The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-11-12
PERMANENT ccc
SAYS FEchNER
Corps Director Tells President
CCC Has Just Made a
Good Start.

President Roosevelt plans a Civilian
Conservation Corps of $780, 900 men for
the year following March 81, says
Happy Days" official organ of the CCC
published at Washington, d. c. The
plans of the president also call Tor
permanent organization as part OF
the government to be worked out either
between now and next spring or during
the coming year. on recommendations
received from Director Robert Fechner.
Director Fechner urged that "this
program of conservation work among
young men and natural resources be
adopted as a permanent part OF our
governmental activities, the size and ex-
tent of the work to be governed by the
dual factors of employment conditions
among the men and the urgency of con-
servation work to be accomplished"
The directors letter to the presi-
dent reported that survey had been
made of conservation needs. This, he
found, will increase rather than di-
miniSh during the next few years.
Factors creating this work were cited
as gradual increase in national forests,
expansion of state-owned parks, grow
ing appreciation of needs of soil con-
servation and an expanded demand for
CCC man power on flood control pro-
iects, for wild life conservation and in
the rehabilitation of grazing lands, r-
rigation systems and drainage projects.
There is sufficient urgent needed
Of hat
100000 and $4,000 men for many years
to come" the director estimated.
Much work remains to be completed
before our forests, parks, agricultural
lands and grazing areas will have been
afforded adequate protection and de-
velopment."
Selected items of work accomplish
ments were used as illustrations of what
the CCC has done since the spring Of
1888. Forest fire fighting took up
100000 man days Fire prevention and
presuppression engaged 100000 man
days and more than a million and a
half man days were devoted to tree
nursery work. Flood control work &C
counted for 100000 man days. Disease
and pest control was accomplished on
100000 acres. Nearly one billion
trees were planted.
Fire break construction would stretch
II times across the country. Major
roads built by the CCC would traverse
the country more than Is times, while
trails built would do the same six times.
1t would take II lines of telephone
foI1 CT 10 10
measure that done by the CCC and
nearly half as much of fences and
guard rails built. If all the large dams
built were spread out there would be
one every mile across the nation and
in between there would be 800 erosion
check dams each mile.
THE past three and one-half years
have shown" the director told the
president, that the continuance of the
CCC will be of permanent value to the
nation. Public attention has been
focused on the need for all types of con-
servation. Now, with floods, dust storms
and widespread soil erosion, public in
SiStence on corrective conservation
measures is much more general AS
long as there are young men eager to-
work, yet idle through no fault of their
own, the CCC can continue to be an
effective part of our national policy" the
director said.
Just what form of permanent organi-
zation the president will recommend to
Congress is not known nor, it is be-
heved, has the president decided. Vari-
GUS interested governmental agencies
have drafted suggested forms, some in
variance with the existing setup. The
president, undoubtedly, will consider all
before determining what plan he will
suggest. The CCC will operate under
existing regulations until March 81 at