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Show of 0/ 0 0the oft/ic oft ic / the / eee CCC CCCThe CC { The seventy third Congress by bypublic Act No 5 authorized v.hat vhat what . genenlly genenlIy generally known kno"n knon " now as th the theivilian " , Conservation Corps Th The Theill B " , ill creating creatmg the CCC " was "as as present presentd , d to the president and " was "as as aIJ ap aproved roved on March 31 1933 The The.ct The.ct . - gave the president authority authorityo , 0 o establish a national chain 01 01amps 01amps amps in which the unemplcyed unemployed unemployedroung men of the United States States.ould Statesoubd be placed to protect and im improve 1mprove our miIllonsf millions miIllons ( \ of \f f acres of ofand that needed to be worked workedver workedver workever ver so that it might produce rich richtr richer results On April 5 1933 les less lesshan Ie & ; ; han a "eek eek week " after the blIl bill was \ a , . " I I the presidentcreatd president creat d the thEmergency ( Conservation Work Workorganization Wortorganization and appointed appomted Robert RobertFechner RobertFechner RoberFechner Fechner as director At the same samehme sametime samitime hme time he arranged for four Umted United UmtedStates UnitedStates UnitecStates States departments to ccoperate cooperate ccoperatewith cooperatewith ccoperatiwith ' with the director in estabhshing establishing estabhshingand establishingand establishiniand ' and o 0 crating erating the proposed system systemrf systemC systenct 1 rf C f camps-\\ar camps ar camps-a camps a camps - \ war ar interior mterior agrlcul agricub agrlculture agricubtune agriculture ture tune and labor The direct respon responslbillty responsibillty responsibility slbillty sibillty of the camps was charged chargedto chargeito to the tle V-ic V ic ) - army It is the duty of the thearmy thearmy thiarmy army to maintain the camp to toseee toseee tiseee , seee that the men are housed housedclothed housedclothed housedclothed clothed have ha\e ha e haie \ t > plenty lenty to eat ana ann anaClave annnave amnave Clave nave propsr proper medical attention attentionThe attentlorThe IThe . The army is also responsible for forthe forthe tothe . the recreation and education of ofI ofthe ofthe othe the men in irs campThe campThe camp campThe The CCC is divided into mto nine ninedlstnct ninedistrict nindistrict ; dlstnct district parts one in each corps corpsarea corpsarea corparea area of the army In addition to tothese tothese tthese these there are CCC camps in inHawaii inHawaii i : Hawaii and the Virgin Vlrgrn Islands Islands"hich Islandswhich Islandwhich "hich hich which " are managed completely completelv by bythe bythe bthe the National Park service Then Thenthere Thenthere Thethere there are camps In Puerto Rico Rrco anC ana anaAlaska anAlaska ! Alaska and the Indian reservation reservationcamps reservationcamps reservatioicamps camps Each corps area is dividedinto divided dividedmto divideinto d mto into district dlStnct or sub districts com corn composeii cornposed cornposed . poseii posed of a group of camps Th This Thisbreak Thibreak . break do down " n of each corps area into intu intodlStncts intudistricts tatdistricts dlStncts districts is for better managementYoung managementYoung management managementYoung Young men between the ages of c17 ' 17 and 23 unmarried and unem unemplayed unemployed unemployed played ployed physically fit and citizens citizensof citizensof citizenof of the U S are elegible elegrble for enrnllmpnt enrollment en rnllmpnt rollment m in the CCC The enroll n _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ n _ ment period is for six months A Aman Aman Aman man may enroll for the second secondor secondor or third six month period it if hr hi hirecord hisrecord record Is clean An enrollee enroIlee may maybe maybe maybe be released at any time it if some someunusual someunusual someunusual ' unusual circumstance arises anses or 11 il 11he ilhe IIhe he gets ts an offer of ; permanent Jermanent em employmen empboymen employmen I ploymen pboymen With selection of en enrollees ennotices enrollees rollees notices for camps there is no dls dis discrimination dlscnminatlon discrimination cnminatlon crimination between race creed or orevlor orcolor 01color 