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:The [[National Planning Association]], for example, is a small policy-discussion group which took its present form in 1942 as part of the concern with postwar planning. It has a more liberal outlook than the CED, but has been very close to it. In the mid-1950’s the two organizations considered a merger, but decided against it because the NPA has a distinctive role to play in that both its leadership and study groups include representatives from labor and agriculture: “NPA did not want to lose the frankness and open interchange it achieved through labor participation, and CED felt it had acquired a reputation for objectivity and did not wish to dilute this good will toward an avowedly business organization by bringing in other groups.�{{ref|25}}{{ref|domhoff}}
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:The [[National Planning Association]], for example, is a small policy-discussion group which took its present form in 1942 as part of the concern with postwar planning. It has a more liberal outlook than the CED, but has been very close to it. In the mid-1950's the two organizations considered a merger, but decided against it because the NPA has a distinctive role to play in that both its leadership and study groups include representatives from labor and agriculture: 'NPA did not want to lose the frankness and open interchange it achieved through labor participation, and CED felt it had acquired a reputation for objectivity and did not wish to dilute this good will toward an avowedly business organization by bringing in other groups.'{{ref|25}}{{ref|domhoff}}
  
  
  
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#{{note|25}} Eakins, op. cit., p. 479.)
*{{note|25}} Eakins, op. cit., p. 479.)
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#{{note|domhoff}} G. William Domhoff, (1967) Who Rules America, Spectrum Books, pp. 76
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Latest revision as of 14:58, 4 July 2007


William Domhoff writes:

The National Planning Association, for example, is a small policy-discussion group which took its present form in 1942 as part of the concern with postwar planning. It has a more liberal outlook than the CED, but has been very close to it. In the mid-1950's the two organizations considered a merger, but decided against it because the NPA has a distinctive role to play in that both its leadership and study groups include representatives from labor and agriculture: 'NPA did not want to lose the frankness and open interchange it achieved through labor participation, and CED felt it had acquired a reputation for objectivity and did not wish to dilute this good will toward an avowedly business organization by bringing in other groups.'[1][2]


References

  1. ^ Eakins, op. cit., p. 479.)
  2. ^ G. William Domhoff, (1967) Who Rules America, Spectrum Books, pp. 76