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A questionaire-survey devised to measure & indicate the trend of contemporary expert opinion on the relationship of ethics to econ's is reported & discussed briefly. 49 at random selected econ'ts & 20 philosophers answered 3 objective-type questions & 1 subjective one, ('Do you make statements with explicit socio-ethical implications in teaching?'). A variety of comments added by the R's are quoted. They verify the results of the tabulation of the checked answers. The most frequent qualifications to assenting that an econ'st as such may make normative statements were: (1) he may, assuming he has competence or adequate speial knowledge in the field; & (2) he may, assuming further that he does not give such pronouncements as absolutes. The smallness in the sample indicates the need for caution in interpreting the results. Replies were anonymous & are probably valid. The study indicates that those who hold the position that the econ'st is not to offer any advice are definitely in the minority today among econ'ts & philosophers in the US. M. Maxfield.