Wallace Beats Truman!

Nov. 2nd, 1948: The four way battle for the nation's higest office would reach election day and as state after state was announced it seemed that the idea months ago that Dewey was a shoe in to be the 34th President, so was the Dixiecrats candidate Strom Thurmond. The results were now showing it would either be Truman or Wallace or if the four way break doesn't have any candidate gain the magic 266, it would be decided in Congress. The election came down to the little state of Delaware as it would push Henry Wallace over the 266 electoral votes needed, Henry Wallace and Glen Taylor would now be the President and Vice President Elect.

1948 Election Results (P) - Wallace/Taylor - 268 EV, 35% (D) - Truman/Barkley - 144 EV, 34% (R) - Dewey/Warren - 80 EV, 28% (SR) - Thurmond/Wright - 39 EV, 3%

Jan. 20th, 1949: Henry Agard Wallace would be sworn in as the 34th President of the United States and Glen Taylor would be sworn in as the 35th Vice President. President Wallace would call for a "Peace Deal" with the world in his inaugural address and this would become the center stage for the Wallace Administration, the Peace Deal.

Jan. 23rd, 1949: President Wallace's choice for Secretary of State, former Senator Robert La Follette Jr but this was met with friction. The man who replaced La Follette's senate seat Joseph McCarthy would call him a "dirty communist". After much debate and haggling, La Follette was confirmed.

Feb. 1st, 1949: President Wallace would officially unveil his Peace Deal to the American people and Congress. The Peace Deal would have a cutback in the military and relay it to interior issues and working with new Interior Secretary Norman Thomas would become a priority. Others would be a call to peace between the Soviet Union and the United States and also a push for more rights to Americans, mainly women and minorities.

Feb. 5th, 1949: President Wallace would condemn the House Committee on Un-American Activities(HUAC) and would eliminate HUAC. Outspoken Senator McCarthy would call this "communists holding back the truth finding machine".

Mar. 8th, 1949: Senator McCarthy would call for a new commitee to look into loyalties in the State Department, President Wallace and State Secretary La Follette would call this an "insane witch hunt" by Senator McCarthy.

Mar. 10th, 1949: After several months of working on other projects, the Marshall Plan would be scrapped for the more low key Eurpean Recovery Program(ERP) that would still give aid to European nations but would include Eastern European nations.

Mar. 28th, 1949: President Wallace would meet with Soviet Union leader Joseph Stalin in a diplomatic negotiation in Washington, DC over a possible peace treaty. Some would condemn this as others called this a step towards peace.