September 1. (XI)

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A day of non-labor. JB drove to our shanty to do some favors for me. So,we thought a bit of golf might be in order. Played miserably (90) with HenryKelley and Larry Davis. Anyway, we in these parts had a beautiful weekend.

September 2. (XII)

August a big loss month about $14,700 -- statement appended.

To N.Y. and Uptown Club for lunch with Clyde Nissen, Executive Vice President,Lead Pencil Manufacturers Association. Will give me all the help I want onarticle.

Paul Hodges of Cities Service phoned, all agog over my note to P/L and askingthat I mail same to W. Alton Jones, Chairman, and Burl Watson, President.Even Herbert Hoover writes that he likes.

Bob Gaylord, Jr. phoned from Rockford inquiring about bailing out Bob LeFevre'sFreedom School. Can FEE help if they put up the money? Asked that I think itover and be prepared to discuss with him in Madison this weekend.

September 3. (XIII)

Clyde Nissen phoned. He has set up September 17 as my date with L. M. Brown,President, Eberhard Faber, Wilkes-Barre.

Pierre phoned for more than half an hour. Wonderful, though.

I am now Grandpap Read VII -- a boy to Marty and Len, 6 lbs. 8 oz., 18" fromstem to stern. Len sounded fine, just as if he existed, much to my pleasantamazement.

Jay Morrison of Seattle here during late afternoon, a brilliant libertarian.

Jim Rogers phoned about bringing FREEMAN to seminar, and so on.

Jean-Pierre for dinner with us.

September 4. (XIV)

Sam drove me to LaGuardia for CAL's #121 for Milwaukee. The Viscount having noradar hit the core of several thunderheads. Dean Russell joined me at Detroit.Chet Anderson met and drove us to Milwaukee Athletic Club. Jim Rogers, Harperand perhaps 15 of the local libertarian gentry were at luncheon waiting ourhalf-hour late arrival. Dean did the talking and conducted the discussion ses­sion. OK. Jim drove Harper, Dean and me 80 miles to the Edgewater Hotel inMadison where the Ingersoll Seminar is foregathering -- 23 company folks and 30guests from Rockford, lists appended.

Dined at 6:30, Jim serving as moderator and Harper as the speaker. Strippinghis thesis of all the fancy talk he defined liberty as synonymous with un­restrained action, a semantic calesthentic with which Jim agrees and Dean and Idisagree. A very lively discussion which continued after formal discontinuance.To the bar with the boys, after which Dean and I had a session in my room anda late visit to a restaurant, I haying shortly after 1:00 A.M.

os,.ing Balance, Cash $ 27,860.04 $ 57,340.14 $ 27,860.04 $ 57,340.14lmmercial Paper 89,653.13 7,047.13 89,653.13 7,047.13:posits Refundable 1,592.67 1,192.27 1,592.67 1,192.27

1Closing Balance $119,105.84 $ 65,579.54 $119,105.84 $ 65,579.54

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The Foundation for Economic Education, Inc.

Summary of Donations

August 31, 1958

Number of Donations1957-1958 1956-1957

Armunts of Donations1957-1958 1956-1957

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$451,383.94

- $ 11, 607. 0448,,665.293'1,564.7966,196.634G, 325. 20291 14200540, Z36. 9333,402.3825,904.3927,225.3412,973.2027,683.67

$400,926.91

. Discontinuedtunt of New Donations Renewal Donations Total Donations Donationsltions No. Total- No. Total- No. Total- No. Total- ~ --I & Over 8 $ 5,336.53 8 $ 5,336.53 1 $ 500.00

I to $499 2 $440.00 25 3,820.45 27 4,260",45 1 250.0QI .

~o $99 8 145.00 98 2,724.50 106 2jr86~ 50 37 830.00

& Under 75 402.46 229 1,469.20 304 1,871 0 66 344- 1,633050--.TALS 85 $987.46 360 $13,350.68 445 $14,338.14 383 $3,213.50

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rood Brothers Manufacturing $ 500.00 J. C. Turner Lumber Co. $ 100.00Coxqpany (Jo A. Currey)~eith S. Wood) Irvington, New Yorkregon, Illinois

Connecticut Light & Power Co. 200.00he Timken Roller Bearing Co. 500.00 (Sherman R. Knapp)Villi~m E. Umstattd) Hartford, Connecticutanton, Ohio

Robert V. Jones 100.00niteq Illutninating Company 750.00 Chicago, IllinoisrohnM. C. Betts)ew Haven,. Connecticut George E. Judd "100.00

Washington, D. Co.laytQn Gaylord 500.00ockford, Illinois Western Savings & Loan Co. 250.00

(S. S. Sumner)rilli~ Volker Charities Fund 733.33 Salt Lake City, UtahI. W~ Luhnow) (add'l. )urlingame, ,California Roland W. Holmes 300.00

Be llevue, WashingtonUis -Chalmers Manufac turing 1,000.00Company E. Kenneth Todd 100.00~. So, Stevenson) ~lockford, Illinois[ilwaukee, Wisconsin

The Washington Water Power 250.00nott's Berry Farm 500.00 CompanyWalter Knott) I'Kinsey M. Robinson)uen;t Park, California Spokane, Washington

api~l Finance Corporation 853.20 Riverside Cement Company 250.00l,. J. Ingram) tlAo Ao Goethals)olumbus, Ohio Los Angeles, California

Total $5,336.53 ~)an Diego Gas & Electric 100.00Company

tEo D. Sherwin)mounts of '100 to $499 San Diego, California

:obert W. Baird, Jr. (add' 1. ) $ 100.00 E:dwin L. Wiegand 250.00,acine, Wisconsin Rye, New York

,Alan -Harris 137.45 E. Gordon Fox Estate 190.00rew 'Xork, New York Chicago, Illinois

'ecnica Industrial, S. A. 100.00 Gilbert & Virginia McCurdy 100.00~. Garza Sada) Charity Trustonterrey, N. L., Mexico (Gilbert J. Co Mc Curdy)

Rochester, New York

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attanooga Chapter of the $ 250.00 Committee of 100 of South $ 15,00:ampaign ~r the 48 States Bend & Mishawaka~orge ~. lar~) South Bend, Indianaattanooga., Tennessee

C. W. Patchen 12.50wers,Regulator Company 100.00 B~rtlesville, Oklaho~a

• C. Mueller))kie, .nUll-oie Dr. John T. Bate 50.00

LouisvilIe, Kentucky,ederick I. Richman 243.00seda, California Henry E. Bodman . 50.00

Grosse Pointe Farms, MichiganarIes. T. Van Dusen 200.00.nhasset, L. I., New York Central Intelligence Agency . 15.00

Washington, D. C.1n C•. Oliver, Jr. 100.00wickley, PeIUlsylv~ta W. L. Ballou 15.00

New ~ork, New YorkQ. Petersen 10Q.00w Or:leans, Louisiana Henry Dawes 15.00

West Hartford, Connecticuttional Association of Manufacturers 190.00mneth R. Miller) Joseph Klingenstein 25.00w YQrk, New York New York, New York

rfect CirCle Corporation 100.00 Morgan..Worcester, Inc. 50.00I Robert BaEi'r) (Philip M. Morgan)gers~own, Indiana Worcester, Massachusetts

M. Berry &Com~any 150.00 H. C. Bear 25.00Jren M. Berry) Evanston, Illinois.yton, Ohio

James W. Berryman 25.00mily.Finance Corporation 100.00 Ashland, Kansas. F. G.ill)imington, Delaware Paul M. Hammaker 50.00

Winnetka, IllinoisLlterJ;. Selek (add'l. ) 100.00.icagQ" nUnots Roland C. Koehler 25.00

Bimingham, MichiganTotal $ 4,260.45

J. Wi\¥iddendorf 25.00nounts of, !,11 ~o $99 New York, New York

ern Dodge $ 25.00 Harold H. Sherman 15.00Hadelphia, Pennsylvania Detroit, Michigan

It. CoJ~ Ivy Sorrellsan Francisco, California

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Cassius E. GatesSeattle, Washington

$ 15.00

rusing Fi~ance Company, Inc.r. M. Tusing)lortsmouth, Virginia

lartmouth College:anoyer, New Hampshire

oseph P. Routhrew Yorlc, New York

ose.ph E. Otis, Jr.[ishawaka, Indiana

r. Carroll Thomasrest Collingswood, New Jersey

IeWitt Van Evera\ <

aU ~ake City, utah

'. Coleman Andrews, Jr.~ich:mond, Virginia

[enry C. Breckrew"York, New York

ohn S.Crout~olumbus, Ohio

Irs. W. Gibson Carey, Jr.rreenwich, Connecticut

to~rt R. Pierce:leve land, Ohio

)r•..Marie Stanberrylew Orleans, Louisiana

:unr.~se DairiesBo Adlerb ert)[illside, New Jersey

Villett & WhartonJ'. R. Wharton)

uth Bend, Indiana

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National Association ofDairy Equipment Manufac turers

(John Marshall)Washington, D. C.

