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...project based on PBH Mental Hospitals work may be the model for the mentai health program of President Kennedy's "Domestic Peace Corps." The project has been included in a report submitted to the office of Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy...
...report was written by Milton R. Greenblatt, director of research of the Massachusetts Mental Health Center; David Kantor, research associate in Social Relations; and Terrence Murphy '63, former chairman of the PBH Mental Hospitals Committee...
Greenblatt and Murphy were summoned to Washington over the weekend by Attorney General Kennedy. They discussed the PBH volunteer program in mental health with the President's fact-finding committee on a "National Service Corps." Other members of the committee who attended the meeting included Cabinet members Orville Freeman, Willard Wirtz, Stuart Udall, and Luther Hodges...
...first year of the project, PBH will probably limit itself to 30 or 40 children "at the very most" in order to be able to assess accurately the worth of the program. Perrin is optimistic that the project's first year of success will enable rapid expansion in the future in order to reach more children...
...purpose of the project, according to PBH officers, is to improve the verbal skills of the youngsters in these areas. "Several of the children we work with," pointed out a reform school volunteer, "are in trouble because they become frustrated over their lack of ability to communicate. This is one of the major factors in their striking out against society...