Progressive Citizens of America members supported Wallace and Progressive Party. From left are seated, Henry A. Wallace and FDR's son Elliott Roosevelt; standing are Dr. Harlow Shapley and Jo Davidson (1947)
Successor
Progressive Party (1948)
Formation
December 1946
Dissolved
1948
Merger of
Independent Citizens Committee of the Arts, Sciences and Professions (ICCASP) National Citizens Political Action Committee (NC-PAC)
Purpose
Create third American political party
Headquarters
New York City
Membership
100,000
Co-Chair
Jo Davidson
Co-Chair
Frank Kingdon
Co-vice chair
Philip Murray
Co-vice chair
Alexander F. Whitney
Key people
Elinor S. Gimbel, Anita McCormick Blaine; , C.B. "Beanie" Baldwin, John Abt, Lee Pressman
Progressive Citizens of America (PCA) was a social-democratic and democratic socialist American political organization formed in December 1946 that advocated progressive policies, which worked with the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) and allegedly the Communist Party USA (CPUSA), as a precursor to the 1948 incarnation of the Progressive Party. It also led to formation of a counter group called Americans for Democratic Action (ADA), formed in January 1947 with progressive domestic views but anti-communist and interventionist foreign policy views, that split liberals and nearly cost Harry S. Truman the 1948 US Presidential Election.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8] The organization was dissolved in 1948.
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Karabell, Zachary (18 December 2007). The Last Campaign: How Harry Truman Won the 1948 Election. Knopf. pp. 64 (PCA vs ADA), 66 (ADA), 73 (members, funding). ISBN 9780307428868. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
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