OG35,请帮忙翻译一下吧

35. Affirmative action is good business. So asserted the National Association of Manufacturers

while urging retention of an executive order requiring some federal contractors to set

numerical goals for hiring minorities and women. “Diversity in work force participation has

produced new ideas in management, product development, and marketing,” the association

claimed.

有人能帮我翻译一下这前两句吗？

积极的行动是件好事情。国家制造者协会如此断言，并敦促保留一项行政命令。这项命令要求一些联邦承包商在雇用少数民族和妇女方面设定量化的目标。

The sentence can be rewrietd as following:   the National Association of Manufacturers while urging retention of an executive order requiring some federal contractors to set numerical goals for hiring minorities and women  asserted
            so (Affirmative action is good business),
            

“Diversity in work force participation has produced new ideas in management, product development, and marketing,” the association claimed.

Is thsi more clear to understand ?

“Diversity in work force participation has produced new ideas in management, product development, and marketing,” the association claimed.

Is thsi more clear to understand ?