The President's News Conference
01/16/1967
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It is building a growing reserve of capable and tested citizens devoted to public service.
The time has clearly come to correct these conditions and remove the uncertainties which the present order of call promotes.
Today, the Peace Corp idea--the idea of voluntary public service abroad--is spreading to other countries.
The Peace Corps produces a high yield in results, at a low budgetary cost.