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More oxford books @ www.OxfordeBook.comFore more urdu books visit www.4Urdu.comA NEW CREDO OF FREEDOM 79Declaration of Principles had been submitted as a possible declarationfor the national group under the aegis of the New York Division.In another draft letter there is no mention of the Independent Clubs;instead recipients are invited to join the Educational Committee ofthe “ ‘Intellectual Aristocrats’ of our country, who will formulate a newcredo of freedom, a faith for living, as complete, definite and consistentas the ideologies of our totalitarian enemies.” 25Although the name and structure of the group remained inchoate,Rand grew increasingly clear on its purposes. Her group would offera positive counterpoint to the New Deal, on an intellectual and philosophicallevel. They would be “the new teachers of a new Individualism.”She consciously modeled her ideas on the methods of the left: “The NewDeal has not won by bread alone. Nor by hams and baby blankets. TheNew Deal won by eight years of beautifully organized, consistent, systemiccollectivist propaganda.” 26 Her organization would counter thistide of leftism with its own publications, speeches, intellectuals, andideas, making the case for individual rights and limited government. AllRand needed to make it happen was money, which had yet to materialize.After months of appeals the organizers had received faint interestbut no committed financial backers.The problem was that in the political climate of mid-1941 Rand,Pollock, and Emery’s efforts were doubly marginal. As opponents ofRoosevelt they fell clearly outside the liberal order. Yet because Pollockwas adamant that the group steer clear of “any crowd opposed to ouraiding Britain” they were also cut off from the sources that were pumpingfunds into isolationist organizations. What Rand wanted to do wouldhave been difficult at any time: create a group that was ideological yetpractical, principled yet political. Her task was all the harder because hergroup cut across established lines of party politics. 27Around this time Rand’s employer, Richard Mealand, once againinquired about her book. Always hesitant to accept favors, Rand had notconsidered asking Mealand for further help after Little, Brown turneddown the book. A firm believer in her talent, Mealand was insistent andpressed Rand for the name of another publisher to approach. This timeRand suggested Bobbs-Merrill, which had recently published EugeneLyon’s The Red Decade, an exposé of Stalinist penetration in America. Sheguessed the firm might be favorable to a novel about individualism.