Carl C. BeesleyTulsa, Oklahoma

Bernal E. DobellOakland, California

Alan K. DolliverWilmington, Delaware

Clem C. GlassLaCanada, California

S. J. HallSanta Rosa, California

A. F. PowerDetroit, Michigan

Mrs. Ao G. Jan RuhtenbergColorado Springs, Colorado

Otis ThompsonNorwich, New York

Irving B. WaterburyCleve land, Ohio

Winston-Salem Chamber ofCommerce

(Fred B. Linton)Winston-Salem, North Carolina

City National Bank(Robert Me Turner)Council Bluffs, Iowa

Robert W. FulwiderLos Angeles, California

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oneer Bank $ 56.00 Hilbert E. Rust $ 25.00~orge M. Clark) Carmel, Indianaattanooga, Tennessee

John Airey 30.00mood Oil Company 68.00 Ann Arbor, Michigan, A. Monroe)icagp, lllinois Dr. E. W. Lippmann 30,,00

Hutchison, Minnesotaman Bunting 15.00kima, Washington W. M. Baker 15.00

-' Montreal, Quebec, Canadaorge Dixon 35.00rgo, North Dakota R. C. McCormick 25.00

Wichita, Kansasdson Shake, 55.00uitland, Idaho Donnelly P. McDonald, Jr. 15.00

Fort Wayne, Indiana~s. Claude A. Wayne 12.50,s Apge les, California William M. Savitt 15.00

Hartford, Connecticutfred P. Burroughs, Sr. 38.00~xic,O, D. F., Mexico Ross H. Walker 20.00

Richmond, Virginia!erfieId State Bank 50.00obert S. Ramsay) Cyril Wright 50.00lerHeId, llUnois San Francisco, California

L., England 25.00 Ayrshire Collieries Corporation 56.00lant!c City, New Jersey (Norman E. Ke Ib)

Indianapolis, Indianalbert B. Handy 25.00msas City, Missouri E. C. Roamer 25.00

Milwaukee, WisconsinII Studio " 15.00'. E~. Hill) W. Herbert AlIen 25.00chmond, California Los Angeles, California

:inn~r Manufacturing Company 50.00 R. C. Buchan 15.00,loyd E. Skinner} Houston, Texasnab", Nebraska

Claude T. Fuqua, Jr. 15.00!loit Iron Works 88.00 Dallasll Texas:oy C. Mielke)~loU, Wiseons in Marwin F. Jonas 15.00

Burbank, CaliforniaCrory Stores Corporation 50.00

• C. Lawrence) G. C. Ledyard, Jr. 12.50w York, NewYork Dallas, Texas

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, Do.nald Rockey, Jr. $ 25.00 John F. Forbes $ 25.00~ llevue, Washington San Franc isco, California

• W. Stroud, M. D. 15.00 Earl L. Malone, MD 20.00lteS Mills, Ohio Roswell, New Mexico

~nulf Ueland 25.00 T. C. Wilkinson 20.00inneapolis, Minnesota Brownwood, Texas

nita~er & Baxter 25.00 Pacific Mutual Life Insurance Co. 40.00lem Whitaker) (Herbert L. Sutton).n Francisco, California Los Angeles, California

~meSe D. Hague 15.00 A. L. Shultz 12.50anchester, Massachusetts Topeka, Kansas

, H. ;Mitchell 25.00 Lynn W. Baliard 40.00lisa, Oklahoma Long Beach, California

illiam W. Bodine 50.00 Frank D. Kuenzly, Jr. 50.00lilade Iphia, Pennsylvania Ventura, California

>gap Lumber Industries 50.00 Hobart Brothers Company 15.00,.. A. Lausmann) (W. H. Hobart)edford, Oregon Troy, Ohio

C. ~oore 20.00 Merritt L. Joslyn 30.00reeport, Texa~ Hinsdale, Illinois

rancis Price, Jr. 20.00 Douglas G. Dethlefsen 12.00mta Barbara, California Los Angeles, California

. ,r. & Mrs. Gordon K. Slocum 15.00 Samuel T. Johnson 25.00owney, California Birmingham, Alabama

. Edward Griffin 12.50 Irwin H. Reiss 12.00os Angeles, California Sullivan, Indiana

....)hn A. Hennessy 12.50 Harry J. Kennedy 25.00ort Worth, Texas Houston, Texas

eorge J. Jenks 25.00 Mechanics National Bank 20.00>uthern Pines, North Carolina of Worcester

Worcester, Massachusetts• R. Edwards 15.00akland, California A.Quay Beyer 25.00

Encino, California

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IndianaRev. J. H. Flye, Omaha, NebraskaR. Emmet KeUY,MD, St. Loui~,Mo•Minneapolis Public Library, ..

Minneapolis, MinnesotaM.E. Noblet, Indianapolis, Indi:lna 7.50Philip O'Keefe, Staten Island, N. Y. 5.00Elna D. Openshaw, Salt Lake City, Utah10. 00Clay Osborne, Los Angeles, Cal. 5.00Mrs. Marie D. Sarkar, Washington, DC10. 00Mrs. Sigel Workman, Washington, DC 5.00Sam A. Wright, Seattle, Washington 5.00T. C. Boushall, Richmond, Va. 5.00O. B. Boyer, Kingston, Oklahoma 5.00Gordon Emerson, St. Louis, Mo. 1. 00R. R. Hayes, Oklahoma City, Okla. 5.00R. V. Hudson, Philadelphia, Pa. 5.00LeRoy P. Klemm, Wyckoff, N.J. 10. 00E. H. Kreyenhagen, Bakersfield, Cal 5.00A. Linetsky, Rockville, Maryland 5. 00B. W. Sewell, Dayton, Ohio 5.00B. M. Stanton, Norfolk, Va.. 10.00MauriCe Votaw; Columbia, Mo. 10.00W. E. Gates, Austin, Texas' 5.00W. O. Hubbuch, Chattanooga, Tenn. 5.00

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w Kerr, Los Angeles, Cal. $Llph P. Lorer, Spokane, Wash.rs. Holbrook Mahn, Englewood, Col.•R. -RidgWay, Atoka, OklahomaLrry W. Turner, Blairsville, Pa., Miles Warner, Southport, Conn.air A. Widmer,Cleveland1 Ohiofred: Beaudry, Los Angeles, Cal..bert O. Bogert, Ridgewood, N. J., F. Connely, New York, New Yorklssel A. Deller, Bronxville, N. Y.nployers' Assn. of Chicago,~hi~ago, Illinoisarvin J. Ferguson, Clay Center, Kan. 10.00.enn L. Gardiner, Ridgewood, N. J. 10.00.mes ,E. Gribbin, Ft. Bragg, Cal. 5.00.ck B.Kazanjian, Gilroy, Cal. 10.00, Cl~re~ce Live ly, Portsmouth, Va. 5.00Lmes R. Newton, Los Angeles, Carl. 5.00twre,nce Richardson, Cambridge, Mass. 5.00arianna Seide1, Sherman Qakf;J, Cal. 5.00trlton M." Sherwood, New York, N. Y. 5.00larles F. Stevens, New York, N. Y. 10.00linton E. SWift, Woodbury, Conn. 5.00lma!t. Westermann, Alexandria, Va. 10.00LIlles E. Wilson, Utica, New York 10.00»hn Bailey, Milton, Pa. 5.00an Firth, New York, New York 5.00· M. Ga~der, Chicago, Illinois 5.00rede Foundries, Inc., (Wm. J. Grede) 4.00~il~aukee, Wisconsinr. A ...E. Gunderson, Auburn, Wash.ruce Rakel', Summum, Illinois~v.".JohnG. Tra~y, Schenectady, N. Y.rof. M. H. Trumbo, Aurora, Ill.~rald Adair, Oreland, Pa.:>rton Canfield,MD, New Haven, Conn.

in Cohen, San Francisco, Cal.

