Spencer Heath Archive

Item 2901

Carbon of letter to Leonard Read, 30 South Broadway, Irvington, New York

May 2, 1960

 

 

Dear Leonard:

I have just returned from Southern California, where I have been for most of the past year, making valuable and interesting contacts there.

 Now I cannot remember what circumstance it was that pre­vented me from giving to your kindly letter of June 9, last year, the attention it deserved. Spencer and I are feeling a little sorry about this and wondering how to make amends for the omission.

 I cannot overstate my complete sympathy with the work of your FEE. I only wish it could go further — in search of basic principle. I often wish we could talk together sometime in the faith that there is a sound principle working in our free enterprise system, the full understanding of which could enable us to dispense with any compromise with force, even at a minimum, in our public affairs. If this seems an unattainable ideal, which I believe it is not, it could at least give us a constant and unchanging star to guide the direction of our thought and ways. I have often wished that I could talk earnestly and searchingly with you.

 Let me say that I think your letter is most beautifully and admirably phrased.

Sincerely,

Spencer Heath

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