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W. Averell Harriman, top ECA Administrator, with Senator Tom Connally

99-501 (untitled)
Accession Number
99-501
8x10 inches (21x26 cm)
Black & White
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Keywords
Administrative agencies
International relief
Legislators
HST Keywords
European Recovery Plan; Marshall Plan
People Pictured
Connally, Tom, 1877-1963
Harriman, W. Averell (William Averell), 1891-1986
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Description
W. Averell Harriman, top Economic Cooperation Administration administrator will travel abroad after telling the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that the alternative to $5,580,000,000 in new European Recovery Plan spending would be "life in an armed camp" both here and abroad. He is shown here with Senator Tom Connally, Chairman of the Committee. Mr. Harriman also described the Marshall Plan as a great investment in peace. From: Beth Gore.
Date(s)
February 10, 1949