THE CAXTON PRINTERS, LTD.

CALDWELL, IDAHO

May 29, 1956

OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT

Ezra Pound
St. Elizabeths Hospital
Washington, D. C.

Dear E. P.:

My good friend Carl Hayden of Idaho Falls--he is the correspondent for the Salt Lake Tribune up that way--did a story about you which appeared in the Spokesman Review of Spokane, Washington, April 15th.

You will find it attached.

I quite agree with Hemingway's remark that this would be a good year to release poets.

I hope you and Dorothy are as well as you could be under the circumstances.

As ever,

J. H. Gipson, Sr.

JHGsr:imr

OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT

July 10, 1956

Dear E. P.:

I was in Moscow early last month--the seat of our State University--where the University did me a great honor--the conferring of an Honorary Doctorate. The school is state supported, and I have never given them a dollar, and never expect to give them a dollar, and I still think this recognition is undeserved, but being human, I can't but appreciate it.

While I was in Moscow receiving my degree, the Mayor and City Council of Caldwell named me as the official representative of the city on what is known as the American Mayors' Tour of Greece. We leave New York July 21 from Pier 97 on the ss Queen Frederica, and will be gone for a couple of months.

After leaving Greece, August 13, I will go by boat to Venice, and then by train to Rome and Madrid.

I expect to register at the Hotel Algonquin in New York the evening of July 18.

While I am in Greece from August 1 to 13, my address will be the Hotel National, Athens, Greece, c/o U. S. Mayors' Excursion.

August 16 I will be in Venice, Italy at the Hotel Luna; August 19 at Florence at the Hotel Baglioni; August 21 in Rome at the Hotel De la Ville; August 27 at Barcelona at the Hotel Arycase; August 29 at Madrid, Spain in Hotel Wellington; September 2, at Gibraltar in the Hotel Rock.

If there is anybody that you feel that I should see while I am in Europe, I'll be glad to have letters of introduction, of course.

I haven't the time and the money to spare for a trip like this now, but I haven't been feeling well of late, and the doctor thought that if I would get away from Caldwell for a couple of months, I might throw off the bug that has been gnawing on me.

JHGsr:1mm

Ezra Pound

September 26, 1956

Signora Olivia Rossetti Agresti
36 via Ciro Menotti
Rome, Italy

Dear Signora Agresti:

It was nice meeting you in Rome and I did enjoy our visit.

Do write me at your convenience, and let me know what can be done for Ezra Pound.

I'm disappointed at not seeing our American Ambassador when I was in Rome because I think if she interested herself in the case she would get some action that would permit EP to return to the Italy that he loves so much.

I promised to send you, if my notes are correct, a catalog of our Liber-
tarian books, and also our complete Trade List which briefly describes all
of the books which we have published which are still in print.

Both are attached.

Give my best regards to Mrs. Raiola when you see her, please.

With every good wish, I remain

JHOSr:rm

THE CAXTON PRINTERS, LTD.

CALDWELL, IDAHO

May 13, 1958

OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT

Ezra Pound
c/o Hewlett
3514 Brothers Place, S.E.
Washington, D. C.

Dear E. P.:

I believe Dave Horton has the clipping about which you wrote me May 7th.
If you will ask him to send it to me, I will see what I can do. I'm doing
a story about the strange case of Ezra Pound for a little paper in Seattle
entitled *The Republican Call*. I'm no writer, of course, but the publishers
seem to think the material I send is of value.

I can't tell you how glad I am that the greatest of living poets is now
released from his unjust confinement.

Share my best regards with your wonderful wife, Dorothy, please.

You asked about Mrs. Ogden Reid. I met her just once years ago. I was a
house guest of her son Whitelaw Reid at the time he was editor of the *New
York Herald-Tribune*. He and his brother and their wives and Mrs. Reid's sis-
ter made up the dinner party. Later on Ogden Reid, Jr.--Brownie as they call
him--was a house guest for a week, and I thought we were very good friends,
but they haven't been too enthusiastic about the Caxton books.

As ever,

J. H. Gipson, Sr.

G-vp

THE CAXTON LIBERTARIAN LIBRARY

ALESEN, LEWIS ALBERT, M.D.

