(This is the second of two articles on political organizations at Harvard)

The organization of conservative groups is somewhat simpler and less extensive. It is limited to three main divisions, all of which have sprung up within the last year and a half.

Whatever power the Conservative League may once have had has passed form its hands to the new and active Harvard Young Republican Club. This club, a branch of the National Young Republicans, is the most recent and most powerful conservative outlet, and was chronologically preceded by both the Free Enterprise Society, a modest study group, and the Republican Open Forum, also primarily a discussion and debating society.

Rusher a Prime Mover

The Forum was founded last year by William A. Rusher, 3L, who has since resigned in order to take over presidency of HYRC. The Young Republican Club acts primarily as an arm of Republican policy. Its pledge to "Further and improve Republican principles; elect Republican candidates at all levels; and provide opposition to the activities of leftist groups at Harvard" fixes it squarely as a Party subsidiary, not a philosophic group.

It is perhaps because of this that the HYRC is less sensationalist and more orthodox in its work than most of its rivals. "We don't believe in rallies and telegrams," Rusher explains, "we want concrete and useful political action."

Its 400 members, the most of any dues-paying political organization in the College, are organized for this work by a complicated hierarchy of officers under Rusher's command. There is, for instance, a voting bureau to help with data and aid at election times; a biweekly newsletter distributed to members; a speakers' bureau; and sundry other promotional departments.

But at present most of HYRC's work is internal--only its mock convention Thursday parallels the activity of other groups. Rusher is saving his strength for the big push next fall, when the full force of the club will be brought to bear on local and national elections.

Until the Republican convention in June, HYRC will support no candidate actively. However, it encourages the work of its various splinter groups--The Taft, Dewey and Stassen exponents--as furthering its aim of bringing Republicanism before the public eye. "Besides, it does them good to let off steam," President Rusher philosophizes.

Four Powerful Groups

So much for the major clubs at College. The four so far mentioned, HYD, Committee for Wallace, HLU, and HYRC, are really the nerve centers of all other activity. From them stems the controlling influence over virtually all minor groups.

For instance, Operations Director Jay Jansen of HYRC is also a leader of the Taft forces; HYRC Publicity Director Loring M. Staples is a moving force in the Free Enterprise Society; John Casey of HYRC Speakers' Division heads a Dewey group; while Dan Pierce of the Republican Open Forum also holds the reins of the flourishing College Stassenites.

It is the same story on the Left. Geoff White works for both Wallace and the Communist Party group, heads HYD, and is an editor of the New Student. Fred Houghteling carries the College Eisenhower banner as well as direction of Liberal Union operations. Richard Hays, HLU's vice-President, was the founding father of the Douglas movement in College and is now working for the Justice on a nation-wide front.

As described above, HYD is strongly linked to the Wallace movement in effect if not in theory. Margolis himself is Chairman of the New England Students for Wallace and a member of the National Committee for Wallace. At present he is maneuvering to affiliate the Harvard chapter with the National Student group and the Progressive Party itself.

Some Clubs Independent