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...only criticism of the program itself has come from Jon W. Clifton '63, president of Phillips Brooks House, who visited ACT's head quarters in January and returned disillusioned with the project. Clifton said an official of ACT to whom he had spoken seemed totally unaware of any detailed future plans for the volunteers. "Every question we asked about the program met with a blank wall," he reported...
Officials of the Domestic Peace Corps grimace when reminded of the incident. "The man Clifton spoke to was a very competent organizer who had helped us greatly in getting the program underway," one explained. "But he was also something of a con man, who was trying to retain as much power as possible within the organization. He was trying to get things done behind my back and (ACT director) Livingstone Wingate's. For example he never told us of Clifton's visit...
...Clifton '63, president of Philips Brooks House, called the Corps' program "appallingly incomplete" and said that officials of the project "seemed to have no idea just what their 35 volunteers are going...
...Clifton said Broadfield seemed to have no idea what his volunteers would do after their training period. Broadfield said they would be working in the local settlement houses, but could give no information concerning specific projects...
...officials made the trip to see if any of the Peace Corps' social service techniques could be applied to PBH's work at Harvard. "We heard that they had a lot of new ideas," Clifton said, "but if they do, they haven't told Broadfield about them...