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Do Not Rest at D a w n of Victory, Speakers Warn O n the eve of the greatest electoral victory ever for A m e r i c a n conservatives, a Foundation s y m p o s i u m considered the contribution of the conservative intellectual movement to that impending t r i u m p h . Titled " T h e Conservative Movement S i n c e 1945", the meeting w a s held at the Mayflower Hotel in W a s h i n g t o n , D . C . on September 27th to coincide with the 20th anniversary celebration of Y o u n g A m e r i c a n s for F r e e d o m . T h e individuals presenting lectures were D r . R u s s e l l K i r k , w h o authored The Conservative Mind and w h o w a s involved in the founding of several of the first post-war conservative organizations; Dr. George N a s h , author of The Conservative Intellectual Movement in America Since 1945; and J a m e s C . Roberts, author of The Conservative Decade a n d president of the American Studies C e n t e r . // we fail, where else in the modern world will powers of resistance and recuperation be discovered? D r . K i r k ' s lecture w a s titled " C o n servatives, T h e n and N o w . " In his talk he traced the conservative movement from its modest beginnings as a s m a l l group of free enterprise, antic o m m u n i s t intellectuals w h o were largely ignored by both political parties a s well a s by the m e d i a and the a c a d e m y . B u t it w a s a robust group that gradually forced its w a y into publication a n d into the public consciousness. A c c o r d i n g to K i r k , it requires at least three decades for a body of c o n -
S t u d e n t p a r t i c i p a n t s c a m e f r o m n i n e Eastern states.
victions to be expressed, discussed, and at last incorporated into public policy. If that is the c a s e , then the efforts of the post-war conservative intellectuals h a v e borne fruit right on schedule in the elections of 1980. K i r k ended his presentation on a hopeful, but cautious note. H e s a i d , " I f we fail, where else in the modern world will powers of resistance and recuperation be discovered? . . .Life is worth living, the conservative declares. We are not going to m a r c h to Zion; yet we m a y s u c c e e d in planting s o m e trees in the Waste L a n d " . . . .political victories will achieve little unless the intellectual foundations are laid and the intellectual climate of opinion is receptive.
R e a s s e s s i n g the thesis of his book. D r . George N a s h gave a talk titled.
" T h e Conservative Intellectual Movement in A m e r i c a , A R e a p p r a i s a l . " In his lecture D r . N a s h extolled the growth of conservative organizations and publications—not only since 1945 —but in merely the five years since the publication of his book surveying the movement. " I t is now possible", he s a i d , "for a serious student of A m e r i c a n culture and public affairs to devote every w a k i n g minute, if he w i s h e d , to the writing of conservative scholars." N a s h expressed pleasure at the growth of the movement and at the possibly sweeping victory in the then forthcoming elections. B u t he noted that while there is a n obvious general trend toward c o n s e r v a t i s m , there are certain sectors of the society that rem a i n firmly in the liberal c a m p . T h e s e sectors are the a c a d e m i c c o m D O N O T REST continued on page 5
Ron Robinson R o n R o b i n s o n , the president of Y o u n g A m e r i c a ' s Foundation, is a 30-year-old law student from Buffalo, New Y o r k . Robinson c a m e to the Foundation after serving a s the E x ecutive Director of Y o u n g A m e r i c a n s for F r e e d o m from 1977 through 1979. R o b i n s o n took on the responsibilities at the Foundation, " b e c a u s e I believe there is no more important struggle than the one currently underway to educate a n d train the future leaders of our c o u n t r y . " Robinson frequently cites the recent Business Week editorial a s s e s s ment that we face the worst intellectual crisis in our nation's history. " T h i s is true because we face a c o m bination of a n organized i d e o l o g y M a r x i s m — f o c u s i n g its attention on the c a m p u s , a n d a n already in-place liberal d o m i n a n c e . Together they threaten to produce waves of new graduates w h o do not have a b a s i c understanding of our free enterprise system or a n appreciation of our C o n stitutional form of government. T h e long-term price for this c a m p u s crisis will be a r a d i c a l shift to the left in A m e r i c a n government and social institutions unless we take drastic remedial steps to restore a n intellectual b a l a n c e on our c a m p u s e s . "
Robinson is a second-year evening law student at C a t h o l i c University of A m e r i c a . H e received his undergraduate degree in political science from C a n i s i u s College in Buffalo. H e h a s also attended Georgetown U n i v e r s i t y , C h e n g c h i U n i v e r s i t y in T a i p e i , T a i w a n , a n d F o r d h a m University G r a d u a t e s c h o o l . Robinson is m a r r i e d to Michelle E a s t o n , herself a lawyer, a n d h a s a one-year-old s o n , Ronald, J r . Prior to becoming Executive D i r e c tor of Y o u n g A m e r i c a n s for F r e e d o m , Robinson served a s their Director of State a n d C h a p t e r S e r v i c e s a n d as a m e m b e r of the Y A F B o a r d of D i r e c tors. H e h a s also served a s a n E x ecutive B o a r d m e m b e r of the United States Y o u t h C o u n c i l a n d a s C h a i r m a n of the F u n d for a Conservative Majority ( F C M ) a n d the Citizens C o m m i t t e e for the R i g h t to K e e p a n d Bear Arms ( C C R K B A ) . U p o n becoming the Foundation's president Robinson refocused the prog r a m m i n g from a general a p p r o a c h to a l l young adults toward more c a m p u s - b a s e d projects. H e notes that bringing on J a m e s T a y l o r a s the F o u n d a t i o n director allowed the Foundation to build a n outstanding Orientation program a n d c a m p u s lecture series. In addition, Robinson oversees the c a m p u s literature a n d s c h o l a r s h i p p r o g r a m . H e h a s spoken to countless h i g h s c h o o l a n d college
