Show Wallace Appointment i Precipitates Crisis j i By Jean Bickmore i Henry A. pillar of liberalism and chief- bogey man of big haJ been given the job of secretary of As we go to Wallace is in dead center of a pitched battle in a bat- tie that will probably strip him of certain powers now vested in the present sec- Jesse Jones a bat- tie that could end in a re- to confirm his ap- There is deep cance in this For the m former vice president even M more than President Roo- J J sevelt represents the eco- liberalism of the New Miga Bick And the enemies of e the New Deal are girding for a showdown Last fall as the time for the Democratic convention in Chicago it seemed that Henry A. Wallace was going to be sacrificed to the party He had made himself a little unpopular with certain interests by peddling a brand of The bosses thought it was time to get on the better side of if His political defeat did not turn him into a He toured the East for the cause of the man who supposedly had let him Since the election his supporters have been waiting to see what his would When the state department was reorganized and Wallace was not speculation There waa talk of creating a new This week we knew what was in store for And many of us were a bit surprised surprised that the President would take action that would precipitate such a bitter struggle at this Some of us would have preferred to see Wallace appointed to a different But since the President's action is we can only take a deep breath of relief at seeing Wallace back in a position of power and lend our support to one of the most progressive men in American |