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Roosevelt's Tree Army: I.

Authors :
Mitchell, Jonathan
Source :
New Republic; 5/29/35, Vol. 83 Issue 1069, p64-66, 3p
Publication Year :
1935

Abstract

Focuses on employment camps offered by Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) in the U.S. Social importance of CCC camps; Need of depressed youth to pass though these camps; Objectives of CCC camps to prevent the nation's male youth from becoming semi-criminal and to make possible conservation of work on large scale; Success of the camps in fighting unemployment; Impact of CCC camps in the economic, political and social advancement of the U.S.; Efforts made by the camps to deal with the problem of soil conservation; Responsibilities of Robert Fechner, head of CCC in the coordination with the U.S. War Department.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
00286583
Volume :
83
Issue :
1069
Database :
Complementary Index
Journal :
New Republic
Publication Type :
Periodical
Accession number :
15021621