· W. Lehti, Cedar Rapids, Iowa $ 10.00·G. J\p.derson, Austin, Texas 6.00· N. Carter, Danville, Virginia 5.00lhn C,ook, Bridgeport, Conn. 1. 00·J. Doherty, Los Angeles, Cal. 5.00.bn S. Ewing,Palo Alto, Cal. 10.00les~r E. Kern, DDS, Richmond, Ind. 10.00P., Lilley,. Los Angeles, Cal. ' 5.00 '

Igene Santschi,Jr., PaloAlto,Cal. 10.00· N.,Smith, Lakeland, Florida 3.00• B.> Taber, Jr. ,Kansas, Illinots5. 00A. Thorson, MD, Dubuque, Iowa 5. 00

liley's Inc. (0. A. Ose) , Tacoma,W~h. 5.00·R. Niklason, Falls Church, Va. to.OO.J. Watumull, Honolulu, HawaU 5,00

B., Qailey, New York, N. Y. 10.00llcyon J3all, Long Beach, Cal. 5.00ldrich Blake, Laguna Beach,Cal. ' 5. 00~arles Bruny, Jackson, Ohio 10. QOrs~ S. P.' Bugbee, Huntington,N. Y. 5.00· R•.,Caldwell, Mercer Island, Wash. 10.00rs. K.C. Crain, New York, N. Y. 5.00· F. Day, Pontiac, Michigan 5.0Ql"of. ,J. M•. Ferguson, Orange, Cal. 1. 00· W, Garrison, Southwest Harbor, Me. 5.00lly V. Graham, Seattle,Washington 10.00rs. J... W. Hamilton, SanMarino, Cat" 10.00'. B. Hildebrand, MD, Menasha, Wise. ,10.00'. F.Ruff, Los Angeles, Cal. 5.00·C. ~aeff,Gary, Indiana 5.00· M. Karnes, Troy, Ohio 10.00alter C. Kurz, Chicago, Illinois 5.00·R. LeFevre, Chicago, Illinois 5.00r. Mortimer Levine, Brooklyn, N. Y. 8.00'. H.¥cColloeh, Jr. ,~attle,Wash. 5.00,Perrin McConnell, Clearwater, Fla. 5.00'. S•.~JlartinJLos Angeles, Cal. 10.00· H. Packard, Bryn Mawr, Pa. 5.00'. N. Payne, Jr. , Washington, DC 10.00r. llarry Pohlmann, Middletown, N. Y. 5.00rs. P. E. Rauschenbach, Paterspn, N.J. 5.00• J. Relihan, Erie, Pa. 5.00'alte\" Savage, Jr. , Champaign, Ill. 5" 00Lifford Suton, Toronto, Ontario 5.00, B. Smith, Ban Bernardino, Cal. 5.00

A. Smith, Wood River, Illinois 6,00

Paul T. Sturgis, Sao Paulo, Brazil $Matt Triggs, Washington; D.C."L. K. Vorisek, New Orleans, La.H.D. Wilde, Houston, Texas 'W. F. Gabriel, Mariposa County,

CaliforniaR. M. Johnson, Jackson, Miss.W.B. Kinnear, Hollywood, Cal.He lenK. Starr, St. Paul, Minne.sotaMrS. E. K. Wright, Roanoke, V~N. P. Anderson, Berkeley, Cal.Dr.G. S. Belaval,SanJuan, P.R.George Curtiss, Bloomington, Ill.Reg. F. Dupuy, Long Beach, Cal.

, W. B. Gehlert, Shoreham, N. Y.Multonomah County Library,

Portland, Oregon'Mrs. Ann M. Newburn, Saraseta,

FloridaMrs. W. F. Peter, Lake Forest, Ill.J.R. Rankin, Los Altos, Cal.K.A. Shinn, China Grove, N.C.Jerry BaldWin, Modesto, Cal.'C .. A. Brown, Lawndale, Cal.Mrs. T. K.Collins, San Francisco,

CaliforniaJ.Ltnzee Coolidge,Cambridge-,.

Ma.ssachusettsL. T. Culver, Canoga Park, Cal.nelafie ld & Delafie ld,

(Edward C. Delafield), N. Y., N. Y.Dome sUe Laundry, (H. F. Manget)

Atlanta, GeorgiaJ. C. 0' Laughlin, Randolph, Wise.Mrs. J. K. Polk, Old Westbury, N. Y.H. N. Starn, Paterson, N. J.Mrs. L. W. Breck, EI Paso, Tex.Dale Haywood, Arcadia, NebraskaMrs. L. S. Hilton, Portland, Me.I. A. Macdonald, Little Rock, Ark.Dr. Helen Potter, Chicago, IllinoisU. of Connecticut, Storrs, Conn.Walter Wilson, Des Moines, IowaR. L. Bliss, Kirkwood, Mo.E. M. Carrigan, Bluefield, W. Va.

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!4rs. K. S. Lord, Narberth, Pa. $ 5.00R. S. McKeithan, Lake Jackson, Tex. 5.00L. J. Mitchell, Los Angeles,Calo· 10.00R. W. Russell, Windsor Locks, Conn. 10. 00University Club, San Francisco, Cal. 5.00L. E. Waterbury, N. Y., N. Y. 5.00Bertha Knox Estate, Oakland, Cal. '10.00R. R. Thomas, Canton, Ohio 5.00C. W. Briggs, St. Paul, Minn. 10.00Clayton R. Gaylord, Rockford, Ill. 5.00R. E. GoodaU,MD, New York, N. Y. 5.00~r. J~o Poduje, Larchmont, N. Y. 5.00J. H. Spelman,St.Joseph, Mich. 5.00P. W. Warren, Los Angeles, Cal.- 10.00A. B. :eanowsky, Houston, Texas;· 5.00J. W• Diokno, Manila, P. I. 5. 00B. W. Finkel,MD,Jenni~, Mo. 10.00T. Hee, Lancaster, Cal. 5.00L. H. Killingsworth, Healdsburg, Cal. 1. 00Margaret L. Mering, Pittsburgh, Pa. 5.00J. H. Patrick, Burlington, Vt. 5. 00Mrs. Florence H. Weisberger, Santa 5.00

Ana, CaliforniaR! G. Carlstein H. ,Buenos Aires, ,A.Joan Clay, Houston, TexasJ. H. Cooper, New York, N. Y.· ­R. E. Hayne~, Tulsa, Okla.C. M. Severance, Jr. , Beacon, N. Y.T. W. Tuttle,Milwaukee, Wise.A. J. Bouvier, Pawtucket, R. I.A. W. Donahoo, Minneapolis, Minn.W. J. Henderson, Kirkwood, Mo.Don Lipsett, Indianapolis, Ind.J. E. Monahan, Lenexa, KansasJ. E. Schaeffer, Daly City, Cal.Peter F. FUChS, New York, N. Y...,R. G. Ingwersen, Boulder, Col.Hugo ~linas, Jr. , Mexico,. D. F. .Betty Jean Ballentine, Easley, S. C.H. O. Balls, Nashville, Tenn.K. R. Charlton, Reading, Mass.Mrs. F. J. Converse, SanMarino, Cal.T. E. Orinles, Wilmington, Del.R. P. Jackson, Great Falls, Mont.W. E. MaUoy, Jr. , San Diego, Cal.R. G. Mehler, Chicago, Ill.Edward ¥obley, Wadsworth, Ohio

rs. ~.W. LeMasters, Sacramento, Cal.$·E. Brinkman, Cincinnati, Ohiolary;L. Riley, Brooklyn, N. Yo

~'Ko \Vagner, Sao Paulo, BrazilE. A~derson, Batavia, Illinoiss.~.D. Bachman, Villa Nova, Pa.

