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Show 6th 6t Hirtn IJirtaaa ay y ; eeeat CCCat CCC eee at Crossroads Crossl.oads Crossloads Crossj . oads on Militarization or o Death Alternatives : ' > / Least Criticized of All AllNew AllNew New Deal De.l Del : . Units , Camps CampsHave CampsHave Have Good RecordBy Record RecordBy By JOSEPH W LaBINEFranklin LaBINE LaBINEFranklin Franklin Franklm Roosevelt had hadbeen hadbeen hadbeen been President only five days daysbefore daysbefore daysbefore before he called a select selectgroup selectgroup selectgroup group of youth leaders mto into mtohIS intohis intohis hIS office By April Apnl 6 , 1933- 1933 1933exactly 1933exactly 1933 1933exactly - - exactly six years ago-the ago the agotheCIVll1an agotheCivilian ago - - theCivilian CIVll1an Civilian Conservation Conservatlon Corps Corpswas Corpswas Corpswas was created as one of the thefirst thefirst thefirst first New Deal agenciesToday agencies agenciesToday Today , , as some 250,000 250000 250,000youths 250,000youths 250,000youths 250000youths , youths in m almost 1,500 1500 , camps campscelebrate campscelebrate campscelebrate celebrate the sixth anniver anmver- anmver anniver- anmversary anniversary anniversary - sary of their benefaction , CCC CCChas CCChas CCChas has hit rough waters By the thebme thetime thetime thI thisleast this thisleast bme time congress adjourns adJ'ourns ' ' > least criticized of all Roose Roose- Roosevelt Roosevelt Roosevelt - either be sen sentenced sentented senfenced velt agencies may tenced tented to death or changed into a asemI asemi asemi semI military army of unemployed unemployedyouth unemployedyouth unemployedyouth unemployedyouthCCC youth youthCCC CCC has done such a good Job Jobthat jobthat jobthat that strong New Deal critics cntIcs 1 IkeHenry ke tee keHenry teeHenry Henry Link New York psychologist psychologistpraises psychologistpraises psychologistpraises praises it m in his Return to Rell Relt RellglDn Religion Reltgion glDn gion and Rediscovery of Man ManIn ManIn ManIn In src siY SI " years some 2 2000000 000 000 boys boyshave boyshave boyshave have gone through its rout ne one onefourfu onefourth onefourth fourfu fourth of them emerg ng rig to take takepermancnt takepermanent takepermanent permancnt permanent private jobs Some of ofthe ofthe ofthe the rest re enrolledMost enrolledMost enrolled enrolledMost Most Recruits NeedyHere NeedyHere Needy NeedyHere Here show s how CCC works Its mem membershlp membership membership bershlp bership comes almost exclusively exclusivelyfrom exclusivelyfrom exclusivelyfrom from underprivileged homes-boys homes boys homesboyswho homesboyswho homes - boyswho who have left school can t get Jobs sobs Jobsand sobsand jobsand and need nced both moral and physical physicaltrarnmg physicaltraining physicaltraining trarnmg training They enroll and leave leavethe leavethe leavethe the group every three months so sothere sothere sothere there is a constant turnover Last LastOctober LastOctober LastOctober October for example eJl.ample eJlample . 59 000 new en enrollees enrollees enrollees rollees were accepted a\ a aerag aseragng a\eragng18 a eragng18 \ erag ng 18 6 years of age ( They must be bebetween bebetween bebetween between 17 and 23)CCC 23)CCC 23) 23 23)CCC ) CCC places these boys in m camps campsgives campsgives campsgives gives them $30 30 $ a month of which which2 $ " ' 2 must be sent home to needy par parents parents parents ents and teaches them not only the therud therud therud rud ments of ot hard work but a lot ofextra of ofextra I Ie'ICtra extra e'ICtra eICtra ' curncular curricular activities as aswell aswell ' well Reveille sounds at 6 a m mBreakfast mBreakfast mBreakfast asI I Breakfast comes at 6 20 and mspec inspec mspectlOn inspection inspection tlOn tion at 7 15 By 7 30 they are on onthe onthe I Ithe the job rema n ng until 4 4pmwith p m mWIth mwith WIth the exception of an hour off offfor offfor i for lunch From then unt tint 110 1 10 p m mthere mthere mthere there is time for d nner amuse amusements amusements amusements ments and recreat retreat on It isn t a aI ahard ahard ahard I hard l life e nor is there very strict strictsupervIsion strictsupervision strictsupervision supervIsion certa nly my CCC enrollees enrolleesaren enrolleesaren enrolleesaren aren t nigh well ready for active activearmy activearmy activearmy army duty as Civilian Chief Robert RobertFechner RobertFechner RobertFechner Fechner would have bave us believeThe believeThe believe believeThe The lads get vocational traInmg training traInmgdurmg trainingduring trainingduring durmg during evening evenmg hours They learn learncrafts learncrafts learncrafts crafts like photography