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In the communication I maintain with responsible conservatives around the country, there is discernible —particularly in the weeks since the election—a mounting disquiet concerning the course of the Nixon Administration. This has been especially apparent since Nixon’s television conversation with the network representatives January 4. The broadcast has been taken as a foreshadowing of the general lines of his policy in the second half of the Administration.

The tenor of that conversation gave cold comfort to conservatives, both in what was said and what was left unsaid. I write this before the State of the Union Message and the Budget Message, which will have to be carefully examined for confirmation or modification of the television interview. But some questions can certainly be tentatively raised.

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Frank S. Meyer

Frank S. Meyer was a senior editor of National Review.

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In the communication I maintain with responsible conservatives around the country, there is discernible —particularly in the weeks since the election—a mounting disquiet concerning the course of the Nixon Administration. This has been especially apparent since Nixon’s television conversation with the network representatives January 4. The broadcast has been taken as a foreshadowing of the general lines of his policy in the second half of the Administration.

The tenor of that conversation gave cold comfort to conservatives, both in what was said and what was left unsaid. I write this before the State of the Union Message and the Budget Message, which will have to be carefully examined for confirmation or modification of the television interview. But some questions can certainly be tentatively raised.