W.rBurke,Millbrook, N. Y.H. Colby, Bouston, Texas

U"oline Fryberg, Los Angeles, Cal.• W. Gunderson» Peoria» Ill.lnte.l Haddock, Rio Piedras, P. R.rs. Wm. Holmes, Pittsbu.rgh, Pa.H. Matkin, Piedmont, California

rs. ~. M. Stoshitch, Hermosa Beach,~al~ornia .I

, F. '$Martin, Union, Missouri 5.00W.Walker, Waynesboro, Georgia 5.00

rs. W. H. Whittekin, Dallas, Texas 10.00· M. Beattie, Chagrin Falls, Ohio 5.00~ank B. Black, Oak Park, Illinois 5.00rs. W. B.Coberly, Pasadena, Cal. 5.00· A.' Collinge, Trion, Georgia 5.00D. Corriell, Boulder, Colorado 5.00

rs. 'y. W. Drake, Whittier, Cal. 5.00E. ~e.orge,MD,San Jose, Cal. 10.00S. Griffith, La Jolla, California 7.50

, Eo Kottke, Los Angeles, Cal. 5.00,A. ;Langguth, Metairi.e, La. 5.00, H., Lewis, Jr.. , Catonsville, Md. 5.00r. C. E. Ken:p.eth Mees, Honolulu, Hawaii 10. 00, F. Myers, Broken Bow, Nebraska 3.00)Tth~estMe4icalPublishing Assn., 5.00:Uerb,ert L.. Hartley)~ seattle, Wash., P. Paige, Riverside, Illinoisnlis steffy, Canton, Ohio,P. A. 'Taylor, MD, Clearwater, Fla.R. Wagner, Chicago» Illinoisestern Mail1tenance Co. l'

:A. C.. Watson), Monterey Park, Cal.· C" Wymond, Jr., Bellevue, Wash.H. Bernenderfer,Muncie, Indiana, E. Rice, Triangle, Virginia· F• Camp, Huntington Park, Cal.

H. Denig, Haz let, N. J.rs. M. J. Gusty, Lake Isabella, Cal.· T. Hoffman, New York, N. Y.s. F. L. Kieser, Ridgewood, N. J.

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Reed and Barton CorporationRoger H. HallowellTaunton, Massachusetts

D. B. Cannafax16 Sunset RoadHouston 5, Texas

E. V.Cline, Billings, Mont. 2.45Bob Junge, Denver, Colorado 2.50u. S. Information Center, Rome, Italy 5.00R. V. Whiting, Kansas City, Mo. 5.00

Total

The Bookmailer $Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp.Coast Federal Savings & Loan Assn.Timken Roller Bearing Company

Total $

U. S. Information Center, MHan, $ 5. 00Italy

Mrs. A. P. Backus, Brooklyn, N. Y. 3.00

$100 and Over "Failed to Renew"

lIen Sadler, ,Seattle, Wash. $rUlia.ql,. R. Schneider, Ferguson, Mo.r. W', F. SChwartz, Pasadena, Cal.[abel ~i!k Sproehnle, Louisville, Ky.ollin Stafford, Spokane, Wash.'ving $tarer, Jamaica, L. I., N. Y.r. R. Watson, Joliet, Illinoisr. C., S. Whitaker, Nashville, Tenn.:rs. J" R. Wiborg, Tacoma, Wash.· .H. Wright" Trail, B. C., Canada, J. Zimmerman,Jro, Syracuse, N. Y.unkerHili Co. (Tom Marquis), Kellogg,Idaho ,I

• R. Moore, Crawfordsville, Ind.:rs. F~-B. Moore, Fairview Village,Pa.• A. Olden, Ft. Collins, Colorado•W. Payne, LaGrange, Illinois•C. Blair, M. D. , Houston, Texas,A. Donohue, Monrovia, Cal.r. D. J. Geller, EI Paso, Texas,S. Goddard, Riverside, Cal.:rs. Lewis Godfrey, Hastings, Mich.r. H. L. Hawley, Weedsport, N. Y.lenn E... Hoover, Oakland, CaliforniaLck W~, Kral,Ghicago, Illinois:rs. Hi~ G. Meserve, Exeter, N. H.ationaJ Bank of Westchester, WhitePlains, New York· J. Rushdoony, Santa Cruz, Cal. 5.00:eward Steel Su.pply Coo (Fred H. Steward)Sikestone, Missouri 10.00dith Walter, Front Royal, Va. 5000• L. Watkins, Tioga County, N. Y. 5.00• D. "Woodruff, Hollywood, Cal. 10.00eil DiCapua, Teaneck, N. J. 5.00>y Albright, Belvedere, Cal. 500001. D. D. Dennis, Los Angeles, Cal. 5.00•C. R,ose, Grand Rapids, Mich. L 00• B. Streator, Salt Lake City, Utah 5.00,E. Gillis, Hibbing, Minnesota lQ.OOr. S. Hatfield, Dallas, Texas 5.00• L. Jacobus, Cedar Grove, N. J. 2000.. L. ~ones, Springfield, Illinois 10.00arry Valasek, Lemon Grove, Cal. 5.00• S. Dean, Orleans, Indiana 5.00.H. Peoples, Memphis, Tenn. 10.00

1958INGERSOLL SEMINAR GUEST ROSTER

9/4/58

John B. AndersonStates Attorney

Ralph AndersonPresident-TreasurerAnderson Bros. Manufacturing Co.

Rev. O. Garfield Beckstrand, IIPastorTrinity Lutheran Church

Herbert BerryDepartment ManagerRockford Chamber of Commerce

Robert BorchardtDepartment ManagerBarber-Colman Co.

Dr. Joseph Cleveland, PastorSecond Congregational Church

Gordon Eggers, Sales DepartmentGreenlee Brothers

Leroy Esten~Vice President & Treasurer

Central Illinois Electric & Gas

Russell GibsonSuperintendentJ. L. Clark Manufacturing Co.

Robert HeckAssistant Managing EditorRockford Morning Star &Register Republic

Leroy Hill, President,./ Hill Machine Company

E. R. HollingsworthPresidentHollingsworth & Associates

Bruce HorstAssistant Sales ManagerBarber-Colman Co.

Dr. L. P. Johnson, Physician

~Frank Keith, Assistant HeadmasterKeith Country Day School

Ferd Luthy III, SupervisorIllinois National Bank & Trust Co.

Alan Mattison, PresidentMattison Machine Works

Arthur Mattison, Assistant SecretaryMattison Machine Works

John C. McCarthyAttorney-at-LawWilliams-McCarthy-& Kinley

Dr. Edward McKinney, Physician

Howard Monk, President~ Howard Monk & Associates

Thomas Reay, Assistant City EditorRockford Register Republic

Rev. Jon Smedberg, PastorEmmanuel Episcopal Church

Dr. R. Glenn Smith, Physician

John R. Sommer, Vice PresidentNational Lock Co.

John Thorsen, Vice PresidentAtwood Vacuum Machine Co.

Willis Waite, HeadmasterKeith Country Day School

John F. WantzPresident & General ManagerIllinois Water Treatment Co.

George M. Wattles, RealtorJanet Wattles & Associates

Rev. J. Rodman Williams, PastorFirst Presbyterian Church

1958 INGERSOLL SEMINAR EMPLOYEE ROSTER

William Adams

Arley Blankenburg

Roger Carlson

Charles Carter

Raymond Conklin

Glenn Corlett

William Craven

Donald Ferguson

Clayton Gaylord

Edson Gaylord

Robert M. Gaylord

Robert M. Gaylord I Jr.

James Holtey

Karl Kaiser

Walter Levvis

Walter Lewis

Edward O'Brien

Sherman Roberts

James Rogers

John Smith

Stanley Studstrup

Robert White

Anthony Zamis

9/4/58

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( y'V)September 5.,~ Jim Rogers did a fine lecture on the relationship ofmorality to liberty. I served as discussion leader for Group 11 from 10:15 ­12:00.

Les Pollard of Ray-O-Vac joined Bob Gaylord and me for lunch.

Phoned Janette.

Dean did a good lecture on "Rights." I had a discussion session with Group IIIfor 1 hour and 45 minutes.

Harper's session on "Control of Prices means Control of Men" excellently done.Too pooped to pip so to hay at 9:30 P.M.

