The Omaha guide., 1935-08-31
Emergency Con-
~servation Work
Office Of the Director
Washington d G.
By Edgar G.. Brown

tgte forty years ago td give to the
sons and daughters Of the under
privileged masses Of his own race
an education suited to their needs
and the demands Of a highly In
dustrialized civilization was
sounded anew last week at the
first conference of cOlored CCC
educational advisers at Hampton,
Virginia, by Robert Fechner, Di-
rector of the Civilian C0nserva-
ton Corps organization, set-up
two years ago under the guidance
and inspiration of President
Roosevelt. as the first major plan
and program for the countrys
thousands Of idle youth and I'M
employed veterans Of the World
War.
Although we have accomplish
ed many desirable detectives,
much remains to be done and will
be done, asserted Director Fech-
ner, the man most responsible for
the universally approved record
Of the CCC since April l, 1888.
The audience was composed of the
faculty Of both races as well as
the twenty CCC educational ad-
visers IN attendance at the confer
ence.
Anyone sitting in that audience
as Director Fechner revealed the
future Of the CCC had memories
crowding in upon him, too, Of
General Armstrong, the great Civ
il War leader who had builded
higher than he could see, when he
founded Hampton Institute.
On this ground, once the site
OF Camp Hamilton Hospital
mutual asylum for those fallen
and handicapped in battle-the
conference met today to plan for
the nations idle and INDECENT
youth.
1t seemed that DR.. Thomas G.
Bennett, Third Corps Area Educa-
tional Adviser of the CCE and
leader of the conference. select
ed q most fitting meeting place at
Hampton Institute to restate the
recent history and the simple and
practical detectives of the educa-
tional program in the CCC camps
located IN the states of Pennsyl-
vania, Virginia Maryland and the
District of Columbia.
From the beginning of the Ci-
william Conservation Corps organi-
cation, employment of colored
educational advisors has been
considered desirable, eaid III
rector Fechner, who flew bv plane
in order to be present at the open
ing session at eight o'clock We'd
nesday night after a busy day at
ms Washington office. Fifty or
more OF your race have made
good IN this capacity. he con
tlnued, and the present expan-
sion program Of the organization
VIII ~necessitate the appointment
OF additional qualified colored
professional men fob service il
the various Negro CCC camps"
Director Fechner gave al elo-
quent recital Of the accomplish
ments Of the CCC men NUMBERING
today, nearly $4,000, including
0SU,OVV young men, forty thou
sand War veterans 1900 Ameri-
can Indians, and approximately
1000 residents Of Hawaii, Alaska.
Fuerto Rico and the Virgin Is
lands Approximately $4,000 Of
these "enrolees" as they cal
led, are colored youths and ex-
service men, among them. two
thousand rated men, who receive
the larger compensation. six
hundred first-class cooks. and
two hundred qualified typists.
now en duty in more than a him.
dred eolored camps. Two hundred
and nlnety-two boys in the past
month have been awarded senior
lie savers credentials by success
tul completion of the special
courses of instruction conducted
IN the several corps areas bv the