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audiences a n d h a s appeared on n a tional television programs s u c h a s the T o m Snyder show a n d W i l l i a m F . Buckley's "Firing Line". Currently the c a m p u s e s are dominated by the Left, but Robinson views the Foundation's longterm goals a s more t h a n fighting a rearguard action. " W h i l e we are still a minority, the truly outstanding a c a d e m i c a n d intellectual leaders of our e r a are conservatives. Nobel laureates s u c h a s Milton F r i e d m a n , Alexander Solzhenitsyn, and F r i e d r i c h H a y e k are the most obvious examples. T h e y have no equals on the left. We have also seen outstanding a c a d e m i c s participate in our prog r a m s w h o deserve m u c h greater prominence in our universities. T h e v are individuals s u c h as J a m e s G w a r t ney of F l o r i d a State University, R u s s e l l K i r k of National Review m a g a z i n e , J o h n E a s t of E a s t C a r o l i n a University (now a United States Senator from North C a r o l i n a ) , A l a n S a b r o s k y of the C a t h o l i c University of A m e r i c a , a n d D o n a l d Devine of the University of M a r y l a n d . T h e y a n d their colleagues r e m a i n the hope for the future in a n otherwise d i s m a l university environment. W e a l l long for the day w h e n this remnant receives the recognition a n d support it d e s e r v e s . " Robinson h a s also played a n active role in conservative politics. H e w a s a director of the national Conservative Political Action Conferences from 1974 through 1979. H e led F C M ' s i n dependent radio program on behalf of R o n a l d R e a g a n ' s presidential c a n didacy in 1976. Robinson w a s also New Y o r k State C h a i r m a n of Y o u t h Against M c G o v e r n in 1972 a n d a J i m B u c k l e y for Senate activist in the 1968 and 1972 senatorial c a m p a i g n s . H e also worked in J a c k K e m p ' s initial c a m p a i g n for Congress a n d interned in C o n g r e s s m a n K e m p ' s Washington office.
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Free Enterprise Book Aids Debate T e a m s In conjunction with Consumer Research, Young America's Foundation published a 280 page debate m a n u a l for the 1980-81 a c a d e m i c y e a r . Entitled Consumer Issues of the 1980s, the book provided in-depth analysis on the numerous consumer protection issues of the day. Y o u n g A m e r i c a ' s Foundation provided this c r u c i a l debate tool to over 7,500 high s c h o o l debate teams free of c h a r g e . In addition, both Y o u n g America's Foundation and C o n s u m e r s ' R e s e a r c h have distributed copies to young adults interested in this topic. T h e debate book won a c c l a i m from both experienced and inexperienced consumer advocates. Former S e c r e t a r y of the T r e a s u r y and author of A Time for Truth, W i l l i a m S i m o n , wrote that the book w a s " a very valuable tool for d e b a t e r s . . .it is c r u c i a l that the regulators of the future—many of w h o m are probably debaters today—understand the i m plications of decisions made in this area." Mrs. B a r b a r a Keating-Edh, President of C o n s u m e r Alert and C h a i r m a n of the R e a g a n Transition t e a m for the C o n s u m e r Products Safety C o m m i s s i o n , offered her " h e a r t i e s t congratulations to those who worked on the h a n d b o o k . . .it couldn't have been more t i m e l y . " S o impressed w a s M r s . K e a t i n g that the book b e c a m e required reading for the full transition team. California Congressman Robert D o r n a n congratulated the F o u n d a tion on the publication of the debate book. " B e c a u s e of the solid effort of the F o u n d a t i o n , students participating in this year's Interscholastic Debate will h a v e the opportunity to b e c o m e a c q u a i n t e d with a free m a r k e t a p p r o a c h to consumer protection i s s u e s . . . I a m quite sure that the beneficiaries of your work will appreciate t h e fine, factual and analytical r e s e a r c h of this great undertaking." T h e debate booklet also won praise from the h i g h school debate t e a m s . O n e forensic t e a m leader wrote, " Y o u r debate book w a s the single source of free enterprise material available to u s . " T h i s year's debate book w a s part of a n a n n u a l project of Y o u n g A m e r i c a ' s
Foundation. S i n c e tens of thousands of high s c h o o l and college leaders participate in these debate formats it is critical that they have a c c e s s to materials prepared by free enterprise advocates and s t a u n c h a n t i - c o m m u nists. T h e Foundation program traditionally provides these materials. T h i s year's specific resolutions were particularly susceptible to one-sided anti-free enterprise arguments since they started with a pro-regulation statement. T h e topic discussions were: General Discussion: How c a n the interests of United States C o n s u m e r s best be protected? 1. R E S O L V E D : T h a t the F e d e r a l government should initiate and enforce safety guarantees on consumer goods.
