Evening star., 1937-09-19
GETTING ENROLLEES JOBS
BIG PROBLEM TO C.. C.. C..
Nearly 10000 More Will Be Ready for
Work October l and Corps Seeks
to Aid Them.

gional offices of the United States En-
ployment Services complete registers
Of their graduates"
In addition, employers are being cir
cularized in some areas, employment
booths are being maintained at State
and county fairs and civic clubs are
being approached with suggestions
that they aid in placing men. In some
cities placement agencies for c. c. @.
men only have been established.
Most recent statistics rejecting Upon
the success of placement efforts deal
only with the number of men leaving
to take employment before their en-
listments expired, the number showing
sharp increase from April through
July and more irregular rise since
last January.
In January honorable discharges to
accept jobs were given to 6,770 en-
rollees, and this trend has risen TO
1885 during the month of July. For
the intervening months the figures
follow: In February, 5,905; March,
1895; April, 1870; May. 11,182, and
June, 1879.
Whether the men were holding the
jobs successfully after taking them IL
not known to the Government. Ad-
mitting the desirability OF such infor-
nation, officials of the c. c. c. claim
1t would nevertheless be expensive be-
yond its value.
AT least partial answer Of how
these men are faring is in process of
preparation by the American Youth
Commission, subsidiary Of the Amer
ican Council of Education, supported
by the Nations educational institu-
tions and benefactors and much inter-
ested in all youth movements.
Study Of C. C. C. Progress.
For the past year the commission
has been conducting comprehensive
study of the C. c. c. programs part
in shaping generation of American
manhood. Nearly another year of OBJ
servation is intended before final judg-
ment is passed.
Going into ESQ camps, representa-
tives Of the commission are checking
the background and qualifications OF
boys as they begin their enlistment
and again as they leave. In the in
terval, nearly 80 per cent will have
participated in the voluntary educa-
tional program in the camp and about
so per cent will have taken advantage
Of job training opportunities In as
many as 200 types of occupations re-
quiring adaptabilities of skill.
In instances believed to be typical,
detailed case studies are made Of In
diuduals during their camp life and
the period Immediately following their
honorable discharge
In addition to following some Of the
boys into their new occupations, the
commission is circularizing employers.
church and community leaders, judges,
parole and police ofiicers and others
who are in position to observe with
some accuracy the course and conduct
OF the ex-camper
Thus far, according to Kenneth Hol-
land, associate director Of the commits
sion, a significant number OF former
enrollees have been found holding Jobs
in the automobile industry, in agri-
culture, in railroad laboring occupa-
tions and in forestry.
1t has not been found, Holland says,
that men come out of the CORDS as
skilled workers, unless they possessed
such skill when they entered, but al
most without exception they are ap-
parently better workmen than when
they enlisted. In considerably better
physical condition, they have acquired
IN the camps knowledge of how to
follow instructions and how to learn
respect for superiors and a notice.
able consciousness of safety precau-
lions with regard to occupational haz-
ards.
Experiment Beneficial
From results already observed there
seems no logical doubt that the G. G. G
experiment has proven greatly bene-
f1cial to the majority of those who
have participated directly in it. The
question which requires more time and
the accumulation of additional in
formation Is whether these BENEFITS
have been in proportion to the costs
OF the experiment.
This cost has been more than Al
o00,O00,000 to date, or approximately
$3.50 per enrollee on the average. In
addition to the human rehabilitation
accomplished, there has been a con.
servation and improvement of natural
resources and completion of numerous
construction projects.
The expenditures are broken down
roughly as follows:
About $500 100000 paid in wages of
some 100000 enrolees. OF this total
approximately 100000 900 went d.
rectly to the families of the enrollees.
Reserve Corps officers have been
paid more than $4,000 900, and tech
nical personnel and other civilians were
paid more than s18O,00O, 900.
Food has cost more than 5000. 600 o0O
and clothing almost equaled this ex-
pense. The cost of medical treatment
and supplies has amounted to s3o.-
900 900.
Barracks, tents and other se>Ssrs
have cost more than $4,000 900. sid
s20o.000,000 more has been spent for
equipment, materials and supplies used
in the work program The railroad.
have received s81 100000 for trans
portation, and the utilities have re-
ceived $l2,000,000. Miscellaneous ex-