CHICAGO DAILY NEWS, Tuesday, May 16, 1972 Mrs. Cornelia Wallace, wife of Alabama Go v. George C. Wallace, reports on his condi- tion during a telecast Monday night from Holy Cross Hospital in Silver Springs, Md. by what he called the das- ' nnooting nit tardly attack on Wallace. ' lie said "it indicates a sick- ness of some kind in our de- mocracy. I don't know what the answer is." in resolution SEN. ROBERT P. Griffin (R-Mich.) the minority whip said it was not proper to "jump to the conclusion that society is sick "because of the by Congress act "of a few mentally de- ranged people." Daily News Wire Services But Griffin said the shooting Congress unanimously issues of the day and seek the "tends to demean our political adopted a resolution Tuesday Presidency without being shot, process and degrade our then I tremble for the future of society." deploring the attempted assas- our nation," he said. sination of Gov. George C. THE REV. RALPH David Humphrey, who was cam- Wallace. Abernathy, chairman of the paigning in Maryland when he Southern Christian Leadership "This violence is deeply learned of the shooting, rushed Conference, described the deplored and condemned by all to the hospital and spent more shooting as a "tragic. ex- Americans," the resolution than an hour with Wallace's. perience." said. It also extended "best wife while the governor was in surgery. "My heart is heavy," Mr. wishes and prayers of all citi- Abernathy said at an appear- zens" to Wallace and his fami- "Any act of violence adds to ance in Seattle. ly. the tension in this country. What we need more than any- "All of us as citizens of this The resolution, adopted by thing is a spirit of reconcilia- country are sick with the can- voice vote hi the Senate, was tion," said Humphrey, who cerous disease of racism that passed without debate in the called the shooting a "sad and has led us to madness." House and sent to President tragic act." Mr. Abernathy blamed the Nixon foihis signature. attempt on Wallace's life on SEN. EDWARD M. Kennedy the "militarism and violence SEN. JAMES B. Allen, (D- (D-Mass.), brother of John and our nation is involved in" in Ala), who co-sponsored the res- Robert, said: "My heart and Vietnam and at home. olution with Sen. John Spar- prayers go out to Gov. Wallace k m a n ( D-Ala.) said the and to members of his grief- "Unless you and I stop that "senseless shooting" indicates stricken family. Once again, democracy in America has violence," Mr. Abernathy said, "there is something wrong "your bullet is not far away with the democratic processs." been scarred by senseless and unforgiveable violence." and mine is near at hand." The resolution was part of a nationwide wave of shock, out- Rep. Shirley Chisholm OD- IMPERIAL Wizard Robert rage and dismay expressed by M. Shelton of the Ku Klux leaders across the political ( N.Y.), a political rival to Wal- Klan said that anti-Wallace spectrum. lace as a candidate for the politicansmustsharethe . presidential nomination and, blame for the assassination at- Senators George McGovern as a black, a bitter opponent of tempt. and Hubert H. Humphrey, the his segregationist views, ex-ex- "I can truthfully say the leading contenders for the the general reaction Democratic presidential nomi- press, . anti-Wallace forces in Ala- tv :1 political and racial nation that Wallace is seeking, fro bama can be accredited with pole, 't canceled scheduled campaign .4* • ; as much of the psychological appearances. "We'iv.- becoming very am- blame as anybody else," Shel- malistic when our differences ton said. President Nixon called Mrs. have to be settled by a gun and "I just hope that some of Wallace at her husband's bed- not by reason," she said. "No these mealy-mouthed politi- side to offer his hope and pray- matter if we do have differing cans in Alabama will get off ers for the wounded candi- political viewpoints, this is not their hind ends and their do- date's recovery. the answer." nothing attitudes and Join with M R . NIXON called the Treasury Sec. John B. Con- true Alabamians in the true shooting, "Senseless and trag- nally, who was wounded when , fight," he said. ic." President John F. Kennedy McGovern said, "We can was killed in 1963, said: "It's only hope and pray for