That's one person's assertion, not backed up by anything. Yawn. You may as well start quoting GASIL or GASCO or some other rag. Anyway, what relevance is there is what somebody intended back in the 1960s?
Actually it was exactly the intention of Ron Campbell and was always clearly stated. His widow is still very actively involved in AOPA and in fact is part of team working on the fight to save the rating her late husband came up with.