Henry Agard Wallace, whose much-publicized project for planting corn on the tiny lawn of his Park Avenue headquarters struck a lot of people as right off the cob, changed his mind. He settled for gladioli, and set foot to spade for photographers.
Sculptor William Zorach, whose thickish handiwork stands in eight leading U.S. museums, got an offer from the state of Mississippi, turned it down the same day. No, he would not carve a monument to the late Senator Theodore G. ("The Man") Bilbo; he "could not face the world" if he did—and, offhand,...
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