Reporters Len O' Connor and Art Barriault interview the First Director of Peace Corps, Robert Sargent Shriver. O' Connor asks Shriver about the grumbling among the Peace Corps volunteers? In his answer Shriver clarifies that Peace Corps is not a military organization and moreover it's a voluntary organization where volunteers are free to leave it at any point of time. This results in minimum grumbling. He also explains the life of volunteers in Nigeria, how they relax and enjoy in their free time.
An episode of the television show Washington Conversation. Robert Sargent Shriver talks to the interviewer, they occupy their seat and the interview begins. Interviewer Paul Niven asks him about his student life and the tours to Europe. Shriver talks about his experience during his tours to Germany, France and other European countries. He tells how he learnt to appreciate different cultures through such tours. He also tells about how he got the scholarship to go to Europe. He answers questions about his days in the United States Navy and how after the World War II he took to Journalism instead of Law.
Robert Sargent interviewed in Washington DC, United States. On being asked by the interviewer, Paul Niven, about his first meeting with Joseph Kennedy, he talks about how he met Kennedy at a party, who wanted him to publish his dead son Joe's diaries in a newspaper.
Robert Sargent interviewed in Washington DC, United States. On being asked by the interviewer Paul Niven about his job as the Director of the Peace Corps he describes it as an interesting job. He also talks about the nature of training the Peace Corps volunteers undergo before going off to a foreign land. He discusses how volunteers are imparted training at various universities in different countries. On being asked about the number of Peace Corps he says that there are 700 Peace Corps in 12 countries and he hopes the number grow up to 10,000 in two years. He emphasizes on the idea that volunteers must not be professional but they must come back to America after serving in a foreign land and share their experiences with the people here.
Robert Sargent interviewed in Washington DC, United States. On being asked by the interviewer Paul Niven about the increasing demand for Peace Corps volunteers from all over the world; Shriver, Director of Peace Corps agrees to the increasing demand and says that Nigeria has been demanding the maximum number of volunteers in spite of the poster card incident. He tells that though so far the number of causalities has been low but people must be prepared for them. On being questioned about the difficulty in finding the specialized volunteers he tells that the greatest difficulty is faced in finding diesel equipment engineers. He says that Peace Corps wants the community development workers for South America.
Robert Sargent interviewed in Washington DC, United States. On being asked by the interviewer Paul Niven about his meeting with Senator Goldwater, Shriver states he never had a meeting with Senator Goldwater. He praises the Congress for increasing the appropriation for Peace Corps almost to the double. On being questioned about his involvement in politics he refuses to be active in politics as long as he is the Director of the Peace Corps. He says that Peace Corps is a non political organization.