Spencer Heath Archive

Item 2486

Carbon of letter to Henry Regnery, 20 West Jackson Blvd., Chicago 4, Illinois

December 17, 1956

 

Dear Mr. Regnery:

 

It was kind of you to entertain my grandson and me at your office on that Saturday morning a fortnight ago. I have long been interested in the books you publish, and was glad of the opportunity of discussing them with you.

It is interesting to note that our very wonderful friend, John Chamberlain, is taking on a new assignment with The Princeton Panel, a new organ­ization with which you are probably familiar. I hope his prediction about a new spate of libertarian literature being bell-weathered by Ayn Rand’s Fountainhead is coming to be true. The signs are not wanting, and I must congratulate you on being in the forefront in an ideology of freedom which certainly has the room and, I trust, also the vitality, to grow.

After leaving you, I gave Professor Hayek a ring by way of paying my respects, and he was kind enough to invite us down to the University for lunch with him, which he made a very cordial occasion indeed.

It was nice meeting those young sons of yours and to note their bright reactions to what they saw and heard. Anent the violin lessons, I am enclosing copy of Sam Walter Foss’ poem entitled “Ownership,” the sentiment of which I feel sure you will approve.

Cordially yours,

 

 

 

SH/m

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