Ce,lnte,lr fOIr BU511ne,55 alnd Ecolnolmlc Educatloln LOCATED )1\ L, ISBr J( HR S-'AlV IL ~ .~ :AMP '5 Presents THE ESSENCE OF AMERICANISM An Address By Leonard Read Leonard Read was born on a farm in M i c h igan. Having the back ground of a 102 hour work week from 11 to 18, he maintains that "economic progress, not law, has lessened child labor." At 19, his formal education was interrupted when he joined the Aviation Section of the Signal Corps. Following his service in En...