the just so tragic that things like speedy recovery of Gov. Wal- this happen in this country. It lace and we can only say a makes you want to weep." prayer for our country." MAJORITY Leader Mike "If we've gotten to the point Mansfield (D-Mont.) told the in this country where a public Senate ' he was horror-struck figure can't speak out on the I Wallace case unlike By Arthur J. Snider hip down, said Dr. Joseph Daily News Science Editor Schanno, a vascular surgeon. The hope is that with the re- Gov. George Wallace will duction of inflammation and live but his chances of walking swelling, the cable-like spinal again appear slimmer by the cord again will begin to carry hour. impulses. The outcome should That is the opinion of a top be known in the next 48 hours. neurosurgeon interviewed here " I f the spinal cord is by The Daily News. stunned, there is hope for Dr. Eric Oldberg, chairman- some recovery," said Dr. Old- emeritus of the University of berg. "But if it is bruised, Illinois neurosurgery depart- there would be little hope." ment, said there is not much room for optimism on the AN IMPORTANT decision to basis of medical reports from be made by the surgical team Holy Cross Hospital in Silver is whether to subject Wallace Springs, Md. to another operation to remove "The question of bowel and the embedded bullet. bladder control are in the pic- The operation was halted at ture as well," Dr. Oldberg the 3-hour mark Monday night said. so surgeons could explain the • condition to Mrs. Wallace. THE SURGEON said it will Later doctors announced require great courage for a man to campaign in a wheel- Turn to Page 8, Column 8 chair under those circum- they would wait a few days to stances. study X-rays and decide "A reference has been made whether the bullet should be to the fact that Franklin Del- removed. ano Roosevelt campaigned in BULLET a wheelchair," said Dr. Old- "THE PURPOSE of remov- berg. "The cases are not com- LODGED ing the bullet is to take the 1 parable. Roosevelt had polio HERE per cent chance that relieving and polio produces wasted pressure on the cord might im- muscles with no difficulty of prove the paraplegic condi- bladder and bowel control." tion," said Dr. Oldberg. "It will Wallace was struck by four all depend on where the bullet or five bullets. But the bullet is located o n X-ray." that did the most damage tore On the other hand, doctors through the lower end of the may decide no useful purpose right rib cage, perforated the would be served by another diaphragm, ripped through the surgical ordeal. The bullet stomach, and tore some of the would then be left in place. Diagram locates wounds suffered by Alabama Gov. George ligaments of the small in- "The picture is grim and you testines. C. Wallace. Doctors have not yet decided whether to re- just have to pray and thank The bullet finally lodged in move the bullet that passed through his abdomen and God for any improvement you the spinal column to cause the lodged in the spinal column. Wallace also suffered two get," said Dr. Oldberg. loss of sensation and move- wounds or the right arm, a superficial wound under the ment in the legs. right shoulder and a grazing superficial wound on the back EXCEPT for the spinal cord "He is paralyzed from the of the left shoulder blade. (UPI) complication, Wallace was on FDR's the road to recovery. His vital signs were good and his heart was strong. Had the bullet not lodged near the spinal cord, he could have been back on the cam- paign trail by mid-July. Chances of recovery from an uncomplicated penetrating ab- dominal wound, on a statistical basis, are 97 in 100. Assuming complete freedom from hemorrhage or infection, 'an abdominal wound is han- dled today as expeditiously as a gallbladder operation. AND THE RECOVERY time is about the same — two weeks in the hospital and another two or three weeks at home — says Dr. Frederick W. Preston, who accumulated more than 100 gunshot abdominal wound cases at Henrotin Hospital over a five-year period. In none of these cases was there spinal cord involvement, said Dr. Preston. IF THERE is any bright spot in Wallace's ill fortune, it is that he occurred in an era when surgery has achieved al- most complete mastery over penetrating abdominal wounds. .