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...these are superficial reasons. The important problem the NSA conference revealed was that the type of service corps which would challenge and excite young people could never get Congressional approval; and the corps that might pass Congress would remain unsatisfying to students who have spent their undergraduate years deeply involved in such causes as combatting racial discrimination...
Dennis Shaul, NSA president, told the conference that the Administration should make clear the priority of projects it envisages for the corps, and how strongly it intends to back its proposals in Congress...
...Administration's proposals, and the manner in which they have been advanced. Students who have been tutoring students in the Negro districts of Boston, registering voters, or working in similar areas would not join a service corps. And it is this type of politically involved student who goes to NSA conferences. But Shaul is incorrect to equate the political activists with other students and adults who spend time in social service work. Students who participate in the Phillips Brooks House public service projects would most likely be very excited by the service corps...
...just because it can attract volunteers for less controversial projects, this does not mean the Administration should not seriously consider the opinions of the delegates at the NSA conference...
Dennis Shaul, president of NSA, said in a speech to the conference that the Service Corps would not be able to undertake projects that would involve important "social change." He asked that present ambiguity on the question of control and administration of projects receive further study...