Thursday. April 9. WM Ouiet Efficiency Qualities Shriver. World Symbol of Peace. Progress By Linda Neal and James Randall Because the assignments give In to Sargent Shriver have characteristically been Com- pleted quietly, with unobtrusive eriiciency, few people realize the extent and diversity of his background and experience. Shriver is best known for the organization and direction of the late President Kennedy's \ SHRIVER Peace Corps. What is not wide< Iy known, however, is his per sonal sponsorship, guidance, and committment to the Corps. Taking on the responsibility for its passage, he met with 363 Congressmen and Senators to discuss why it was needed and how it would operate, With the help of Vice-Presi— dent Johnson, Shriver discour- aged Congressional efforts to attach the Corps to the for- eign aid bill, and to associate it with the United States Diplo» matic Corps, feeling that such political a n d nationalistic strings would defeat the pur- pose of a separately conceived peace organization. With such optimistic realism, he ever- came deep Congressional skep» ticism to garner the second largest margin of victory for an administration proposal: 59732 in the Senate, and 283- 97 In the House. He then went on to devote himself wholeheartedly to its success, making decisions rang- ing from publicity literature, to the texts to be used in train- ing volunteers, and traveling to SI countries in Central and South America, Africa, Asia and the Near East to make all necessary arrangements tor the Corps. During the past three years, he has become intimate- ly acquainted with the prob- lems of these underdeveloped nations and has come to sym- bolize to these people man’s desire for peace and progress, The background of Sargent Shriver is similarly character ized by ability and public serv- ice. Born in 1915 in Maryland, he attended parochial schools, and later Canterbury School in Connecticut. He was admitted to both Yale University and Yale Law School on scholar- ,ships. and Was graduated from lithe latter cum laude in 1938, During the summers of ’31, '38, and '39 he led groups of stu- dents through Fronce and Ger— many on the Experiment in In- ternational Living plan, reflect- ing his deep interest in the non-American societies of the world. On his return from World War II, Shriver was offered the Assistant General Manager- ship of Joseph Kennedy's new~ ly acquired Chicago Merchan- dise Mart. There he re-organ- ized the administration of the Mart, and sought out new and more internationally di- verse tenants. After working ior two years with Eunice Ken- nedy on the Citizens Committee on the Control and Prevention of Juvenile Delinquency, under the auspices of the Attorney General, he returned to Chica- go to become associated with the administration and fund- raising of twenty-five educa- tional, hospital, cultural, wel- fare, and charitable groups. In 1955 he was selected as the President of the Chicago Board ‘of Education, a position he held until his resignation in 1960. During that time, he quintupled publicrschools construction, cut costs by 17 per cent, up-graded the school curricula, and suc- Cessfully lobbied school board measures through a reluctant Illinois legislature. Shriver's importance in John Kennedy’s 1960 c a m p a i g n stemmed from his work on Chicago's Catholic Interracial CounCll. He and some Negro friends set up a special civil rights division, aimed at the urban Negro, It was his con< cern that prompted Kennedy to call the Martin Luther King family upon King's arrest and imprisonment. , Constant effort, and consist- ently high quality of achieve- ment in projects undertaken have earned Shriver wide praise from Congress and those with whom he has worked. This attitude recently manifested itself in the appr0< priation of $100 million for the Corps, an increase of $70 mil- lion and 10,000 volunteers from 1961; and President Johnsons appointment of him to head the Office of Economic Opportun< ity. In this capacity, Shriver would be ”directly responsible” for the new programs in John- son’s war against poverty, even though it would "extend his au— thority into a variety of Cabi- net dcpartments.” President Johnson speaks of him as "one of the most brilliant, most able, and most competent officials in government. I regard him as one or my real confidants." , While not feeling “equipped: to classify himself as an intel- lectual, he describes himself as “liberal in concern and phil» osophy.” This Concern can be seen in the fact that he and his wife, Eunice, raised three fos- ter daughters sent to them by the Chicago Juvenile CourtI in addition to their own four chil- dren, The content of his philo- sophy can be best judged by his actions, which ‘speak loud- er tlian words.’ SCARLET AND BLACK Page Flvo Robert Kennedy, Democratic Vice-Presidential Possible, Characterized as Determined, Knowledgable, Experienced Robert Francis Kennedy was born on November 2|), 1925. in Brookline, Massachusetts. He lived for a brief period in New York attending public school in Bronxville. but his father then moved to London as the KENNEDY United States. Ambassador and Robert attended successively the Gibbs School in London, Portsmouth Priory in Rhode Island, and Milton Academy in Massachusetts. From there he went to Harvard, and finally to the University of Virginia for his LLB degree. Upon graduation from the law school in Virginia, Kennedy went straight to work for the government. He spent seven months working for the Justice Department and otherwise has worked only as counsel for Congressional committees. In his words, “I never even cone sidered anything else.” In 1353 he was hired by the Hoover Commission investigating the reorganization of government, but after a year joined Senator McCarthy's committee as min- ority counsel. Then in 1055, the Democrats won control of the Senate and John McClellan of Arkansas became the committee chair man. With Kennedy now enter counsel, che committee first hit pay dirt with the Harold Tal- bott and Robert T. Ross con- flict - of - interest cases. In the process of investigating govern- ment contractors. Kennedy learned of their payoffs to labor union chiefs. He was intrigued by labor-management collusion and went into the subject more deeply. As a result, the Senate set up a special committee, Withr McClellan in command and Kennedy as counsel, to con- centrate on this chicanery. All this made Kennedy a na- tional figure and brought him before the public by means of newspapers, television, and his best selling book, “The Enemy Within” which dealt with his efforts on the Rackets Commit— tee. In 1980, after successfully managing his brother's presi- dential campaign, he was ap- pointed to the position of Attor- ney General. In this capacity Kennedy displayed his deter— mination to be successful ill whatever he undertakes, Im- mediately he lobbied for new anti-racketeering laws in Con- gress_and set up a 54 lawyer unit to coordinate reports from the 26 United States investiga- tive agencies on organized crime. He prodded the Internal Rev- enue intelligence to boost its time allotment for pursuing racketeers from four to 47 per cent, and as a result, racketeelu ing prosecutions in 1562 were up 700 per cent over 1960, con- vtctions were up over 400 per cent, and 92 civil anti-trust suits were filed which was an all-time high. In addition price fixing indictments were ob- tained against or companies and 154 individuals, and the number of active cases to win Negroes the vote has quadru- pled in two years and 23 voting rights lawsuits have been filed in strategic positions. Kennedy’s experience is not limited to just the above men- tioned examples, however, De- scribed by U. S. News St World Report as "grass roots ambas- sador to everywhere” and as knowing" better than any other member of the administration what makes people tick in many capitals far from Wash- ington,” his duties weren't just limited to the JustiCe Depart- ment, He has debated with the Japanese Communists, helped to settle the Dutch Indonesian dispute over West New Guinea, played a vital role in the furor over an increase in steel prices, made a flying trip to Brazil to discuss her economic crisis with President Joao Goulart, took a critical part behind the scenes in the Cuban prisoner ransom and directed the, ad- ministration’s planning on youth employment and delin- quency. culminating in the pro- posal for a domestic Peace Corps. Robert E Kennedy has shown himself to possess a great Varie< ty of political experiences. a proven national record, and an intense dedication to whatever he undertakes. April 24 . 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