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'''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.

'''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 dropped 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==

Wallace was born in 1888 on an Iowa farm. He went to the State Agricultural College, came out at the age of 22 and worked on the staff of a publication called ''Wallace's Farmer'', which had been founded by his grandfather. His father went to Washington in 1921 as Secretary of Agriculture and Henry became editor of ''Wallace's Farmer''. He remained editor until 1931.

Wallace was born in 1888 on an Iowa farm. He graduated from Iowa State Agricultural College and worked on the staff of the most important farm magazine, ''Wallace's Farmer'', which had been founded by his grandfather. His father Henry C. Wallace, a Republican, went to Washington in 1921 as Secretary of Agriculture and Henry became editor of ''Wallace's Farmer''. He remained editor until 1931 and was one of the  major intellectual figures in agriculture in the 1920s.

==Department of Agriculture==

==Department 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.

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.  

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.  

==Mystical beliefs==

==Mystical beliefs==

Wallace told the Federal Council of Churches on December 7, 1933 that the times would have to get more difficult in order to soften the hearts of the people and move them "sufficiently so they will be willing to join together in the modern adaptation of the [[theocracy]] of old."

Wallace told the Federal Council of Churches on December 7, 1933 that the times would have to get more difficult in order to soften the hearts of the people and move them "sufficiently so they will be willing to join together in the modern adaptation of the [[theocracy]] of old."

Some time in the twenties, Nicholas Constantin Roerich appeared as a highly self advertised great philosopher with a collection of admirers and disciples who addressed him as their "Guru."  Roerich dispensed a philosophy of [[occult]] teachings that certain superior beings are commissioned to guide the affairs of humanity. He founded the Roerich Museum at Nagara, India and was the founder of the Roerich Pact and Banner of Peace, signed by 22 countries in 1935. This ceremony took place in the [[White House]]. Wallace arranged for the presentation and was named the American plenipotentiary to sign the pact. At the ceremony Wallace said: "I am deeply grateful to have been named by [[Franklin Roosevelt|President Roosevelt]] to sign for the United States this important document in which I have been interested for many years and which I regard as an inevitable step in international relations. The Roerich Pact which forms this treaty provides that all museums, cathedrals, universities and libraries be registered by the nations and marked by a banner - known as the Banner of Peace - which designates them as neutral territory respected by all signatory nations." And on this occasion Wallace described Roerich as "a great versatile genius" and "one of the greatest figures and true leaders of contemporary culture."  

Some time in the twenties, Nicholas Constantin Roerich appeared as a highly self advertised great philosopher with a collection of admirers and disciples who addressed him as their "Guru."  Roerich dispensed a philosophy of [[occult]] teachings that certain superior beings are commissioned to guide the affairs of humanity. He founded the Roerich Museum at Niagara, India and was the founder of the Roerich Pact and Banner of Peace, signed by 22 countries in 1935. This ceremony took place in the [[White House]]. Wallace arranged for the presentation and was named the American plenipotentiary to sign the pact. At the ceremony Wallace said: "I am deeply grateful to have been named by [[Franklin Roosevelt|President Roosevelt]] to sign for the United States this important document in which I have been interested for many years and which I regard as an inevitable step in international relations. The Roerich Pact which forms this treaty provides that all museums, cathedrals, universities and libraries be registered by the nations and marked by a banner - known as the Banner of Peace - which designates them as neutral territory respected by all signatory nations." And on this occasion Wallace described Roerich as "a great versatile genius" and "one of the greatest figures and true leaders of contemporary culture."  

A wealthy broker named Louis L. Horch raised money, putting up much of it himself, to erect a building in New York City, called the Roerich Museum. [[Pulitzer Prize]] journalist Westbrook Pegler brought much of this material to light. Roerich was a prolific painter and the first floor of the museum was used for the exhibition of his canvases. The remaining stories of the building served as apartments and offices for the elect. Roerich's pictures were believed to possess a peculiar power over the minds of those who sat quietly before them and contemplated them. Many disciples visited the building and did so, in search of "world awareness."  

A wealthy broker named Louis L. Horch raised money, putting up much of it himself, to erect a building in New York City, called the Roerich Museum. [[Pulitzer Prize]] journalist Westbrook Pegler brought much of this material to light. Roerich was a prolific painter and the first floor of the museum was used for the exhibition of his canvases. The remaining stories of the building served as apartments and offices for the elect. Roerich's pictures were believed to possess a peculiar power over the minds of those who sat quietly before them and contemplated them. Many disciples visited the building and did so, in search of "world awareness."  

Wallace, as Vice President, spoke about encouraging a people's revolution in Europe to advance the cause of the common man.

Wallace, as Vice President, spoke about encouraging a people's revolution in Europe to advance the cause of the common man.

Someone observed, he set himself up "as the conscience of the world." Roosevelt biographer John T. Flynn characterized Wallace by saying, "Wallace was indeed as odd a bird as had ever perched upon a cabinet post...There was a good deal of the element of stage comedy in him - wide, queer streaks in his make-up that would excite laughter in the theater but which do not originate in any merry or comic sense in his own character and which cannot by any stretch of the imagination be regarded as funny against the dark background of the events of the time." <ref>''The Roosevelt Myth'', John T. Flynn, Fox and Wilkes, 1948, Book 2, Chapter 10, [http://www.rooseveltmyth.com/book/fdrmyth_Chapter_Ten___Henry_Wallace.htm ''Henry Wallace''].</ref>

Someone observed, he set himself up "as the conscience of the world." Roosevelt critic John T. Flynn characterized Wallace by saying, "Wallace was indeed as odd a bird as had ever perched upon a cabinet post...There was a good deal of the element of stage comedy in him - wide, queer streaks in his make-up that would excite laughter in the theater but which do not originate in any merry or comic sense in his own character and which cannot by any stretch of the imagination be regarded as funny against the dark background of the events of the time." <ref>''The Roosevelt Myth'', John T. Flynn, Fox and Wilkes, 1948, Book 2, Chapter 10, [http://www.rooseveltmyth.com/book/fdrmyth_Chapter_Ten___Henry_Wallace.htm ''Henry Wallace''].</ref>

==Dear Guru letters==

==Dear Guru letters==

==1948 Presidential bid==

==1948 Presidential 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]].  <ref> [[Fandex]], Workman Publishing, 2002. </ref> 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.

==Subversion in Government Investigation==

==Subversion in Government Investigation==

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