This is no unsolvable problem if we face it wisely and courageously. It can be accomplished in part by direct recruiting by the Government itself, treating the task as we would treat the emergency of a war, but at the same time, through this employment, accomplishing greatly needed projects to stimulate and reorganize the use of our national resources. They joined the CCC as young, Depression-scarred boys, and through their work they left Virginia and the nation a better place. The purpose of the work is both to build men and to build trees. J ust 20 miles from downtown Richmond.
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