COPY FOR DR. VON MISES February 4, 1965 Mr. Floyd A. Jordan 7319 Latona N.E. Seattle 15, Washington Dear Sir: You wrote us on February 2 and we wrote you on February 3; our letters crossed As you know from our February 3 letter, our stock of Middle-of-t he-Road Policy Leads to Socialism" is down to 85 copies, which we are sending you. Find enclosed our check for the difference between your check of $37.50 and what we are shipping. * * We are also sending you a copy of PLANNING FOR FREEDOM. We think you will be particularly interested in the first essay in the book which has the title Planning for Freedom.' That ought also to be very suitable for Home Education" purposes. We are very sympathetic towards whoever is working for a good cause, such as "Citizens for Goldwater of King County, 'and I am authorized to give you a special price of $1.00 each in quantities of 10 or more for the book PLANNING FOR FREEDOM. We are aware that some of the other essays, such as "Profit and Loss, might be more technical than will serve your purpose, and maybe you ought not to buy the whole book. If you decide not to do that, we might make arrangements for low cost offset printing locally of "Middle-of-the-Road Policy Leads to Socialism" and other Von Mises's essays that you might like to have. We are reluctant to establish the policy that others can freely reprint the essays, because we believe that Dr. von Mises is entitled to his regular royalties on anything republished. We hold that Dr. von Mises is the greatest living economist, and many of the outstanding free-enterprise thinkers throughout the world have really obtained their inspiration from his teaching, lecturing and writing. Adam Smith and David Ricardo, the great Classical economists, to whom free enterprise people appeal, were also "saints" (par- ticularly Ricardo) for Karl Marx. That is conclusive proof that although some of the greatest men of all time, Smith and Ricardo were not definitely clear and right on the most fundamental issues which bedevil the world at the present time.