Henry A. Wallace - Revision history

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	=== Articles, pamphlets, and published addresses ===		=== Articles, pamphlets, and published addresses ===

	[~~http~~://~~www.austheos~~.org.au/~~cgi-bin~~/~~ui-csvsearch.pl~~?~~search~~=Henry+Wallace&~~method~~=~~all Ten~~ articles about Henry Wallace] were printed in Theosophical journals~~, according to the [[Union Index of Theosophical Periodicals]]~~.		The [[Union Index of Theosophical Periodicals]] lists '''[https://theosophicalsociety.org.au/union_index/entries?q=Henry+Wallace&s=title 10 articles about Henry Wallace and his writings]''' that were printed in Theosophical journals.

	* '''"Cooperation: the Dominant Economic Idea of the Future"'''. New York: The Cooperative League, 1936. This article is available on a limited basis from [https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/007938120 Hathitrust]. It was excerpted from pages 309 to 327 of ''Ẁhose Constitution'' published by Reynal and Hitchcock, New York.		* '''"Cooperation: the Dominant Economic Idea of the Future"'''. New York: The Cooperative League, 1936. This article is available on a limited basis from [https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/007938120 Hathitrust]. It was excerpted from pages 309 to 327 of ''Ẁhose Constitution'' published by Reynal and Hitchcock, New York.
	* '''"Democracy and the Farm"'''. 1939. "Remarks by Henry A. Wallace, Secretary of Agriculture, at the Fourth General Assembly, Council of State Governments, Washington, D.C., January 18, 1939, at 2:30 P.M., E.S.T., broadcast by NBC and associated radio stations." Limited availability from [https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/005973848 Hathitrust].		* '''"Democracy and the Farm"'''. 1939. "Remarks by Henry A. Wallace, Secretary of Agriculture, at the Fourth General Assembly, Council of State Governments, Washington, D.C., January 18, 1939, at 2:30 P.M., E.S.T., broadcast by NBC and associated radio stations." Limited availability from [https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/005973848 Hathitrust].

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	Wallace was a progressive Republican. In 1933 he was appointed to be Secretary of Agriculture in the cabinet of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, and was very successful in that position, promoting research, soil conservation, scientific methods, and school lunch programs. In 1940, Roosevelt selected him as a running mate, and Wallace served as Vice President for four years. In 1944, Roosevelt decided to have Harry Truman join him as his running mate, but asked Wallace to stay on as Secretary of Commerce. Truman fired him from that position in 1946, and Wallace edited ''The New Republic'' for several years. In 1948 he made a run at the Presidency on a Progressive ticket, but his campaign was damaged by publication of the "Guru Letters" to Nicholas Roerich, and he lost the election.		Wallace was a progressive Republican. In 1933 he was appointed to be Secretary of Agriculture in the cabinet of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, and was very successful in that position, promoting research, soil conservation, scientific methods, and school lunch programs. In 1940, Roosevelt selected him as a running mate, and Wallace served as Vice President for four years. In 1944, Roosevelt decided to have Harry Truman join him as his running mate, but asked Wallace to stay on as Secretary of Commerce. Truman fired him from that position in 1946, and Wallace edited ''The New Republic'' for several years. In 1948 he made a run at the Presidency on a Progressive ticket, but his campaign was damaged by publication of the "Guru Letters" to Nicholas Roerich, and he lost the election.