September 6. (XVI)

Harper made a good point last night on free exchange -- how both parties bene­fited without doing any harm at all to any other person. But the American

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perfume manufacturer insists he is harmed when I buy a can of the stuff inFrance and demands a tariff. Actually, he is making the same argument as theunions when they claim a worker has a right to a job. We should present thisthesis.

Later asked Harper if he would do the piece himself for us and he seemed pleasedthat I asked him and that he would try to do so.

Had l~ hours of intensive discussion with Group II.

I did the concluding PM session before the whole group and on method. As nearlyas I can judge, this Seminar has been very useful to those who attended -- thebest I have seen. The Gaylords appeared to be very happy, Bob the elder referringto Harper, Russell, Rogers and Read as having given it their "affectionate attention."

All the folks took off for home except nine of us. Bob, Jr. and I had an hour'ssession on their Exeter program and what to do about saving The Freedom School.The nine of us had a pleasant dinner together and a lot of discussion about adver­tising as a means to libertarian ends, LER contending that it was an erroneousprocedure. Robert Heck of the Rockford Morning Star & Register claimed thatthis affair had touched him mightily and I believe it did. If so, that alone isworth all the effort. He is at once brilliant and honest.

Following dinner my dear friend, Leroy Hill, and I went to the bar for a nightcapbefore his driving home. The conversation developed a good idea: Our problemis one of learning rather than selling. I shall develop this. In room ere 9:30and to a bit of writing.

Seek the upward way if eyes are to be cast upward at you.

We should consider an essay on the power of concensus and the libertarians appro­\ priate attitude as related thereto. Social ostracism in many ways is a strongerI intervention than the organized police force. Perhaps this i~ as aspect of the, common 1aw •

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The three lads who have flown the FEE coop displayed talents which they them­selves are unaware. But this old cowhand observed:

1. That in no single instance was there any evidenceof resort to expediency. Theirs was as near to pureintegrity as one could ever hope for, that is anaccurate reflection of what each believed to be right.

2. There was not one evidence of anger.

3. Their presentations could be described as joyous, allin good humor, regardless of the fact that they werediagnosing the tragedies of our times.

September 7. (XVII)

Up at 5:15 A.M. Jim drove Harper, Russell and LER tothe airport in Milwaukeefor CAL's #120, 8:15 A.M. for LaGuardia, stop in Detroit. Routine. Sam droveDean and me to shanty -- Ag and Frannie fine.

E. L. Wiegand of Rye phoned about a dozen things. One idea: a piece called"The Semantic Facade," listing the stated purpose of recent federal legislation.

Howard Pew phoned from Philadelphia asking that I golf with him Wednesdayafternoon. Agreed.

Sam drove back to LaGuardia for Father Keller, who joined us at dinner andtakes a bed at FEE, as does Dean, for the night.

September 8. (XVIII)

What a rushed forenoon: On phone with Clayton Gaylord saying I couldn't fixa date with him next week when he is to be in New York.

Following luncheon at FEE, Ag and Dean rode with me to Princeton - Bettinataking Jean-Pierre and Poirot driving Father Keller and Curtiss. Ag and Iput up at Princeton Inn for the ninth meeting of the Mont Pe1erin Society'sfirst meeting in the U.S.A.

The will power of many persons is close to zero. The "good-behaved", in everyso many cases, are that way because of custom or law or lack of temptation orfear of social ostracism or the Cosmic Force. These influences are often mis­taken for will power. It is a rare trait and perhaps cannot be developed shortof conscious exercises.

There were at least 150 at the "reception," 6:30 P.M., list appended, includingmany old friends of mine. The dinner in the big hall was good enough. Theevening session began by Mises holding forth for nearly an hour - too longand pretty dry. The 20 minute paper by Pierre was familiar to me, having beenone of the editors. The paper by Felix Morley was by far the finest thing Ihave ever seen him do and was of great excellence. I asked him for permissionto publish in FREEMAN.

At least 30 of us adjourned to Nassau Tavern for good talk and beer. To hayat 12:15.

September 9. (XIX)

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The discussion of the welfare state was begun by Walter Hagenbuch of CambridgeUniversity, England, a perfect example of a scholarly British socialist muddler.Just hogwash or, as Felix who is seated next to me observes, "This could verywell take place in Moscow."

Roepke's paper and position - splendid. Insisted, in conclusion, that theissue had to be fought on moral grounds.

Hayek states that socialism as a philosophy is dead, that the welfare state isa different animal and more difficult to attack. (Hayek used "libertarian"interesting when reflecting on his last year's paper.) On social insurance heleaked -- the fault is government's activity being a monopoly of it. Phew!

Andrews of London (husband of Rebecca West) does not understand issue, only asuperficial, pragmatic observer, as I see it.

Mises: In Congress we have members for butter, for silver, for peanuts and soon, no member for the nation.

Jasper Crane: Deplores the thought expressed, the hope that the welfare statewill wither away. Likens the welfare state to cancer which does not wither awaybut has to be cut out. (Just how one performs surgery on the social cancer, Ido not know. The analogy isn't quite apt.)

Hutt from South Africa: Agrees with Crane that it is a cancer. Commendscondemnatory procedures as a proper technique. (He also leaks when it comesto basic principles.)

Following luncheon, the whole group took a tour of the University, I not beinga tourist.

Bill Grede was the only one on the evening session that pleased me. He wassplendid. Ag and I left around 9:45, before the others, and to hay.

September 10. (XX)

Breakfast with Jim Kennedy, Bill Paton and others. Milton Friedman began oninflation. On balance, I do not approve of what he said. Shenfield comments.He seems not to relate inflation to interventionism. These foreigners andmost of our own "economists" indulge only in debates as to whether 2 or 3 or5% inflation is proper. Economic spit-chewing.

Hayek speaks. Disagrees with Friedman which is good. Hutt speaks -- is againstinflation.

Hazlitt discusses the quantity theory of money. "The difference between creep-ing and hyper inflation is the difference between too much and much too much.""Discomboomerated." "Inflate the whole economy to the level of Reuther's demands. '.'By all odds the best of the lot. Very sound, in my view.

Guidin of Rio speaks.adequately explains.

Their inflation creating an "over-employment" which heSound observations.

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Perrero from Peru: "Speeches should be like ladies' dresses -- long enoughto cover the subject but short enough to make it interesting." Claims to havebroken exchange control in his country. Former Minister of Finance. No marketfor government bonds in any country where inflation is great. Thus, the govern­ments are "forced" to print money. Sounds like a good libertarian to me.

I made the final comment before lunch on the relationship between the welfarestate and inflation. It wasn't the best but it was the briefest. Later in themen's room Milton Friedman asked me -- "Leonard, what did you mean by that lastremark?" My final remark was, "The members of this Society cannot logicallyexpect a diminution of intervention and its consequences, inflation, until moremembers than now believe in less intervention than now."

During afternoon, Howard Pew, Barney Kilgore, President, Dow-Jones, and VermontRoyster played 15 holes of the not easy Princeton Golf course.

Ag and I had a quick drink with several of our friends and took off for home.We were at China Garden by 9:00 P.M. and home by 10:30, where we found Chaunceyand Eve, they having just returned from Europe.

September 11. (XXI)

On phone with Hal Parmelee about meetings in Quad Cities next month.

Phoned Don Lipsett, Indianapolis, about Seminar there in which I am to have apart.

Duncan Stewart, President, Barber-Colman, Rockford, phoned for a date at FEE.He wants to discuss our doing a seminar for his folks.

September 12. (XXII)

Mrs. Beech sent $1,000 and assurance that their renewal of FREEMAN would berenewed, nearly another $2,000.

Ag and I took off in Imp at 9:15 A.M., driving 100 miles to The Berkshire Innat Great Barrington, Mass., the occasion being The Iceless Bonspiel, an annualgolf affair of The Grand National Curling Association. Following a Class Cluncheon at this Class C Inn, Seibert, Brad Smith, Lou Dudley and I played 10holes on the Wyantenuck Country Club's course. Played rather well and won acouple of bucks.

Participated as member of Executive Committee of Grand National (Seibert, Pres.)through dinner and until 9:30 P.M. The whole thing should have been handledin 30 minutes.

