Letter Assails Economists For Treatise on New Deal

"Economics of the Recovery Program," a profound treatise on the administration's measures, recently published by seven Harvard pundits, was severely scored yesterday in a letter addressed to "The Seven Wise Men of Harvard" and signed by one W. M. Dyer of Carlisle, Pennsylvania, whose name unfortunately cannot be found in "Who's Who."

Mr. Dyer actually goes so far as to question the wiseness of professors in general. He even lays these particular pedagogues open to the now questionable charge of having believed in President Hoover. The only word of praise that Mr. Dyer has for the book is that it "sounds like New England." One is load to believe that Dyer favors the N.R.A. The index expurgatorius follows:

"I have just read of the book you seven wise men have concocted; and what I hear of it is enough without reading the book. It sounds like New England, and it sounds like a lot of professors, proving how very dumb they can be. In your opinion, I presume, Mr. Hoover was right in letting Prosperity remain just around the corner, and that nothing should have been done about it. If all seven of you had brain fever (which none of you will ever have,) I suppose the proper thing to do would be to let you get over it through nature's processes, and without a doctor. And being bookish professors I rather think that would be the proper treatment. However, we Americans believe in reaching out and dragging forth whatever might be dawdling behind Hoover's corner. The people of this country seem pretty well pleased to have a 'Go-getter' in the White House. Best regards, W. M. Dyer."

The Carlisle manifesto was received without comment at University Hall.