January 13, 1966 Mr. Anthony Tortora 20 Bank Street Princeton, New Jersey Dear Mr. Tortora: The information to which you refer in your letter of December 22nd was not correct. I never had a debate with Scott Nearing. The debate to which I refer in my book A Free and Prosperous Commonwealth was a public debate held in New York between the late Pro- fessor E. R. A. Seligman and Scott Nearing. Sincerely yours,