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With thousands rioting outside (and a bartending course next door) only nine people showed up to hear Student Council President Howard J. Phillips '62 and his antagonist of last week, Michael M. Hornblow '62, discuss the Peace Corps...
Their disagreements, which were relatively few, revolved around one central question: the relationship between the Peace Corpsman and the United States Government. Phillips advocated an orientation program sponsored by the government, but Hornblow called it unnecessary; Hornblow called for eventual United Nations control, but Phillips said it would endanger American interests...
...Hornblow's objections stemmed from his belief that the Peace Corps should not, under any circumstances, be regarded as an adjunct of United States foreign policy. Recalling his experiences on Crossroads Africa, he noted that "communism, to Africans I talked to meant nothing more than a white Cadillac. They have no understanding of various ideologies," he continued, "and as this point it's more important to combat disease and introduce modern techniques than to explain America...
...Hornblow also explained why he had not moved for a simple censure of Phillips, since such a motion would have needed only a majority for approval. "Unlike our suggested resolution, it would have impugned the motives of Mr. Phillips. This we do not wish...
...emphasized that "in no sense is the suggested resolution a gag rule, as some have hastily said." We urge not that the President refrain from freely voicing his personal views, but simply that he and the vice-President be restrained in the manner that the resolution suggests, Hornblow said...