2. R E S O L V E D : T h a t the F e d e r a l government should establish uniform standards for the regulation of c o m m e r c i a l advertising. 3. R E S O L V E D : T h a t the F e d e r a l government should establish uniform standards for testing and marketing all products with potentially c a r cinogenic effects on h u m a n s . T h e Foundation w a s pleased to be able to provide the future leaders of our nation with this useful and informative debate book. If you are interested in receiving a copy of the debate book, or know someone who might be, please feel free to contact the F o u n d a t i o n offices: Young A m e r i c a ' s Foundation, Suite #812, 11800 S u n r i s e Valley D r i v e , R e s t o n , Virginia 22091. ($7.95 per copy; free to students).
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Defeated Liberals Use Campuses to Regroup Following their repudiation in last November's national elections, many leading liberals are using our college c a m p u s e s as their new base of operations. Apparently they were welcomed b a c k with open a r m s , since some of the most notorious moved i m m e d i ately into top education positions. A m o n g those already announced a r e : JOHN BRADEMAS NEW YORK
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F o r m e r D e m o c r a t House W h i p , J o h n B r a d e m a s , defeated in his bid for re-election last F a l l , will be the president of New Y o r k University. During his eleven years in C o n g r e s s he w a s a leading advocate of using taxpayers' funds for liberal educational p r o g r a m s . B r a d e m a s will a s s u m e the reigns of the nation's largest private university later this year. W A L T E R F . M O N D A L E to return to University of Minnesota. F o r m e r Vice-President Walter F . Mondale h a s become a "distinguished university fellow in law and public affairs" at the University of Minnesota at Minneapolis, his a l m a mater.
Mr. Mondale will lecture and meet with students and professors at the university's law school and at the Hubert H . H u m p h r y Institute of Public Affairs. His university appointment, w h i c h carries no salary but w h i c h will provide h i m with a n office and s o m e commuting expenses (he'll maintain his h o m e in Washington), runs until 1983. Mr. Mondale will begin his a c a d e m i c career with three lectures on his V i c e - P r e s i d e n c y , the first set for F e b r u a r y 17, at the university. D O N A L D F . M c H E N R Y goes from U N to Georgetown University. Shortly after Jeanne J . K i r k p a t r i c k , (professor of government at Georgetown University), resigned to b e c o m e President R e a g a n ' s Ambassador to the United Nations, the university announced that D o n a l d F . M c H e n r y , former President C a r t e r ' s Ambassador to the U . N . , would become a r e s e a r c h professor in its S c h o o l of Foreign S e r v i c e . W A D E H . M c C R E E , J R . to t e a c h at the University of M i c h i g a n . M a k i n g the transition from the halls of justice to the halls of
a c a d e m e is Wade H . M c C r e e , J r . , U . S . Solicitor G e n e r a l . Although his schedule is not yet definite, he is slated to t e a c h at least one law course called " L a w y e r s and C l i e n t s " at the University of M i c h i g a n . G A Y L O R D N E L S O N from defeat to distinguished c h a i r . At the University of Wisconsin, B r o n s o n L a Follette, the state attorney general, is said to be discussing the i d e a of setting up a distinguished professorship in politics for G a y l o r d Nelson, the D e m o c r a t i c Senator from that state who w a s defeated in the November election. T h e c h a i r is to be n a m e d for Mr. L a Follette's grandfather, Robert M. " F i g h t i n g B o b " L a Follette. G E O R G E S . M c G O V E R N heads for the c l a s s r o o m . Meanwhile, George S . M c G o v e r n the D e m o c r a t i c Senator from S o u t h D a k o t a who also w a s defeated in November, will be commuting from Washington to E v a n s t o n , 111., this spring to t e a c h a course in foreign policy at Northwestern University, where he got his master's and doctor's degrees.
