2 December 1960 Professor Ludwig von Mises Graduate School of Business Administration New York University 100 Trinity Place New York 6, New York Dear Professor von Mises: It was a great satisfaction and an honor that I was able to meet you and hear your lectures recently at N.Y.U. I am grateful for your reception of Joseph Galambos and me, and I wish to thank you for the investment of your time from your busy schedule to talk to us. I sincerely hope you may soon find it to be a worthwhile investment. With the recent elections past, I look forward to increasingly effective action to stem the red tide of collectivism. The task is one which I consider the most urgent and formidable of all human history. Yet, I can see no challenge of greater importance or reward. I wish to acknowledge your tremendous and essential contribution to the task; namely, the concise definition of the disease and the rational exposition of the cure. With these tools you have fashioned I am optimistic that the tragic cycle of human history may be damped out. History will not record my efforts to implement your works with action if I fail but I am sure your writings will prevail to explain the cause and effect of the rise and decline of civilization. Thank you again for your kind attention during my visit to New York and best wishes for your continuing good health. Sincerely yours and Alvin Lowi, Jr. AL:ah 4018 Merrill Street Torrance, California