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1936 › Alf Landon (Republican) › Federal youth work and education programs (CCC, NYA)

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

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Solution

Keep the CCC as a tide-over, not a permanent occupation; add educational programs and advancement on merit for 'the C. C. C. boys themselves.'

Rationale

The administration 'has forgotten the original purpose of the C. C. C.' and 'is threatening to lead ... the corps down a blind alley.'

Statements (1)

1936-10-20 · Barstow, California (Evening Star text) · generalcandidate_direct ✓ verified

Once I am elected President I will do everything within my power not only to continue the C. C. C„ but to improve the organization. It shall be my purpose to make it far more ef fective than it yet has been, both for the young men who compose it and for the public.

Source: Landon praises purpose of CCC; Los Angeles text (Evening Star, Oct. 20, 1936, p. 6) (1936-10-20)

Follow-through

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The CCC was extended in 1937 for three years with an educational program, as Landon had urged; it was not made permanent.

Enacted by others

1937-06-28

Franklin D. Roosevelt

statute CCC extension act of 1937

Continued with education provisions. source

Other positions on this issue

Continue help for young people to obtain an education and a chance to use it — Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1936 directional_stance

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