European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 26, 1965, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The peace corps digs in it Shriver probably to concentrate on tee i tee himself As an idea primarily u a j with Tome ideas of my first of in a a capacity to recognize nod i can ener make the ideas come make them see what tribute to the development i administrative philosophy very smart but Dlf people with different different geographical out my different ecu Issue comes you get their be irling viewpoints there Are people shout and Curie at think that How you get a i position on Public prob at an oat he never uses born a of a distinguished Mary Hon lost his Money in the by River worked Way then Yale when he completed Law school in Shriver was commissioned in the during world War he Taw combat duty i the Pacific on the battleship South Dakota and in after the War he worked briefly for a Wall Street Law firm and Newsweek but probably the most important thing that happened to Shriver was his meeting with Eunice Kennedy at a 1946 her father hired Shriver As his person Al trouble and later sent him to help run the merchandise Sarge and Eunice were married May at Patricks Cathedral in now by Francis Cardinal spell there were the wed a major social coat an Esti mated the striven settled Down in Chicago and remained there until the 1960 presidential in Shriver was appointed to the Chicago Board of Edu cation and was elected president a year and a half he held his lob until he quit in 1110 to Campaign for his brother so he has evaded the question of except to say 111 Ever de Dieto run for ill go after votes just u hard As i now try to recruit volunteers for tin peace corps director Dali in 1963 an Wracan teacher prompt with Pupilli at by Bra mama Stah writer peace tartly out of Al is digging in for the Long five thousand the largest bloc Ever added in any tour week Perl went on the Rolls in by the end of August the operating in u will have almost volunteers and a figure president Johnson wants rated to requests from 14 additional countries Are on the testing period is now where do to go with it what can be done with the peace corps by the and developing countries in the next decade or two these arc to questions pre occupying director Sargent Shriver and his newly named Warren who backstops the Boss when Shriver wears his other hat As director of the office of economic the peace corps is planning some innovations Tor the fill million u has re Quested to operate through next now under study is a plan to offer a College degree Lor three years on Cam plus two years in the Blu Collar recruitment for Carpen electricians and heavy equipment maintenance being stepped up to supplement the 300 other skills of volunteers in Africa and latin dependents will be sent abroad for the first time with 20 doctors now in train even their Siree Vearold Young sters Are Given language to make certain the corps will attract new Congress has been asked to limit service to five Wiggins is a fast talking Man from ills and Chester it Golm of san last year became the old est couple and m to Complete two years of Volunteer we will soon be returning to people a year to the United a maybe americans will have served in the peace know a have lived in and really understand some of the intimate problems people lace in nations in Wiggins that will be a unique asset for Amer m indicated that the number of vol steers had dropped off somewhat in the past year but said he expects to receive about applications in its not a question of inability to put them in but of trying to improve the Quality and Wiggins has noticed a change in the Type of lie described recent applicants As somewhat in the 1030 age Many just out of now they seem to have a bet Ter understanding of the requirements when they Justement difficulties of is have been overemphasize by the half our people go to school when they come so they have no except that it May seem a Little due after the overseas sex Thi stars and stripes the other half to to and unemployment u less than on per almost to volunteers Are introducing new mathematics and science techniques in elementary and ugh schools in the and half the teachers who hold degrees in Ethiopia an peace corps a whole new generation is being assisted in Wiggins Point ing out that Over 000 volunteers Are working there in Urban slums and Rural Shriver recently told a Bouse commit tee that 27 per cent of the volunteers Are in Community 11 per cent in medical or health h per cent in educational programs and 12 per cent in an out spoken critic of to peace does not find fault with the volunteers but has said their work duplicates other technical Aid the corps also is under steady tire from the who Call volunteers saboteurs and Ono of 11 applicants accepted for the and in the past pm about have washed out in during their two year stint about 15 per cent Home Early for family health or less than one per cent return for psychological Wiggins agricultural workers and teachers Are in greatest the average Cost of training a Volunteer has been led Down by about now standing a Volunteer trains Tor 11 weeks at College or receives a subsistence allowance and accumulates a month Muster Ngout pay during us two year returnees Are interviewed intensively and generally report that their original idealism has been tempered with healthy according to the peace corps annual report View of their ability to effect rapid change in developing societies was sobered they moves even when there corps of determined and eager nun and women spurring it volunteers come Home feel ing they have done something rather and that they have something special to offer but Many have difficulty defining the terms of the offer or finding the right place to make it president Johnson has drawn heavily on the corps top Wiggins re placed Bill now special assist ant to the chief other alumni Are Jock assistant Secretary of state for latin american affairs Franklin representative to Enesco with the rank of ambassador Chester Carter and Rafael Deputy chiefs of protocol for the state the first 124 trainees sent out to three countries Back in ital apparently started a now 20 nations Are forming corps of their Iron curtain bids to close the peace corps