Meet Mr. Conservative
Barry M. goldwater has replaced the
Grand Canyon as Arizona's most
talked-about phenomenon. Throughout
the United States, he is the symbol of
conservatism.
But labels like Mr. Conservative tend to over
simplify and obscure as much as they explain.
As a result, although people are familiar with the
Senator's handsome, square-jawed face and his
militant, right-wing politics, they still ask: what
is Barry Goldwater really like?
The truth is that the Senator is a man of
many facets most of them relatively unknown
to the general public. Only the last 10 of his
S3 years have been spent in the national spot
light, and it was his earlier years that molded
the man.
A typical Westerner, Goldwater loves the out
doors and is an enthusiastic skin diver, swim
mer, golfer, and explorer of Arizona's wild hin
terland. He also is a dedicated investigntor of the
State's Indian and Spanish lore; the blue dots
tattooed on his left hand arc the mark of member
ship in the Smoki Clan, a group formed to pre
serve ancient dances of the Indians.
During World War II, Goldwater's zest for
action and adventure found an outlet when he
became a pilot. For a while he ferried planes,
but Anally he got himself transferred to a fighter
replacement wing. Today he is a major general
in the Air Force reserve.
, There is a strong inventive streak in Gold
water. The flag on the pale outside his Phoenix
home automatically goes up at dawn and down
at dusk. The mechanism, which is activated by
the sun, was dreamed up by the Senator and
his younger son Michael, 22, who shares his
interest in gadgets.
Ha Greatly Varied Interest
Goldwater's 1955 Thunderbird also bears the
stamp of his mechanical bent. The car is
equipped with a short-wave radio, aircraft in
struments, and weather-data devices.
But the Senator's creativity does not stop at
gadgets. When he and his family moved into
their Washington apartment, Goldwater served
as his own interior decorator. He blended pur
ples, blues, oranges, and yellows so successfully
that the effect is that of an Arizona Bunset. He
struck the home-state motif again by hanging
paintings by Arizona artists on the living-room
walls.
In decorating the bathroom, Goldwater gave
free rein to his often unrecognized sense of
humor. Hanging there is a painting of Cyclone
II, the family bulldog, and prominent in the pic
ture is the animal's gold tooth, which replaced
one that had to be extracted.
Goldwater also has originated designs for
Family HVrkly. Dnvmbrr , 1961
BARRY
GOLDWATER
The man behind the label is surprisingly versatile
he has even invented an automatic flag raiser
By FLORA RHETA SCHREIBER
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