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In 1938 he began to give evidence of his growing importance. In that year he put forward a plan to solve railroad troubles by a lease-lend procedure through which the railroads would get equipment in much the same way that Britain gets war goods under the [[Lend-Lease Act]]. In that same year, he wrote an "influential memorandum" on the causes of the recession in which he discussed, among other things, Social Security taxes, and pointed out that compensatory Federal spending to stimulate heavy industry might be more flexible if concentrated outside the regular budget.  

In 1938 he began to give evidence of his growing importance. In that year he put forward a plan to solve railroad troubles by a lease-lend procedure through which the railroads would get equipment in much the same way that Britain gets war goods under the [[Lend-Lease Act]]. In that same year, he wrote an "influential memorandum" on the causes of the recession in which he discussed, among other things, Social Security taxes, and pointed out that compensatory Federal spending to stimulate heavy industry might be more flexible if concentrated outside the regular budget.  

In May of 1939, Currie gave testimony before the Temporary National Economic Committee. He reportedly showed that investments follow production and since 1932 State and local governments have been piling up savings so that the net Federal investment must be at least one billion dollars to provide equivalent purchasing power. In July of that year he was named President Roosevelt's personal Economic Advisor and Administrative Assistant. <ref>Testimony of Lauchlin Currie, August 13, 1948. Hearings Regarding Communist Espionage in the United States Government. Hearings before the [[Committee on Un-American Activities]]. U. S. Congress, House, 80th Congress, Second Session (Washington: Government Printing office, 1948) Part I, p. 852. </ref>

In May of 1939, Currie gave testimony before the Temporary National Economic Committee. He reportedly showed that investments follow production and since 1932 State and local governments have been piling up savings so that the net Federal investment must be at least one billion dollars to provide equivalent purchasing power. Currie became Administrative Assistant to [[President Franklin Roosevelt]] in July of 1939<ref>Testimony of Lauchlin Currie, August 13, 1948. Hearings Regarding Communist Espionage in the United States Government. Hearings before the Committee on Un-American Activities. U. S. Congress, House, 80th Congress, Second Session (Washington: Government Printing office, 1948) Part I, p. 852.</ref>, and was empowered to coordinate "the work of the various departments in their relations to the Executive." <ref>''New York Times'', July 23, 1939.</ref>

[[Whittaker Chambers]], a former affiliate of the Soviet Secret Intelligence Service in Washington, D. C., for the purpose of developing a government underground, stated that Lauchlin Currie was a 'fellow Traveler' who helped various Communists. This statement was made to a representative of the State Department when Chambers was questioned relative to individuals in the Government who were allegedly active in behalf of the Communist Party and the Soviet Union.

[[Whittaker Chambers]], a former affiliate of the Soviet Secret Intelligence Service in Washington, D. C., for the purpose of developing a government underground, stated that Lauchlin Currie was a 'fellow Traveler' who helped various Communists. This statement was made to a representative of the State Department when Chambers was questioned relative to individuals in the Government who were allegedly active in behalf of the Communist Party and the Soviet Union.

==KGB operative==

==KGB operative==

Currie became Administrative Assistant to [[President Franklin Roosevelt]] in July of 1939<ref>Testimony of Lauchlin Currie, August 13, 1948. Hearings Regarding Communist Espionage in the United States Government. Hearings before the Committee on Un-American Activities. U. S. Congress, House, 80th Congress, Second Session (Washington: Government Printing office, 1948) Part I, p. 852.</ref>, and was empowered to coordinate "the work of the various departments in their relations to the Executive." <ref>''New York Times'', July 23, 1939.</ref> Through a surreptitious and out of process means <ref>Testimony of Stanley K. Hornbeck, February 15, 1952. U. S. Congress, Senate Committee on the Judiciary, [[Internal Security Subcommittee]], Institute of Pacific Relations, Hearings, 82nd Congress, First Session (Washington: Government Printing Office, 1951), Part 9, pp. 3209-10.</ref> Currie secured [[Comintern]] operative [[Owen Lattimore]] as the personal appointment of President Roosevelt as American adviser for [[Kuomintang]] Generalissimo [[Chiang Kai-shek]], who at that time was engaged in a desparate struggle with Japan in the [[Second Sino-Japanese War]].

Through a surreptitious and out of process means Currie secured [[Comintern]] operative [[Owen Lattimore]] as the personal appointment of President Roosevelt as American adviser for [[Kuomintang]] Generalissimo [[Chiang Kai-shek]], who at that time was engaged in a desparate struggle with Japan in the [[Second Sino-Japanese War]]. <ref>Testimony of Stanley K. Hornbeck, February 15, 1952. U. S. Congress, Senate Committee on the Judiciary, [[Internal Security Subcommittee]], Institute of Pacific Relations, Hearings, 82nd Congress, First Session (Washington: Government Printing Office, 1951), Part 9, pp. 3209-10.</ref>  

In the early part of 1941 Currie was sent to be Head of the Economic Mission to China as personal envoy of the President to  confer with Chiang Kai-shek and other leading executives of the Kuomintang. Currie studied Chinese arsenals, military training schools, and industrial cooperatives while in China. Although his report had not been made public, he appears to have studied the economic structure in general and its special problems of currency and transportation.  Currie later spent a few days in New Delhi, India, and returned to the United States on August 20, 1942.

In the early part of 1941 Currie was sent to be Head of the Economic Mission to China as personal envoy of the President to  confer with Chiang Kai-shek and other leading executives of the Kuomintang. Currie studied Chinese arsenals, military training schools, and industrial cooperatives while in China. Although his report had not been made public, he appears to have studied the economic structure in general and its special problems of currency and transportation.  Currie later spent a few days in New Delhi, India, and returned to the United States on August 20, 1942.