	== Guru Letters ==		== Association with Nicholas Roerich and the Guru Letters ==

	The ''New York Times'' printed an excellent summary of the Guru Letters episode:		The ''New York Times'' printed an excellent summary of the Guru Letters episode:
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	On Wallace's orders in 1934, the Agriculture Department funded an expedition to Inner Mongolia led by Roerich. It proved more than a botanic quest as the seer plunged into Asian politics, roaming with a Cossack bodyguard, exhorting Buddhist masses to rise in revolt. Knowing nothing of this, Wallace took up another Roerich idea and, it is said, persuaded the Treasury to engrave the Great Seal's mystic pyramid on new dollar bills. He also persuaded Roosevelt to join with 21 Latin republics in signing a Roerich plan to protect art treasures with a ~~[[Banner of Peace\|"~~Banner of Peace.~~"]]~~		On Wallace's orders in 1934, the Agriculture Department funded an expedition to Inner Mongolia led by Roerich. It proved more than a botanic quest as the seer plunged into Asian politics, roaming with a Cossack bodyguard, exhorting Buddhist masses to rise in revolt. Knowing nothing of this, Wallace took up another Roerich idea and, it is said, persuaded the Treasury to engrave the Great Seal's mystic pyramid on new dollar bills. He also persuaded Roosevelt to join with 21 Latin republics in signing a Roerich plan to protect art treasures with a '''Banner of Peace.'''
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	Later, Wallace heard shocked accounts of the Mongolian debacle and broke with the guru. But Roerich already possessed injudicious letters from Wallace written in a silly code, as in this passage referring to Japan, Britain and Manchuria: ''The Monkeys are seeking friendship with the Rulers so as to divide the land of the Masters between them. The Wandering One thinks this, and is very suspicious of Monkeys.''		Later, Wallace heard shocked accounts of the Mongolian debacle and broke with the guru. But Roerich already possessed injudicious letters from Wallace written in a silly code, as in this passage referring to Japan, Britain and Manchuria: ''The Monkeys are seeking friendship with the Rulers so as to divide the land of the Masters between them. The Wandering One thinks this, and is very suspicious of Monkeys.''
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	F.D.R.'s aides were stunned in 1940 when they learned that a Pittsburgh newspaper had acquired the so-called guru letters. Roosevelt was seeking a third term and exposure would make Wallace, his running mate, look gullible, or worse. Wallace was all but ordered to brand them forgeries. To seal the secret, word went out that if Republicans brought up the letters, Democrats would bring up Wendell Willkie's adulterous affairs.		F.D.R.'s aides were stunned in 1940 when they learned that a Pittsburgh newspaper had acquired the so-called guru letters. Roosevelt was seeking a third term and exposure would make Wallace, his running mate, look gullible, or worse. Wallace was all but ordered to brand them forgeries. To seal the secret, word went out that if Republicans brought up the letters, Democrats would bring up Wendell Willkie's adulterous affairs.
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	Nothing was heard about the letters until the Roosevelt-hating Hearst columnist, Westbrook Pegler, published excerpts that Wallace stonily refused to discuss in his third-party Presidential campaign in 1948. The old guru had died the year before in India, confident, one must assume, that the locks of the Fourth Gate would yet unbolt.<ref>Karl E. Meyer, "The Editorial Notebook: The Two Roerichs Are One," ''New York Times'' (January 22, 1988). Available at [http://www.nytimes.com/1988/01/22/opinion/the-editorial-notebook-the-two-roerichs-are-one.html New York Times.]</ref>		Nothing was heard about the letters until the Roosevelt-hating Hearst columnist, Westbrook Pegler, published excerpts that Wallace stonily refused to discuss in his third-party Presidential campaign in 1948. The old guru had died the year before in India, confident, one must assume, that the locks of the Fourth Gate would yet unbolt.<ref>Karl E. Meyer, "The Editorial Notebook: The Two Roerichs Are One," ''New York Times'' (January 22, 1988). Available at [http://www.nytimes.com/1988/01/22/opinion/the-editorial-notebook-the-two-roerichs-are-one.html New York Times.]</ref>
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	* Elwood, Robert. '''"The Theosophical Vice President"''' ''The Quest'' 89.4 (Jul 2001): 156-157. Book review of ''American Dreamer: the Life and Times of Henry A. Wallace'' by John C. Culver and John Hyde.		* Elwood, Robert. '''"The Theosophical Vice President"''' ''The Quest'' 89.4 (Jul 2001): 156-157. Book review of ''American Dreamer: the Life and Times of Henry A. Wallace'' by John C. Culver and John Hyde.
	* Culver, John C. and Hyde, John. '''''American Dreamer: the Life and Times of Henry A. Wallace'''''. New York: Norton, 2000.		* Culver, John C. and Hyde, John. '''''American Dreamer: the Life and Times of Henry A. Wallace'''''. New York: Norton, 2000.
			* Steil, Benn. '''''The World That Wasn't: Henry Wallace and the Fate of the American Century'''''. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2024. 704 pages.

