Word: millikan
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...Millikan, who has advised President-elect Kennedy on questions of foreign aid for several years, was asked, soon after Kennedy's election, to draw up a memorandum listing his own proposals regarding the "Peace Corps" plan...
Although the full text of his memorandum has not yet been made public, Millikan discussed some of his ideas with reporters on Saturday and expanded on them in an interview with the CRIMSON yesterday...
...report, Millikan recommended that a series of "pilot projects" be launched in the near future; when interviewed yesterday, he said that the Harvard "youth corps" plan was the sort of project he had in mind...
...Peace Corps" will be directed by a new Government board designed to supervise--though not to absorb--the activities of private organizations, if the Kennedy Administration adopts a set of proposals by Dr. Max Millikan, Director of International Affairs at MIT. The board would probably include members of the International Cooperation Administration, the United States Information Agency, the State Department, and private foundations and professional groups...
...memorandum delivered to President-elect Kennedy Saturday, Millikan further recommended that the program guarantee deferment, but not exemption, from the draft; that it be launched on a relatively small scale; and that it emphasize the teaching of specific skills. He also suggested that the name "Peace Corps" be replaced by the title International Youth Service Agency (IYSA...