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1 1 SENATE RESOLUTION NO. ___
1 2 BY KRAMER
1 3 A Senate Resolution commemorating the founding and
1 4 accomplishments of the federal Civilian Conservation
1 5 Corps.
1 6 WHEREAS, on March 31, l933, the United States
1 7 Congress approved, and President Franklin D. Roosevelt
1 8 signed, legislation establishing the greatest
1 9 environmental program in the history of the nation,
1 10 the Civilian Conservation Corps; and
1 11 WHEREAS, the enrollees, who were 17 to 23 years of
1 12 age, planted tens of millions of tree seedlings on
1 13 land in federal and state parks; and
1 14 WHEREAS, the United States Government has
1 15 collected, and continues to collect, millions of
1 16 dollars in harvesting fees from lumber companies as a
1 17 result of the trees planted by the Civilian
1 18 Conservation Corps; and
1 19 WHEREAS, thousands of farmers received assistance
1 20 from the Civilian Conservation Corps in terracing and
1 21 establishing contour farming practices, preventing
1 22 tons of soil erosion and substantially increasing crop
1 23 production; and
1 24 WHEREAS, many lodges, cabins, shelters, and trails
1 25 built by the Civilian Conservation Corps in state and
1 26 national parks have provided countless hours of
1 27 recreation and enjoyment to visitors; and
1 28 WHEREAS, the civilian conservation corps concept
1 29 could be a valuable complement to AmeriCorps and Job
1 30 Corps by performing needed work in the state and
2 1 national forests and parks; and
2 2 WHEREAS, as in the 1930s, a new civilian
2 3 conservation corps would provide job training and
2 4 instill in the enrollees a work ethic and self-
2 5 discipline, and provide workfare assistance to needy
2 6 families; NOW THEREFORE,
2 7 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE, That Tuesday, March
2 8 31, l998, be declared National Civilian Conservation
2 9 Corps Recognition Day in honor of the former members
2 10 of the federal Civilian Conservation Corps and to
2 11 encourage the discussion of benefits of establishing a
2 12 new civilian conservation corps for the youth of
2 13 today.
2 14 LSB 4192SS 77
2 15 tj/jw/5
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