m i"" THEMICHIGANDAILY PAGE THREE INTERESTED, INTRIGUED--Youths from the Dominican Republic watch as former University student Benjamin J. Barela, now a member of the Peace Corps, tests soil. Barela is presently working in Boni, a town in the Dominican Republic. The youths are members of a 4-H club which Barela organized as a part of the community development work he is doing for the Corps. The testing of soil, taking place in the school garden, is part of the youths' training given by Corpsmen to help them in improving agriculture in their country. Peace Cori By MARY LOU BUTCHER The one-hour examination which will be administered to Peace Corps applicants from the Univer- sity next week is a "sophisticated version" of the former four-hour examination, Norman Shavin, a special assistant in the Corps's public information division, said recently. "By correlating his test with the questionnaire filled out by the ap- plicant, we can find out his prob- able chances for success in the Peace Corps," he noted. "The test has been changed for a number of reasons. First, the demand for volunteers has risen tremendously in the last few months." To meet the demand, the test has been' structured so that it can be administered more read- ily, he said. "Secondly, by shortening the Osman Explains New Policies 4. test, we hope it will attract more people. It will be less burdensome to take since it will not require so much time. "Finally, within two weeks, we will be able to tell an applicant who has taken the test whether or not he has been invited to join the Peace Corps." The main objective of the short- er test is to be able to give appli- cants a quicker answer, he pointed out. "Anyone who takes the test to- morrow will know by early June whether he has been selected by the Peace Corps. Theoretically, if accepted, he could begin training in June and be working abroad by September 1. Corps Opportunities "We have 4000 Peace Corps op- portunities this summer in 44 countries. In each of these coun- tries, we have already begun at least one project. These same countries have requested two or three times as many volunteers. If we are to keep our standards high, we must recruit many more quali- fied people," Shavin said. He noted that only one out of ten persons who apply for work in the Peace Corps is selected. At present, there are 5000 working volunteers. The Peace Corps is trying to send abroad "the very best people to represent America. If these peo- ple cannot communicate, cannot survive frustration, cannot inte- grate themselves into the com- munity, they are not going to be successful," he said. Low Return Rate "Only 150 volunteers, about three per cent, have left the Corps for various reasons. This remarkably low rate of return is due to the stringency with which we select volunteers," Shavin as- serted. Even after a volunteer has start- ed training, he can be "selected out" if the training reveals some deficiency in his ability to per- form in the country, such as learn- ing the language. To fill the demand for 4000 new volunteers, the Corps has intensi- fied its recruiting procedures. While the Corps used to send one or two people to various campuses to recruit, it is now sending eight to conduct a 10-day drive. Address Students Peace Corps officials will be addressing fraternities, sororities and dormitories at the University as well as administering tests here throughout the week. "Liberal arts graduates are very much in demand in the Corps, contrary to many misconceptions. The applicant need not have a special skill; the aptitude test will tell us what he can do," Shavin noted. There are over 300 types of jobs in the Corps, including teaching, farming, medical work and vari- ous skilled and professional posi- tions.P k Pick Placef "An applicant can pick the placeI and time of his service. He signs up for two years but can leave at1 any time.t "Now we are allowing, on ant individual basis, volunteers to re-t main in the Corps from six months to a year after they have com- pleted their two years. If the per- son has been a success and thet country wants him to stay, we usually allow him to continuec there," Shavin remarked.I The three-year period is a maxi- mum of service, he pointed out. "We regard a Corps volunteer not only as someone who can con- tribute his services to other coun- tries, but as the type of person who can reinvigorate American life." Dual Value The corpsman has a dual value -through his experiences he can help Americans to understand other people. As a volunteer, the individual is not only involved as a professional, but as part of a community-speaking the lan- guage, eating the food, and parti- cipating in the life of the nation- als. Alumni Join The University ranks sev- enth among American universi- ties in the number of alumni who have joined the' Peace Corps for work overseas. Michigan State University ranks 11th. The universities in order of the number of former students now in the Peace Corps are: the University of California at Berkley, 135; the Universit of Minnesota, 75; Columbia University, 72; Stan- ford University, 70; the Uni- versity of Illinois and Harvard University, tied at 70 each, and the University, 69. But the University ranks sec- ond in the number of its alum- ni who obtained their degree. before joining the Peace Corps. Of the 70 Harvard alumni in the Peace Corps, 55 have de- grees; of the 69 University alumni in the Peace Corps, 52 have degrees. Stanford has 71 alumni in the Peace Corps, 52 of whom have degrees. American business firms are deeply interested in Peace Corps members because they have such a broad base of understanding, as well as ability to speak the languages, of other countries. Vol- unteers are of particular value to the United States government which cannot find enough people who are trained as well, he added. Fifty college campuses have been used as training