Economists

Charles P. Kindleberger, Economist with the Office of Strategic Services, 1942-44, 1945; chief, Division German and Austrian Economic Affairs, Department of State, Washington, 1945-48; and Intelligence Officer, 12th U.S. Army group, 1944-45.

Former President Harry S. Truman meets with the Democratic Advisory Council's Economic Policy Committee in Washington, D. C. Standing, from left to right: James Carey, President, Electrical Workers Union; Seymour Harris, Harvard Economic Professor; Charles Tyler II, Director, Democratic Advisory Council; Isadore Lubin, New York State Commissioner of Labor; Ward Clark, Member of Economic Committee; Edward Foley, former Under Secretary of the Treasury. Seated, left to right: Philip Perlman, former Solicitor General; former President Truman; John K.

Dr. Edwin G. Nourse, head of the President's Special Economic Advisory Council, reports to the Cabinet that rationing and price controls are essential to the success of the food conservation program through which the United States is called upon to aid starving Europe. In the front row, from left to right, pictured are Acting Secretary of State Robert Lovett, Secretary of Defense James Forrestal, President Harry S. Truman, Secretary of the Treasury John Snyder, and Attorney General Tom C. Clark.

President Harry S. Truman congratulates the newly-sworn in members of the Council of Economic Advisors. From left to right: Leon H. Keyserling; Dr. Edwin G. Nourse; John Davidson Clark; President Truman and Judge Bennet Champ Clark of the United States Court of Appeals.

A group of economic advisors meet in the office of John R. Steelman, Assistant to the President. From left to right: James Webb, Director of the Bureau of the Budget; Secretary of Commerce Averell Harriman; Secretary of Agriculture Clinton Anderson; Dr. Edwin G. Nourse, Chairman of Council of Economic Advisors; and John R. Steelman.

A group of economic advisors meet in the office of John R. Steelman, Assistant to the President. From left to right: James Webb, Director of the Bureau of the Budget; Dr. Edwin G. Nourse, Chairman of Council of Economic Advisors; Secretary of Agriculture Clinton Anderson; John R. Steelman; and Secretary of Commerce Averell Harriman.

John R. Steelman (right) meets with Robert C. Turner (left), a member of the Council of Economic Advisors, in his office.

Interior view, believed to have been taken during W. Averell Harriman's 1959 Russian trip, at the ZIL Automobile Factory, formerly the Stalin Automobile Factory, in Moscow. John Kenneth Galbraith can be seen in the center accompanied by other American economists. Charles W. Thayer accompanied W. Averell Harriman as a guide and confidant on a trip to Russia which took place May 12 - June 26, 1959. Harriman went as a special foreign correspondent for the North American Newspaper Alliance (NANA).

Members of the Council of Economic Advisers and White House staff members working on the President's Midyear Economic Report in the Cabinet Room. From left to right: Charles S. Murphy, Administrative Assistant to the President; David E. Bell, Special Assistant in the White House Office; Leon H. Keyserling, Vice Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers; Robert C. Turner, consultant on the White House staff; Edwin G. Nourse, Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers; and John D. Clark, member of the Council of Economic Advisers.