2849 Tomioka, Kanazawa Yokohama 236, JAPAN May 21, 1969 Dear Professor Mises: In the names of Peecy L. Greaves, Jr., I. Hodes, and Bettina Bien, I was invited to attend the last session of your seminar. As a matter of fact, I am going to visit the States again, but it will be as late as in July. How I wish I could attend this special occasion to express my heartfelt thanks to all your inspiration to me! When I first attended your seminar in the fall of 1959, I had only partial knowledge about your philosophy and economics. Indeed, one year was too short to understand the profound meaning of praxeology with perfection, but Ifcould grasp the right proposition and the right attitude or method of the theory of human action. I derived such a fundamental edification from you that the idea propagated itself in my mind until I camr to realize various aspects of economics and libertarian philosophy. As you know, most of the Japanese universites and colleges have student riots, strikes and violence. First, I thought this would be the worst time for teaching the sound economics. On the contrary, it now seems to me that this is one of the important opportunities to be exploited by us because many students want to protest against radicals without the means to refute the fallacies effectively. Since many students took liberty for granted, they neglected to review the fundamental meaning of liberty. The situation has now changed. For examples, some students of Chiba Uni- versity came over to my home all the way from Chiba (about two hours and a half's ride). They got information from some one to the effect that I might have some theories which reveal the fallacies of socialism. You have built the edifice of epistemology, methodology and deductive system of praxeology. It is for us your students to develop each room so that any explorer of truth may appreciate the validity of praxeology more easily. On this special occasion, I wish you a very good health and happiness for the years to come. Please continue to inspire us through your lectures and publications. Yours sincerely, Joshio Murata Toshio Murata