The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-04-11
C(C WILL
 OBSERVE ! BIRTHDAY
Public Cordially Invited 10 Open House al Ware
 house on Sunday

ouDudN. Apfll Lo' 10 OAic N"J NSn ienated to commemorate the eighth anniversary of the CCC. The public is cordially invited to attend an open house at the site of the For est Service Warehouse on Will louehby Avenue. Refreshments will be served by the enrollees, who will also assist in showing the camp 10 interested visitors.
 It is fitting, at this time, to DOT tray some of the highlights Of the eco and herewith is a eco state ment:
 "The Civilian Conservation Corps was launched at a time when pro tracted economic depression had built up q huge surplus of unem- ployed and inexperienced, needy young men. The Corps was launch ed because of belief that this Nation could not afford to waste this huge human resource. Today, we are in the midst of industrial
 
 Helping Youth
 Jobs are more plentiful. Yet, in spite of rising employment rolls, many young men have not yet been able to find a place in the economic world Many are unable to obtain the work experience which would find them economic secur- ity. In this current national de- fense emergency this nation can- not afford to neglect it's youth pop ulation. It must give them chance to grow up strong and vigorous. IL must afford them work experi- ence. They must be taught to work and work hard. If parents cannot afford to give their sons needed work experience and training and if they cannot find gainful em- ployment, it must still be provid- ed.
 You are invited to look over our organizations training chart at the local camp outlining our train ing program.
 Despite the fact that stress has been laid on national defense train- ing and that this training has been carried on without additional funds the CCC has not and does not pro- pose to lose sight of it's original purpose-the training of unem- ployed young men for private jobs and the conservation of our coun- try's national resources. That work has gone on as it did before the national emergency.
 CCC Purpose
 There is purpose in this tha' transcends emergency situations.
 Tt is wise that the Nation look beyond the years of rearming wher this country and every other is di- recting it's energies toward armine against aggression We must look to future years when we return tc normal peacetime occupational pur- suits. When that day arrives, young men will still need the fundamen- tai practical training that Is no" available to them in the eco. Il is not enough, in our specialized economic scheme, to have a smat- tering of skill and knowledge which will enable a worker to "get by Employers are more and more de- manding that the men on theil payrolls know how to do a jot well be familiar with safety regu- lations, and be physically and men, tally accustomed to doing f,,l j. days work without loss of effici. ency.
 "Basically, this training is in it. self vital contribution to nationa defense. It develops a sturdy, self reliant youth, equipped to cope witt emergencies. It conditions thes' young men for wartime service b. teaching them to live together il barracks, to keep fit physically, t think for themselves, to apply them selves to the job at hand, and t' obey instructions. The work itsel contributes to national defense b. conserving and improving the con ditions of our soil and forests.
 Basic Training
 While the enrollees have neve had any military drill, target prac tice, nor manual of arms in tn CCC camps, they have receives basic training in many of the ele ments of what every rookie Ina to go through, what the Arm would call the school of the sol dier.'
 They have learned about frs aid, safety. sanitation, personal hy giene, something of discipline. the have learned how to live together work together. play together. an best of all, hes to do a real day