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==Establishment==

==Establishment==

Unemployment was very high among less educated young men, many of whom never held a regular job. Roosevelt proposed conservation work as a relief device during his 1932 presidential campaign. The CCC was one of the first of many proposals enacted during the Hundred Days, becoming law on March 31, 1933. Roosevelt on May 7, 1933, extolled the CCC in a fireside address on the radio:   

Unemployment was very high among less-educated young men, many of whom had never held a regular job. Roosevelt proposed conservation work as a relief device during his 1932 presidential campaign. The CCC was one of the first of many proposals enacted during the Hundred Days, becoming law on March 31, 1933. Roosevelt on May 7, 1933, extolled the CCC in a fireside address on the radio:   

:"First, we are giving opportunity of employment to one-quarter of a million of the unemployed, especially the young men who have dependents, to go into the forestry and flood prevention work. This is a big task because it means feeding, clothing and caring for nearly twice as many men as we have in the regular Army itself. In creating this civilian conservation corps we are killing two birds with one stone. We are clearly enhancing the value of our natural resources and second, we are relieving an appreciable amount of actual distress."

:"First, we are giving opportunity of employment to one-quarter of a million of the unemployed, especially the young men who have dependents, to go into the forestry and flood prevention work. This is a big task because it means feeding, clothing and caring for nearly twice as many men as we have in the regular Army itself. In creating this civilian conservation corps we are killing two birds with one stone. We are clearly enhancing the value of our natural resources and second, we are relieving an appreciable amount of actual distress."

===No job training===

===No job training===

At first there was serious concern about the CCC from the [[American Federation of Labor]] which feared it would be a job training program.  With so many union construction workers unemployed a new job training program would introduce unwelcome new competition for scarce jobs.  Roosevelt promised there would be no skills taught that would compete with established unions, and named a labor leader, Robert Fechner to run the CCC.   After manual labor outdoors for 8-hours Monday through Friday, the enrollees could, if they wanted, attend evening classes on subjects ranging from civics to basic literacy.  Skilled courses such as motor repair, cooking, and baking were popular; they did not seriously compete with union labor.  LEMs took apprentices in forestry and soil conservation.

At first there was serious concern about the CCC from the [[American Federation of Labor]] which feared it would be a job training program.  With so many union construction workers unemployed a new job training program would introduce unwelcome new competition for scarce jobs.  Roosevelt promised there would be no skills taught that would compete with established unions, and named a labor leader, Robert Fechner to run the CCC. After manual labor outdoors for 8-hours Monday through Friday, the enrollees could, if they wanted, attend evening classes on subjects ranging from civics to basic literacy.  Skilled courses such as motor repair, cooking, and baking were popular; they did not seriously compete with union labor.  LEMs took apprentices in forestry and soil conservation.

==CCC life==

==CCC life==