Nation: Capital Notes: Apr. 28, 1961

Off to Tanganyika

The first Peace Corps volunteers will go to equatorial Tanganyika. A band of 28 U.S. surveyors, geologists and civil engineers—all men—will arrive about Oct. 1 for two years of mapping and building much-needed secondary roads. Next countries due to get Peace Corpsmen: Nigeria and several Latin American republics.

Prognosis: Poor

The Administration has serious doubts that it can pass a medical-aid-to-the-aged bill this year. At best, it rates the chances at fifty-fifty.

"Access to the Hill . . ."

G.O.P. National Chairman Thruston Morton is soliciting jobs for hundreds of Republican appointees who have left the Government, has sent thousands of letters to...

Want the full story?

Subscribe Now

Subscribe
Subscribe

Learn more about the benefits of being a TIME subscriber

If you are already a subscriber sign up — registration is free!