While we're on this crank-of-the-month thread: does anyone have any info on Pound's relationship to American neo-fascist groups while he was in St Elizabeth's? That is, how actively was he involved with American fascist groups? I recently ran across (and bought of course) a copy of a book by Pound called Impact, published by the infamous Regnery Press. I notice that one of the publishing credits is for Aryan Times, or some such. Which observation leads me to my question. The book, by the way, is a first in great shape, and I paid $3 for it. (I would have preferred any number of other Pound firsts, but it was a medium-good find.) Best, Joe Ahearn Rancho Loco Press Dallas At 10:31 AM 2/2/98 -0500, you wrote: >Ezra Pound was never in touch with Dr. Mengele. > > Tim Redman > >On Thu, 29 Jan 1998 19:51:48 -0500 Jonathan Morse <[log in to unmask]> >wrote: > >> At 11:23 AM 1/29/98 -0800, Bill Freind wrote: >> >A few days ago, someone (sorry, forgot who) mentioned Michael Lind's book >> >_Up from Conservatism_, which suggests Pound financed some of Mullins' >> >work. I was surprised it wasn't mentioned *why* Lind talks about Mullins. >> > >> >Briefly, Lind is showing the sources for televangelist and erstwhile >> >presidential candidate Pat Robertson's book _The New World Order_. >> >> Right, and _Up from Conservatism_ is a good book. But my concern on this >> list was with Pound. >> However, as long as we're talking politics, here's a quote from Mullins, >> pp. 320-21: >> >> "During the 1956 elections, [Pound] called to my attention the commissar or >> foetus type of public official that seems to have been produced by the >> modern state. It is characterized by a round head, usually bald, a petulant >> mouth, and the formless features of a new-born baby. In July, 1959, he >> wrote to me, >> >> "'Look up Lavater, 1745-1801, "inventor of physiognomic studies," esp. >> criminal TYPES. >> >> "'my impression that he set almost at lowest level the foetus type . . .'. >> >> "I promptly did some research, and found, to my surprise, that a number of >> great leaders in recent years could be classified as the foetus type, or >> those who have not been fully formed in the womb. Such people seem capable, >> indeed fated, to cause great harm to others. These atavistic types are >> characterized by slight development of the pilar system, low cranial >> capacity, great frequency of Wormian bones, early closing of the cranial >> sutures, and a lemurine appendix. The type is round-faced, with slightly >> protruding eyes and a vacant grin." >> >> The pictures in _This Difficult Individual, Ezra Pound_ demonstrate that >> Mullins' own pilar system was in fine shape; he was quite a hairy young >> man. How he got clearance to dissect the bodies of great leaders he doesn't >> say. But one does wonder whether Pound kept in touch with Dr. Mengele after >> the war. >> >> >> -- >> Jonathan Morse >> Department of English >> University of Hawaii at Manoa >> [log in to unmask] > >Tim Redman >School of Arts and Humanities, JO 31 >University of Texas at Dallas >P.O. Box 830688 >Richardson, TX 75083-0688 > >(972) 883-2775 (o) >(972) 883-2989 (fax) > > Joe Ahearn _____________ [log in to unmask]