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Roosevelt distrusted Wallace for unpredictable nature
James A. Farley recalls Roosevelt saying Henry Wallace might run for president but the President preferred Harold Ickes as a fighter. He cited Wallace's unpredictable streak and noted Roosevelt's skepticism during dinner talk at the White House in April 1938.
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