Sound recording
Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
EMKSEN-AU0007-035-007
Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming debate ways that Congress could encourage voluntary national service among young Americans. They comment on President John F. Kennedy's Peace Corps program. They also discuss the Literacy Corps, created by Congress the previous year to encourage college students to volunteer as tutors in local schools in exchange for course credit. The episode aired on Friday, February 17, 1989, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.