Prophet Without Honor: Glen H. Taylor and the Fight for American Liberalism by F. Ross Peterson

Author:F. Ross Peterson [Peterson, F. Ross]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: United States, Political Ideologies, Biography & Autobiography, 20th Century, Political Science, State & Local, West (AK; CA; CO; HI; ID; MT; NV; UT; WY), Conservatism & Liberalism, American Government, Political, History, General
ISBN: 9780813194882
Google: _-IzEAAAQBAJ
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Published: 2021-12-14T12:55:31+00:00

1 Truman, Memoirs, 1:615. Truman needed to keep the liberal wing, of which Wallace was a vociferous representative, in his camp. Obviously Wallace, who had been replaced by Truman in the vice-presidency during the last Roosevelt administration, had little positive feeling toward his new boss.

2 Schmidt, Henry A. Wallace: Quixotic Crusade (Syracuse, N.Y.: Syracuse University Press, 1960), pp. 23-40.

3 See Chapter 3, “Fair Deal Senator.”

4 Salt Lake Tribune, October 12, 1946.

5 Cong. Rec., 80th Cong., 1st sess., 1947, 93, pt. 8:11703.

6 Ibid., p. 11704.

7 Ibid.

8 Ibid.

9 New York Times, October 27, 1947, p. 26.

10 Ibid., December 16, 1947, p. 41.

11 Daily Worker, December 16, 1947. Taylor was addressing a meeting of the Independent Committee of the Arts, Sciences, and Professions—Progressive Citizens of America. Individuals within this group later played an important role in the formation of the Progressive party.

12 MacDougall, Gideon’s Army (New York: Marzani & Munsell, 1965), 1:186.

13 New York Times, December 31, 1947, p. 2.

14 Ibid.

15 Ann Rothe, ed., Current Biography (New York: H. W. Wilson, 1947), p. 630.

16 MacDougall, Gideon’s Army, 2:307. Throughout 1947 the most discussed potential Wallace running mate was Senator Pepper. People who wrote to Wallace and asked him to run usually mentioned Pepper or Taylor as a possible running mate. An example is Clarke A. Chambers to Wallace, March 14, 1947, C4453M, Wallace Papers. Chambers, of Berkeley, California, asked Wallace to start a third party; Daily Worker, April 14, 1947; ibid., June 30, 1947. The Worker later reported that former Assistant Attorney General John Rogge of New York was acceptable to Wallace; January 21, 1948.

17 Salt Lake Tribune, December 30, 1947.

18 Interview with Glen H. Taylor, June 14, 1967.

19 Gervasi, “Low Man on the Wallace Poll,” Collier’s (May 8, 1948), p. 16.

20 Frank McNaughton to Don Bermingham, January 2, 1948, Frank Mc-Naughton Papers, Truman Library.

21 Interview with Glen H. Taylor, June 14, 1967. Dora Taylor opposed her husband’s talking to Wallace backers. According to Taylor, his wife went through a period of great anguish concerning their future. During January 1948 she lost ten pounds.

22 Lewiston Tribune, January 6, 1948.

23 Jules Abels, Out of the Jaws of Victory (New York: Henry Holt, 1959), p. 34. According to Taylor, he did not consult with Beard: “I said I was going to, but he was gone someplace on a trip, abroad as I recall.” Glen H. Taylor to the writer, June 27, 1968.

24 Interview with Joe R. Williams, September 15, 1967.

25 Interview with John Schoonover, September 14, 1967.

26 Oregonian, January 11, 1948.

27 Ibid.

28 Daily Worker, December 15, 1947.

29 Salt Lake Tribune, January 6, 1948.

30 Ibid.

31 Interview with Glen H. Taylor, June 14, 1967. This meeting probably took place on December 12, 1947. PPF 1626, Truman Papers, shows that the two men met at Truman’s office on that day.

32 Daily Worker, January 7, 1948.

33 Ibid., February 20, 1948.

34 Interview with Glen H. Taylor, June 14, 1967.

35 Taylor to Rosqvist, February 20, 1948, Political File, Rosqvist Papers.

36 Lewiston Tribune, February 22, 1948.

37 Daily Worker, February 23, 1948.

38 Ibid., February 20, 1948.

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