radio cab cabmetmakmg cabinetmakmg cabinetmaking metmakmg inetmaking leather work blue blueprmting blueprinting blueprinting prmting printing and landscaping But the thetraimng thetraining thetraining traimng training apparently is not very em effi emClent efficient effi.dent effident . Clent cient because American labor un tin unIons tincons unions Ions cons object to having havmg craftsmen craftsmenturned craftsmenturned craftsmenturned turned out by CCC to the detrIment detrimentof of their apprentice systemEducatIonal systemEducational system systemEducational Educational Accomphshments Accomplishments AccomplishmentsBut AccomphshmentsBut But craft or no craft CCC does doesgood doesgood doesgood good work Last year 8817 8 817 ill III ter terates terates terates ates learned to read and write 3517 3517finIshed 3 517 517finished 517finished finIshed grammar grades 634 fin finIshed finished finished Ished high schooland school and 13 got eol col eollege college college lege d plomas Almost all the youths youthstake youthstake youthstake take school work either by eorre corre eorrespondence correspondence correspondence spondence or from part time res rest restdente residence I Idence dence dente instructors mstructors instructorsIt instructorsIf It If CCC enrollees range from tram 17 to t to23 23 underprivilegedhomes underprivilegehomes and come from underprIvileged underprivilege d homes they nse rise from the very stra straturn straturn straturn turn of at youth responsible in 1937 for fo tor13 r 13 per cent of our murders 28 per percent pe pecent percent r cent of ot o1 our robberies 42 per cent centof cen cenof centof t of our burglaries 51 per cent of our ourauto ourauto ourauto auto thieves and 21 per cent of our oursex o osex oursex ur sex criminals crImrnals criminalsYouth criminalsYouth Youth camps are not a New Deal Dealmventlon Dealinvention Dealinvention mventlon invention In 1930 Cal California orma tree tried d : s U x / 11c 11c'e 'e e ' r rA I I A .5 5 . 3 ' D / .hf hf . .hfPT PT PTr r ' F 9 ' " # C . .t t . : L I ' I I i I ABOVE-SIlhouette ABOVE SIlhouette ABOVE ABOVE - Silhouettes ! oJ of ofservice ofservice ! serVIce , two CCC youths youth ! fight- fight fightI fightmg fighting fight fighting - I RIGIlT- RIGIlT RIGIIT- RIGIIT RIGIlTNew RIGHT RIGHTNew RIGIITNew - ing mg mga inga a forest Jorest fire RIGIlTI I New enrollees enrollee ! leaving avmfir Jor for Jorcamp forcamp forcamp camp There were l re 59,000oJ 59,000of 59,000 59000 , oJ of oJthese ofthese ofthese last lastOctober lastOctober ' these young youngmen men accepted Ocwber October but , the he current en- en enrollment enrollment en enrollment - rollment will lodl he be ! smaller maller because be be- beI because be- be because - I cause CCCIS CCC is being bemg forced forcecl to toretrencli toretrench toretrenchthe . retrenclithe retrenclr retrencli the scheme doubtless getting gettmg the theIdea theidea theidea Idea from the Engi Engl sh hinksey hmksey d g ggers ggers ggers gers of whom Philosopher John JohnRuskm JohnRuskin JohnRuskm Ruskm Ruskin said their two mils mIla mile road wasthe wasthe was wasthe the worst in m three kingdoms By By1933 1933 work camps had existed eXlstcd in m at atleast atleast atleast least six European countries for an anaverage anaverage anaverage average of 10 years contrary to topopular topopular topopular popular be bel ] ef of Germany had them themlong themlong themlong long before Hltl Hitlar Hit1'r Hit1r ' r came to powerSet power powerSet Set : Enviable Invlable Work RecordWhat RecordWhat Record RecordWhat What have they done constructlve constructive constructlvely constructively constructively7 ly ? ' As a sample of what CCC costs coststhe coststhe coststhe the current fiscal year s appropna appropria appropnat appropriat t on is $350000000 350000000 $350 350 $ 000 000 and the nahon nation nahonshould nationshould nationshould should expect to get something somethmg tm tan tmglble tangible tangible : glble gible in m return It has CCC has hasplanted hasplanted hasplanted planted some 1 J 800 000 000 trees and andbu andbu andbu bu It 4 000 fire towers to protect protectthem protectthem protectthem them It has strung 75 000 miles of oftelephone oftelephone oftelephone telephone from lookout post to watch watchto watchto watchto to ver The country has 132 000 miles milesof milesof milesof of new roadway and 5000000 5 000 000 dams damsto damsto damsto to check erosion There are count countless countless countless less new recreation recreatlon centers and wIld wIldl wildlife wildlife l life e habitat has been safeguarded safeguardedto to protect these innocents mnocents from the theravages theravages theravages ravages of cIVIlIzatIonCCC