Mr. Lubell's latest book had focused on the changes he claims President Nixon

had wrought in American life: not through Watergate, but through the way he conducted the 1972 campaign--in WFB's paraphrase, "persuad[ing] the electorate that they should renew his mandate for more powerful government in the name of less powerful government." Our guest quickly turns the tables on his host, saying: "I think we'll get a clearer picture if we just push aside Mr. Nixon and concentrate on yourself, because you are the spokesman for conservatism--" ("A spokesman," WFB corrects), and Mr. Lubell wonders if "there's any basis for conservatism left in the light of [Nixon's] performance." A spirited and serious discussion of the whole question of government intervention versus the activity of the free market.