centers for Corps volunteers. Two groups, to- taling 100 Corps members, sent to work in Thailand, were trained at the University. Of 147 volunteers from Michi-] gan, 68 have been students at the Unive'rsity. These students are4 working overseas in 26 of the 441 countries in which the Corpsl works.; Diplomats, Haitians Hit Policy By WILLIAM L. RYAN Associated Press News Analyst PORT AU PRINCE-The Unit- ed States may have stubbed its toe again in the Caribbean, this time in Haiti. Some educated Haitians with no love for Haitian President Fran- cois Duvalier's repressive regime refer to the latest crisis as a farce that made the United States look silly in the Western Hemi- sphere. Certain Latin American diplomats share this view. They say the United States, in its eagerness to see Duvalier oust- ed as an unacceptable dictator and nuisance in the hemisphere, tended to help him keep his shaky hold on the government. Crumbling Regime United States spokesmen seem- ed to feel Duvalier's regime was crumbling and ready for collapse. Dominican troops - a relative handful-moved to the frontier as a gesture to back up Santo Do- mingo's protests against an inva- sion by Haitian militia of the Do- minican embassy in Port au Prince. The United States made it clear it supported the Dominican pro- tests, although not the threat of force. Dominican President Juan Bosch indicated later there, never had been an intention to invade. The Dominican aspect of the crisis probably helped Duvalier. It afforded him an opportunity to crack down hardest on the faint- est trace of opposition. Any Do- minican threat tends to unite the Haitians. "You can send United States troops to invade us," one anti- Duvalier Haitian said. "We can be invaded by Venezuela, by al- most anyone and the Haitians will still be disunited. But don't threaten us with the Dominican Republic. That unites all Hai- tians." The neighbors have been fight- ing off and on for more than a century. Critical Day Duvalier on Wednesday weath- ered the most critical date of his career as president of the impov- erished Negro republic of 4 mil- lion people. That was the begin- ning of his new term. He now is in office as a result of a subter- fuge in 1961 when, in the midst of his first term, he suddenly inform- ed the nation it had re-elected him. In Port au Prince, it was like living in the midst of a grim but giddy ghost story as the fateful Wednesday approached and broad- casts from the United States car- ried a torrent of reports about censor-bound Haiti. None seemed to match what was going on. Latin American diplomats criti- cized the Voice of America for carrying reports of Duvalier's es- cape to Europe. Receives Correspondents On Wednesday, the dictator re- ceived a score of foreign corres- pondents in his palace. He lifted censorship so word could go out that the reports of his downfall had been exaggerated. Duvalier's chief enemy inside Haiti, Clement Barbot, apparent- ly still is at large. If he leaves Haiti there will be no organized opposition inside the country. Bar- bot once was Duvalier's right-hand man. If Duvalier falls eventually, it likely will be the result of in- trigue among those who profess to be his supporters. That makes it unlikely that the man who takes over will be any more acceptable to the United States and the hem- isphere. The democratic pattern has hard going in Haiti, whose people remain the poorest and most illit- erate in the hemisphere. The best that may be hoped for seems to be a sort of benevolent dictator- ship. By The Associated Press HANNOVER-West Germany's dominant Christian Democratic Party today faces its first test at the polls since it chose Eco- nomics Minister Ludwig Erhard to become chancellor when Konrad Adenauer retires. The test comes in the election of a new state leg- islature in Lower Saxony, which the opposition Socialists and their coalition allies have controlled for years. The Christian Democrats hope the people's regard for Er- hard will help to check a trend to the left visible in state elections for several years. LONDON - Western diplomats arranged yesterday to confront the Soviet Union with a new drive for disarmament and reminded the Russians that little time re- mains to halt the spread of nu- clear weapons. Simultaneously, the American, British and West Ger- man governments, in notes deliv- ered in Moscow, defended the West's right to provide the At- lantic alliance with a strategic nuclear force and said such a step would increase world stabil- ity. NAIROBI-The people of Ken- ya began voting yesterday in a general election to give that Brit- ish East African colony self rule. It is a step toward the independ- ence Britain has promised. Afri- cans are certain to run the new government. The leading parties are headed by two colleagues in the old anti-white Mau Mau ter- rorist movement, Jomo Kenyatta and Paul Ngei. A legislature to be made up of 41 senators and 117 house members will choose the new regime. * * * MOC HOA, Viet Nam - In the smoothest military operation seen in South Viet Nam in months, government forces scoured the Cambodian border along the Plain of Reeds yesterday, killing LUDWIG ERHARD ... Saxony election at least 40 Communist guerrillas and capturing a dozen. BUENOS AIRES-Followers of exiled ex-Argentine dictator Juan D. Peron will ignore a government ban on Peronist candidates for executive offices in Argentina's national election July 7. This word came Saturday from Paul Matera, secretary-general of the Justicial- ist-Peronist movement. He said "We will file candidates for every post as we have anhounced." Ar- gentine President Jose Maria Gui- do, under pressure of anti-Peron- ist military leaders, signed the decree Friday. It limits Peronists to legislative offices. * * S VIENTIANE-Mortar fire was reported on the Plaine des Jarres yesterday. 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