	== Notes ==		== Notes ==

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	* [http://www.khaldea.com/charts/henrywallace.shtml Henry Wallace Natal Horoscope] at Khaldea.		* [http://www.khaldea.com/charts/henrywallace.shtml Henry Wallace Natal Horoscope] at Khaldea.
	* [http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/scua/msc/tomsc200/msc177/wallace%20new%20template%20fa.htm Papers of Henry A. Wallace]. MsC 177. Special Collections. University of Iowa Libraries. (A large archival collection of 168 linear feet.)		* [http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/scua/msc/tomsc200/msc177/wallace%20new%20template%20fa.htm Papers of Henry A. Wallace]. MsC 177. Special Collections. University of Iowa Libraries. (A large archival collection of 168 linear feet.)
			* Elwood, Robert. '''"The Theosophical Vice President"''' ''The Quest'' 89.4 (Jul 2001): 156-157. Book review of ''American Dreamer: the Life and Times of Henry A. Wallace'' by John C. Culver and John Hyde.
			* Culver, John C. and Hyde, John. '''''American Dreamer: the Life and Times of Henry A. Wallace'''''. New York: Norton, 2000.

	== Notes ==		== Notes ==

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Publications

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	* '''''Agricultural Prices'''''. 1920.		* '''''Agricultural Prices'''''. 1920.
	* '''''New Frontiers'''''. 1934.		* '''''New Frontiers'''''. 1934.
	* '''''America Must Choose'''''. 1934.		* '''''America Must Choose'''''. New York: Foreign Policy Association, 1934. Limited availability from [https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/000823067 Hathitrust].
	* '''''Statesmanship and Religion'''''. 1934.		* '''''Statesmanship and Religion'''''. New York: Round Table Press, 1934. Limited availability from [https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/001406846 Hathitrust].
	* '''''Whose Constitution?''''' New York: Reynal and Hitchcock, 1936.		* '''''Whose Constitution?''''' New York: Reynal and Hitchcock, 1936.
	* '''''Technology, Corporations, and the General Welfare'''''. 1937.		* '''''Technology, Corporations, and the General Welfare'''''. 1937.
	* '''''Paths to Plenty'''''. 1939.		* '''''Paths to Plenty'''''. 1939.
	* '''''The Century of the Common Man'''''. 1943.		* '''''The American Choice'''''. New York, Reynal & Hitchcock [c1940]. Limited availability from [https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/007287007 Hathitrust].
			* '''''The Century of the Common Man'''''. New York: Reynal & Hitchcock, 1943. Limited availability from [https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/000577591 Hathitrust].
	* '''''Democracy Reborn'''''. 1944.		* '''''Democracy Reborn'''''. 1944.
	* '''''Sixty Million Jobs'''''. 1945.		* '''''Sixty Million Jobs'''''. 1945.
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	* '''''The Price of Vision – The Diary of Henry A. Wallace 1942–1946'''''. 1973. Edited by John Morton Blum. Limited availability from [https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/101693335 Hathitrust].		* '''''The Price of Vision – The Diary of Henry A. Wallace 1942–1946'''''. 1973. Edited by John Morton Blum. Limited availability from [https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/101693335 Hathitrust].

	=== Articles and ~~pamphlets~~ ===		=== Articles, pamphlets, and published addresses ===

	[http://www.austheos.org.au/cgi-bin/ui-csvsearch.pl?search=Henry+Wallace&method=all Ten articles about Henry Wallace] were printed in Theosophical journals, according to the [[Union Index of Theosophical Periodicals]].		[http://www.austheos.org.au/cgi-bin/ui-csvsearch.pl?search=Henry+Wallace&method=all Ten articles about Henry Wallace] were printed in Theosophical journals, according to the [[Union Index of Theosophical Periodicals]].

