SIR,—I was very, much interested to read the correspondence in
your columns about the Tory conference at Blackpool. Mr. Rawlinson implied that he was a " moderate supporter " of the Conservative Party. I do not know whether to regard this as an-over- or under-statement. But, as present chairman of the Young Conservative and. Unionist Movement, may I take this opportunity of assuring him and his supporter Mr. Coklough that, had they observed closely the proceedings at Blackpool, they would, despite their prejudices, have been forced to agree with Mr. Macmillan's assertion in a recent Press article that the Young Conservatives provided nearly one-third of the representatives and about one-half of the weight of argument. Had they observed more closely, they would have seen, too, that the Young Conservatives present and speaking were working men and women, who have not yet committed— if they will ever commit—the allegedly unforgiveable sin of directing a company, and they would have noticed that these young men and women believe that the future of the Tory Party lies in a fusion of their vigour and enthusiasm with the experience and leadership of such men as Mr. Eden, rather than in a reversion to the tactics of 1867, or in a marriage of convenience with the Liberal Party in the House of Commons, as suggested by Mr. Rawlinson and Mr. Coklough. In short, they would have seen the Young Conservatives at Blackpool making a reality of their proud position as partners equal in status with their elders in the Party.—
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