{"id":3437,"date":"2014-06-28T15:35:17","date_gmt":"2014-06-28T15:35:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/esa.org\/history\/?p=3437"},"modified":"2022-02-18T19:58:29","modified_gmt":"2022-02-18T19:58:29","slug":"esa-and-the-1968-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/esa.org\/history\/2014\/06\/esa-and-the-1968-election\/","title":{"rendered":"ESA and the 1968 Election"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>We see in our rich country the reduction of open space, increasing urban concentration and congest with deterioration of life. These and other problems are not merely developing but developing at accelerating rates\u2026. Underlying all these problems of environmental quality is the problem of population growth.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/esa.org\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Election-1968.pdf\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"230\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/esa.org\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/ESAtocandidates-230x300.jpg\" alt=\"ESA\u2019s leadership wrote to presidential candidates in 1968 \" class=\"wp-image-2958 img-fluid\" srcset=\"https:\/\/esa.org\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/94\/2015\/06\/ESAtocandidates-230x300.jpg 230w, https:\/\/esa.org\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/94\/2015\/06\/ESAtocandidates-785x1024.jpg 785w, https:\/\/esa.org\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/94\/2015\/06\/ESAtocandidates-768x1002.jpg 768w, https:\/\/esa.org\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/94\/2015\/06\/ESAtocandidates-1177x1536.jpg 1177w, https:\/\/esa.org\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/94\/2015\/06\/ESAtocandidates-1569x2048.jpg 1569w, https:\/\/esa.org\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/94\/2015\/06\/ESAtocandidates-300x391.jpg 300w, https:\/\/esa.org\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/94\/2015\/06\/ESAtocandidates-scaled.jpg 1962w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 230px) 100vw, 230px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>ESA\u2019s leadership wrote to presidential candidates in 1968<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">ESA\u2019s leadership contacted presidential candidates in 1968 to get their views on creating a Council of Ecological Advisors, a National Institute of Ecology, and a national policy on population size. Hubert Humphrey replied in detail, George Wallace said little, and nothing was received from Richard Nixon. (from Stanley Auerbach Papers, Box 1, Public Affairs Committee 2 file).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>From the ESA Archives<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/esa.org\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Election-1968.pdf\">ESA letter to 1968 presidential candidates, with responses<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">See more <a href=\"https:\/\/esa.org\/history\/archives\/archives-directory\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/esa.org\/history\/archives\/archives-directory\/\">highlights from the ESA Archives<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We see in our rich country the reduction of open space, increasing urban concentration and congest with deterioration of life. These and other problems are not merely developing but developing at accelerating rates\u2026. Underlying all these problems of environmental quality is the problem of population growth. 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