My name is Howard Phillips. I' m National Director of The Conservative Caucus. W elcome to our Briefing Sessionf, Between now and November of 1982, we� intend to have a meeting like this� in every one of the 4J5 Conc:;ressional Districts in the United States.

�Each of these Briefing Sessions costs us about $250 to arrange, including mailings, room rentals, travel, and staff salaries. Vlith a relatively modest number of people taking part, that may seemJ11°fle a lot of money to be spending, day in and day out, all over l1merica..

But, in terms of the job we have to do, it's the best investment we can ma.ke---simply because of you, and the chance this meeting gives us to get to know you better.

It's our hope that,because you came to this meeting, we may be able to persuade you to become an a ctive participant in a. nationwide, grass roots network of men and women who recognize:

First, that our job did not end with the great election victory of November, 19�0---ti On the contrary, that victory, which was years i n the making, merely gave us t he opportunity for our work to bear fruit.

Second, that genuine conservative control of both branches of Congress is essential to� turning our government aroun�---taking power back from the bureaucracy, the judiciary, and the special interest groups-- and keeping it respQ'\'\sive to conservative c oncerns for many y ears to come. l\\\tt\_key to achieving T rd, that the l�� dominant conservative i nfluence in Congres i q:.t_hi s s in your own Congressional District����������, where the dedicated efforts of a few hundred concerned individuals can overcome all the power of the Liberal Establishment based in Washington, D.C.

Fourth, that the( way to� develop re81 clout in your Congressional district lies in bringin� t ogether the lar�est possible nonpartis8n ::ilition, i nvolvint, people who .are pro-, pro-defense, and • •

pro-family. You are very important to the CONservative CAucus for a number of �ons. History is not made by millions, or even by majorities. It is made by dedicated people who are willing to commit their time, talent, and resources to an important cause.

The American Revolution was won not by the millions of Americans who lived in the 13 colonies, but by George Washington, and other great leaders, whose armies numbered at times only a few thousand ill-clad, ill2-equipped, untrained recruits.

On the other side of the coin, Communist Fidel Castro took over Cuba, with only about 200 soldiers, aided by elements in the U.S. State Department and the media. �o-/futrfr� � \c..tl}h wrn, Wo(L 11-uro You can be the George HashinGton of you Congressional Bistrict--A� \.;})� it to the conservative cause, , by exercisin� your rights as an l1merican citizen, and involvini5 others in your efforts to chanee our ._;overnment's policies for the better.

1ihether your district is now represented in \/8 shington by a staunch conserva.tive , an ultra -li. bera7'. or someone somewhere in between, your efforts can make a very big difference .. If you ar�e ��preserr ed,��1� by a courageo us, principled leader, such as Senator Are \ Jesse Helm'J, your effo}ts wan provide necessary popular backing for the � often lonely battle which Senator Helms has been wc1ging in our behalf.

On the other hand, if you' re stuc!( with a. Teddy Kennedy-type Senator or Congressman who seems to be hopelessly en-�nched, your efforts, in addition to pa.ving the way for future victories, €Jin force your incumbent liberal to keep looking over his shoulder, and thus prevent the full c ommitment o f his resourcAs +-o o· ,los inrr u s ot the national level. M lilf- L.\K&t-<1 '1-0ULbt� er-(";;, SoJ1{CL1;J.szre t .;,.- F!E!{lvf:k:N - � '1//117 116116 'taf'L �t/t- tfl/()/)lt;lf�IS e1/61I M(;;(c� /H/

ecruitint:> new :,eople to the couse c1nd hel pin� tn,j n theni to 1)ecope 8 more effe tive, t: s2) Ji seininr.1. <.J 1;. v tOf ;-il 0,1� in · 1 l7. J ('E:<:c11·rl ('or · ,. ·c 1e ..-.c t�i· , •., i.'1,'--' of Jov.r Con.,;ressrnan c1nd t wo U ,s. Senc1tors. J) LobbJin� your state�s �ashi�gton delegation throu�h activities ,, r11ost important, at the local 1 eve,1 ana 4) setting the agenda for debate in your 8rea, so that the political �� is on issues with respect to which the conservative position enjoys the greatest popular s upport,

