Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-04-19

this new one where everything is
clean. Thank God for those hills. They
are high enough so you can't see the
cd world over them. Thank God its
long way to the nearest town Sc
there will not be any temptation to
go there"
A meat salesman, formerly employed
at a Washington packing house: 1T
takes mere than just a night in the
open to phase me. I was raised in
the mountains Of South Carolina, so
, this sort of life isn't new to me. The
way look at tits the new deal and
mighty swell one"
But there is another side to the
picture, the striplings with thin blood
who had the Spunk all taken out OF
them by that one night in the cold
Some Of them were rather resentful
They can't appreciate the brusqueneSs
Of the veteran top sergeant.
Said one: Twelve quit and went home
this morning. None actually quit. al
though some threatened to do so.) I'm
going to quit. too. They can't hold a
fellow here against his will. It's against
the law Six months in this dump-not
me- They didn't even have the sense to
put this camp near town where fell
low could 60 to have some fun. Nothing
to do all night long. The people in
Washington ought to know about this
They wouldn't stand for it,
Raw Deal, Youth Says.
Said another: They've got four guys
locked Up fer trying to get away from
here CHe didn't know where they were
licked up And there's no way foT
them to get lawyer. It's raw deal.
Why. they Just dumped us down here i,
this hole without putting up any tents
for U.s. And it's IL miles to the neIres.
town.
Said another: II always supposed
there was plenty of liquor up here
This is where they make it. But where
are all the bootleggers? Not one of them
has shown up around here yet tEffec-
tive precautions have been taken both
by the Army and by the forestry service
to keep away the mountaineer moon
sinners with their Chez, "applejack.")
Capt. Donovan looked sadly at some
Of the boys in whom he has taken a
parental interest.
Poor kids" he said. "we've got to 60
easy en- them, until they're hardened
They don't look as if they can stand
very much. But it will be a Godsend
to them"
Already he has taken steps to ameli-
crate their lot. When the contingent
arrived it was greeted with the infor-
nation that forest service regulations
prohibited smoking for fear of fires in
the national forest. He realized it would
be impossible to enforce such an order
and one of his first concerns was to
make arrangements so the men could
smoke in peace in the camp area, with
the understanding that they would leave
cigarettes behind when they went out
on work details. And he is going to
put up big recreation tent and is TAX
ing steps to get athletic equipment for
the boys.
Can't Get Away Easily.
Such Is the material of which the
first company of the civilian conserva-
ton corps is made. OF course, the two
groups shade into each other. There
are boys of 10 who are enthusiastic and
there are men Of Is who are disheart-
ened. There are men of all ages in be-
tween. But they seem to bunch around
the extremes. Some will fit in from the
first. They don't need discipline. Some
will require a good deal of conditioning.
One thing is being made clear to the
men-they can't get out of it without
discharges and man will not be given
a discharge just because he doesn't like