THE PHYSICIAN'S RESPONSIBILITY AS A

LEADER (PolSc)

A prominent Western physician discusses the great fundamental issue of the day—individual freedom and liberty versus collectivism. Developing his philosophy out of immutable biologic law, Dr. Alesen calls attention to three principles of nature, individual pre-eminence, individual responsibility, and the specific limitation of group action, and shows that only by developing our body politic in accordance with these fundamentals can productivity reach its greatest height and the comfort and benefits of civilization be had most abundantly. 1955 Physician $1.75 59 pages, 8vo, paper bound

ALLEN, MARY L.

EDUCATION OR INDOCTRINATION (E)

A careful study of trends in education, showing the discontent over the progressive-education movement. Documented facts are presented to show that the controversy results from a national plan to overthrow traditional education and to use the public schools to impose new social order on the basis of the Pasadena school controversy reveals how the plan is carried into the local community. 1965. 217 pages, large 12mo ... Indoctrination $4.00

BARNES, HARRY ELMER (Editor)

PERPETUAL WAR FOR PERPETUAL PEACE (H)

A study of the fallacies which have for many years guided America's foreign and domestic policies. Edited by an outstanding educator, historian and writer, the book contains chapters by such well-knownscholastic as Charles George Morgenstern, William L. Neumann, George A. Lundberg, William Henry Chamberlin, Frederic R. Sanborn, and Percy L. Greaves, Jr. 1953. 685 pages, small 8vo ... War $6.00

EDWARDS, ROBERT V.

TRUMAN'S INHERITANCE (PolSc)

Clearly and simply in a study which no American can read unimpressed, the author examines the social and political situation which Mr. Truman social order, and George Morgenstern, William L. Neumann, George A. Lundberg, William Henry Chamberlin, Frederic R. Sanborn, and Percy L. Greaves, Jr. 1953. 136 pages, 8vo, paper bound ... Truman $1.25

GARRETT, GARET

THE REVOLUTION WAS (PolSc)

A clear and just estimate of what happened to our government under the New Deal. This is one of the most important political monographs to appear within our generation. 1944. New York edition, 5th printing, 48 pages, 8vo, paper bound ... NY-Revolution $ .30

Chicago edition, 10th printing, 23 pages, 4to, paper bound ... C-Revolution $ .25

(Both editions sell at half price in lots of 100 or more.)

EX AMERICA (PolSc)

An analysis of the moral and social effects of inflation developed for political ends. The author finds that present-day Americans prefer continual inflation, even though it leads to war, rather than face the rigors of deflation. 3rd printing. 1951. 42 pages, 8vo, paper bound ... Ex America $ .75

RISE OF EMPIRE (PolSc)

Based on the premises of the author's former studies, this picture of America moving headlong, though unawares, along the road to empire— the rise of the executive principle of government to a role of dominant power, the subordination of domestic to foreign policy, the ascendancy to the military mind, the creation of a political system of satellite nations abroad and a garrison state at home—is a harrowing view of the American sequel. But the steps by which this trend can be arrested, and the replica restored are also made clear. 1952. 61 pages, 8vo, paper bound ... Empire $ .75

THE PEOPLE'S POTTAGE (PolSc)

Three of the most penetrating political monographs of recent times (THE REVOLUTION WAS, EX AMERICA, RISE OF EMPIRE), by a relentless critic of the alien ideologies exemplified in modern American political and cultural life, are here collected into one volume, with a foreword by the author. A book every American should have. Second printing, 1953. 174 pages, 8vo, paper bound ... People $3.00

JORDAN, VIRGIL, AND HAZLITT, HENRY

FREEDOM IN AMERICA (PolSc)

An analysis by two of America's leading thinkers, of two pernicious ideas which tend to curtail freedom: the idea that full employment can be secured by legislation, and the idea that price and rationing controls must remain a fixed feature of our economy. 32 pages, 12mo, paper bound ... Freedom $ .25

KELLEMS, VIVIEN

TOIL, TAXES, AND TROUBLE (PolEc)

Is the Income Tax destroying the American way of life? Is the Withholding Tax violating a constitutional guarantee against involuntary servitude? In TOIL, TAXES, and TROUBLE Vivien Kellem answers both questions in the affirmative and vivifies the facts to prove his point. A call to arms for those who wish to defend our Constitution. Originally published by Dutton and taken over by Caxton. 1952. 159 pages, 12mo ... Taxes $2.50

