Thursday, December 6, 1973 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page Sven Thursday, December 6, 1973 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page Seven Wallace: a politician changing with the winds over 11 years By LLOYD TIMBERLAKE NEW YORK (Reuter)-Alabama Governor George Corley Wallace, who crowned a black homecoming queen at the University of Alabama recently, is the same Wallace who almost 11 years ago told his fol- lowers: "Segregation now, segre- gation tomorrow, segregation for- ever." There have been other changes in Wallace's life since then. When he recently received a standing ovation from the Southern Associa- tion of Black Mayors-an organ- ization which did not exist 11 years ago-he spoke from a wheelchair, the result of an attempt on his life in Maryland during a presidential primary 18 months ago. The other major change is the fact that the governor was running in presidential primaries-and win- ning many-at all. In the early 1960's the small, scrappy Wallace appeared destined to follow the fhotstens of other southern go'er- nors who captured national head- lines briefly by blocking school- house doors to black children, then dropped from sight. Yet in 1968, running on a third party ticket, Wallace captured 12 per cent of the national vote. In 19~2 his attacks on the busing of school children to achieve racial integration had President Nixon paying close attention to his "southern strategy" and the Demo- cratic candidates leaning more to the right than they would have liked. Can he now, from a wheelchair, run a national campaign? And if he tries, how will he handle the race issue? To re-emerge on the national scene, the governor, state law now allowing him to succeed himself, must win big in the 1974 Alabama gubernatorial race. Few doubt that he will run. He Price of oil to be hiked 2c per gallon 1:rks fit, althxugh he has t ken to' wearing the hearing aid he hasz re ded for years. Ile comes intot his office daily in the afternoons. And, most important, his aides for months have been making contacts to raise the money for such a race.+ At present, only State Senator G ne McLain, has announced against him and McClain is given little chance to dethrone Wallace. Of more immediate concern is a highway funds scandal, in which1 the governor's brother Gerald has been linked in the press to a deal which allegedly involves $100,000 paid to a phoney machinery com-I pany on the basis of state purchas- ing orders. A grand jury was to begin hear- ings on the case in mid-December. Should the scandal explode, other candidates are sure to jump into the race against Wallace. But there is more sneculation in the state over how Wallace will handle the race issue than over how he will handle the funds alle- gations. He has weathered scan- dals before. If Wallace is looking toward the 19~6 presidential race, it might be with some optimism. If the Re- piblicans are still reeling from Watergate, if the Democrats have not recovered from the carnage of the McGovern campaign, if the energy crisis has put the "man on the street" actually on the street- out of his car and out of his job- then the basic Wallace speech, an attack on a sinister, expensive and bumbling "big government," could find a receptive audience across the nation. As for the governorship, Wallace may decide by 1974 the "bloc vote" is too big a reality to be on the wrong side of. In a stormy political career, Wallace has been accused of many things, but never of being a less than shrewd campaigner. But right now, for every Ala- h a'uuan-white or black-who no- ticed that Wallace crowned the black homecoming queen, and call- ed her "beautiful," another noticed he did not kiss her, a marked de- parture in the usual political ap- proach to babies and homecoming queens. Daily Offi"al B"lletin T7ihrsda'v. December 6 DAY CALENDAR Russian. E. European Studies: A. M er. disc.. "Comminist Revolu ions & C(lt ral Change." 200 Lane Hall. MHRI. Cotpuier & Comm. Sci.: L. F-annn. Case Western Reserve U. "Ar- tificial Intelligence & Natural Stupid- ity," Rackham Arnph.. 3:45 pm. Suelear Physics: DGlo. Nuclear Physics: D. Gloeckner. Ar- gonne Nat'l Lab. "Shell Model Calcula- tions in the A-90 Region," P-A Bldg. Collcq. Rim. 4 pm. Russian,C . Em. Studies: L. Pastu- siak. Acad. of Sci., Poland, mini-course, "American Culture: Views from the Outside." E. Conf. Rm., Rackham. 4 pm. Chemical Engrg.: N. Sweed, Prince- ton U. "Parametric Pumping Separa- tions," 1042 E. Engin., 4 pm. Kelsey Museum Classical Studies: E. Turner, U of London, "'Menander, Mo- saics & Papyri," 2009 Angell Hall. 4:10 pn. Architecture & Des.: I. Forsyth. D. Kirkpatrick, 'Women as Art Patron- nesses." Arch Aud., 4:15 pm. Music School: Flute Student Recital, Cady Mus. Rm., Stearns Bldg.. 4:45 pm. Music School: Percussion Ensemble, C. Owen, conductor, SM Rehearsal Hall. 5 pm. Int'l Night: Russian food, League cafeteria, 5 pm. Speech. Comnmunication: M. Knapp, Purdue U. "Nonverbal Communication: Trends, Fads. & Future." w. Conf. Rm., Rackham, 7 pm. Women's Studies: J. Mitchell, British