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Un el “! — supyect: HENRY scaro’wannacn \ Casshed ty. CLASSIFICATION AUTHORITY DERIVED FR ; an ~ on , “SpeREL. | ALF Te ERTION GUIDE e Sn Onsice Memorandum * UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT TO. : MR. LADD ats DATE: April 3, 1 46 , ; . Uf » \ ur f Tolson _— y INFORMATION CONCERNING ne ons, S~! 0D oe . Bectasert ¢3 I thought you would be interested in the following summary of in- formation appearing in the Bureau's files relative to Henry Agard Wallace, (VY: the former Vice President of the United States and present Secretary of ean ream Commerce. You will recall that Boris Pregel, the head of the Canadian | wer. Nease._ : Radium and Uranium Corporation who also controls the Rare Metals Refining — «iss candy__ - Corporation at Mount Kisco, New York, where the majority of the raw materials —————— : for the DSM project are obtained, is a close personal friend of Henry Wallace and - has visited his residence on numerous occasions. Pregel allegedly translated — . Wallace's speeches-into the Russian language which were used on his recent trip to — China and Soviet Asia. Fregel has been Closely associated with Wallace's former secretary, Harold Young, and was reported to have sent $10,000 to the Democratic Committee in Chicago in an effort to have Wallace renominated as Vice President. la . Boris Pregel is the subject of considerable investigation by military mA authorities at the present time in connection with the DSM project. <A review of. _ the Bureau's files has disclosed the following information relative to possible . Commmnist or pro-Soviet connections upon the part of Wallace: : \ : . : . According to "Who's Who in America," Henry Agard Wallace was born in Adair County, Iowa, October 7, 1888, the son of Henry C. and May (Brodhead) Wallace. He a. received a Bachelor of Science Degree from Iowa State College in 1910 and an a Honorary Master of Science Degree in Agriculture in 1920. He married Ilo Browne CLASSIFTED Drs: , BY DEPARTMEN hay! of Indianola, Iowa, May 20, 1914. At the present time he has three children: © Henry B. Wallace, Robert B, Vallace, and Jean B. Wallace. Wallace was made the Associate Editor of his father's publication, _— > "Wallace's Farmer," in 1910 and held that position until 1924, at which time he A was named Editor. He edited this magazine until 1929 at which time it was norged 2 | with the "Iowa Homestead," and he edited the combined magazines until 1933. Fol- Ne lowing the election of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt as President of the 2 & United States and his inauguration on March 4, 1933, he was named Secretary of . 2 3 Agriculture and was subsequently elected Vice President of the United States in “ = 1940. He has been the author of several books including, "Agricultural Prices" n 2 published in 1920; "Corn and Corn Growing," 1923; "Correlation and Machine z ey Calculation," 1924; "America Must Choose, 1934; "Statesmanship and Religion, ® * fas | 1934; "Pechnology Corporations and General Welfare," 1937; "New Frontiers," 1934; mt "Whose Constitution," 1936; and "Paths to Plenty," 1938, It is interesting to note that Wallace's brother-in-law, Dr. Char}-s | Bruggmann, is the Swiss Minister to the United States. 8 ge yaaa Le , cont I COR Dm, A an a7 f. Lf . 2 4 A Declassify on: OAD XNCEPT WS Owe ; D 4 oe ftp