LANE, ROSE WILDER

GIVE ME LIBERTY (Ab)

An account, by a famous author and editor, of the disparity between the principles of communism and the American principle of individualism, and of the disparity between European views of history and the American way of living. 1936-1954. 55 pages, large 12mo, paper bound ... Liberty $1.00

MACBRIDE, ROGER LEA

THE AMERICAN ELECTORAL COLLEGE (PolSc)

A scholarly examination of our Electoral College, beginning with the Federal Convention of 1787, outlining its development and the various proposals for change. 1953. 89 pages, 8vo, paper bound ... Electoral $ .75

TREATIES VERSUS THE CONSTITUTION (PolSc)

Here is a detailed treatment of the current controversy on the subject of amending the Constitution so as to limit the treaty-making power of the Executive. Copious footnotes for those who wish to pursue the subject further. 1955. 90 pages, 8vo, paper bound ... Treaties $1.00

MONTGOMERY, GEORGE S., Jr.

THE RETURN OF ADAM SMITH (PolEc)

The author resurrects the theories of Adam Smith, whose WEALTH OF NATIONS was profoundly influenced by Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin and other American leaders. Of vital and timely interest, this book offers fresh stimulus to those modern Americans who believe in individualism and economic freedom for all. 1949. 159 pages, 12mo ... Smith $2.50

NEILL, HUMPHREY B.

THE ART OF CONTRARY THINKING (Ec)

Through his active business life Humphrey B. Nell has observed, researched, and recorded data from which he developed the Theory of Contrary Opinion. This he now expounds in his newest book, THE ART OF CONTRARY THINKING. 1954. 112 pages, large 12mo ... Contrary $1.00

NOCK, ALBERT JAY

LETTERS FROM ALBERT JAY NOCK, 1924-1945 (Es)

Edited by Frank W. Garrison. The first published collection of letters from Albert Jay Nock were written to his friends, Ellen Winsor, Rebecca Winsor Evans, and Edmund C. Evans. An important item for collectors and admirers of the great writer and thinker. 1949. 224 pages, 8vo ... Nock $3.00

OUR ENEMY, THE STATE (PolSc)

A reprint of one of the really great books exposing the dangers of Stalinism, by a master of English prose. Originally issued by Morrow in 1938, it is republished with an introduction by Frank Chodorov. 3rd printing. 1935. 209 pages, 12mo ... Enemy $2.50

PALMER, CECIL

THE BRITISH SOCIALIST ILL-FARE STATE (PolSc)

A comprehensive analysis of the Socialist Welfare State as it has operated in Great Britain during 1945-1951. More than a quarter of a million words in length, no aspect of the debilitating power of the Welfare State in practice has been ignored. A valuable sociological treatise, this book is almost frightening in its picture of a society in decay. 1952. 566 pages, large 12mo ... British $6.00

PRENTICE, E. PARMALEE

HUNGER AND HISTORY (Ec, H)

Authoritatively tracing the fundamental relationship between improved agricultural methods and increased productive activity in every field of human endeavor, this book additionally makes available much unusual and revealing source material. A reprint of the Harper edition. 1939-1951. 288 pages, 8vo, with 19 illustrations, 3 in full color ... Prentice $5.00

RAND, AYN

ANTHEM (SF)

A gripping and imaginative story, by the author of the FOUNTAIN-HEAD, which contrasts a completely collectised society, with the real meaning of the principles of individualism. One of the most moving and beautiful prose poems ever written. A reprint of the famous edition issued by The Pamphleteers. Library edition, bound, 2nd Caxton printing. 1946. 105 pages, large 12mo ... Anthem $3.00

SPENCER, HERBERT

THE MAN VERSUS THE STATE (PolSc)

The celebrated political thinker and philosopher redefines the true meaning of liberalism. Edited by Albert Jay Nock. 5th printing. 1892-1940. 213 pages, large 12mo ... Spencer $2.50

SUMMER, WILLIAM GRAHAM

WHAT SOCIAL CLASSES OWE TO EACH OTHER (PolSc)

