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Wallace's assistants when Henry was secretary of agriculture in the 1930s. There seemed to be no other choice for me. There was no Republican party to speak of in Virginia. There may have been ten or twelve Republicans, but I never met any. And the Democratic party of Virginia was absolutely controlled by Harry Byrd. It was a machine that was impossible to break.
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Baldwin became head of Wallace's Progressive Citizens of America, and he was one of the reasons I joined Wallace's campaign. I had known Beanie during our years in Washington, and he and I shared many New Deal dreams. He was Calvin Benham Baldwin, but everyone called him Beanie. He had been
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My father... was a New Dealer, and headed up Farm
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On the other hand, I will retain my right to vote, of which no organization can legally deprive me, and whenever I consider it necessary I will publicly announce my choice of Henry
Wallace for president and the reasons therefore. In any such announcement, I will be careful to say that this is my
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Mr. Baldwin served from 1940 to 1943, as
Administrator of the Farm Security Administration, regarded by many historians as one of the most successful, if controversial, New Deal agencies. He was accused of radicalism and of trying to "communize American agriculture." Against this opposition,
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In 1945, CIO-PAC founded the
National Citizens Political Action Committee (NCPAC), a "liberal lobby" whose membership included communists. Baldwin became the NCPAC's executive vice-chairman and its "driving force." Critical of Truman, NCPAC and other liberal organizations united to form the
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I grew up in a very political family. That was, I'd say, a disastrous campaign. Although the
Progressives claim that they pushed Harry Truman to the left, and that's what led to that surprising victory in 1948, when he beat Dewey.
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Nevertheless, my duty is clear to me. I will obey the letter of the Board's vote, and for that reason, will not attend the
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personal opinion and in no way expresses or seeks to express the policy of the NAACP or any of its members.
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