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Dominating the lobby of Common Cause's very modern and very busy offices on M Street in Washington is a cork bulletin board nine feet high and six feet wide. Bold red letters proclaim news! Littering the board are newspaper clippings from all over the country, each bearing a red pencil stripe beneath the phrase “Common Cause.” Every working day over a thousand checks pour into this office, none of them tax-deductible. Membership in the organization has grown to 230,000 since its founding in 1970, and its membership renewal rate increased from a healthy 65 per cent in 1970 to a phenomenal 85 per cent in 1973. What sort of organization is this, and what can it tell us about our society and the individual's role in it?
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page 35 Note • There have been two exceptions to this rule: end-thewar legislation and the ban on the SST. These were probably in response to overwhelming membership interest, and out of obligation to other lobbies with whom C.C..usually combines. There is a 10-15 per cent overlap between C.C.'s members and the membership of environmental groups.
page 37 Note • If this sentence is boiled down to its essentials it reads: Because order provides order most Americans seek order.