7 NOVEMBER 1941, Page 4

Admiring listeners to the Brains Trust on Sunday afternoons have

no doubt formed their own conclusions as to the star performer among the regular team. I have my own views on the subject, but to state them would be invidious. But one thing about the Brains Trust is a little puzzling. Why is one member of it—by common consent, I think, in the star-performer category —encouraged, or permitted, to talk about three times as long as anyone else? His answers to questions are lectures in little— admirable lectures, bdt if everyone else gave answers on the same scale about three questions a day would get dealt with. He would still be as much star performer as ever, perhaps more so, if, with or without suasion, he could manage to add brevity to brilliance. It should not be beyond his capacity.