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Smoother Image. For now, Wallace is content with his prospects in Florida. But he is considering entering primaries in Maryland, Wisconsin and Indiana to nibble away blue-collar support from Democratic contenders while pitching a national campaign based on law-and-order, busing and the economic plight of the little man. The same appeal - part populism, part demagoguery-won him 13.5% of the votes cast...
...Democratic side, economic unrest has replaced fear of crime as the major issue among blue-collar voters; many of those who voted for Wallace before should return to the Democratic fold. He has also lost support from the Democratic machines of the South. Lester Maddox and John Bell Williams have been replaced by more moderate leaders anxious to break the region out of its isolation (TIME, May 31). Yet the drawbacks neither dampen Wallace's enthusiasm for another campaign nor undermine his basic goal. He does not really expect to become President-just to keep forcing Southern strategies...
...executives' main goal is to lure more young Swedes into the country's chronically insufficient pool of blue-collar laborers. At present, "the kids want to go to the university or into civil service, not industry," complains Volvo's Chairman Gunnar Engellau. Already, more than one-third of Volvo's and Saab's blue-collar jobs are filled by Finns, Danes, Norwegians, Yugoslavs, Italians and other foreigners...
...Morins chose to work primarily with men in the 17-to-28 age bracket who have committed misdemeanors. "We make a good team," Bill says proudly; he concentrates on the man while his wife does what she can for the family. He also belies the stereotype of the blue-collar worker as the grousing, Archie Bunkeresque bigot. He grew up in a tough Polish-American enclave in Minneapolis and is proud of the fact that he has worked since he was twelve years old. But he and Jean, who worked at a day-care center for mentally retarded children until...
Kennedy is unique in his potential constituency. It is compounded of blacks, urban liberals, many moderates, the poor, the young, the aged and even some of the lower middle class, blue-collar workers, like those who supported Bobby Kennedy in the 1968 Indiana primary. In the end it is conceivable that 1972 might turn into a personality contest between Ted Kennedy and Richard Nixon?the flawed Democratic star, damaged by Chappaquiddick, going against the often awkward but immensely experienced incumbent. If so, the nation will then find out how much of the magic is Teddy Kennedy...