September 13. (XXIII)

Golfed in the Iceless Bonspiel with Seibert and against Howard Eston and ShortyCarr. Line and I won and I had an 83. Bob Hill of St. A had an 83 and it is re­ported that these two scores won the Bonspiel for St. A. Lunched at golf club,checked out of my pet aversion, the Berkshire Inn, and headed for home, leavingour nice friends for an evening of cocktails, dinner and dance. Stopped in atParise's and had a snack. Home before 8:00 P.M.

September 14. (XXIV)

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The most beautiful Sunday for golf I have ever experienced. Yet, I did notplay. Between golf, curling, entertainment, administrative duties and so onand on, one gets too few opportunities to do the creative work these funs aredesigned to stimulate. Exercise, for instance, is good but it, like fun or wealthor relaxation or sleep, is only a conditioner. There is a danger of all condi­tion and no work for which one conditions self. So, aside from taking Aunt Rubyto White Plains and Ag and Frannie to dinner (Parise's yet!) I spent the day atmy FEE typewriter doing one of three themes that are asking to be finished, "OnBeing Practical," copy appended. What a change this will undergo beforepublication!

September 15. (XXV)

Opitz rode to N.Y. and back with me. Went to Roger Peet and ordered a St. A.red jacket.

Lunched with Dr. Franz Winkler at Jaeger Restaurant -- always stimulating.

Elmer Freytag phoned from Chicago and asked me to be a director of The AmericanCurling Foundation. I agreed.

Eve and Chauncey back for dinner and the night before taking off for Florida.

September 16. (XXVI)

Duncan Stewart, Pres. of Barber-Colman, Rockford, here for two hours. We are todo for his company an in-plant seminar, October 22-23. Duncan says their donationfor $5,000 is on its way.

Mrs. Davis and Mrs. John Mooers, representing National Women's Republican Clubspent 45 minutes with me and stayed for luncheon. I agreed to address theirmeeting in November.

Bill Johnson for luncheon. We had a brief session later. How smart that lad is!

Helen and Ed Opitz and Dorth, Dody Lee and Jim Inx had dinner with us -- my birdsmit groats. Put the Inxes on the 10:44.

September 17. Ag and I up at 5:00 A.M., driving to Newark for AA's #785,7:15 A.M. for Wilkes-Barre.

(XXVII)

Cruised in overcast for 48 minutes while ceiling lifted above tree tops. Taxied22 miles to new $4 million plant of Eberhard Faber Pencil Company and to office ofLouis M. Brown, President. Ag and I spent two hours going through plant with aMr. Vanderrest. Afterward, we spent a good spell with Schlerer, the companyresearch head and chemist. We lunched with Mr. Brown, had a session with Mr.Strickler and another, after which Mr. Brown had us driven to the airport. Inany event, I collected an abundance of material and facts for my proposed "I,Pencil." Let no one think a common pencil a simple thing!

ON BEING PRACTICAL

When an engineer aims at being practical he seeks consistency with sound

principles. He wishes his structures to endure. But when politicians or

businessmen plead, "Let's be practical," they are suggesting that sound

principles be tossed overboard. They are thinking only of the moment and

without regard for the social structure in which they operate. (Perhaps this

explains in part why the Pyramids have outlasted so many societal designs.)

All of us at FEE try to be intensely practical at our self-assigned chore of

free market, private property, limited government education. Yet, because

"being practical" is so often associated with momentary expediency as dis-

tinguished from adherence to sound principle, we constantly run the risk of

appearing impractical ~~ even esoteric or mystical ~- when we argue for andal

explain our idea of what's practical in education/endeavors.

The above is but a preface to my own belief that most of the "practical"

schemes for reforming the masses are utterly impractical and that our con-

cept of the practical will appear to many persons as mere fine-spun theory.

With this acknowledgment of the risks we run, here is some FEE theory:

Libertarianism -- a label we use to identify the free way of life -- is an

ideal; it is n2! ~ doctrine. For it hasn't a single rule that even suggests

how any individual shall act creatively. On the contrary, it stands only

for the release of the creative human spirit, regardless of the form it may

take. The creative spirit, as it manifests itself through individuals cannot

prior to its manifestation, even be imagined let alone dogmatized. Who,

for instance, can make dogma out of what yet is to be discovered, thought of,

invented?

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Aspiring libertarians, however, lest they be cautious, can easily become at

once cultish and doctrinaire and, thus, non-libertarian. Two failures are

commonly apparent and warrant this observation. Some become intellectual

authoritarians, that is they conceive all individuals to be in error who do

not precisely share their views. Many become reformers, that is they attempt

to shape others in their own fallible images.

Perhaps no person can sustain a pure libertarian position short of constant

self-scrutiny. For once a person is aware of freedom's significance -­

creative energy release -- his impatience with those who remain unaware

becomes difficult to subdue. The urge to force everyone else to one's own

level of "enlightenment" is strong, indeed.

The question that has to be scrutinized is "What can I really do about the

sorry plight of these unaware characters?" The seemingly correct answer is

extremely humbling.

First, there are the individuals -- good friends and intelligent, too -- who

are blissfully unconscious of freedom as anything more than some abstruse

subject that classifies as academic trivia. What can be done to substitute

consciousness for their unfortunate unawareness? Let's face what at first

blush appears to be a horrible fact. There is nothing at all that can be done

until they themselves ask!

Too many of us make the error of trying to EEY open these minds which are

oblivious to freedom and its meaning. Impatiently we pry with our cajolery,

rebuffs, disparagements, cantankerousness, harangues, all of which serve to

repel the very inquiry on which their awakening depends.

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What can be done to cause these "sleepers" to ask is both different and

less than most of us think. The limitations of our powers in this respect

can be estimated by reflecting on the rare and high qualities in others that

cause us to ask for enlightenment from them, particularly if it has anything

to do with abstract thought.

A spirit of inquiry is not too difficult to evoke in sensible matters, that is

as related to things that can be seen, heard, felt, smelled, tasted. Any number

of persons will drink at the fountain of personal excellence in golf, music,

cookery, mechanics, art, science and the like. But move into areas of the

suprasensible -- into an investigation of those realities which lie beyond

the purview of the five senses -- and the difficulty of stimulating inquiry is

enormously increased. This, I suspect, is a good trait. Such sceptism or

disinterest is man's innate protection against a level of ideas that are

characterized more by confusion than precision. Nature has gifted man with a

built-in reluctance to venture too far into the abstract as a means of r~eeping

his feet on the ground."

This plainly observable obstacle does not, however, deny that the most impor­

tant realities of life are to be discovered over and beyond anything the five

senses can reveal. Nor does it relieve us of explori.ng, unde:>:'standing and

explaining them. This obstacle only announces that the task is difficult. As

related to freedom -- a subject clearly in the suprasensible area -- this

obstacle suggests that nothing short of one's very best will open the minds

of the unaware to freedom's importance.

How few there are who can say "Yes" to the question, !lAm I doing my best in

understandi.ng and explaining freedom?" Nearly every honest pe.rson will openly

confess to not half trying. This explains, more than anything else, why

freedom is losing ground in our country.

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There is an unbelievable power of attraction in doing one's best. One's

Intelligence Quotent is a secondary matter. Instinctively, most of us make

light of or even regard as "phoney," the counsel of those who have only half

tried the mastery of any subject. And the higher the I.Q. the more likely

are we to pronounce such an unfavorable judgment. Within my personal acquain­

tance are many individuals, super brilliant when compared to most of us, who

are not doing their best. They appear to be useless workers in the freecloID

vineyard. On the other hand, I know of others who are not brilliant, in the

sense we use that term, but who are doing their best. Their successes border

on the miraculous. It's the dedication that counts! It seems that the dimmest

glow in the darkness makes a bright and attractive light.

If doing one's best is the key to attractive influence then those of us who

would widen an understanding of freedom and its significance need only discove.r

the method fo::: doing one's best. When put in these terms the secret is self­

revealing. It is as simple as the answer to the question -- How do I learn

more than I now know? 1. turn to those who know more than! do.

In what direction should the eye be cast? Toward those who we think so sorely

neE'd our t~aching? Or toward those whose teaching we so sorely need?

