Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1940-09-06
CCC ELIGIBILITY
RULES MODIFIED
ENROLLEES NEED NO LONGER RE
MEMBERS OF FAMILIES ON
RELIEF
Any Unemployed Youth Who Needs
Job. Job Training. Educational and
Other Opportunities Offered BY
Corps May Join.

Rules for enrolment in the
civilian corps have been relaxed
to permit any unemployed youth,
whether or not his family is on
relief or eligible for relief, to en-
roll, according to a communication
from the state welfare department.
Based on a memorandum issued
by J. J. McEntee, director of the
civilian conservation corps, the fol-
lowing information is furnished:
Prior to the recent change in eligi-
bility standards, enrolment in the
corps was limited to young men whose
families were on relief, eligible for re-
lief, or whose incomes were below the
normal standard of living in the COM
tending the life of the civilian conser-
walton corps, opened the way for the
enrolment OF young men who were not
on relief. This law simply states that
the civilian conservation corps is es-
tabllshed for the purpose Of providing
employment, as well as vocational
training. for youthful citizens of the
United States, who are unemployed
and in need of employment"
The latest modification in the def
milton OF the terms unemployed and
in need of employment" reads as fol-
lows:
For the purpose of CCC selection
the phrase unemployed and in need
OF employment shall be understood TO
cover unmarried junior applicants 9TH
erwise qualified by age. citizenship. Ill
ness and character, not in attendance
at school, nor on temporary vacation
therefrom; not possessing other rcgu-
lar or full-time employment, and who
need the employment, the job training,
the educational and other opportunities
available IN the civilian conservation
corps"
1t is important to have in mind the
new definition OF unemployed and II
need of employment" This new def
milton Is the heart of the new regula-
ton. The final clause of the new Def
milton specifies that in order to be
eligible the applicant must need the
employment, the job training, the edu-
catlonal and other opportunities avail
able In the CCC.' In other words
while 1t Is not necessary that the fam
lily shall be of relief status or unable
to maintain normal standard OF Ar-
ing in order that the son shall be
eligible for enrolment. the statute still
requires that the enrollee shall ne {"
the employment and vocational oppor-
tunltleS OF the corps. II such opior-
tunltieS are fully available to him
through his own or his family'S re-
sources, he IS not within the regu.a-
IONS and eligible for enrolment under
the statutes.
1t would be a splendid thing II every
young American could be gwen me
opportunity to serve for six months or
year In the healthful, outdoor SUI
roundings OF CCC camps. The dL,tI
pine, the orderly routine of camp .lte
the training, the constant me6ica! at
tention and the inspiring Leadership
usually found in all CCC camps, would
leave their imprint upon every yOu.a
service to the nation should be an ad-
ditional appeal TO every young Amerl-
can, especially in these troubles NE
times.
While the eligibility standards haze
been somewhat liberaliZed, it is OF the
utmost importance that only young
men well suited for the civilian C,n-
servation corps program shall be Sc
lected