Harriman, W. Averell (William Averell), 1891-1986

A portrait of a young W. Averell Harriman.

Roving ECA Ambassador W. Averill Harriman appearing before the House Foreign Affairs Committee asking that Congress approve President Truman's $1,450,000,000 Arms Air Program "to protect the growing generation from war." From: Beth Gore

W. Averill Harriman, appearing before the Foreign Relations Committee of the Senate, said that Western Europe must be given American arms to bolster her own confidence and increase our security. From: Beth Gore

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.

W. Averill Harriman, the Roving Ambassador for the European Recovery Plan, after meeting with President Truman at the White House. He told the President that the "moral influence" of the U. S. abroad had increased greatly as a result of the American elections. From: Beth Gore.

W. Averill Harriman, after being named by President Truman to be Ambassador-at-Large to the Marshall Plan countries, clears his desk at the Department of Commerce preparatory to taking over the new post. From: Beth Gore.

Secretary of Commerce W. Averill Harriman is shown warning a Senate committee that an economic collapse is inevitable unless inflation is checked, and "any further relaxation of rent controls would represent an inflationary step." From: Beth Gore

The Senate Foreign Relations Committee held hearings on the aid to Europe food program with Secretary of Commerce W. Averill Harriman on the stand. Secretary Harriman is pictured here, center, with Senator Arthur H. Vandenberg, Michigan, left and Senator Tom Connally, Texas, right. From: Beth Gore

Photo of W. Averell Harriman, former U. S. Ambassador to Russia, is shown arriving at the White House for a conference with President Truman. Earlier, he had told a House Committee that Russia's people don't want war with the United States. From: Beth Gore

The Post Office Department's first "Air Letter," peacetime successor to V-Mail, was presented to Secretary of Commerce W. Averill Harriman (right). The presentation was made by Washington Postmaster Vincent O. Burke in the office of Post Master General Robert Hannegan. Left to right are Mr. Burke, Emory S. Land, President of the Air Transport Association, and Secretary Harriman. From: Beth Gore.