Show Peace Corps Marks Today As First Anniversary By ANN PIPER Campus Peace Corps Committee March is the first anniversary of the Peace Just one year ago today John F. Kennedy delivered a special message to the Congress of the United announcing the executive order which established the Peace IT WAS originally established on a temporary but since that time much has The Congress has passed legislation enabling the Peace Corps to exist on a permanent young men and women have answered the President's appeal for rigid training programs have been established and in many countries programs have gotten under To answer the question is the Peace is not to explain its organization or but to begin first with the men and women they are the Peace Their backgrounds and interests are but they have one thing in they have chosen to serve their They have enlisted for two-year terms of hard work in Asia and Latin and the did so with a spirit of determination and The goals of the Peace Corps are the understanding and trust that from common One human working with another does more to demonstrate the meaning of peace than all the oratory in the world The Peace Corps offers a new opportunity to American youth the opportunity to make a Volunteers do not wield far-reaching power and in fluence in their Peace Corps but they are in a much-needed and productive position PEACE CORPS volunteers are already at work in the Phi India and the West Training for projects in other parts of Africa the Far East and Latin America will begin this Some people ask a Peace In 1912 William James called lor the institution of a similar program to provide moral equivalent of The Peace Corps provides an opportunity for individuals to work directly with the people of other countries to provide and educational assistance and to further the cause of peace through personal relationships and the development of mutual |