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Object ID |
3.9.64 |
Object Name |
Letter |
Description |
Undated draft of letter (likely 1935) sent to President Franklin D. Roosevelt, with copies to Alabama Senator Hugo Black and Alabama Representative Lister Hill (later senator) from E. B. Gaston. Gaston says the single tax colony established as Fairhope in south Alabama is an example of FDR's call for a "wider distribution of wealth." Gaston commends FDR's support of the Tennessee Valley Authority (founded 1933). Gaston, writing for the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation, hopes Roosevelt realizes "the great fundamental fact of economics," that there are "only two factors in wealth production : Land and labor; labor the active, land the passive factor and that economic justice is impossible "if some prosper by mere ownership of the land." |
People |
Gaston, Ernest B. (1861-1937) Roosevelt, Franklin Delano Hill, Lister Black, Hugo (1886-1971) |
Search Terms |
Correspondence, Business Single Tax Principles Single Tax Theory Single Tax, promotion of Tennessee Valley Authority Fairhope Colony, success of Economic theories Fairhope Single Tax Corporation, support of New Deal Economic principles |