civilizationCCC civilization civilizationCCC CCC has also provided an emer emergency emergency emergency gency army Its membership has hasdone hasdone hasdone done yeoman ser\ ser sen serf serice \ ice in m fight ng for forest forest forest est fires rescue work flood reief rel rei ref ef of efand ofand etand and rehabillta rehabilitation tlon after dlsastcrs disasters dlsastcrsThe disastersThe disastersThe The Red Cross recalls bow how m in the theMlsslss theMississ theMississ Mlsslss Mississ ppi ppl Ohio floods of January Januaryand Januaryand Januaryand and February 1937 more than 22 ] 000 enrollees hundreds of rpserve rpserveofficers r reserveofficers serv servofficers e officers and technical techmcal personnel personnelwere personnelwere personnelwere were rushed to danger pomtsWhither pointsWhither points pomts pointsWhither Whither CCC7 CCC ? ' In his lus budget mes message message message sage last January the President ree rec reeorrmended recon recon-mended recon mended orrmended on - mended a slash slasb of o ( $120 120 $ 000 000 m in mthe inthe inthe the corps budget ( from $350 350 $ 000 000 000to 000to 000to to $230 230 $ 000 000) 000 ) This means camps campsand campsand campsand and personnel must be reduced reducedcamps reducedcamps reducedcamps camps from 1 500 to 1 200 and men menfrom menfrom menfrom from 300 000 to 250 000 This Trus reduc redue reductIon reduetion reduction tIon is already under way and the theApnl theApril theApril Apnl April enrollment will be smaller smallerthan smallerthan smallerthan than usual Worst of aU all CCC will willdIe willdie willdie dIe naturally on June 30 1940 J940 unless unlessextended unlessextended unlessextended unlessextendedMilitarized extended extendedIIilllarized extendedMilitarized \ Militarized I\Iilllarized I Iilllarized Youth Camps Ca.mps . ? Military minded mmded congressmen are areaiready arealready arealready aiready already thinking thmkmg about this wonder wondermg wondering mg if J1 CCCcan CCC can t be retained retamed and andmade andmade made an integral part of o1 our de detense defense fense tense adoption adoptlOn program This means adop tlOn tion of the plan proposed by Ken tucky Kenlucky Kentucky s Rep Andrew Jackson May [ Maywhich which lessthan would provide tor for not less than two nor more than five hours hoursof hoursof of military training trammg for CCC en enrollees enrollees enrollees rollees each week The Immediate Immediateresult immediateresult immediateresult result has been a protest not only from ant anti antiNew ! New Dealers but from ! I I ' I . Z a aa : a a M 4 " t tm tS teyr S m eyr , pfSm- pfSm pfSms pfSmyAs eyr"Z - s . " , { , # /yAs yAs / v . vv " ' 'w w ' -v v " , - vy y . " % * 7- 7 7f " / { * ' - . " < f , . * \ ' < 'VvXw ' . 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' what are jokingly Jokmgly referred to as the thetabbies thetabbies thetabbies tabbies tabbiespacifists -pacifists pacifists - pacifistsYou pacifistsYou pacifists pacifistsYou You can pa nt a horrible hornble picture pictureof of this mil md tanzed tarized CCC s potentiall potentials potentiallties potentialsties potentialities ties if J1 c1 you let your Imagma imagination tlOn run runaway runaway runaway away You can see several millIOn millIOnunemployed millionunemployed millionunemployed unemployed youths saved from hun hunger hunger hunger ger and pnvat prlvat privat on who would rally rallyround rallyround rallyround round the banner of the man whoresponsible who s sresponsible sresponsible responsible for it You can see a apol1tlcal apolitical apolitical pol1tlcal political army ! if f you wish armed armedtramed armedtrained armedtrained tramed trained and disciplined but feelmg feeling feelmggreater feelinggreater feelinggreater greater loyalty to a political polItlcal clIque clIquethan cliquethan cliquethan than to the nation natlon itself But CCCmilitarization CCC s smilltarizatlon smilitarization milltarizatlon militarization can be safeguarded safeguardedagamst safeguardedagainst safeguardedagainst agamst against such eVilsDangerous evilsDangerous evils evilsDangerous7 Dangerous7 Dangerous ? ' Perhaps but maybe maybeit It s even more dangerous to contem contemplate contemplate contemplate plate American Amencan youth s fate without withoutsome withoutsome withoutsome some agency to keep idle minds mmds out outof ou ouof outof t of mischief CCC s 1936 J936 39 budget budge budgeof budgetof t of $350 350 $350000000 350000000 $ 000 000 is far tar smaller than thanOI.1r tha thaour thanour n OI.1r OI1r our . annual national crime cnme bill billwhIch billwhich billwhich whIch approximates approJl.lmates approJllmates . $15000000000 15000000000 $15 15 $ 000 000 000 |