Mises was forced to flee in such haste when his native Austria fell that he was unable to return to his library to recover scholarly manuscripts which were burned by the Nazis. Ludwig von Mises fled to America where he was able to continue his vital work in demonstrating that the freedom of the simple. individual man is key to achieving prosperity and justice in society. The fact that he was able to write and prosper here in America. a Jewish refugee from Nazi persecution. reflects what is best about America. Recently we have heard that the rise to power of one who arrived under similar circumstances proves that greatness of our country. But I doubt it. The fact that a refugee could make his way in America by helping to manipulate power is far less impressive to me than the fact that America became the refuge of one who argued against power. That one refugee could articulate the policy objectives of the U.S. Government and never mention the word "freedom" once does us far less credit than the work of Ludwig von Mises who devoted his life to the defense of freedom. I hope that the Congress will take greater note of his work now that he is dead than they did while he was living.