Manly Hall’s Legacy

Bob Pool’s Dec. 23 story on the lengthy legal battle over the assets of the Philosophical Research Society indicates how tenuous is the nobility of philosophy in the face of materialistic greed.

As a friend of PRS for more than 30 years, I was well acquainted with Manly Hall’s wise and prudent management of the institution he founded more than six decades ago. Therefore, many of us viewed with alarm the sudden appearance of Daniel Fritz and associates, who seemed unduly influential over a man noted for his independence of thought and action.

Judge Harvey A. Schneider is to be complimented for his judicious insight into this complex matter and the rendering of a just and fair verdict.

CLIFF JOHNSON

Studio City