GEORGE G. EDDY P. O. BOX 730 CARLSBAD, NEW MEXICO 2 June 1970 Dr Ludwig von Mises c/o Arlington House New Rochelle, New Ork 10801 Dear Dr von Mises: As a keen student of economics, I have long admired your philosophy and its expression in your many books. Recently, for example, I have read with pleasure Omnipotent Government and Bureaucracy, and am presently enjoying Theory and History. Some time ago I read your Planned Chaos and The Anti-Capitalist Mentality. My wife also; in fact we are both studying Human Action. We also are enthusiastic admirers of Mr Heny Hazlitt. Some years ago I obtained an MBA, and it was during these studies that I began to study economics seriously. Soon I plan to return to the academic environment to work on a Ph.D in business administration. I hope I can make some contribution to knowledge and understanding, and will be able to exert a beneficial influence on younger students. I just hope we have not run out of time and that we still can effectively counteract the "liberal" ideology that seems to have swept nearly all in its path. Somehow we have got to get our youth thinking again. This will not happen until the right stimulus is provided. This means we must encourage the growth of true intellectuals to supplant the frauds who have dominated our colleges and universities. It is certainly the case that the country has been betrayed by its professors. And I am dismayed by the Nixon Administration and its total failure to comprehend the most elementary facets of economics. In truth I have been sickened by the various measures proposed with great fanfare by the President and his principal advisors. Why cannot Mr Nixon acquire the right men to assist and advise him? How can the right men be proposed, and their talents made known? Surely the President is not indifferent to you and men of similar stature? But who are these 'right' men? I would greatly appreciate learning how I might identify such individuals, wherever they may be in America. Perhaps there is some source to which you could kindly direct me. I hope, too, that you would not object if I wrote you from time to time about the major issues and their practical remedies. Thanking you in advance, I am Sincerely yours, Goog