The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-02-07
WHO'S
NEWS
THIS
ee~
WEEK
BY LEMUEL r. PARTON

IN GW IOt1A.--k1udil 0iiAiul uC
- scribed economics as science
and then added, "Science is an anti
dote to the poison Of enthusiasm"
FDR's Economist that Il I Presi.
An Anfidofe to dent Roose-
~ al economist,
rarely heard or seen, serves as such
an antidote when impulsive action
is indicated. He is the somewhat
dimly outlined DR.. Lauchlin Currie,
graying at 81, clothed in gray, as
though in protective coloring, q
shadow-shape in the Washington
fogs of doubt and uncertainty.
DR.. Currie not only delves into
mountains Of detail, as did Hay
and NicOIay for Lincoln, in an
other critical hour in March,
1860, but he Is deep fount Of
economic doctrine. He has NOT
been credited with the inspira-
ton for the lease-lend bill for
aid to Britain, but IL is interest
ing to note that in April, 1898,
he put forward q plan to solve
railroad troubles by leasing
lending procedure In which the
roads would get equipment
much i'm the manner In which
Britain would get war goods UNI
der the new bill.
! As the 'slast Of the brain-truss-
ers," he is an advocate Of the full
utilization Of technical resources by
clearing them Of financial entan-
elements and commitments, so far
as possible. The late Thorstein Web
len foreshadowed these techniques.
DR.. Currie is native of Nova
Scotia who became an American
citizen in 1894. He Joined the New
Deal in that year, three years after
taking his doctorate at Harvard, as
an assistant economist under Jacob
Viner Of the treasury department.
Later he was taken over by Mar
riner Eccles Of the Federal Reserve
board as an assistant in the di-
vision of research.
He is mot only the Presidents
personal economist, but his liai-
SON man i'm economic matters,
appointed as one Of those six
White House assistants, with
passion for anonymity" which
passion seems fairly authentic
In his case. He was teacher
at Harvard and an industrial
c0nsultant i'm Boston before go .
ing to Washington.
All Of which is a reminder that
She average mans wife is his per-
sonal economist and that she fire.
quently is an ''antidote to the poison
Of enthusiasm"
IF ADAM SMITH were alive, he
= would note that Mile. Eve Curie's
scientific antecedents had not
dimmed any Of her enthusiasms.
Science Has Not II Inc M aaIsn ca,.
Curbed Emotion RE arrives on
OF Mile. Curie a sne ?; ? III Sn.
ing with enthusiasm for free France
and for democracy and civilization
in general, science or no science.
Her previous trips over here had
made her favorite in this country
and her charm, intelligence and
beauty have been eloquently ex-
tolled.
Her burning black eyes might
be called IAN antidote to the
poison Of indifference" She
QuaIified In science, at the S0r-
bonnie, but turned to music in
1926, q gifted pianist, praised by
her friend Padcrewski. With
al her other gifts, she Is an ath-
lete and q first-rate bowler.
And with all that, women rave
about her clothes. Writing has sup
planted music as her chief interest
and she has been highly praised for
her biography Of her mother, pub
lished in 1898. Her proficiency In
higher mathematics rounds out q
perfect score for one Of the most
highly esteemed Of our gang-plank
celebrities.
ERICA MORINI, whose recent
II concert drew an overflow crowd
70 the Town Hall, frequently has
been called "The greatest woman
violinist." She doesn't like it. While
she notes that there have been, IN
nearly three centuries, only Is dis
tinguished women violinists, as
against thousands Of men, she ir-
sists that the lag is due only to the
fact that women have been too busy
with homes and children to bring
through their talents. She thinks
the above accolade Is patronizing to
her sex.
When Adolf Hitler's tanks rolled
into her native Vienna, the comedy
young violinist moved out, with her
$45, 900 Stradivarius. It was IN 1921
that she first came to New York, q
child prodigy in pig-tails, making
her American debut with the New
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