| − | Although Bilbo by 1945 broke with a number of Roosevelt Administration–spearheaded initiatives, namely price controls, due to his own old-school progressivism coming to a clash with the new direction of modern liberalism shaped during the war years, he was a staunch supporter of far-left [[Comsymp|Communist sympathizer]] [[Henry A. Wallace]], Roosevelt's vice president during his third term subsequently nominated for [[Secretary of Commerce]]. Although his less liberal Southern colleagues disdained Wallace, Bilbo announced:<ref name=finalsenateyears,p.114>"The Final Senate Years," p. 114.</ref> | + | Although Bilbo by 1945 broke with a number of Roosevelt Administration–spearheaded initiatives, namely price controls, due to his own old-school progressivism coming to a clash with the new direction of modern liberalism shaped during the war years, he was a staunch supporter of far-left [[Comsymp|Communist sympathizer]] [[Henry A. Wallace]], Roosevelt's vice president during his third term subsequently nominated for [[Secretary of Commerce]]. Although his less liberal Southern colleagues disdained Wallace, Bilbo announced:<ref name=finalsenateyears,p.114>"The Final Years: 1941–47," p. 114.</ref> |
| | {{cquote|I am for Henry Wallace in the committee, in the Senate, and all out-of-doors at home and abroad.|||Bilbo, January 23, 1945}} | | {{cquote|I am for Henry Wallace in the committee, in the Senate, and all out-of-doors at home and abroad.|||Bilbo, January 23, 1945}} |