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...second annual "24 Hours for Survival," held at the First Congregational Church on Garden St. and sponsored by the 400 strong New England Writers for Survival (NEWS), was scheduled to attract such luminaries as John Kenneth Galbraith. Warburg Professor of Economics Emeritus, and Pulitzer Prize winning biographer Justin Kaplan...
Walburg Professor of Economics Emeritus John Kenneth Galbraith--who served as U.S. ambassador to India in the Kennedy Administration and was a personal friend of the world leader--called Gandhi "a person of deep intelligence and great political acumen...
...Galbraith said that "it is a time to remind all people that Indian democracy is a solid and durable thing I'm sure this will be made evident in the months and years ahead...
Pointing to examples in the history of presently developed countries, Galbraith said that the United States a century ago "overwhelmingly favored agriculture and industry that supported agriculture" in order to foster further growth...
...However, Galbraith said that he has "grave doubts about the effect of one speech" and said that he expected only a small shift towards his view points expressed...