Franklin Roosevelt actually said...

I propose to create a civilian conservation corps to be used in simple work, not interfering with normal employment, and confining itself to forestry, the prevention of soil erosion, flood control and similar projects.

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Message to Congress on Making the Civilian Conservation Corps a Permanent Agency

04/04/1937

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