Lyndon Johnson actually said...

The Peace Corps has provided an opportunity for tens of thousands of idealistic and able Americans, young and old, to serve their fellow men...

The Peace Corps produces a high yield in results, at a low budgetary cost.

In short, it would force us to gamble with the Nation's security.

Our military needs have been substantially greater than that ever since we first committed troops to combat in Korea in the summer of 1950.