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...Monro pointed out that "the least employee of the Federal government takes a loyalty oath." He said, "People don't have to go into the Peace Corps. If they are working for the government, it has a right to require an oath...
...Monro has been in Washington three times in the past three weeks, meeting with representatives of other universities, heads of foundations and government agencies, and Peace Corps personnel. These conferences "have tried to see what kind of program the Peace Corps could hope to implement," Monro explained...
...issue which has divided the conferees in Washington is the desired length of training sessions. Monro reported a polarization between "educationists" who want certified instructors, and those who think an A.B. degree plus three or four months of practice teaching should be sufficient qualification...
Although some projects, such as the Columbia Teachers College, requires men with only an A.B. to undergo nine months of training in Uganda, mostly in pedagogy, Monro said he was "persuaded we can do it in four months." Monro would advocate an even shorter training period, but, he said, "the Peace Corps is worried about the political implication of failure...
...guess is that a security check and a loyalty oath will be written into the Peace Corps," Monro said. Although "nobody thinks these are particularly necessary or desirable," he observed, "I wouldn't want Harvard outside the Peace Corps on these counts." "No one has talked yet of an affidavit of disbelief," he added...