This program. in its organization and in its concept. is patterned on the Peace Corps. and if it can make the contribution at home that the Peace Corps has made abroad. it will be a significant and beneficial program indeed. The volunteers Will serve full time for a nominal stipend of $75 a month. They will be carefully selected. trained and then set to work in setting up programs of selfhelp among Indian families. among migrant farm laborer. families. among the mentally ill and the mentally retarded. among the disabled. the aged. and among school dropouts who may be on the verge of falling into delinquency. These are the people for whom. by and large. no one has time. yet their conditions represent the worst blights upon our national life. No National Service Corps operation will be set up anywhere until it is requested by local authorities.