our under taking. >> they were interested in one issue that was communism. they did one thing that hadn't existed that is to form a national conservative organization. conservatives didn't have one before. there were business organizations lots of others but it was a real conservative organization that had been set up by this candy maker robert welsh. for a while it made some noise. >> with more sthan 100,000 members divided into a coordinated network of local chapters they had anti communist literature sent speakers around the country raised millions of dollars a year. they were labeled cooks when welsh said the u.s. was dominated by a communist conspiracy and eisenhower was embedding it. >> they make no contribution to the fight against communism. they are a hindrance in fact. i think they are ridiculous.