The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-04-22
Lord Keynes, Economist, R
 Heart Attack
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 Financial ExpoFf
Financial ExpoFt

| 10nuOu, ApTll 14-lUR)--DTs JOnx Plesch, a heart specialist, said to. day that John Maynard Lord Key. nes, one of the worlds leading econ. oHlaists, died of heart attack whict resulted from strain and overworl in connection with his recent trir to America.
 The 02-year-old British financial expert, who was a director of the Bank of England, died yesterday at his home in Tilton Flrle, Sussex.
 pr. Plesch said Lord Keynes "had to run" to catch the boat train at Southampton when he arrived in England earlier this month. He was rushing to London for the House of Lords debate on the proposed Amer ican loan to Great Britain.
 Costly Trip
 Lord Keynes returned to England two weeks ago from the 1nterna- tional monetary conference at Sav- annah, Ga. Friends said he had been under q great deal of mental strain," and that the trip from Southampton on a crowded train had left him i'll. His physicians had ordered complete rest.
 Death came ct 10 Q. m. Sunday. Lady Keynes, a former Russian Bal lerina, was at the bedside.
 Prime Minister Clement Attlee, when informed of Lord Keynes death, said, "the country loses in him its most brilliant economist and man of distinction in many and varied fields of activity. His services to the state as an adviser on econ- omics and financial matters and as a regotiator were invaluable. lost in him Q personal friend of great charm"
 Tn addition to his accomplish rnents as an economist, Lord Keynes was noted as an historian and Q patron of the arts. He also was a collector of rare books. Agricultura- lists knew him as a successful farm CT and an expert on the develop ment of grass feeding stuffS.
 Involved in Loan
 Lord Keynes was credited with responsibility for the spending pole icies of the Roosevelt Administra- ton in the early 1930's. He was an advocate of delft spending to cre- ate full employment, which he said was the only way to increase the national income of a nation.
 He was one of the principals in the British delegation which came to the United Sttaes last fall to dis- cuss the proposed $3,760, ,0O0. 900 loan to England.
 Lord Keynes, although a business man himself, was an opponent Of the policy of "laissez-faire". Many of the economic controls which he advocated were incorporated in the Roosevelt New Deal. but Lord Keynes was unsuccessful in his at- tempt to bring about similar pro- gram in Britain.
 Lord Keynes was a member of the British Treasury Mission to the Paris Peace Conference after the First World War. He first gained world attention by his resignation from the mission and his opposition to the Versailles Treaty, which he said would prove more harmful to the Allies than to Germany.
 Financial Expert
 He was made first Baron of Tile ton in lo42 in recognition of his ate tainments in the fields of economies and finance.
 Lord Keynes was the author of several books on economies, irlclud- Ing "T'he Economic Consequences of the Peace" which became Q best seller, and How to Pay for the War" published in l94O.
 He was leader in shaping the Idea of e world bank and providing for the stabilization of international currency at the Breton Woods Monetary Conference.