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John Kenneth Galbraith, Paul M. Warburg Professor of Economics, said yesterday that he has agreed to accept nomination to the chairmanship of Americans for Democratic Action, but not because of a growing concern over the Vietnam war as had been speculated...
...nominating committee was reported to have reached unanimous agreement on asking Galbraith to accept the post. The nomination and election will be decided this Sunday at the organization's convention in Washington...
Twice previously, Galbraith, ADA vice-chairman since 1964, was asked to accept the chairmanship, but declined...
...When I was approached about the post last spring, I was finishing work on my book, The Industrial State, and had to decline," Galbraith said yesterday. He added that now he "would accept the nomination, if offered, and serve, if elected...
...Galbraith reportedly agreed to accept the post at the unanimous request of the ADA nominating committee because of his deepening concern over the Vietnam war. Relations between ADA and the Administration worsened recently, after ADA vice-chairman Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. '38 attacked the Administration's stand on Vietnam negotiations...