Mr. Alexei Kosygin, chairman of Russia's State Planning Commission, speaking to the 2 houses of the Supreme Soviet, which met in Moscow to hear a report on the economic plan and budget for 1960. Mr. Kosygin asserted that the current seven-year plan totals set for 1965 would be exceeded, that the economy was growing faster than provided for by the plan. In the rear block behind the speaker sits Soviet premier Nikita Khrushchev (2nd from right). 28 October 1959