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	* '''''Toward World Peace'''''. 1948.		* '''''Toward World Peace'''''. 1948.
	* '''''Where I Was Wrong'''''. 1952.		* '''''Where I Was Wrong'''''. 1952.
	* '''''The Price of Vision – The Diary of Henry A. Wallace 1942–1946'''''. 1973. Edited by John Morton Blum.		* '''''The Price of Vision – The Diary of Henry A. Wallace 1942–1946'''''. 1973. Edited by John Morton Blum. Limited availability from [https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/101693335 Hathitrust].

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	[http://www.austheos.org.au/cgi-bin/ui-csvsearch.pl?search=Henry+Wallace&method=all Ten articles about Henry Wallace] were printed in Theosophical journals, according to the [[Union Index of Theosophical Periodicals]].		[http://www.austheos.org.au/cgi-bin/ui-csvsearch.pl?search=Henry+Wallace&method=all Ten articles about Henry Wallace] were printed in Theosophical journals, according to the [[Union Index of Theosophical Periodicals]].
	* '''"Cooperation: the Dominant Economic Idea of the Future"'''. New York: The Cooperative League, 1936. This article is available on a limited basis from [https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/007938120 Hathitrust]. It was excerpted from pages 309 to 327 of ''Ẁhose Constitution'' published by Reynal and Hitchcock, New York.		* '''"Cooperation: the Dominant Economic Idea of the Future"'''. New York: The Cooperative League, 1936. This article is available on a limited basis from [https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/007938120 Hathitrust]. It was excerpted from pages 309 to 327 of ''Ẁhose Constitution'' published by Reynal and Hitchcock, New York.
			* '''"Democracy and the Farm"'''. 1939. "Remarks by Henry A. Wallace, Secretary of Agriculture, at the Fourth General Assembly, Council of State Governments, Washington, D.C., January 18, 1939, at 2:30 P.M., E.S.T., broadcast by NBC and associated radio stations." Limited availability from [https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/005973848 Hathitrust].
			* '''"Farmers, Consumers, and Middle Men "'''. 1939. 8 pages. Limited availability from [https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/009061853 Hathitrust].

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	* [http://www.khaldea.com/charts/henrywallace.shtml Henry Wallace Natal Horoscope] at Khaldea.		* [http://www.khaldea.com/charts/henrywallace.shtml Henry Wallace Natal Horoscope] at Khaldea.
	* [http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/scua/msc/tomsc200/msc177/wallace%20new%20template%20fa.htm Papers of Henry A. Wallace]]. MsC 177. Special Collections. University of Iowa Libraries. (A large archival collection of 168 linear feet.)		* [http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/scua/msc/tomsc200/msc177/wallace%20new%20template%20fa.htm Papers of Henry A. Wallace]. MsC 177. Special Collections. University of Iowa Libraries. (A large archival collection of 168 linear feet.)

	== Notes ==		== Notes ==

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	[http://www.austheos.org.au/cgi-bin/ui-csvsearch.pl?search=Henry+Wallace&method=all Ten articles about Henry Wallace] were printed in Theosophical journals, according to the [[Union Index of Theosophical Periodicals]].		[http://www.austheos.org.au/cgi-bin/ui-csvsearch.pl?search=Henry+Wallace&method=all Ten articles about Henry Wallace] were printed in Theosophical journals, according to the [[Union Index of Theosophical Periodicals]].
	* '''"Cooperation: the Dominant Economic Idea of the Future"'''. ~~1937 or earlier~~.		* '''"Cooperation: the Dominant Economic Idea of the Future"'''. New York: The Cooperative League, 1936. This article is available on a limited basis from [https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/007938120 Hathitrust]. It was excerpted from pages 309 to 327 of ''Ẁhose Constitution'' published by Reynal and Hitchcock, New York.

	== Additional resources ==		== Additional resources ==

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	== Publications ==		== Publications ==

			Several books and articles written by Henry Wallace were sold by the [[Theosophical Press]] and recommended on reading lists for members of the Society, including ''New Frontiers'', ''Statesmanship and Religion'', and "Cooperation: the Dominant Economic Idea of the Future".

