In 1929, Baldwin became the manager and owner of the Electric Sales and Service Company in East Radford, Virginia.

[1][2] In 1945, CIO-PAC founded the National Citizens Political Action Committee (NCPAC), a "liberal lobby" whose membership included communists.

Critical of Truman, NCPAC and other liberal organizations united to form the Progressive Citizens of America (PCA).

[1][2] Following Baldwin's lead, the PCA fielded a third-party presidential candidate Henry A. Wallace under the Progressive Party banner.

)[1][2][3] By August 1948, the Washington Post had dubbed Baldwin along with John Abt and Lee Pressman (the latter two members of the Soviet underground Ware Group involved in the Hiss-Chambers Case) as "influential insiders" and "stage managers" in the Wallace campaign.

[1][2] In 1970, son Calvin Benham Baldwin Jr., joined the National Cancer Institute, where he worked for 33 years.

Du Bois[9]Son Calvin Benham Baldwin Jr., recalled: My father... was a New Dealer, and headed up Farm Security Administration during the New Deal.

Although the Progressives claim that they pushed Harry Truman to the left, and that's what led to that surprising victory in 1948, when he beat Dewey.

Against this opposition, Roosevelt warmly endorsed "the high standard of public service" that characterized Mr. Baldwin's career.

Baldwin favored national health insurance, guaranteed jobs for the poor, and expanded federal housing.