Word: programing
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Dates: during 1960-1960
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...idealistic concepts and practical necessities embodied in the Peace Corps proposal. Suddenly the publicity fires were ignited in San Francisco and I think we can reasonably assume that the Peace Corps is on the national docket. There still remain the hurdles of Congressional action and effective operation of the program itself. While these are matters of concern for the months ahead, I should like to clarify a few points which may have become clouded in the sudden publicity given to the Peace Corps...
Proposals for a "Peace Corps" of U.S. youth got a boost last weekend at a Princeton conference of students, educators, foundation and government officials. Establishing a steering committee, the conference urged President-elect Kennedy to set before Congress legislation concerning a youth service program, and called for research, in cooperation with foreign leaders, on those needs of newly developing countries which a U.S. youth corps could help meet...
...conference overwhelmingly rejected this clause, however, agreeing that a privately run project might come into direct conflict with the legislative efforts of the Kennedy Administration, thereby damaging the entire "Peace Corps" program...
Returning to Cambridge from the conference yesterday, three undergraduates organized a Harvard-Radcliffe Committee for a Youth Service Program. In its constitution, which the Student Council approved last night, the Committee proposes to "sponsor research and public discussion, in conjunction with experts, on plans for youth service abroad, particularly as a possible alternative to military service in peacetime...
...immediate purpose is not to arouse broad student support, which its officers believe already exists, but to discover where American youths--both teachers and technicians--are needed abroad. The Committee also wishes to find out how participants should be chosen and trained, what bodies should administer and support the program, and the sort of political opposition it is likely to meet in Congress...