Galbraith, John Kenneth, 1908-2006

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.

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).