COLOPHON

Number 21, May 1973.

IN THIS ISSUE

Cover by John Pachak , . page I Celepboa, IN THE NEXT ISSUE . page 2 NOTES AND VIEWS . page 3 Epilla 10 the Editor . page 4 LIBRARY OF LlliERTY by Richard A. Friedman page 5 Ubertarian Slnllegy: eply 10 Mr. Kalz b\' MlIrr3~' N. Rothbard . On Wor It II by Desmond Del Marquan nrTUtl column by Red Jose . Thio Above All, 10 Thine Own Self Be True! by Raymond Goldfield page 10 n.e Abby Way by Abby Goldsmilh ...... •...... page 11 A. Inlenkw With John J. Pierce by J. Neil Schulman page 12 A Re.lew of MOrT" and Linda TannehUl'. The Martetfor Liberty by Robert W. Cohen page 16 SHORTS: The EM"IJ Crisil by Tony T. Warnock, NEW YORK LIBERTARIAN ASSOCIATION Deep Platform by Thomas Avery, 124 WEST 81st STREET, NYC 10024 Your Property Right. by Anthony P. Saglimbeni page 17 and the Where II Sam? by George W. Knox page 18 New York University Libertarian AlUance Song hy John T. Harllee, and Ha...,. Was A Butcher Member ofthe Libertarian Regional Press (LRP). by Da"id Rosinger page 18 Kids, Pannta, Schoo", and Traffic Subscriptions: S5/12 monthly issues. All cheques must be made by John Caulfield page 19 out to Samuel Edward Konkin 111, at 635 E. 11 th St., Apt. 24. New CALENDAR (Libertarian-SF Events) page 21 York, NY 10009. Send all letters, articles and requests to Konkin. BLACK MARKET TRCTaxKit . page 22 "The World's Only Libertarian Fanzine" Oullook advertisement . page 23 Soulhern Uhertarian Conference . page 24 EVERYONE APPEARING IN THIS PUBLICATION IS IN

ROTHBARD in New Lihenarian Noles? -Awed Hush- All this time we never said an unkind word about him, and ...nothing. But we let Howie sound a little critical of him last issue, and ... Hmmm. "Hey. God, 1 don't like the way you're running .taff things down here. (Make sure and double space those stone tablets Editor and Creator: Samuel Edward Konkln In this timeT Thrusls and Parries: Marquand says Nix to the Left, Managing Editor: J. Neil Schulman and Red Jose dumps on the Right. Goldfield lays into Our Dear Review Editor & Co-founder: Richard A. Friedman Abby (whoops, better rephrase that; sounds a trifle sexist), 1 mean Graphics: John Pachak calls her to task (Nope), how about, puts her in her ...well, she has Editrix: Nona Aguilar her say in her own Way. Rising from Reason through a Production: The Thornton Renaissance, John 1. Pierce makes the cover of NLN and Robert W. Cohen conversation with Neil. George Knox, El Reno inmate, can actually imagine a worse confinement. ..and does. Caulfield Writing: unleash~ a horde of liberated kids, Tony Warnock a few quanta Nona Aguilar of energy, Tom Avery a bit of venom, John Harllee Singing Walter Block ~troyers, and Dave Rosinger an off-key (and yes, offensive to John Caulfield Richard Friedmans) dirge. Robert W. Cohen Abby Goldsmith Desmond Del Marquand IN THE NEXT ISSUE John T. H:trllee How:trd K:ttz Richard Friedman reviews Time Enuugh fur Luve: The Lives 'of Andre:t Millen Lazarus Lung hy Robert A. Heinlein, and ~izzling olf the pres~. John P:tl'h:tk Neil Schulman taped an uclu.he (No, Neil, I didn't lilrget to Red Jose mention il.) interview with Robert LeFevre, the man who David Ro,in!!,'r unkuhed the hell-hounds of Peace into the Libertarian Murray N. Rothbard Movement. Howie Katz Iloats down the currency stream on an Anthony P. Sa!!limheni Ell'hange Rate, and our Edifying, Enlightening Editrix will Leland S"hllhert educate us on Tax Resistance. No, Nixon, natters Nona. More, you J. Neil·Srhulman 'Ny'! You asked for it. Hold on to your jerkins, 'cause The Free The Thornlon Marketeers Ride Allain. Heh, heh, heh.... H.· NLN Staff Wishes 10 thank Mike Shaw for the use of hil Computype f...IUtlea. Page 7

60's. Then the vital issues were the in· terrelated draft and Vietnam War. Both, if not totally gone, have, praise be, faded away, and presumably will not be critical issues in the 70's. I judge that these critical issues will be (a) economic (taxes, inflation. welfare, etc.), and (b) "social" government meant that it was scarcely majority but from the State; it is the State own consistency on the issues (presumably, private in any meaningful sense of that apparatus, the professional bureaucracy. in contrast to my own positions). Yet, on term. Not only that: but the revolt at politicians, and their highly-placed most of his specifics I too was consistent, Columbia focused on the illegitimacy of (a) supporters, which at any and all times is the and in the same way, then and now; I too its funds froin the fede-ral government, anct engine of despotism. Aside from an opposed fair housing laws and' the (b) its use of local government coercion to occasional lynching or street brawl. the persecution of the gypsy cab driver; the seize property in a public park. Mr. Katz's majority of the public apathetically goes Wagner Act and price-wage controls, etc. I confusion reveals once again the apparent about its own business of everyday life. It is differ with him on the "coddling criminals" inability of our "limited government" the State that is in the fulltime business of ofthe Warren Court (then and now) because libertarians to distinguish sharply between governing, i.e. of oppression. It is true that I most of the Court's decisions in this area public and private, and to recognize the look around for plausible allies in every were supremely libertarian. My view, then illegitimacy of any government property, historical period; but I do so in order to find and now, is that the accused should be even in those functions (e.g. education) allies against the State: to provide some sort "coddled" (i.e. allowed the full rights of the which they would concede to be illegitimate of mass pressure from below so as to check, innocentl. and such decisions as Miranda in the abstract. modify. or roll back State oppression. did precisely that. I am against preventive But the main point about the New Left is It is theoretical~v possible for limited­ detention for the same reason. I believe, that Mr. Katz tends to ignore its major government libertarians to have this then and now. that the people who shouldn'r thrust, which was libertarian: fieree "radical" view of the State, and to look be "cuddled" are convicted criminals. opposition to the draft and to the Vietnam . upon the majority of the publk' as pot~ntlal War. I contend that these were the major allies in the struggle against government. In Sel'