NATIONAL

REVIEW 150 East 35th Street, New York, N.Y. 10016 Phone: 212-679-7330

March 22, 1991

Mr. Joseph Lynn

9856 Rathburn Avenue
Northridge, CA 91325
Dear Mr. Lynn:

I knew it, I knew it. There are the ghouls here and there who
will eat one sour grape and have a fit of pessimism. Their
specialty a few months ago was that my retirement as editor of
National Review would depress you to the point of undermining your
generosity and loyalty. I said nonsense, using a word not heard
around the house (except when young people are in control), and you
have proved me right. My editorial supervision ended but not my
interest in the magazine, which I continue to own -- in trust,
because it really belongs to you, who have kept it alive lo these
many years. Thirty-five years! And publicly hailed by George
Will, who dealeth not in moonshine, as the most important journal
of the century. That makes you a financier of the most important

journal of the century, and I hope you take satisfaction in what

you have made possible, even as we take pride in you as a friend.

Yours gratefuly,

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Wm. F. Buckley Jr.

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