Published 1946
“…Stakhanovism apart, it is known that Gosplan makes much use of the detailed experience of the "man-on-the-job" in the formulation of the Five-Year Plans. But those
Socialists who distrust Soviet examples will probably listen more readily to a voice from
America — that of David Lilienthal, describing the methods of the Tennessee Valley Authority: "The spiritual yields of
democratic methods, a renewed sense that the individual counts, would be justification enough. …”