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Article: Closing the camps.(Civilian Conservation Corps)
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- Cobblestone
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- April 1, 2005
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The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) turned out to be more successful than anyone would have imagined. It provided millions of young men with hope and confidence, food and clothing--while enhancing and preserving the environment.
But even at the height of its popularity in 1936, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR) knew that this particular New Deal program was too expensive to continue indefinitely. He sought to shut down some CCC camps to help trim the national budget for that election year. But the American public protested--few people wanted any of the camps closed. Roosevelt retracted his idea, but he had made his point: The CCC was just a temporary ...