Letter to T.O. Mabbott. : [New York, NY.] 1950 Feb. 9.

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Letter to T.O. Mabbott. : [New York, NY.] 1950 Feb. 9.

Concerning his extreme anger at, and protest against, Eastman's "unprincipled character assassination" of Ezra Pound, and his personal opinion of Pound.

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