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Show The Nixon Administration Continued From Page 8 Washington, there la now no fundamental dispute over commitments, only a narrow haggling over techniques. There are artificial liberal positions and less liberal positions, with the pulling and hauling largely between Senate Democrats and the White House, but the conservatives have been foreclosed from debate. Because the liberals have been surprisingly efficient in organizing the loyal opposition, congressional conservatives have no choice but to Join In support of the somewhat 'less liberal" White House. The argument that the President must head left for political reasons Is even less persuasive. If the things he is doing are what the American people want, and if these are imperative steps for a presidential politician why did he not cam- paign on them? Or, conversely, since he campaigned on exactly the opposite premises while his Democrat opponent campaigned on issues approximating the Presidents current stand, why did not the American people elect the gentleman from Minnesota? The excuses offered for this administrations performance leave out yet another factor, perhaps the most important of all the factor of presidential leadership. While on certain matters like taxation and rising prices public attitudes seem relatively stable, on others they are responsive to cues provided by the White House. This is particularly true on foreign policy and defense questions where information levels are low, issues complex, and the whole business remote from the man in the street On issues such as these, strong presidential advocacy can shape and alter public opinion. In the case of Red China, to take the obvious Instance, there was little or no pressure of public opinion on this administration to pursue a course of appeasement. To the extent that the American people had any settled notions on the January 17, 1972 issue, they were decidedly the reverse. And, of course, on the defense philosophy professed by the President and outlined in detail by former Deputy Defense Secretary Packard, there would be massive consternation among the American people if they clearly understood that their leaders were leaving them exposed to potential attack in order to "reassure the Soviets. One sad consequence of the administrations policies has been the effective silencing of all but a small handful of conservative spokesmen in the Congress. I have spoken but often but, unfortunate- I hare been Joined very few time3, particularly on the other side of the Capitol. What many viewed with alarm under President Johnson they now seem willing to point with pride to under a Republican President. This, I fear, is one of the basic reasons why the public places us in such collective low esteem. I still believe it is in the best American tradition to speak out, even when it is in critl- ly, HAS THIS EVER HAPPENED TO YOU? The UTAH INDEPENDENT Page 9 cism of your own partys actions. I have not an' will not retreat from that role, regardlt of the consequences. If a democratic administration, for example, ad proposed the family assistance plan, one could have counted on most Republicans in Congress and certainly all of the conservatives to have opposed it solidly, and in combination with the Southern Democrats perhaps to have brought about its defeat. With the same proposal coming from a Republican President, GOP opposition was nullified and the measure passed ' largely House with the majority of my Rethe publican colleagues voting in its favor, 93 to 83 to be exact. This effect is nowhere more apparent than in the silence of conservatism's political leaders. This result, of course, cannot be blamed entirely on the President. 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