Evening star., 1934-09-30
Experiences of C.. C.. C.. Graduates
BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN.

less than one-fifth of the number
leaving the camps, but inasmuch as
it was expected that only those out
of work would be admitted in the
first place, it would appear that q net
gain had been accomplished.
OF those who have been unable to
find work, q number of statistical
stories have been set down. OF them,
II, ,495 are classed merely as idle. AS
to numbers of them, this quite prob
ably means that they are engaged
upon the most difficult of all tasks in
these times-hunting for q job. At
least they are unemployed.
OF the remainder, the statistical
tale-tellers say they are otherwise en-
gagged and proceed with this highly
interesting part Of the story.
There are 891 of them who have
gone back to school. This might
mean any kind of school from vo-
cational training school to an insti-
tuition Of higher learning, for the
c. c. c. attracts all sorts Of tndivid-
uals. A fact which speaks well for
the life in the camps is that 1899 of
them re-enrolled. They apparently
were pleased with the life and did not
| object to the RECOMMENDATION. Some, it
would seem, did not have enough regi-
mentation, for 246 enlisted in some
branch Of the military service.
Then there Is chapter of bitter
vicissitudes. OF the total, 102 were
found to be lying in hospitals. There
were 221 traced to Jail and 131 were
dead.
Many Changes in Location.
There was wide difference from the
geographical point of view in the ex-
periences Of those who found work
upon quitting the camps. 1t was a
part Of the Governments policy to
give these young men opportunity to
broaden their vistas as well as their
experiences. Many youths enrolling
In Kentucky, for example, were taken
to camps in Maine, and New York
young men to Arizona. The various
units were, so far as possible, intro
duced to a new environment Some,
on leaving the camps, undoubtedly re-
turned to their homes. Others sought
and found work in the new pastures
to which they had been transplanted.
Others roamed.
In fact 1t is evident that quite a
number found opportunities to take
jobs even before their enrolment
terms had expired. OF all those
traced, 35,852 had left before their
time was up. Some, of course, de-
camped, having grown tired of the
camp discipline, Of the work, or for
some other reason But the fact that
out of the 1926 found by the survey
to have landed jobs, 1858 were in
dividuals who had left before the end
OF their terms, at least suggests that
jobs called them away from the
camps.
The Middle Atlantic States at
tracted the largest number of those
leaving the camps, before or after
the end Of the term. In that region
3,724 have been found employed and
2o,368 idle. In that region there were
SAT otherwise engaged In some other
regions, jobs apparently were easier
or harder to find.
In commenting on the survey the
investigators say: THE total picture
that emerges is of a group of highly
transient and markedly underem-
ployed boys and young men"
The subject cannot be dropped
without passing speculation on the
Legion OF the Lost. For 10000 men
or TO be more exact-13.Oe7 to dis
appear utterly from the ken of trained
Feoeral investigators within a brief
period is not less than remarkable