GREAT UPSET OF '48
GREAT UPSET OF '48
11019 WETA "GREAT UPSET OF '48" IN 11.00.33 ROUGH interview footage from WETA program. A former campaign Press Secretary for HENRY WALLACE recalls coming to be involved with Wallace's Presidential campaign in 1947, ironic that his replacement at his newspaper job was Pierre Salinger who would be JFK's press secretary with more success. He discusses the campaign, a great experience with a good man [Wallace], even though he didn't expect to win and taking the position cost him his newspaper job. 11.07.10-Discusses HENRY WALLACE in praiseful terms for kindness and decency and intelligence. Says Wallace was uncomfortable connecting with the public and had problems in some of his appearances. Recalls WALLACE'S problems campaigning in the South, where Wallace's opposition to Segregation hurt him badly, including one speech in North Carolina where Wallace was pelted with rotten eggs, his fear for Wallace's life at some points during Southern campaign trip. Recounts the campaign car being assailed by a mob at one point. 11.18.42-former HENRY WALLACE campaign Press Secretary recounts scary moments during Wallace's campaign tour of the South. 11.19.45-OUT