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Chances of the bill's passing may be hurt by its being mistakenly connected with Rep. Adam Clayton Powell (D-N.Y.), who is chairman of the House Education Committee. Powell is a sponsor of the so-called Domestic Peace Corps, a Harlem project which has recently come under Congressional fire. Several persons have confused the privately-run Domestic Peace Corps will Kennedy's National Service Corps, and this confusion is expected to add to the difficulties of the success of the bill...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Atty. General Ponders PBH Corps Ideas | 2/25/1963 | See Source »

...drink too much, some have a trained eye for a trim ankle, and a few-are not overly honest. The House is generally tolerant of all such failings, which makes it all the more unusual that the House is actually trying to do something about Harlem's Adam Clayton Powell...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: After Adam | 2/22/1963 | See Source »

...Washington, Rep. H. R. Gross (R-lowa) has termed the Corps' $157,000 expenditure for personnel "fantastic" and Sen. John J. Williams (R.Del.) has criticized the project's connections with Rep. Adam Clayton Powell (D-N.Y.). The project is being conducted entirely with in Powell's Congressional district...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Officials Consider Ending Link With Domestic Corps | 2/19/1963 | See Source »

...Corps has come under strong Congressional criticism recently. Rep. H.R. Gross (R-Iowa) termed ACT's $157,000 expenditure for personnel "ridiculous" and Sen. John R. Williams (R-Del.) criticized the project's connections with Rep. Adam Clayton Powell...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harlem Peace Corps Scored By PBH Head | 2/14/1963 | See Source »

Questioned by the CRIMSON about Congressional criticism of Adam Clayton Powell, Cooper replied that "his case does not look very good. The fact that Powell is a Congressman does not make his case different from that of any other citizen...

Author: By Peter R. Kann, | Title: Sen. Cooper Seeks Cuba Blockade If Talks Fail to Remove Russians | 2/13/1963 | See Source »

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