ations , ▁and ▁with ▁war ▁ra ging ▁in ▁Europe , ▁the ▁Prem iers ▁agreed ▁to ▁the ▁Commission ' s ▁propos als . ▁After ▁the ▁war , ▁Prime ▁Minister ▁King ▁was ▁eager ▁to ▁preserve ▁the ▁government ' s ▁new ▁powers , ▁and ▁a ▁separate ▁agreement ▁was ▁reached ▁with ▁the ▁provinces , ▁making ▁the ▁Commission ' s ▁recommend ations ▁into ▁permanent ▁policy . ▁Polit icians ▁of ▁all ▁stri pes ▁were ▁eager ▁to ▁mit ig ate ▁against ▁the ▁economic ▁and ▁social ▁problems ▁experienced ▁after ▁World ▁War ▁One , ▁and ▁acc eded ▁to ▁the ▁implementation ▁of ▁central ▁planning ▁measures . ▁Ref lect ing ▁on ▁the ▁Commission , ▁historian ▁Doug ▁O w ram ▁noted ▁that ▁the ▁report ▁" was ▁not ▁so ▁much ▁the ▁product ▁of ▁the ▁public ▁hear ings ▁as ▁... ▁of ▁the ▁intellectual ▁network ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 9 3 0 ' s .... ▁Indeed , ▁the ▁results ▁of ▁the ▁study ▁had ▁been ▁conce ived ▁even ▁before ▁its ▁appointment ." ▁The ▁report ▁itself ▁became ▁a ▁vehicle ▁for ▁sh aping ▁data ▁in ▁such ▁a ▁fashion ▁that ▁it ▁supported ▁the ▁conclus ions ▁of ▁the ▁intellect uals ▁who ▁wrote ▁it , ▁with ▁an ▁eye ▁towards ▁converting ▁its ▁readers ▁into ▁advoc ates ▁of ▁central ization . ▁ ▁The ▁ideas ▁of ▁the ▁L SR ▁proved ▁instrument al ▁in ▁introdu cing ▁successful ▁social ▁planning ▁measures ▁into ▁government , ▁however ▁dis en chant ment ▁with ▁social ism ▁had ▁grown ▁as ▁World ▁War ▁Two ▁approached , ▁and ▁the ▁L SR ▁itself ▁was ▁reduced ▁to ▁the ▁point ▁of ▁dissol ution . ▁With ▁C CF ▁related ▁activities