Theodore Olin Thackrey used to be managing editor of the New York Post. Then he married his boss, Dorothy Schiff Backer, and became the co-publisher and co-editor. A fortnight ago, Co-Editor Thackrey dashed off "An Appeal to Reason," complaining of his irritation and dismay "at the intemperate and increasingly violent reaction to Henry Wallace's campaign."
Most of this reaction, he thought, came from people who wanted "to bolster one of two previously determined conclusions: that [Wallace] is a dirty red or a fooler both ... It is possible," he wrote with heavy sarcasm, "to oppose Mr. Wallace's candidacy on sincere and...
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