Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1935-05-23
Large CONTINGENT
Will leave COUNTY
ON FRIDAY, MAY 81
Age Limit Is Is To Is; Must
Register At Relief Office
At Once

Sheridan county has been allocat-
ed 60 more COG men, who will leave
May 81 for camps, according to e.
]. Prendergast, relief administrator,
GAN boys between the ages of IS
and rs are eligible" said Mr.. Prend-
ergast today, land those desiring to
attend camp are required to register
| at the relief office at once"
The Sheridan county contingent,
here.
In case mor men register than
are called for, al additional alloca-
ton will be asked by the local adj
ministration. Young men from fam
lilies on relief will be given prefer
ence.
Advantages of CCc
OF all the special agencies created
by the present administration it Is
generally conceded that the CCC has
] beer the most enthusiastically ac-
cepted by the American people. In
the past two years of its existence
the outstanding achievements and
accomplishments of the conserva-
ton program have definitely sold
themselves in every section of the
county.
OF distinct advantage to Montana,
relief officials are now engaged in
handling the largest enrolment quo
ia of youth of the Junior classifi-
cation yet granted to this State. The
increased quota was brought about
recently when President Roosevelt
doubled the size of the CCC as one
Of the first executive acts following
passage by Congress Of the gigantic
$4,000, 900 900 work program. More
recently the Junior" age limit was
extended from 1925 years to 1928
years, and the maximum period of
enrolment increased from IL to Is
months, making 1t possible for many
additional unemployed youths to be
enrolled, and for a longer time, be-
ginning June Is.
criticism, but what criticism exists
has been found to be based On two
things. One concerns the fact that
the OCC enrollee is subjecting him.
self to military training in a military
force. The other contention is that
enrollees do not receive sufficient
remuneration for their labor.
Amy one who has visited a CCC
camp will realize that the first criti-
cism Is neither an accurate nor a
just one. There Is nothing military
about the CCC other than the fact
that the camp is an organized work
group-a tree army" If one wishes
to call it that-engaged in reforesta-
ton, trail building, drouth relief,
flood control, and in general, con-
serving the Nations resources and
performing worthwhile public tasks.
The War Department is but one of
the four Government Departments
handling the tremendous task. The
Army Is in charge OF supervising the
camps. Army officers stationed in
the camps do not, and can not, emf
ploy military discipline. Enrollees do
not enlist to become soldiers, are
not subject to military law. do not
receive military training. Much of
the clothing that they YEA is OF the
khaki color from Government supply
depots,but 1t is work clothing, not a
uniform. An enrollee In the Civilian
Conservation Corps is a civilian from
beginning to end. Should he commit
any CRIME he Is tried In civil court.
The Army was selected to supervise
the CCC because it was the only eX-
isting body OF the Government cap
able of handling this tremendous
task-and since that time, army men
have constantly complained that they
ryo,,1I Tito tn nnf ont nf snOr uArk'
and again have something to do with
"rthe army!
Receive Adequate Pay
To Judge the other major criti-
cism, that CCC youths are not re-
ceiving sufficient compensation for
their services, n must consider
these facts:
Thirty dollars a month is the min
imum cash salary of CCC enrollees.
A limited number Of youths, on the
basis of qualifications receive $50
and $45. The SALARY Is entirely the
enrollee's at the end of the month,
as all other expenses-food, clothing,
medical and dental attention, recre-
alton, etc.-are gratis to him. A
youth coming into a camp needs
bring nothing. He is even supplied
with a shaving kit, comb, tooth
brush, shaving cream soap, tooth
paste, and a sewing kit. His food is
excellent, well cooked and whole
some and he can have as much as
he Is capable Of eating. The fact
the average gain OF CCC youths for
the entire organization was some IL
pounds per enrolment Is testimonial
Of that.
The youths, upon enrolment agree
to work 40 hours q week. s hours a
day for five days OF the week under
normal weather conditions. However,
OF this 8 hours day, n hour is al
lowed for lunch and one hour going
and returning from camp to work.