�e Conservative Caucus is not a political committee. Vie do not endorse or oppose candidates for public office. Our job is less e;lomorous perhaps, but it is essential to the 11j5r�;jS of the principles which made America 'VV great. MRE.illX.XS.XlN.KKXXW!R:XS:RJwb ;J':te not a powerful, well -"inan ed politic a 1 � !lo.Kl rn ..., machine, ft �) we J;_,��s strong as xour effort ", u< � � I hope lyov. V'ill decide tonie;ht to beco,�Af"o"'ifved in he pin� achieve --in your district--the four basic objectives of The Conservative Caucus:

bee:�,.n its. work. The Conserva t.ive C aucus WKS<�gxP�a� in 1,r,ovember, 197 4 ---rig· ht a ft er the disastrous \latergate elections which saw dozens of sound conserv8tive andidates bite the political dust. om the outset,�� rejected the attitude of 811 too many conservatives · tha t�oW- JO· b i · s t ��:::/.Ridslo w 1 do v� the supposed1 y inevitabl· · e mare h o f socwalism and humanism---or, as so�l'bit mt, to lose as slowly as possible. On the contrary, we belietr in victory. We are making an c:111-out effort to win as quickly c1s possible. --,-rf?::-- From the r::m:t::St?-..t, we have sou5ht to resolve the paradox between the ever increasin� conservative sentiment of the America.n people, and the ever more liberal policies and activities funded by our government.

From the very beginning, we have recognized that our loyalty must be to enduring principles and particular policy objectives, rather than to any political party,• political candidate, or political incumbent.

part e dis ourage isan involvemen t/ as active as possible in the the party through which they feel they can do the most for conservative cause •. rn simply pursue a strategy designed to 8ssur� _xhat conservatives ....\Yvi . \IM'M. tf.,._C,{µ\'fvrtD\l<,\,··t . 51 �lf�fN/(Pn / W.tlnMv J • (]l � be taken fo rante� surre'na.er "iii.a· -e iio the temp tations of JIl:: � � �� _ , 1 IJt l'.µ,!_-hk.� Co�I� v.c1trona..:;e, r•).il}JClty J ;;JrestJt.:,e, or p o,.er. r r � /;tf.� /,M � O 0 0 v.r ....1 r J!Cl1iles 8 ne 811 l.\ I ( _l•fV'v o � rx�1 "-'-·�·t�'-'. e .�....,/i r·-dz-eee <-y�_,l tE�1� 't.heth f ounr:J er s of our Because a conservatives were fighting all their battles at the national level, and limiting their appeal, by and lartre to traditional W.!!!X!!! �ti t"(JJ 1(JW­ Republican voters, they had failed to mobili z,e � Jtha ne nm:erica.n majority which decisively rejected the Great Society in 1968,K when 57% of the vote went to Nixon and Wallace, and which rejected McGovernism, 61-39fa in 1972.

In 1974, in control of Big Media, Big Bureaucracy, Big Education, Big Labor, Big Law Firms, and even much of Big Business, the liberals cl'nlingcei gr �t, seeking to prevent a. national referendum on defense, or bureaucracy, or busing, or some other issues concerning s were in sim which conservative tuneuwith majority sentmment, �J ply changed the subject, and made.Jtl�a referendum on corruption-- an election in which Watergate overshadowed all other issues---from detente to VietNam to growing Soviet military superiority to abo:i::tion to taxes.

Again in 1976, the rising conservative tide was thwarted as Jimmy Carter positioned himself symbolically to the right of whose liberal social policies, huge deficits, and detentist foreign policy made him vulnerable to a candidate viho presented himself as religious, Southern, anti-bureacratic, opposed to the R.!m:KmXX�Klll�x early surrender of the Panama. Canal, pledged to a balanced budget, and cognizant that Poland was fl So-aiet satellite.

