WILLIAM VOLKER CHARITIES FUND EXECUTIVE OFFICE: POST OFFICE BOX 113, BURLINGAME, CALIFORNIA Trustees H. W. LUHNOW MORRIS COX President ROY K. DIETRICH HERBERT .CORNUELLE HAROLD W. .LUHNOW Liaison Officer HARRY E. LUNSFORD R. C CORNUELLE HERBERT W. RUMSFELD Assistant KENNETH S. TEMPLETON November 27, 1953 Assistant Professor Ludwig von Mises 777 West End Avenue New York 25, New York Dear Professor Mises: I apologize for not having kept you better informed on the Baudin matter. The most recent developments took place while you were in Europe this summer. The book was translated by Katherine Woods, and the manuscript has been turned over to Florence Norton, who at the time we began dealing with her on the matter was Henry Regnery's New York representative. I am asking Ken Templeton, who is handling the liaison responsibility on the project now, to ask Miss Norton to make a copy of the manuscript available to you so that you can send it now to Professor Baudin for his comments and for his changes. I am surprised that Henry Regnery has forgotten about the matter. A conversation some time ago convinced me that Henry Regnery would pub- lish the volume if a subsidy were provided. He asked me to handle the matter through Florence Norton, and I guess he has forgotten all about it. This does not constitute much difficulty as far as I am concerned. I know that it can be straightened out very readily. Miss Norton has suggested that another publisher might be better for the book than Regnery, and we approved her taking up the matter with her contacts in New York City. I have not recently heard of the outcome of this, but am sending a copy of this letter to Ken Templeton in order that he may follow up soon. If the efforts in New York fail, the Fund is committed to getting the volume into print and I am quite certain that it can be done to the satisfaction of Professor Baudin and yourself.