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First Director of Peace Corps, Sargent Shriver interviewed in Washington DC, United States.

A Television series 'Your man in Washington'. Reporters Len O' Connor and Art Barriault interview the First Director of Peace Corps, Robert Sargent Shriver. During the interview Shriver explains how the idea for Peace Corps was put forward by President Kennedy during his election campaign. He says that Peace Corps consists of 1000 people and it serves in 13 countries across the globe. He also expresses hope that Congress will sanction a bigger chunk of money for the expansion of the Peace Corps.

Location: Washington DC USA
Date: 1963
Duration: 3 min 46 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675048993
In Washington DC, Len O'Connor interviews Peace Corps Director Sargent Shriver, who expresses hope for the Corps' future

Len O' Connor of WNBQ interviews the First Director of Peace Corps, Robert Sargent Shriver. During the interview Shriver expresses his hope that if the Peace Corps continues to operate successfully, Congress might turn it into a permanent agency. He says he will not turn to some other assignment until the President so demands.

Location: Washington DC USA
Date: 1963
Duration: 1 min 28 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675048994
Robert Sargent Shriver interviewed in Washington DC, United States.

Len O' Connor of WNBQ interviews the First Director of Peace Corps, Robert Sargent Shriver. On being asked does he think there are too many Kennedy's in the public office, he disagrees. Shriver instead says that there is a dearth of qualified people capable of holding public offices and if people are qualified enough their surnames should not be an issue.

Location: Washington DC USA
Date: 1963
Duration: 1 min 7 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675048995
Robert Sargent Shriver interviewed about the Peace Corps activities in Washington DC, United States.

Reporters Len 0' Connor and Art Barriault interview the First Director of Peace Corps, Robert Sargent Shriver. On being asked whether the Peace Corps run into opposition with the government he clarifies that Peace Corps go to countries where the government invites them. Shriver reveals that the demand for Peace Corp volunteers has been on an increase. He also talks about the Peace Corps in Brazil, Dominican Republic, Chile, Venezuela and other American Republics. He states how the Peace Corps volunteers in Columbia lived in a simple manner but they still managed to keep their morale high.

Location: Washington DC USA
Date: 1963
Duration: 6 min 38 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675048996
Robert Sargent Shriver interviewed about the allowances and terms of service of Peace Corps Volunteers in Washington DC.

Reporters Len O' Connor and Art Barriault interview the First Director of Peace Corps, Robert Sargent Shriver. Len O' Connor asks questions abut the mode of payment allowances or salary to the Peace Corps volunteers. He also asks about the term of service of the volunteers. Shriver answers that the term of service is two years but since it's a voluntary service therefore the volunteers can leave it before the expiry of two years term. He explains how the Peace Corps Volunteers in different countries take help of local persons in their activities to make the entire operation a local operation to get maximum participation of the local people.

Location: Washington DC USA
Date: 1963
Duration: 4 min 29 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675048997
Robert Sargent Shriver interviewed about the African volunteers in Peace Corps, Washington DC, United States.

Reporters Len O' Connor and Art Barriault interview the First Director of Peace Corps, Robert Sargent Shriver. Shriver states that the African are enthusiastic about joining the Peace Corps and register in large numbers to join the Corps. About the working styles of the Peace Corps he says that they try to anticipate a difficulty and overcome it well in time. He also quotes an example of a Nigerian girl and how in spite of the incident the number of Peace Corps volunteers in Nigeria is increasing.

Location: Washington DC USA
Date: 1963
Duration: 3 min 36 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675048998
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