They [the association directors] worked together in such bodies as the Board of Directors of the Public Administration Service. They worked together well in smaller groups when matters came up of common interest. But I was always careful, extremely careful, not to attempt to bind them together in any way as a corporate body, and I was meticulous in observing their utter independence.

(Brownlow 1958, 290), as cited in: Mary E. Guy, Marilyn M. Rubin (2015), Public Administration Evolving. p. 222 - A Passion for Anonymity, 1955