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Show Thomaa showed the demonstretEMI the one same s.me reasoning of the membert of th. the .le,islClticm er.... in,terest in the other government•. ' In the rationalization of his support. origJf1GI committee which drew up ana ing the Civilian Conservatioft CC»'ps anG tried in 1937 to make the meGSures Corps. permanent gove,mmentGl one He .nd was sponsored of those who lNtltution! He cited the record of the eMllen COMerVGtJon Corps many times and iustlfled its work on fhe bods of on .onomically sound progrom provided opportunities goye young men for health th.e chc.mce that helped build ohCIJ'tICter and Improvement.· The Civilian ContervGtion Corps to meet with their entity ana using the foree of public opinion feUow$, a.net to pin tt.t wMeh 1$ upon the group to such an extent that it will .tume its whole '$$pomibiJity. PeBOMel departments and men engaged in personnel work must reorient their entire cdms end their etlvltles. Too often personnel officers· have been instatled to handle the 18O$t Important of aU pefSOnnel work: thet of hiring Cind firing, or to enforce a single theory of 'aor ac tivity. Congressional Record, Vol. ,n, p. 608, (75th Congress, 1st $ ... , January 25, 1937). . ••• 11 , HI was one of the mem.M" of the original committee which drew up and sponsored the leg.isiation creeting the Civllion Con_rvotion Corps, and also I wos one of those who during the present session of Congress attempted to make the Corps 0 permanent govemmentGl inst'f.tu·tion·. It has been my privilege to inspect scores of tn. Comp$ ond to study at first hand the work being done In them. Thot whiGh has been GlCcompt,.hed h. $urpa$Sed ev·en the QntlcipGtion of the most enthusiastic supporters at the tim. of the Gommeneement of this work. The Corps It has developed w. made Cbr eonservatiOA both of men and of natures resource. leodershlp cmd ..., removed hopelessn.. from the Ilv.. Qf thousands of youths. The renewed feith which It h. engendered 1ft the souls of the underprivileged the our lond will abouncl to the benefit not only of those penons but also of whole country. I, for one, om proud of the record that has bee" made. The of U Civilian ConservGltion Corps Program, Ib.ld, p. 2012. |