01colorThe ' evlor color evlorThe colorThe The . working v.orking vorking hours for an en enrollee enrollee enrollee rollee are 8 hours per day 5 days daysa ' a week and they are on call callat callat callat at any tune trme in m case of emergencies emergenciessuch emergenciessuch emergenciessuch ' such as fires or to help in eniergency emer enier rehef relief rehefork \\ork ork work \ The The history of the CCC fromthe from fromthe frotha [ the first camp established establ1shed on onAprrl onApril orApnl i Aprrl April 17 1933 at Edmburg Edrnburg Edinburg VIr VIrginia Virgina Virginia ginia gina t to the present time hme is or in 011of e eof eof of romance and hard work Today Today To day there are about 1500 camp camps campsscat.ered campsscatared ; scattered scat.ered scatered scatared . about the country There Thereare Thereare Thereare are 300 300000 000 young men enioyrng enoying enioyrngthe enoyingthe enjoyingthe the hard work 1 i e the recreation recreationand recreationand recreationand and rehabilitation rehabllitatron piogram plogram foundIn found foundin foundin in ea h campOn campOn camp campOn On December 31 1939 the mar man manI manwho manwho who dnected d1lected dilectecl the CCC since smce its itsinceptron itsinception itinception inceptron inception in iii April Aprll 1933 passed passedaay passedaway passe away a\\ay a ay \ For nearly seven years yearsDlr yearsDii year Dlr Dii Dhector ector Robert Fechner n't nt md nad ' been beenthe beenthe bee : the guiding light of the CCC anC and anddining an-diring an diring ! - dt dining ring that time mora mor than 2 000000 young Americans base baseoassed ha e epassed passed oassed ' trough through 'hrough hrough the CCC camps to tobecome tobecome t ( become better citizens and bettor bettorequipped bett ' r requipped equipped to meet U-e U e tre ti-c ti c - - requirement reqlllrements requirements reqlllrementsm requirementsin ! in m the "orldThe worldThe " world "orld orld The resl responsibility = onslbrl1ty of this va vast vastarmy va&iarmy vaiarmy , . & army of young men is 15 today un tin under tinder under der the direction of James J JMcEntee JMcEntee JMcEntee McEntee who was sworn s\\orn s orn \ into mto ot of otfice offlee otflee fice flee on the 7th of March 1940 atWashington ai at atWa.shington Washington Wa.shington . D C Mr McEntet McEntee McEnteeserved McEnteeserved served as e\ecutive e ecutive e\.ecutlve e.ecutlve .ecutlve ecutlve eeeutive \ ' . assistant from 1933 until \ Mi 1\11 1 11 Fechner Feclmer Fecliner s death inDecember inDecembei in Decembel December Decembei Mr McEntee in fittingIy fittingly fitting ly Iy and adequately qualified quaJfied ! ai U as ! > asdirector director of the CCC because of his hislong hislong hislong long and successful admfrustra admimstra admimstration administration . tion as assibtint assbt'tn assbttn assistant ' t director directorT T e prmmy pnm1.IY pnm1IY primxiy . function of the theCCC theCCC theCCC CCC is conservation the protec protectlon protection protection tlon tion of forests from fronts fires pests and anddlse.se anddise.se anddise dlse.se dlsese dise.se disese . . e improvement of forest forestareas forestireas 1reas areas ' the protection and rmprove improve rmprovement improvement improvement ment of natur natural ' resources and rmproveI pub pubJc publie pubhe Jc lie ! land revision of public r i lecreational ecrea cores ecreatlonal corestional tlonal tional facilities faclhtles and prevention of offloods offloods Ifioods fioods floods and soil erosion All AU t1 ti-eso ti eso tiesoand theseand ' - esc escand and many more are being bemg accom accomp&hed accompUshed accompushed p&hed phed pUshed & every day the CCC func Info functions Infotions functions tions Some 250 250000 000 men are bemg being beingmade beingmade ' mad-e mad e made - better citizens and becoming becomingbetter becomingbetter becomingbetter better equipped to meet the demands demands de mands of theorld the a \ world \\orld orld orldhen onId a \ when \\hen hen hen they 6et get getout 6etout et etout out of the CCCS'lturd'tY CCCSaturday CCC Siturday S'lturd'tY SlturdtY Saturday ' ' is the tire seventh anni anniVErS9.ry ann annversary annlversary VErS9.ry VErS9ry versary . of this great organization organi.lation organilation . : I I I I |