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DEFENSE MATERIAL BEING WASTED BY CCC "Valuable and vital defense material is being wasted and wrecked by the Federal Civilian Conservation Corps in the abandonment of some of its camps in Pennsylvania, according to a copy-righted story in the Philadelphia "Inquirer", March 8. While the War Production board is attempting to utilize all "surplus materials", CCC storehouses are loaded to the ceiling with brand-new tools, the story states, and in spite of the dwindling civilian supply of all-wool clothes, brand-new, unpacked supplies of long underwear, uniforms, oilskin raincoats, rubber overshoes and even army blankets have been burned by the CCC. While Price Administrator Leon Henderson has announced it might be necessary to requisition tires from private owners for use of the Armed Forces, there is one CCC storehouse packed with at least 1200 good truck tires, some of them virtually new. While autos and trucks are being rationed, the CCC is permitting usable trucks to rush and rot in open fields, unprotected from severe winter weather. While there is a shortage of road equipment, graders and caterpillar tractors are wasting away in the same manner. This story was written about only certain camps in Pennsylvania--and there are camps in 47 other states, many of which have been closed down." "Left to rust in an open, snow-covered field are these 23 road graders, part of the vital war material which has been discarded or destroyed as CCC camps are abandoned. Trucks and tractors have also been literally thrown away at Camp S-51. Credit (ACME) 3-9-42." Entered into the Cleveland Press Reference Library on March 13, 1942
This photo is from the CCC folder in the Cleveland Press Collection, at the Cleveland State University Library. Thanks to Special Collections Graduate Assistant Wyleane Darden for typing the captions. The images accompanying this story were not included, due to their poor quality. Created September 7, 2000
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