Henry Wallace

<p><span class="deck"> <span class="typestyle"> United States policy, Henry Wallace said in his spirited challenge to Truman and Dewey in 1948, should be</span> </span></p>

<p><span class="deck">How Franklin Roosevelt’s Secretary of Agriculture sent an eccentric Russian mystic on a sensitive mission to Asia and thereby created diplomatic havoc, personal humiliation, and embarrassment for the administration.</span></p>

<p>He could be charming and witty, but also devious and cruel, said aides closest to Franklin Roosevelt.</p>

<p>Many historians and the author of a recent book have seriously misjudged the influential former vice president and cabinet secretary.</p>