	=== Books ===		=== Books ===
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	* '''''Whose Constitution?''''' New York: Reynal and Hitchcock, 1936.		* '''''Whose Constitution?''''' New York: Reynal and Hitchcock, 1936.
	* '''''Technology, Corporations, and the General Welfare'''''. 1937.		* '''''Technology, Corporations, and the General Welfare'''''. 1937.
			* '''''Paths to Plenty'''''. 1939.
	* '''''The Century of the Common Man'''''. 1943.		* '''''The Century of the Common Man'''''. 1943.
	* '''''Democracy Reborn'''''. 1944.		* '''''Democracy Reborn'''''. 1944.
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	=== Articles and pamphlets ===		=== Articles and pamphlets ===

	* '''"Cooperation: the Dominant Economic Idea of the Future"'''. `1937 or earlier.		[http://www.austheos.org.au/cgi-bin/ui-csvsearch.pl?search=Henry+Wallace&method=all Ten articles about Henry Wallace] were printed in Theosophical journals, according to the [[Union Index of Theosophical Periodicals]].
			* '''"Cooperation: the Dominant Economic Idea of the Future"'''. 1937 or earlier.

	== Additional resources ==		== Additional resources ==

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Connection to the Theosophical Society

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	We expect to be honored by the presence of the Honorable Henry A. Wallace, Secretary of Agriculture in the President's Cabinet, who has indicated his desire to be present if he can so shape his program of other activities as to bring him to Chicago during our Convention. He has graciously stated his keen desire to so arrange that there may be an opportunity to participate in our program.<ref>"Olcott Sessions: Summer 1934," ''The American Theosophist'' 22.7 (July, 1934), 153.</ref>		We expect to be honored by the presence of the Honorable Henry A. Wallace, Secretary of Agriculture in the President's Cabinet, who has indicated his desire to be present if he can so shape his program of other activities as to bring him to Chicago during our Convention. He has graciously stated his keen desire to so arrange that there may be an opportunity to participate in our program.<ref>"Olcott Sessions: Summer 1934," ''The American Theosophist'' 22.7 (July, 1934), 153.</ref>
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	A followup article the next month stated, "The Honorable Henry A. Wallace finds that he will be detained in the East in connection with official activities just at the time when our Convention will be held.".<ref>"Olcott Sessions: Summer 1934," ''The American Theosophist'' 22.8 (August, 1934), 176.</ref> ~~Possibly~~ Wallace was able to attend ~~without giving an address~~, because a member wrote of the convention "in 1934 when Henry Wallace, then the Secretary of Agriculture – later to become vice-president of the U.S., was a guest."<ref>Victor Russell."Episodes in the History of the American Section of The Theosophical Society, with particular Reference to the Selection and Development of the Present Headquarters Building and Estate" Talk given to staff members at Theosophical Society in America headquarters, Wheaton, Illinois on December 31, 1979. Records Series 10.03.01. Theosophical Society in America archives</ref>		A followup article the next month stated,
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			The Honorable Henry A. Wallace finds that he will be detained in the East in connection with official activities just at the time when our Convention will be held, but we believe that if these official engagements should be revised, Secretary Wallace will still endeavor to be with us, and we have assured him of a place on the program at whatever time may be convenient for him to come.<ref>"Olcott Sessions: Summer 1934," ''The American Theosophist'' 22.8 (August, 1934), 176.</ref>
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			Evidently Wallace was able to attend after all, because a member wrote of the convention "in 1934 when Henry Wallace, then the Secretary of Agriculture – later to become vice-president of the U.S., was a guest."<ref>Victor Russell."Episodes in the History of the American Section of The Theosophical Society, with particular Reference to the Selection and Development of the Present Headquarters Building and Estate" Talk given to staff members at Theosophical Society in America headquarters, Wheaton, Illinois on December 31, 1979. Records Series 10.03.01. Theosophical Society in America archives</ref>

	== Political career ==		== Political career ==