And how is this germaine to conservatism? I will not be baited into debating the merits of communism, and whether leftists embraced it. Communism and socialism have destroyed millions of human beings. Freedom and conservatism allow people to achieve what they are willing to work for. It even allows failure.
Yes, Democratic VP Wallace was friendly to the communists. Churchill came to the US and talked about the Iron Curtain and Wallace was content to let communism take over in Eastern Europe.
I think we're in agreement that people like Wallace were not opposed to communism, or I suppose you would go as far to say supported communism. Perhaps some of his speeches in the 1940s are on the Internet. You might be surprised "how far he went" in his rhetoric - I was, when I first read it.