[Main raising a glass to John Steinbeck, USSR]

Relief Plea - Representatives of the striking CIO Longshoremen’s Union are pictured as they appeared at the public welfare commission yesterday to demand action on requests made for relief by union members.

[Konstantin Simonov posing with dog at home, USSR]

[Konstantin Simonov posing with dog at home, USSR]

[Konstantin Simonov, Valentin Kataev, John Steinbeck and others standing and talking, USSR]

[Jon Steinbeck drinking vodka with a family of farmers, USSR]

[Jon Steinbeck drinking vodka, USSR]

[Peasants standing around a truck, USSR]