FEE receives many inquires about organizing seminars and study g:roups and how

to proce~d. I refer to he Middle Ages. According to legend there we~e. gangs

of students who went in search of teachers -- the.y being exce.edingly scarce -

and upon finding one worthy of that title would "shanghai" tht> learned one

and keep him captive in order to gain understanding. T~ese medieval seminars

or study groups were of sound design, with eyes cast in the right direction,as

.eight today as then. Merely substitute a gent1 e invi.t.ation for the rough and

tumble of shanghaiing, and there's the pattern and ou:~ answer to these. inquiries.

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Reverse the above procedure. Imagine a gang of self-designated 'Iteachers"

shanghaU.ng "students'l in order that the "ignorant mes" might be blessed with

their wisdom. The folly of casting our eyes in this direction becomes apparent.

This is the "practical" way now in vogue. This is the way of the reformers.

beShould not our labor for freedom/with those whose minds have been opened to

its meaning but, fi.rst of all, with those whose minds are more open than our

own? We can, quite properly, disregard the "sleepers." Contrary to the way

it sounds, the following is not an anomaly: To disregard the unaware in the

interest of our own perfection is the single way we have of influencing them

to come awake.

Now, what fault will be ascribed to this line of reasoning? Not a thing ex-

cept, "It isnlt practical. It won't work. The Isleepers' will not ask."

True, most wi.ll not ask. nor is it important that most do. A few will. To

deny t1:J.is is to say that. no one will draw on sources of und-e.rstanding that

exist and, by implication, to suggest that persons can be attt'acted to sources

that do not exist. No more is required to cor~ect this e~roneous conclusion

tb.an to giVl;) ::I.oi.ng one's best a fair trial.

Let us reduce all of the above to ha:o:d-headed practic.allty: Th.e task of

spreading an understanding of fret? enterprise or of moving towa.rd. the, lfber-

ta:r.ian ideal - - the only anti.dote to political autho.dr;a.rianism -- is a

project in learning, not selling.

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Boarded Allegheny's #604, late, departing at 3:25 for Newark. Very gucky other­wise routine. Ag and I home at 5:30.

To St. A. for monthly Board Meeting. Do we have financial prob1ems~ Not amember of the Board relates the problem to its real cause -- the over-extensionof government.

September 18. (XXVIII)

Les Pollard of Madison a visitor.

Erling Week joined Ag and me on the drive to the Statler in New York for a daywith Gerald Heard -- 11:00-12:30, luncheon and 3:00-4:30. Gerald is doing verygood today, a lot of witticisms. One thought that impresses me: Humility,holiness and humor are the same thing, humor in the sense of not taking self tooseriously, that is to laugh a bit at self. From the religion of tradition tothe religion of experience. Thomas Acquinas insisted that one's first duty isto self. Otherwise, how could one have anything to give to anyone else?

Turned down invitation to dine with Hutch and Inxes. Stopped for Frannie andwent to China Garden.

September 19. (XXIX)

The best evidence that businessman's educational methods to "restore free enter­prise" have been wrong is the fact that many of the businessmen who have usedand financed them have themselves become less and less free enterprisers.

Jim Porteus here for more than an hour.

Phoned Harry Langenberg, St. Louis, about meeting with his friend, Robert L.Childs, Chicago.

Frank Ellis of Barber-Colman, Rockford, phoned about details and his and my get­together prior to seminar.

Harry L. returned phone call after talking with Childs who he says is enthusiastic.

A civil engineer from Madison -- one Mr. Ackerman -- here for several hours. Isdoing work on nuclear energy safety. Insists we are proceeding without safeguards.

September 20. (XXX)

Golfed on very wet course and in rain with Seibert, Nauss and Gillespie. An85 and lost.

Phil Virtue sends FEE $2,000, bless his generous heart.

Ralph Bradford sends me a good means and ends quote from Barnaby Rudge (P. 618):

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Let no man turn aside ••. from the broad path ofhonor, on the plausible pretext that he isjustified by the goodness of his end. All goodends can be worked out by good means. Those thatcan not are bad; and may be counted so at once, andleft alone.

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Pierre phoned on numerous matters, one being about our get-together there nextweek.

Ag and I dined with Esther and Austin Matthews and, of all things, whipped themat bridge. Home at 1:15 P.M.

September ~. Decided against golf and, instead, a day at my desk.

\The best sign of wisdom is not knowing answers to everything but having more andmore questions to ask.

September 22. Phoned WCM at Dehmlow's home in Wilmette and he is to dinewith us Wednesday evening.

On phone for good spell with Jim Rogers about B-C Seminar. So far, so good.

A very remarkable letter in morning's mail -- pledge $100, copy appended.

Completed new draft of "The Gift Without The Giver."

Harry Hahn came to my office at 8:30 P.M. and we went over plans for his firstissue of "Stack Brooms."

September 23. Sam drove me to Westchester County Airport for Mohawk's 1~43,

8:30 A.M. (45 min. late) for Syracuse. Routine. Met at airport and driven toGE headquarters and session with my good friend, John McCarty and others, ineluding head man, George Haller. To Drum1ands Country Club where at least 100industrialists and clergymen were assembled for luncheon. Announcement ofmeeting appended. I don't have the feeling that my speech penetrated very deeply.Things of this sort are too short and lacking in enough intimacy to permit anysoaking in. Later: Even though two speakers followed me, nearly all the ques­tions were directed to me. The ministers were more interested in principlesthan the issues discussed by the other two. One lanky gent in clerics aimedsome collectivistic nastiness at me. Dealt with him a bit vigorously. Thiswing-ding of no value -- businessmen trying to reform the clergy. Over at4 :00 P.M.

John and I went to Century Club where about 30gathered for cocktails and dinner.This was a splendid session, breaking up at 9:30.

c.~., .1To John's home, a night cap with him and his ~a, and to hay at 11:00 P.M.

September 24. John and I had a light breakfast at airport after which Iboarded Mohawk's #950, 7:30 A.M. for Newark. (Next time take AA's 7:15 toLaGuardia.) Routine. Sam had me at FEE by 9:45.

Jeff Coolidge phoned about luncheon date.

As Hutch would put it, "All of life is filled with woe and strife and few ofus get out of it alive." So my chairman gets very, very unhappy with me aboutthe Peterson piece to appear in October FREEMAN. On the issue itself, I feelhe is just as wrong as he thinks us to be. I only regret so thoroughly up­setting such a fine man. Copy of his letter and my reply appended.

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Mullendore arrived on the 4:45, dined with us and, as usual, we had good talk.Put him on the 9:27 and I think he wanted to stay for the 11:44 but I'm poopedand he isn' to

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September 25. Any country whose businesses are damaged by free trade haserected a false economy, one destined sooner or later to collapse.

Phoned Harold Gross, Reynolds & Reynolds Company, Dayton, asking permission touse a letter of his in next NOTES. Very responsive and agreeable.

To Drake Hotel and lunch with Jeff Coolidge.on Declaration and Constitution. Sounds OK.which he will write me.

He suggests a series of articlesJeff has a lot of ideas about

Finished the presentation about revenue for NOTES. Never has a piece of minebeen redone so many times. Hope it doesn't look like a committee report. Copyappended.

Charlie Wolfe and wife, Jean, here for visit with her attractive parents, Mr.and Mrs. Nicol from South Africa.

JB, Vick, Jack and Marie came for a birthday eve dinner. Jack brought the curlingplaques. He has done a beautiful job.

September 26. Today, for the first time in my life, I can truthfully say"I'll be 610n my next birthday."

Dunc Stewart phoned from Rockford on B-C Seminar.

Completed all copy for November NOTES.

Sam drove me to LaGuardia for TWA's #355, 2:30 P.M. for Indianapolis, airborneat 4:06!

The more complex in ~ti1~ of labor an economy becomes the less will mostindividuals believe in the potential accomplishments of free men. No person anylonger completely makes many things or goods or even is more than a smal140gin most services, and he correctly concedes that most others can do little morethan he. Failing to observe the evidence all about him he has no knowledge ofand thus no faith in the natural configuration of bits of energy to get greatthings done. He falls victim to the blandishments of political managers, se1f­styled magicians who know so little because they don't know how little they know.

