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Rosemary's Baby. Wallace was doing well on his own. In a swing through the East and Midwest last week—"dangerous territory," in the words of Aide Dick Smith—he continued to draw big crowds. Some 12,000 heard him speak in Flint, Mich. The only disappointment was Chicago, where an eight-block motorcade through the Loop drew only 50,000; Nixon, by contrast, pulled at least 250,000 a month earlier. Almost everywhere there were hecklers, brandishing such signs as "If You Liked Hitler, You'll Love Wallace" and "Wallace Is Rosemary's Baby."
Though he sometimes appears nettled by the gibes, Wallace generally shows great skill in turning them to his own advantage. "That's all right," he said, motioning toward 25 noisy hecklers in Indianapolis' Monument Circle last week. "Just turn the television on them.
Now you're on television, fellas. Everything's all right." Aides joke that if protesters ever fail to appear, Wallace would have to hire some. The candidate quips: "They're on our payroll." Or: "They just got me another 1,000,000 votes."
The figure may be exaggerated, but there is little doubt that the shouters help rather than hurt. A huge majority of Americans (86% according to the Harris poll) profess to admire him for having the "courage to say what he really thinks." With a month to go to Election Day, Wallace appears, if anything, to be gaining momentum.