Foundation Responds to Campus Radical Activity Y o u n g A m e r i c a ' s Foundation h a s responded to increased r a d i c a l c a m pus activity by gearing up its c a m p u s speakers p r o g r a m . E v e r since the November elections radicals from the sixties have begun to reappear in A m e r i c a n colleges in ever-increasing numbers to resurrect the old issues that c a u s e d s u c h u p h e a v a l during the late sixties and early seventies. People s u c h as Abbie Hoffman, Jerry R u b i n , J a n e F o n d a , and T o m H a y d e n are being invited to schools to give talks to student bodies. T h e y are c o m m a n d i n g fat fees (anywhere from $3,000 to $5,000) to attack the Reagan administration and its policies to lower taxes, cut spending, and strengthen our military. U s u a l l y the fees paid to the r a d i c a l s c o m e from taxpayers money w h e n they lecture at state colleges or from funds that students are forced to pay into. In a recent interview in the r a d i c a l S a n F r a n c i s c o tabloid. B a y Guardian, Abbie Hoffman admitted that he w a s using his c a m p u s a p p e a r a n c e s to
renew radical activity among students. He s a i d , " I ' m a person that young people are going to listen to, lots of young p e o p l e . . . . I think the (radical) movement probably in the next ten years is going to be a movement against the military m a c h i n e s . R e a g a n is going to try to save the economy by cutting down on welfare, building monstrous weapons that cost billions, and doing a lot of sabrerattling and praying for the 'great m o r a l c r u s a d e . ' In a way he's like an American AyatoUah." To respond to t h i s renewed r a d i c a l i s m on A m e r i c a ' s c a m p u s e s the Foundation h a s doubled its efforts to place conservative and free enterprise spokesmen in as many schools as possible. While the Foundation h a s been unable to fulfill all requests from students for s u c h speakers, young people are hearing more conservative views t h a n would be possible without this speakers c a m p a i g n . W h a t follows is a partial listing of Foundation-sponsored speakers and
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FOUNDATION The Conservative Intellectual Movement In America: A Reappraisal George H . N a s h R e p r i n t s of D r . Nash's address to the M a y f l o w e r Offices (Suite 8 1 2 ,
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D O N O T REST c o n t i n u e d f r o m page 1 munity, the media and entertainment fields, the legal profession, a n d in s o c i a l opinions s u c h as drug use, sexu a l m o r e s , a n d pornography. N a s h also called on conservatives not to forget the importance of ideas, for the growth of conservative ideas
h a s been the forerunner of conservative political strength. He s a i d , " P o l i t i c a l victories are needed, for change must c o m e through the political process, but political v i c tories will achieve little unless the intellectual foundations are laid and the intellectual climate of opinion is receptive. . . .the battle of the i n -
tellect is not over; the future is not guaranteed. . . .do not underestimate the intellectual opposition or the resources at its c o m m a n d . " . . . the forces that animated the leftist counterculture wave. . . have . . . burned themselves out. In a lecture drawn from his book. The Conservative Decade, James C . Roberts detailed the personalities, organizations, and publications that could truly m a k e the 80s a conservative decade. Roberts' thesis w a s more optimistic than either K i r k ' s or N a s h ' s . According to Roberts, " . . .the forces that animated the leftistcounterculture wave of the late sixties and early seventies have largely burned themselves out." He says that the adults who were the post-war baby boom and who are now coming into positions of power and responsibility throughout our society will be a largely conservative generation. S i x weeks after the Foundation symposium, Ronald Reagan was swept into office along with large numbers of n e w conservative Senators and House members. I n cluded in this group were two new senators who have been on the F o u n dation's national advisory board — Senator J o h n E a s t of North C a r o l i n a and Senator Steve S y m m s of I d a h o . T h e political future for conservatives looks bright, but as George N a s h concluded his lecture he s a i d , " . . .let us not be too awed by our succ e s s e s , real and gratifying though they a r e . F o r as the poem s a y s : O n the plains of hesitation Bleach the bones of countless millions Who, at the dawn of victor]; Sat down to rest And, resting, died.
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G e o r g e N a s h , F o u n d a t i o n P r o g r a m D i r e c t o r J a m e s T a y l o r . J a m e s R o b e r t s a n d Russell K i r k w e r e the p r i n c i p a l p a n e l leaders ( f r o m left t o r i g h t r e s p e c t i v e l y ) .
