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branch and prior to the introduction of the administration's bills. It 

 had enacted legislation enabling the granting of a $10,000 contract 

 to the Colorado State University Research Foundation to study the 

 proposals introduced by Senators Humphrey and Neuberger and 

 Congressman Eeuss. The final Colorado study was presented to the 

 Congress on June 5, 1961 — regrettably late and after the Peace Corps 

 had already been established by Executive order. Nevertheless the pre- 

 liminary findings of the Colorado study were timely and useful and 

 reinforced the executive branch's efforts. However, the Congress did 

 not investigate the merits of two recommendations contained in the 

 Colorado rej)ort, for formation of binational plamiing boards and 

 for intensive research and evaluation of training and field operations. 

 Congress continued to withhold its approval of these conclusions. 



Dr. Rice, of the Colorado group, who briefly testified before the 

 Senate Foreign Relations Committee, was the only social scientist or 

 technical assistance expert to testify in 1961. There has been no con- 

 certed effort subsequently to secure further advice in this field respect- 

 ing the Peace Corps. Such experts would probably advocate an increase 

 in the program of supporting research on substantive, operational, and 

 interface problems of the Peace Corps, and refinement of technical 

 training (as is illustrated by positions presented in this case study). 

 The Congress might also search out and evaluate the justifications for 

 such changes. And, in a broader sense, the congressional oversight 

 function might conceivably benefit from such an evaluative contribu- 

 tion of both social scientists and technical experts to a genuinely experi- 

 mental and still remarkably flexible program of technical assistance. 



