"I have to think there is. It's a pattern."

Do you have evidence as to who is involved?

"No.... You have people in this country who are working to destroy freedom.... In this country there are people working from the inside as well as from the outside. Those on the inside are often more successful."

What can we do about fighting the conspiracy against the police you mentioned before?

"I wish I could tell you all I know about it. But it's being done, and the dramatic parts of it will come out next year."

Do you feel that there's a coalition of groups in this conspiracy against the police?

"The Black Panthers are the most conspicuous in Chicago, in New York, and in California; those are about the only ones...."

THERE were police cars outside the auditorium where Goldwater was to speak to the convention; several bomb threats had been phoned in. Inside, Father Daniel Lyons, a Jesuit, gave a preliminary address on the theme of "Conservative Directions." After an opening joke about waterproof Ted Kennedy watches, he got down to liberalism. "It's an essential doctrine of the Left that human evil is due to social and economic ills...."

"The ultra-liberals are cynics, malcontents.... Responsibility ill suits them. They're much better at shutting down the university than at running it."

When Goldwater was escorted in from the rear of he auditorium, his presence carried the packed house to its feet and set off a chant of "WE WANT BARRY." Each time the applause died down, shouts of "Goldwater in '72" "Goldwater in '76," and "Nice to have you back, Barry," brought a fresh round.

Ohio Congressman Donald "Buzz" Lukens spoke briefly, warming up the audience for Goldwater with revival meeting sincerity and pep-rally enthusiasm. "When a super-lib gives you the peace sign, don't blow you high: give it back. For years that sign stood for victory." The athletic looking young politician held up two fingers-"Just give it back and say, 'With a little bit of freedom, brother.'" Talking about demonstrators outside, Lukens told the Yaffers, "The reason they come tonight is that we're getting stronger. We're more than a nuisance, we're a legitimate threat to the bases of power."

Lukens was brief, and then it was time to introduce Barry. Bob Moffat, a member of the National YAF board and Arizona chairman, a man with a brief, tight-lipped smile that never quite conceals the suspicious glances he shoots around him, delivered the introduction for the former presidential candidate with complete earnestness: "... He was only defeated by the vulgar, vile, and, yes, effeminate weapons of slander and semantical distortion.

"He is the epitome of courage;

"He is the Henry Clay of our time;

"Our inspiration-