A definitive discussion and analysis of the principles of individualism in private, public, and political and economic life. The author contends that the newly classless society, no obligation can be thought of as existing between social classes. A reprint of the 1947 edition issued by the famous Pamphleteers of Los Angeles. 154 pages, 12mo, paper bound ... Social Classes $1.25

VON KUEHNELT-LEDDIHN, ERIK

BLACK BANNERS (SF)

A novel written in English by an Austrian of part Slavic extraction with a Prussian name. Its background is the Austro-Bavarian border in the last summer of 1944, when the last effort of the German conservatives to strike against the tyrant ended so tragically. Not a "war novel," the book contains the angry and frightening message of one having a profound insight into the deeper implications of the drama of the twentieth century. 321 pages, small 8vo ... Banners $4.00

LIBERTY OR EQUALITY (PolSc)

A contemporary view of political ideologies as seen by an Austrian intellectual whose prediction should cause concern in America. 395 pages, demy 8vo with map ... Liberalism $6.00

WARD, BERNARD N.

MAN TO MAN (Ec)

The author, a certified public accountant with years of practice in income-tax cases, points out the iniquities and inequities and stag-gering waste of our present income-tax laws and offers a compensatory solution. 1952. 384 pages, large 12mo ... Man $4.00

WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON

FIAT MONEY INFLATION IN FRANCE (Ec)

An absorbing discussion of the inflationary practices, price controls, rationing, chicanery, and corruption in high places which produced the Reign of Terror from the peaceable reform of the French monarchy. A reprint of an essay—prepared in 1876 by the first president of Cornell University, ambassador to Russia and Germany, and titan of American economics, which is more timely today than ever before. 69 pages, 12mo, paper bound ... Fiat $ .50

WITTMER, FELIX

THE YALTA BETRAYAL (PolSc)

By a synthesis of documented data the author demonstrates that the Yalta Pact was the climax of a series of betrayals of our American principles which started with recognition of the U.S.S.R. By quoting Roosevelt, Hopkins, Hull, Ickes, and others, he illustrates their startling ignorance of Soviet aims. 1953. 136 pages, 8vo, paper bound ... Yalta $1.25

50 Years

MR. AND MRS. J. H. GIBSON

Prominent Caldwell Couple
Notes Golden Anniversary

While it isn't the rarest occasion in journalism, it is unusual when the same newspaper reports the wedding of a couple and 50 years later the golden anniversary.

Well, that's just what this newspaper did (is doing) with the J. H. Gipsons of Caldwell.

Mr. Gipson, president of the famed Caxton Printers, Ltd., of Caldwell, and his charming wife noted 50 years of marriage together last week. And 50 years ago they read the following in this newspaper:

MASTER PRINTER MARRIES

One of the prettiest weddings of the season occurred last Tuesday evening, June 18, when Mr. James Herrick Gipson was united in marriage to Miss Ruth Esther Sterling by the Reverend B. W. Rice, formerly pastor of the Christian Church of this place. The beautiful ring ceremony was used. The wedding occurred at 6 o'clock in the evening at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Sterling on Kimball Ave., and the house was daintily decorated for the occasion with cut flowers.

The bride was gowned in white Liberty satin and carried a bouquet of white carnations. The groom was attired in conventional black.

The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Sterling, who have

been residents of this section and it is in this city that Miss Esther has grown to womanhood. She is graduated from the Caldwell High School and pursued a course of study at the College of Idaho. She is well known and generally regarded as one of Caldwell's finest and most accomplished daughters. Mr. Gipson is the son of Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Gipson of the city and with the exception of the time spent in attendance at the University at Moscow has resided in Caldwell the greater portion of his life, having held a position of trust with the First National Bank for many years. He is now manager of the Caxton Printers and it is largely his efforts that have brought this excellent institution to its present standing. He is regarded as a young man of trust and promise.

The ceremony was witnessed by the immediate relatives of the connecting parties and a few chosen friends after which light refreshments were served and the bride and groom were drive to their new home on Fifth Avenue where they will commence housekeeping at once. They were recipients of many beautiful gifts in token of the regard in which they are held and a large circle of friends unite in congratulations and best wishes in which the Tribune heartily joins.

I N I N E E N F F Y S E V E N

(You'll have to look inside for news)

THE CALDWELL TRIBUNE, JUNE 25, 1957