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Henry a Wallace — Part 3
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of 16,WALLACE was making' experiments with crossing different types
of corn and he succeeded in cultivating a new kind of corm which
would yield more and would require a shorter time of vegetation than
ever known before. This kind of corm which was called "COOPER CROSS",
is at the present time the most popular one in the United States.
WALLACE was also the founder of the still existing business firm which
trades in high grade corn. The turnover of this firm along with its
branches in Camada reaches $10,000, 000 ) Inna It certainly brings
no small income to its owmers. oo as .
At his huge farm in the State of Iowa, which spreads over
1100 acres, HENRY WALLACE is engaging himself in research work not
only as to cultivating of plants but also cattle raising. Not long
ago he acquired a farm of 120 acres in South Salem near New York.
WALLACE is the author of many studies on agriculture and
the American policy.
("AGRICULTURE PRICES" - "AMERICA MUST CHOOSE" - "TECHNOLOGY
OF CORPORATICN OF GENERAL WELFARE" - "WHAT IS THE PRICE OF FREEDOM" —
"CENTURY OF THE COMMON MAN")
At the beginning of the year 1932 by means of HENRY MORGENTHAD,
WALLACE got acquainted with FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT, the then Governor
of the State of New York and took part in his election campaign. Whe
ROOSEVELT became President, WALLACE was made Secretary of Agriculture.
He was one of the closest cooperators of the late President and the
follower of his "New Deal".
WALLACE masters the French, Spanish md Chinese languages.
When in 1944 he visited the Soviet Union he would make speeches in
Russian which language he studied prior to his departure.
WALLACE had been Secretary of Agriculture for seven years md
finally in 1940 he was elected Vice President of the USA. As soon as
he resumed this office the fuctions of a Vice President got a new
pmel. According to the traditions util now this position was not
connected with any real competence. WALLACE became some sort of an
extraordinary envoy who traveled at a special order of ROOSEVELT. He |
visited the Latin American countries, China and India. In 1944 at
ROOSEVELT's order he visited the Eastern territories of the Soviet ™
Union. During the four weeks which he spent in the Soviet Union he
visited 2 cities. and numerous villages in the Far East, Siberia, the |
Kazakhstan and the Uzbek SSR. He visited factories, coal mines,
colfarms, state farms, agriculture research stations, gold mines,
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