, Gardner Jackson, [[Lee Pressman]] and Rex Tugwell - on the plight of the sharecroppers. He staged the first purge of the radicals in Washington, driving Frank, Pressman and Jackson out of the AAA. The AAA was later found [[unconstitutional]] by the [[United States Supreme Court]]. Line 89:
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'''Henry Agard Wallace''' '''(1888 - 18 November 1965)''' was a [[Democratic]] politician and the second Vice President under [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] from 1941-1945. He was not renominated as Roosevelt's running mate in [[United States presidential election, 1944|1944]].
'''Henry Agard Wallace''' '''(1888 - 1965)''' was a farm leader, agriculture secretary (1933-40) [[Democratic]] politician and the second Vice President under [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] from 1941-1945. After a disastrous term as vice president, he was dropepd from the ticket in 1944 despite strong support from the left. He became Secretary of Commerce, but opposed President [[Harry Truman]] on the [[Cold War]], arguing for friendship with the Soviet Union. He ran from president in 1948, but the Communist party took control of his campaign and he won few votes. Disillusioned, Wallace returned to business, where his hybrid corn was a huge success. He left a fortune of several billion dollars at his death. Wallace was a major [[liberal]] leader 1933-48.
==Early life==
==Early life==
==Department of Agriculture==
==Department of Agriculture==
In 1933 he was made Secretary of Agriculture by Roosevelt. He was a registered Republican at the time. [[Rexford Guy Tugwell]] was made 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 Rugwell moved to a new division.
==Mystical beliefs==
==Mystical beliefs==
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