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1936 › Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic) › Federal youth work and education programs (CCC, NYA)

Continue help for young people to obtain an education and a chance to use it

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Solution

Continue the NYA and CCC programs that keep youth in school and give constructive occupation.

Rationale

Twelve years of neglect 'had closed' the door of opportunity.

Statements (2)

1936-06-25 · Democratic National Convention, Philadelphia (platform) · conventionparty_platform ✓ verified

We have aided youth to stay in school; given them constructive occupation; opened the door to opportunity which 12 years of Republican neglect had closed.

Source: 1936 Democratic Party Platform (1936-06-23)

1936-10-31 · Madison Square Garden, New York · generalcandidate_direct ✓ verified

Of course we will continue our efforts for young men and women so that they may obtain an education and an opportunity to put it to use.

Source: Address at Madison Square Garden, New York City (1936-10-31)

Follow-through

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The NYA continued student aid and work projects until 1943 (transferred to the Federal Security Agency in 1939); the CCC was extended for three years in 1937 with educational programs, though not made permanent.

Mechanisms

Date	Type	Name	Effect	Consistent?	Source
1937-04-05	message	Message on making the CCC a permanent agency charted on: High school graduates as percent of 17-year-olds · Unemployment rate (BLS, 1948–) · Unemployment rate (NBER series, 1929–1942)	Congress extended the CCC to 1940 instead of making it permanent.	partly	Message to Congress on Making the Civilian Conservation Corps a Permanent Agency.
1939-07-01	other	National Youth Administration continued charted on: High school graduates as percent of 17-year-olds · Unemployment rate (BLS, 1948–) · Unemployment rate (NBER series, 1929–1942)	Transferred to the Federal Security Agency; continued to 1943. Following the passage of the Reorganization Act of 1939 , the NYA was transferred from the WPA to the Federal Security Agency .	yes	National Youth Administration - Wikipedia

Assessments

kept Wikipedia contributors — National Youth Administration - Wikipedia

Youth programs continued through the term.

Other positions on this issue

Continue the Civilian Conservation Corps, add education fitting enrollees for private jobs, and take the politicians out of its administration — Alf Landon, 1936 specific_pledge

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