Galbraith Is Picked For Poverty Council

President Johnson has apointed John K. Galbraith, Paul M. Warburg Professor of Economics, and James B. Conant '14 President Emeritus, to the National Advisory Council on the anti-poverty program.

The 14-member committee includes leaders of business, labor, and education. Galbraith described it as a "statutory group advising the President on all aspects of the anti-poverty program."

Provisions for the council were set up under the anti-poverty bill passed by Congress last October. The first meeting is scheduled for next Wednesday.