Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1941-02-07
WHO'S
NEWS
THIS
WEEK
By LEMUEL r. PARTON

CONSOLIDATED Features-wNU servieeJ
NEW YORK.-Adam Smith de-
scribed economics as a science
and then added, Science is an anti
dote to the poison Of enthusiasm"
FDRs Economist Il Is I P1eois
An Antidote to dent Roose-
Poison of Zeal' velt's person
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,
grazing at 81, clothed in gray, a.
though in protective coloring, .
shadow-shape in the Washington
fogs of doubt and uncertainty.
DR.. Currie not only delves into
mountains Of detail, rs did Hay
and Nicolay for Lincoln, in an
other critical hoaf in March,
1860, but he Is . deep fount 4
economic doctrine. He has net
been credited with the inspira-
ton for the lease-lend bill for
aid to Britain, but Il Il interest
ing to note that In April, 1889,
he put forward . plan to solve
railroad troubles by . leasing
lending procedure In which the
roads would get equipment
much in the manner In which
Britain would get war goods N
der the new bill.
AS the last of the brain-trust-
ers," he is an advocate of the full
utilization of technical resources BY
clearing them of financial entan-
clements 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 1884. He joined the New
Deal in that year, three years after
taking his doctorate at Harvard, az
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 not only the Presidents
personal economist, but his liai-
son man in economic matters,
appointed as one of those six
White House assistants, with 4
passion for anonymity" which
passion seems fairly authentic
in his case. He was . teacher
at Harvard and an industrial
consultant in Boston before go
ing to Washington.
All of which is a reminder that
the 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 ~ Inc M aausn Sn
Curbed Emotion RE arrives on
OF Mile. Curie the ;; 3 Elk Ex-
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
qualified in science, at the Sor-
bonnie, but turned to music in
1926, a gifted pianist, praised by
her friend Paderewski. With
all her other gifts, she is an ath-
lete and a 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 a
perfect score for one of the most
highly esteemed of our gang-plank
celebrities.
ERICA MORINI, whose recent
L. concert drew an overflow crowd
to the Town Hall, frequently has
been called 1.-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, n
against thousands of men, she IN
sists that the lag is due only to tha
fact that women have been too busy
with homes and children to bring
through their talents. She thmks
the above accolade Il patronixing "a