D r . Miles C o s t i c k U . S . Youth Council Dr. Alan Sabrosky U . S . Youth Council Michelle E a s t o n V a l d o s t a State (Georgia) D r . George N a s h C o m b i n e d student group P a n e l of 4 clergymen S o u t h e r n Methodist University
News C h a i n Highlights Foundation C a m p u s Program This article about Young America's Foundation was written by James Foster, a Scripps-Howard staff writer and was sent out over the wire to the 26 newspapers in the Scripps-Howard chain. W A S H I N G T O N - A l o n g with topsiders shoes a n d hot-pink cords, today's college student must be " i n tellectually a r m e d " to c o m b a t dangerous liberal teaching on the n a tion's c a m p u s e s , a conservative foundation here asserts. T h e Y o u n g A m e r i c a ' s Foundation s a y s it is expanding its program of s u m m e r orientation seminars to help students talk b a c k to "instruction that is often hostile to free enterprise, A m e r i c a n foreign interests a n d basic American values." T h e foundation's brochure m a k e s very clear w h o it perceives a s the "enemy." A professor (who) expounds a view of world politics in w h i c h the United States is portrayed a s a threat to peace a s well a s a n agent of oppression. Instructors w h o are committed to a n interventionist economic system at
best or a totalitarian socialist system at worst. History professors w h o tell the U . S . story a s " o n e of conflict a n d injustice rather t h a n one of triumph a n d a c h i e v e m e n t . " "Unfortunately," the brochure concludes, " m o s t students h a v e neither the time nor the necessary help to prepare themselves to defend their beliefs in the c l a s s r o o m " with the result that they are " a passive receiver of w h a t passes for current a c a d e m i c w i s d o m . " In addition to providing reading lists a n d a series of guest lecturers at a nearby Virginia c a m p u s , the prog r a m arranges discussions with congressmen a n d visits to historic sites. P r o g r a m director J a m e s T a y l o r rejects the observation that the foundation is p r e a c h i n g to those already converted. B u t he admits, " T o my knowledge we've never h a d a liberal apply." Conservative students, however, are responding in growing numbers to the s e m i n a r s , T a y l o r s a y s . F r o m a one-week s e m i n a r on foreign policy for 54 students two years ago the program w a s expanded last year to include economics. Sixty-
How to Plan a Speakers Program T o all college students w h o are tired of hearing the s a m e old biased speakers on c a m p u s semester after semester: Would you like to h e a r a fresh voice a n d receive a more b a l a n c e d perspective on important public policy issues w h i c h are discussed on c a m p u s today? Does your school provide visiting speakers w h o offer only one side of every issue? Would you like to invite and sponsor the speakers you want to h e a r ?
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eight students attended a n d 40 more were turned a w a y for lack of facilities. " T h i s year we've added history a n d expect at least 150 students," Taylor s a i d . " W e hope to a d d one or two more subjects e a c h year until we have a dozen or so a n d extend the seminars to last all s u m m e r . It is our goal to a d dress every subject that h a s anything to do with public policy or public virtue." T h e foundation's budget this year is $410,000 up from $225,000 two years ago, with 7 5 % coming from s m a l l , direct mail contributions. T h e balance c o m e s from what Taylor w o u l d identify only a s " p r i v a t e foundations." Students are recruited through publicity posted on c a m p u s e s . T h e y are accepted upon payment of a $75 fee a n d approval of a 300-600 work essay on w h y they wish to attend. T h e essay must reflect a student's " g r a s p of the importance of ideas a n d a n ability to express himself coherently."
F o u n d a t i o n Offers Harvard Hates A m e r i c a T h e youngest member of the newly elected House of Representatives is J o h n LeBoutillier of New Y o r k . C o n g r e s s m a n LeBoutillier is also author of a n excellent review of our current campus crisis. Harvard Hates America: The Odyssey of a Born Again American. LeBoutillier reviews hi s own undergraduate experience at H a r v a r d U n i versity a n d warns us that, " s o m e of our greatest universities, supposedly designed to promote independence of thought a n d mind, in fact promote one type of thought almost exclusively". Since elected to Congress, LeBoutillier still stresses the need for reforming our campuses. " W e are facing (major battles) in the halls of Congress. B u t our efforts will be in vain if we win a temporary battle here but lose the more important w a r for the future of A m e r i c a on our college c a m p u s e s " . Congressman LeBoutillier's outs t a n d i n g b o o k . Harvard Hates America, is available through the Foundation for $7.(K) per copy.
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