The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-11-24
They cry Taft. Tiff when
there Is no Taft

Pittsburgh Americans for Con
Action-ACA--is a sigi-
cant organization not only for
countering Americans for Demo
cratic Action-ADA-bu for a pos
sible new wisdom In conservatism
One Of the founding trustees, Mrs.
R. Te1npleton Smith, Of this city.
is certainly wise Long civic lead
CT. she Is currently president Of the
County League Of
Women Voters to whom !. talked
this morning Most League chapters
tend to capital IL" Liberalism. but
this one is conservative At a lunch
con afterwards with Mrs. Smith and
her friends | found her thinking in
terms Of what | call Third Force |
as distinguished from third party.
a force which will operate inside
both parties What is equally wise,
it seems. to me, is that this third |
force should avoid not only par
ties but party lines. It should go
L
a view Of opposing the socialists /
and centralists, not to imposing q
program involving all the items Of
conservatism as seen in this and
that leader.
Mrs. Smith does not undertake to
speak for the Americans for Con-
stitutional Action but l believe her
own p + c c II t thinking and her
quinteSSences Of commonsense are
in these directions and will turn out
TO be the organization own notion
Of constitutional action.
EVERY MENTION OF ROBERT
TAFT in my talk Of thtr League
brought devoted applause yet some
Of the ladies love not really Taft
but Mccarthy.
Every conservative organization
in the country should have d com
mittee on Taft 10 study the actual
record and philosophy Of this states
man who was the accepted leader
Of conservatives yet who was SO
much more liberal small AZ than
some of these ladies' that they
would excommunicate him if they
could exchange ideas.
CONSERVATIVES CAN'T Az
FORD to indulge III McCarthyism
or other extremes now Conceivabl
they can deliver the country to the
far left. Their concentration on this
and that argument against Nixon
for falling short Of their ultra ideal
could conceivably swing a national
balance for a candidate Of Walter
Reuther in 1860 The election IL 50
obviously going to be close.
They actually talk more against
Nixon than against Peuther. Yet
Nixon is their hope and Reuther II
their menace.
Are they Taft o. Mccarthy con-
serVatlves. the trustees Of the
Americans for Constitutional Ac-
ton the hope ot constiI atislm
may depend on their being TAFT
ones The fifteen are Admiral Ben
Moreell. chairman; Henning Prem.
It's, Jr. Of Pennsylvania; Charles
Edison of New Jersey: Howard
Buffet of Nebraska. Bob Cox of
North Carolina; Edga Eisenhower
Ike's brother Of WASHINGTON State
3 4 n er FellerS Of Washington.
D. C., "a Gossett Of Texas Rob.
ert w. Johnson Of New Jersey: AL
Ian 3 Kline Of Illinois; Walter 3
Martin Of Virginia: Mrs. Smith OF
Pennsylvania; Robert B. Snowden
of Tennessee; Gen Robert E. Wood
OF Illinois. and Lloyd Wright Of
California. Headquarters are at 4O3
First Street, s. FL, Washington.
d. C.
I. 5. STEEL AND OFFICIALS
OF the United Steel Workers are
patrons equally, it would seem. of
the top-ranking Penn-Sheraton Ho-
tel here. The USW has a special
club room, and Big Steel is listed
for private luncheon today.
There's nobody in overalls, how
ever. David Lawrence says labor
leaders have lost touch with work
ers- He may be wrong. but cer-
tainly the living standards don't
touch. Handsome. well-heeled, Da-
vid Mcdonald doesn't remind YOU
Of any working man you ever saw
In New York the other night U.
s. Steel's Executive Vice President
r. Conrad Cooper. negotiator for
the companies. dined with Mr..
Cooper at well-knoWn restaurant
Noting Mr.. Mcdonald at a near
by table with small party he sent
over some champagne
The life Of the small party was
Zsa ZSa Gabor. n
Old John 1. Lewis keeps more \
sedate company. He is a favorite
Will "dolililStUI SOCIAL leaders, IN
Guiding some Of the cave jewellers"
themselves.
THE BIG SALARIES SOME
UNIONS pay their leaders are said
to be matters Of pride in having
their top men as well off as man
agement's- And since the rank and
file have good incomes themselves
these days, better by far than many
white collar people, the contrast il
not unreasonable. There just aren't
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