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URCLACSIE TD Enclosure to Despatch Ho. 518, June 9, 1948, from american Mubussy, belgrade, entitled "lienry Vaellace-- Yugoslavia's Favorite Son" Tronsletion frou Borba, iay 26, 1948. HENRY VALLAGR AND TH. GOLGNG LUNTTED cUs TLS ELECTIONS ienry Vallace, the candidate of tue Tuird Party in tae coning presidential elections, througii his letter Stalin and Stulin'’s answer, became one of the mest narked political figures of capitalist lands. It is too early yet to spenk of ° Vallace's letter concerning wuich Comrade Stalin termed tie ‘most Linportunt docurent" of contemporary timega. Tuis letter ad as its tiene the "strengtuening of peace, closer international cooperue tion, and tiie securit, of democracy”®. “ithcut doubt, suci 4 response by Comrade Stulin will attract tie atten= tion of tue whole world since }uallacets letter deals with tiie question of relations between tue Soviet Union and the United States. For 23 years Vallace edited an american magazine for farmers. From 1933 to 1940, he was Secretary of agriculture in the Roosevelt cabinet. - In tue year 1940, be was elected Vice President of the United States on. tue Democratic ticket and thus became one of itoosevelt's closest colluborutors ancng the leftewing democrats. In toe year 1944, Roosevelt did not choose tuat ‘vialluce should again be Vice 2resident because of uis leftist leanings, but appointed nln as Secretary of Commerce, while Truman becane Vicé President. after Roosevelt's death Wallace continued to be Secretary of Commerce until September of 1%6. It wan then tit ie was tirown out of tne cubinet. Since tien \.allace nas continued the struggle aguinat tue Truman government, because of its so-called “strong-arm metnods” upainst the Soviet Union. Since tuen he ims attacked American "atomic Giplomucy”. In December of 1947, “allace announced his eandiduoy for tue presidency on the ticket of the Third ‘chen ‘allace announced his candidacy, he empausized tue fact tiat bis struggle would be hard and that ue was fighting under diffioult oircumsatunces, witu Tew . nen against an able enemys So it is. The Truman governient is fully in tue hands of monopolistic capital, wuich is cénnected with american militarism. In tue leading positions are ulvays some nigh officials of trusts, corporat icns, or bonka, wilo carry tue rank of generul. Tho Vemouratic und #epublioan parties are uctually tue suze wuen it comes to foreign or internal 68934 UNCLASGi¥ IND ; . . a ENCLOSURE