Civilian Conservation Corps

Commonly known as the CCC, this program put to work hundreds of unemployed single young men during the Great Depression. I knew only one. He came home from the CCC camp occasionally in his khaki uniform looking like a soldier on leave.

I think he really liked living and working hard in the forests of Minnesota even though when he

came home he would sing....

"I don't want no more of the CCC,

I only want to go home.

The coffee that they give you,

They say its mighty fine,

It's good for cuts and bruises.

It tastes like iodine.

I don't want no more of the CCC,

I only want to go home."

Why don't people start demanding that the government, using its infinite wisdom (?) and its unlimited (?) power, start this program again and keep it going? Our forests need help, our

wild habitats need help, and there must be many other things that these young men could do, and they would feel good about helping where help is needed in our country. I'll bet they would

feel better than they do today after going to a gym for a workout. I'll bet they would be happier and healthier and I'll bet they would be leaner in many cases.

Even as a young lady, when I worked hard outside, I felt good. I suppose it was what today you

call a "high". I hope that there would be a CCC for young single ladies, too.

The new CCC could have a slogan. " Join the CCC and get a natural high!"

Well, this is all for now, I think I'll go and wash some walls or something.