Dr. Haller, physicist and head of GE-Syracuse, observed at cocktails the otherevening that the greatest progress appeared to come during war. I contend that"imbalances" or "human distortions" would be better terms than progress. Tothe extent that the airplane came out of war to that extent was it premature.Dr. Haller could sharpen his judgment on such a matter by asking himself, "WouldI personally hold a shot gun to a child's head and pull the trigger in exchangefor airplanes or TV or whatnot?" He simply wouldn't face what the horriblefact of war implies. To kill another in such a manner brings the meaning ofmurder to the killer almost as painfully as it is brought to the one murdered.Looked at personally, as distinguished from the impersonal conduct of most peoplein modern war, the acquisition of new gadgets would hardly be described as"progress."

OPEN HOUU

Consider the many thousands of organizationa -- educational. religious. charitable,

social. trade. civic -- which live by dues. contributions or gifts. What motivates

their millions of supporters? Many donors. if pressed for honest an8wers. would

have to confeBS that much of their support 18 siven reluctantly. A casual reyiew

of one I s own experiences will reveal everything from gentle aocial pressure to lusty

arm-twisting. In any event. many of the motivations are somewhat less than ideal.

in preparation we received

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from a California phJaician:

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"I bave seuched for words that might express ., belief in yourwork. It has finally occurwed to _ that .y p8l'80nal recognitionof your efforta on behalf of Ubertarianin and free men every­where could be conveyed best by action rather than words. I feelthat a contribution involving a persoDal sacrifice will imparteven more significantly., sincue conviction. therefore. 1 haveresolved to abstain from smokina for the next year and to increaseJltf donation to FEI by the approx1lllate UK)unt that I shall havesaved."

Now. let's assume that the first type of motivation were to c..... All will agree

that the shrinkage in organiutLon8 would be enormou8. What. in such circUIBstances.

would happen to FEE. I .. only certain that if Fa were to fail in the absence of

revenue reluctantly given. that it must have been an agency of no account anyway.

Is there a simple way to judge if revenue is ideally supplied? The question is one

each individual may answer for bimself: That aift 18~ ideal~ yields the

hiahest degree .2! personal satisfaction ~ the giver.

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Our aim is to conduct the affairs of FEE in such a manner that our work will be

looked upon as both opportunity and challenge by all who seek to vitalize their own

freedom aspirations and thus strengthen their opposition to a growing statism.

When freedom is but that "the gift without the giver

is bare." It's when one's gifts are spokesmen for deeply rooted convictions and

hopes that they take on m .ning and give life to oae's purpose. Ideally, the gift

and the giver are one and insepara'le.

Premised on the above. our obligation does not include asking for funds. It only

require~ that we report the facts: now if the present

eve of work is to be maintained; sti\\ more if we are to increase our educational

activities.

FEE keeps open house for all who are freedom-minded. It isn't for us to say who shal

enter. Our respo sibility is to keep a good house.

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Flight routine. Went to the Atheneum where Enid and Pierre Goodrich and BenRogge were waiting. We dined and then Pierre told Ben and me why he and Enidwanted this personal talk with us. It has to do with provisions for thefuture of his Winchester Foundation, perhaps wanting us eventually as directors.

Len phoned from LAX to wish his Pap a Happy Birthday and Marty fat-headed mealso. How deeply I appreciate them.

Pierre, Bruno Suviranta (economist of Helsinki, Finland) and I drove to OrchardHill Motel near Nashville, Indiana, h4)ling up their for the night.

September ~. We drove several miles to Brown County State Park in famousand beautiful Brown County and to Abe Martin Lodge; pictures appended. We hadbreakfast with this weekend seminar assemblage, about 30 in all -- under themanagement of Don Lipsett, and with Jim Rogers, Chet Anderson, Stan Evans andLER as the discussion leaders. I began the forenoon's program by discussingbasic points of reference: first for self, second as to destructive vs. creativeenergy, and third as to sovereignty.

Jim Rogers did second session, and a good thought-provoking job.

At luncheon the dessert was an LER birthday cake.

In the P.M. session, JR was wonderful on his "Two Ways to Slavery" thesis. ChetAnderson did a sound but not too entertaining job.

Stan Evans did the after-dinner session. I think not very good.

Jim R. moved into Late Bud, the big cabin, with me.

September 28. JR's in-bed talk about his analysis of different outfits --American Economic Foundation, lSI, Spiritual Mobilization, and Harding Collegeall extremely critical, was most interesting. He was recounting how he hadresponded to questions as a Trustee of Jasper's CurrarrFoundation.

I did most of forenoon's session and on method, using the need for faith in freemen, employing my pencil idea to explain it, "In Search of an Echo" and my new"On Being Practical." Very vigorous but excellent discussion, JR finishing offwith me. This turned out to be a very rewarding seminar and I am pleased thatI had a part.

Pierre, who went home with Enid last night, left his car for me. Chet Andersonrode to Indianapolis with me where we parked car in Circle Motor Inn and taxiedto airport. Chet went his way while I boarded Delta's #460, 3:40 P.M. forDetroit. Routine.

Phoned Louise and Dean Russell. Louise will be with us next week and Deanfrets about his book not being published. Boarded Capital's #924, 6:40 P.M.for Buffalo. Routine. To Statler. Phoned me Ag. She's lonesome: Had amodicum of highly watered booze, a bite to eat and to hay at 11:00 P.M.

September 29. Phoned Ag and Janette. All calm on the Hudson.

Called on my old friend, Clif Fichtner, Ex. V. P., Buffalo C of C. He intro­duced me to the Secretary of his Economic Affairs Committee, Anthony Potenza,a large, young, bright gent. Tony and I went to Manufacturers & Traders Trust

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and spent 45 minutes with George Newbury, President. Later we called on BertEspersen, Vice President.

Dr. Fred Melone of Irvington, head of the Kiwanians for New York State, intro­duced me to more than 550 of his brethern. The speech was unusually wellreceived. Contrary to what I had expected, this was a fine, sensitive andresponsive audience.

A nap and some work on "I, Pencil."

Clif and wife picked me up at 6:30. We drove to an outlying community to homeof Dr. Austin Murphy, Dean, School of Business, Canisius College. A verypleasant evening and Mrs. M. did a pretty table and a tasty dinner. To hay at11 :45.

September 30. Up at 6:30. To Lafayette Hotel for a meeting of EconomicDiscussion Club of Buffalo C of C. About 70 present, including Austin Murphy,Bert Espersen, George Newbury and Clif Fichtner. These folks meet once a monthat 8:00 A.M., gulp a cup of coffee and adjourn promptly at 9:00. My remarks werewell received, but the questions revealed that quite a few of them weren't faradvanced as libertarians. One young man, George Rand, who heads the Urban De­development program (federal funds) said he agreed with me in principle, but ...Ah, me!

To airport for AA's #758, 10:15 A.M. for LaGuardia. Routine. Sam had me homeby 12:20 P.M.

Three projects are waiting for me to finish them: Resist Not Evil (tension ofthe opposite), the billions to farmers for not growing things (Cong. Record)and "I, Pencil."

Phoned Jim Rogers saying I would accept the assignment for Intersoll of a 2-daysession at Philips Exeter come January.

FEE dropped $20,000 for the month~ Report to Trustees appended, Regardless,we are nearly $40,000 ahead in our cash position of this time last year.

Dr. John Caldwell and Arnold Mathias phoned from Freeport, Texas asking me tospeak at their C of C Annual Banquet. Settled on December 2.

Took Ag and Frannie to Parise's.

October 1. Well, this month starts with a bang -~ 400 shares of U. S.Rubber from Irenee du Pont~ Dudley phones later that he sold it at 41 1/8.

Harry Bodman phoned from N.Y. 's Drake Hotel, leaving for five weeks in Europe.Says he has been talking with top financial men in government and others thatthe U.S.A. is faced with a real financial crisis. Also, told of his talk onthe train last night with Walker Cisler, head of Detroit Edison. Harry madeWalker read aloud to him ''My Job" by Mises. Clever Bodman. Results, wonderful.

Jasper on phone for half an hour -- about Mt. Pelerin, Freedom School, Mr. Pew'sgripe, Irenee's donation, and so on.

Hal Palmelee phoned from Rock Island about next week's meeting.