By 1978, however, the efforts of The Conservative Caucus and other groups had begun to bear fruit. During 1975 1 TCC had begun its nationwide organizing with visits to all 50 states and four intensive three day training conferences for grass roots leaders. In 1976, the recruitment and training proceeded, with Briefing Sessions in all 435 districts 1 more training conferences, and a highly successful national convention in Chicago. In 1977� we had a one day training conference in every one of the 50 states and bee;an our massive, nationwide campai gn to defeat Jimmy Carter's treaties • .Although we lost in the Senate, the impact of the massive anti-treaty effort � reflected in the fact that 29 of the Senators who voted for those treaties have now been retired from public life. t r e i h to In 1978, there were h ee big N w R g t vic ries, which provided a foretaste of the c,re 8 t tri u.1 r�of 1980, \"her, lJ i_ncumlJent liherals were voted 1;1J.t ""':-;ce.:, ·,' 1978 iiicluded Bill ,\rirJ.st-roDL or r;f t:he US. Semd,e . .2hc ne Golnr;:;do, who beat Floyd Haskell, Roger Jepsen of Iowa, who ousted Dick Clark, and TCC • s New Hampshire Sta.te Coordinator Gordon Humphrey, who defeated Thomas McIntyre. 97 1\ fter 1 8, we workedrp through our .50-state Campaign to Defeat Sl\LT II to assure that national defense would be as much an issue in 1980, as the Panama. Canal treaties had been in 1978. \le had kx:k.a:f:kMgxsiK:s:s:b1Msx XJDtxxrlxi:Ks.x press briefings and rallies in every state. Our grass roots leaders, supported by direct m il a.nd solid research contributed mightily to the dramatic shift in public attitudes which was registered at the polls last November 11,�- Now our job is to see to i J1t he economic crisfs, aoulxdefense crisis, and moral crisis which WKXK are as real today as they were last November are confronted substantively, sS well as rhetorically, to assure that our cause will not be judged by the voters in 1982 and 1984 without kaocbtg in fact having been tried. 4)

nation that "\le a e endowed by our Creator with ertain inalienable rights" It is government which Nor can every man be fr�e to do w at is right in his own eyes, irregardless of the basic mora 1 rules hich, under the constitution, �l!R'M bfilli when followed, helped America row,M �s,eatness. Government does not know what's best \;,.., , '�l/1.trI I for us, nor;� l=b'� °t:th�e ri./,rgfml/,11611-··to /,..Jrfrl'use our taxes to remo ld socie. t y to fit pa.tterns designed by anti-growth, radical egalitarian, economic ��!iiill�iiilf!ix who relject the values of the �er · can Revolution ��e� 1s�r1ou�1on1sm, and adhere far more closely to the moral relativism, nd anti-individualism of the French Revolution and the Bolshevik Revolution. At the Federal level, our government was designed to protect life, liberty, and property. Over the years,. its functions have been expanded, politicizing entire areas of our civic life through regulation and subsidy, busine��, ����t�o2; �dicine, culture, even NM religion and ,.J> I.MT � family life/J�u"rth:r�tf, � lt'i��ernment accountable for its policies, and for the money it takes from us, has been

diminished, as government control of revenues and ,:n olicy has shifted, first from the local level, t b the - -ultimately, t �.�1t�J��fg)stat e level - o the Federal leve�wer has .s:tii elected offi�ials, wh� �a.n be held to account at the ballot box, x� first to appointed officials, ' then to career bureaucrats---chosen on the basis of their technical credentials and experience, but increasi gl k g decisio n y ma in ��-11. �d inescapably reflect their often very liberal and humanist �:-vv-;-� During the yea.rs of Lyndon Johnson's Great Society, an even more fundamental change in our political system was brought abo��leading to our present "crisis of Accountability". �it Career bureaucrats who already had crossed the line from policy-implementing to policy setting, were given the authority to �-4i.5@Wx billions of dollars from the Federal treasury to subsidize private activist organizations which have used your taxes to promote their objectives, m� forced busing, ontr l ER/\, special rent c o c,Wher taxes, abortion on demand, rights for o se x11 1 s ,�'lfe'i'fare rights, opposition to defense s hom � pending1 and much more. ..

