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President Pusey indicated last week that he would look with disfavor on a loyalty oath provision. Monro charged that the oath "smacks of distrust, won't do any good, and cheapens the whole virtue of oaths," and said it represented an invasion of privacy, but he suggested that only an attempt to require an affidavit of disbelief should be strenuously opposed...
...There is great argument as to what extent the Peace Corps should be an instrument of national policy," Monro said. Pusey said last week that "the Peace Corps will get on better in the world, the more it is carried on under private auspices, and the less by government. We don't want to lose our separate identity as a university wanting to make contacts outside of government...
Host countries like Nigeria also want to be assured of a certain amount of control, Monro said, but "a responsible program can be developed through the Peace Corps, with the government paying salaries." He emphasized, however, that "it is important the colleges have a hand...
Pusey last week called student interest, in terms of actual willingness to participate in the Corps, "slight." Monro said this was due to the present vagueness of the plan and that "once the program is developed, people will be there...
...Harvard will work inside or outside the national Peace Corps," Monro said. He pointed out independent programs in Nigeria, Guinea, and Mall...