Word: mergers
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Nixon Administration in 1970 abolished occupational draft deferments, including those for VISTA and Peace Corps volunteers. Possibly to conciliate the young, however belatedly, Nixon used a speech at the University of Nebraska nine months later to praise their altruism and to propose a merger of the Peace Corps, VISTA and a handful of smaller Government volunteer groups into a new corps that would provide "an expanded opportunity" for service. Last week the House okayed the consolidation; unless the Senate disagrees this week, which is considered unlikely, the new agency-called Action-will come into existence on July...
...merger is designed to pour into one pot not only the Peace Corps, VISTA and the Teacher Corps, but also an acronymic amalgam of such disparate agencies as NSVP (National Student Volunteer Program), RSVP (Retired Senior Volunteer Program), SCORE (Service Corps of Retired Executives) and ACE (Active Corps of Executives). Also to be incorporated will be the Office of Voluntary Action...
VISTA has been a particular target for conservative criticism. Richard Nixon plainly wants to put his own stamp on the voluntary agencies begun by his Democratic predecessors, and the merger into Action, by absorbing VISTA into a larger, less controversial whole, may blunt the attack. Some think that the reorganization is actually a Machiavellian maneuver by the President to gut VISTA and the Peace Corps, although both programs can continue effectively if the Administration really wants them to. Shuffling bureaucracies about means nothing in itself...
Representatives of the 30 present members of Iroquois are negotiating with other clubs for a merger. "The Iroquois treasury would be a dowry," Brasch said...
...question of merger arose when Alice McCabe, director of swimming, could not decide whether to put an "R" or an "RH" on the team suits. "At one time I was very worried about the Radcliffe program disappearing." she said. "But, as Winston Churchill said, "There will always be an England, and I think I can say there will always be a Radcliffe...