The armies of the left, w.:ki.1:r::td::ill.a;c.s:ajljiiiixix&;i$;xlut'J06ffl!t:K advancing unpopular policies J1ave bypassed accountability to either the marketplace box,\ � our hardearned dollars to subsid or the ballot Jt' � their radical agenda for social change---and shifting public policyrnakine; away 6rom the electoral arena, increasingly placinc; it in the hands of politically unaccountable judges and bureaucrats.

�f LUoJJS 1,J .I) Until we separate the left from th government fundin� �eceive� from programs like CETA, VISTA, Co 1unity Action, and Legal Services, we will continue to lose ground in the battle for America's future ---no matter how many elections we win.

That is why TCC's Number One objective in 1981 is� to support President Reagan's plan to "Defunct the Left" b ating further� . f/fJ}/<7] y elimin authority and f�;;li;D.g for more than 40 �x:k pro gr a.ms which subsidize ations 000 in excess of ?��hprivate organiz , operating from 25, loc�tions and employing1!!'t'o:des of thousand of people. This battle w ill be fought, vote after vote, week by week, at least until September JO, the date on which present ��many o f the programs which the President has proposed to eliminate and w. replace with state-controlled block grants, set to expire. In all likelihood, the President will have to veto some very comprehensive appropriations uills in order to get the job done. \le will be wncouraging him to issue those vetoes, and w e w ill be helpine secure the votes in Congress to assure that such vetoes �stained. � IA�J Our second policy goalJs to help the Reagan Administration more rapidly achieve a balanced budget---which we believe to be essential for economic recovery---bY lobbying for tens of billions of dollars of additional Federal budget cuts, all the while supporting necessary i ncrease� in defense expenditures, and substantial reductions in taxes.

Third, recognizing the grave threat t o the security of the United Sta.tes which is posed by growing Soviet power in our hemisphere--in Cuba, Nicaragua, and elsewhere, we a.re adVOCHting�r�"ct�t�� ./;- the principles of the t1onroe Doctrine, backed up by whatever rneHsures are necessary to protect our vital interests, and

Foi...,.rth, we a re committed t o the pro,;_:>osition that arms control at;reements @) such as Sl\LT I and Sj1LT II make no more sense during Republican Administrations than they dis when Jimmy Carter was President. To protect the survuvabili ty of U.S. strategic forces, 1JU1�uzL_.Hls.m1JJrn and to prevent total �viet domination of world events, we must immediately free ourselves of the restraints of a.rrns control agreements which lock our beloved country into �continuing military inferiority.

As Douglas MacArthur correctly observed, those who ha�. greater strength and power shall bear rule over those who have less �ur task is to make superiority, rather than disarmament, the basis of J1merica' s strategic e;oals.

There's much more I could say--but, you' n can now see the basic outline of our strategy. God has truly blessed America. Our country has been in a state of decline. \le have been given another chance. The months immediately ahead are critic�l�determining what kind of� future our children will have---a.nd �kind of country we will have for the rest of our days. Dedicated men and women are more than spectators at great events. By their efforts, they help write history.

I hope you will¥ decide tonight to join us in the struegle t p renew our P-recltcountrJ. We need you� � �-1,; l.dj,� lfVV � 1� In� � �' sh g r r s er flfter I fini speakin , ou field ecruiter is ready to 1ar; w C1 your q1.;.estions. If you are interested in becoming activ8A mafrer a short break, I'll tell you more about how you can become an important part of !he Conservative Caucus network in your Congressional District.

�,hatever you decide, I am p ersonally grateful for the support you have � iven M �xx��k �o The C�nservative Caucus an�ank you for attending this Briefin� Session.