NATIONAL GOALS STUDY

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00001R000100280070-0
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• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: November 11, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 1, 1999
• Sequence Number: 70
• Content Type: NSPR

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? A sTupy PROPOSED by
State of the Union Mes.T44,\ of 11/59,
after much delay; This Is th,y!epom
mission on Natiolial
The aim of the stu
long-range plans for the
being. These "inidellnis
_possibly ten y$tirV
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. group?and that proved to Y
President at .a press con
that btotiad been unable
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Its pubcaQc WASISeetA0e4 the beilig to keep out
Ivor% published
the President's COnt-
of politics.. Both Self. 'Kehnedy, ititd7V.ice President Nixon,
howfrier, were kept Informed Of the plogress of the ,Orn-.
d, was to produce miSSOTL
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The report Is expected to cbart a path toward broad
'iertalnly?tad, economic wen-
floonatitipal objectives. Its mandate front the President was tc
, .outline J'ptiogfams tor the next decade and longer." Never
,theleSs,' While it ill not expected AO stress governinenLil ac
T-10, lion to &thieve these national objectives, it should be spect
'ee .
L 19 keted 'Bed eopugh to be *Wu' to allot aficabOstration headed b3
inlidon" to stismAnou 'a President who tlirOughOut the campaign urged the neces
i LI M1 ih private fund; 1143r14,/: Ak, pay for the study. AV. getling Amertes muting toward new nationa
fkler Fund, wbik'n Nit conductedairrillix- *studies; gala, lo his 611V11. wart* "new trontiers."
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: shown interest, as tiod tht Carnegie, Ford and Sloan founda-
tions. But these groups 1..t that lime had shied off, fat- lack. l.. ,
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of specifictinformatiOn4 )out objeatilien and organization. '
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:By last February I e financing had finally been set,.
and President EisenhoY f ' r appointed It.f;Cermmission?headedt:i.:!;.4.)7,4.,"
: by Henry Merritt 411 /A-, foriner,piesident of Brown lint- I: .. 47. ., 4e
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A STUDY PROPOSED 1)y ?test tent ltlisenhoWer in his
State of the Union Messogil of 1959 ? Vitt heir% published
atter mach delay. This is '.iie. report (the President's COrn-
nossion (r: :\;.lit,h.11 GO:Ohl.
The .400 ol Int' siukt 33 in
long-range plans for the Illii-r i.
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being. These "i;uidelinia"t'M
"td, wat4 to preduce
and. economic
possibly ten years" aimed. '..i?L ., -.'
' They were to be work.' k,out. bi!it Itim4i,*(,..??.1-4tinietital
,'?o-oup.--and that proved to V .4,01.sittcree If the ?ditia,..y. Tile
President at a press corn .. ,' Oct. ? 1939 indleated
? '?'.?_' - ' .? ? ; a President who throughout the campaign urged the neces,
that lie)haal been onilik, lii get tne ii milli'on to $o million
, sity of "getling America moVing" toward new
in private fund; neeit).,10. pay for the study.. The Rder-..e,-*
fe
goats-or, In his own? words, "new frontiers."
.ler Fund. whi.'...h PA: conducted' sirr5lar studies,
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Th '.Tl interest ,i.,,. n:d the Carnegie, Ford and Sloan founda- i , , :: - ,,,:70. ? . ? ? - ' '' .
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Ittins But the' gt oups i .t that time had shied off for lack i , . ..,.
of specificlinformanon .4 iout ?Wei:dives and organization.
la't Fel)VilarY q e financing had finally been set,. i ....-....',
ah,t PtAtsidtrill Eisenhoylo r appointed a:Commission headed
In nre Nierri!I Vitt! ./A , former president of Brown Uni- . "';''...,?,',..:,,
versify. The 11-rnero' 41,1.-torip, nonpartisan in (Imposition,
ides re,....? ,?,f Pii.',41k Ili v of Colgate W. Darden, former
. govei no. '' . ? pulk, re et d U.S. Appeals Judge Learned '1,,, ? ,, ,,
Hand. AP., 1/4'4,.' ?reside 4 G .,orge Meany and Crawford IC 1
Crfteilf`Nk it]t. ;..o: it ;i 'if A E. .t... ' du Pont de Nemours & Co. i, ?
' THE GOAL s,s71/Dy hr/": , Aemsuggested to .the Presi-
dent hv Charlet, H. Percy, B 118e
later to shapc the Republic! al .
tion. After analysis.by W1I
aeopted in a somewhat 'I ter's ,
' Staff wirk for the" Immisektin?,4
liana. P. Bundy, former (/. , .r.ali-nteilifitePCit,
Ile recruited a group 0 ;?
eign policy, defense,
after consulting an t
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report is based on
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,,campaign urgin?
It will be pub'
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MAASS of the rrpct art.i af
its pub]itation wa.sintentional, the alp being to keep 11 out
of politica.. Both Sen. Kennedy. and Vice President N on,
however, were kept informed of the pi ogress of the ont,
ntission. ?
'ple report is expected to c-hart a path toward tt?oa,i
natienal objectives. Its mandate front the President e. as to
outline "programs tor the next decade and longer.- Nycl -
,thelets, while it is not expected.to stress government. ac-
'tion to athieve these national objectives, it should be sheet
Lied enough to ben,seful to a new administration headed ON,
ipresideilt, who was
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