The uncompromising R.C. Hoiles   This essay was written by Carl
Watner in December 1985, and published in The Voluntaryist, May
1986, Vol. 3, No. 6.  In 1964, an article appearing inThe New
York Timesnewspaper described Raymond Cyrus (R.C.) Hoiles as
"slight of build, hawk-nosed toothy, bespectacled, with a fringe
of still dark hair around his other-wise bald head." It also
publicly identified Hoiles as a voluntaryist. With regards to
the upcoming national elections (Goldwater was running for
President), the same article reported that Hoiles was not
inclined to look towards the ballot box for the quick adoption
of his libertarian ideas. In fact, it quoted R.C. as stating,
"It doesn't make much difference who is President. What is
important is the attitude of the American people."  Another
contemporary sketch of R.C. by Robert LeFevre painted him as "a
rare old bird, a combination of crusty, two-fisted, hard-headed
egoist, and a gentle, optimistic, hard-working idealist. The man
is, a true genius in my view. H