idea that zero net economic growth might be a means to save society and protect the environment." Perhaps the most accurate prediction was made by Roy Ash, co-founder and president of Litton Industries, during a spirited discussion with Peter G. Peterson, Robert Roosa and Roberto Campos. He proclaimed, "state capitalism may well be a form for world business in the world ahead; that the western countries are trending toward a more unified and controlled economy, having a greater effect on all business; and that the communist nations are moving more and more toward a free market system." He then posed the question of whether "East and West would meet some place toward the middle in about 1990," which was a prescient query that accurately forecasted the timing of the rise of a free-market among former communist states. During a dinner with President Nixon, the President urged the business leaders "to roll up your sleeves and increase productivity" so that their companies would be more competitive in world markets. Presenting members Roger Ahlbrandt, president of Allegheny Ludlum Steel Joseph H. Allen, president of McGraw-Hill Roy Ash, cofounder of Litton Industries William O. Baker, president of Bell Labs, advisor to five Presidents on scientific matters William M. Batten, chairman of J. C. Penney Thomas W. Benham, president Opinion Research Corporation Lee Bickmore, chairman of Nabisco Cleo W. Blackburn, president of Board for Fundamental Education Wernher von Braun, aerospace engineer and space architect credited with inventing the V-2 rocket Charles M. Brooks, head of industrial relations for Texaco, drafted Taft-Hartley Donald Burnham, chairman of Westinghouse Electric Corporation Roberto Campos, economist, writer, diplomat, politician Robert Charpie, chairman of Cabot Corporation Stewart S. Cort, chairman of Bethlehem Steel Frederick B. Dent, president of Mayfair Mills, Secretary of Commerce for Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford administrations. Richard L. Duchossois, president of Thrall Car Manufacturing Company and avid equestrian Mark Evans Austad Ambassador posts to Finland, Norway and vice president of Metromedia Joseph L. Fisher, founder of Resources for the Future Robben Wright Fleming, president of University of Michigan Carl Gerstacker, chairman of Dow Chemical Weldon B. Gibson, president of Stanford Research Institute, known as "Mr. SRI" Alan Greenspan, economist and consultant, chairman and president of Townsend-Greenspan & Company, and later Chair of the Federal Reserve Elisha "Bud" Grey II, chairman of Whirlpool Corporation Arthur G. Hansen, philanthropist and former chancellor of several universities Solomon Harge, director