UNITED STATES F OCT 17 '33 CONTENTS Page 1 1 I. Purpose of this handbook.. II. Emergency conservation work III. Federal organization_ IV. State organization__ V. Eligibility. VI. General procedure.. VII. Designation of quotas and agencies. VIII. Selection of men_ IX. Selection of projects and forest camps__ X. Requisitions for forwarding men for enrollment_ XI. Acceptance at recruiting station... XII. At the conditioning camp XIII. At the forest camp_. XIV. At the end of the enrollment period. XV. Special procedure for enrollment of local woodsmen.. 1233♪ 7 8 9 III APPENDIXES I. State agencies for selection of men for emergency conservation work. III. Act and Executive orders establishing emergency conservation work HANDBOOK FOR AGENCIES SELECTING MEN FOR EMERGENCY CONSERVATION WORK I. PURPOSE OF THIS HANDBOOK This handbook is issued by the United States Department of Labor for the use of State and local agencies engaged in the selection of men. for emergency conservation work. The purpose is not to multiply rules and regulations but rather to simplify the task of the agencies as much as possible. In order to promote uniformity, smoothness, and effectiveness of administration, this statement of policies and procedures is furnished. It is most important that practice and purpose should be uniform throughout the United States. This handbook is based upon and expanded from "National Emergency Conservation Work-What It Is How It Operates" (Emergency Conservation Work Bulletin No. 2). Here, however, matters of technical procedure are dealt with in greater detail. Many questions which were raised at the series of conferences of representatives of State agencies, held in Washington during April 1933 under the auspices of the United States Department of Labor are answered in this handbook. Any questions relating to matters contained in this handbook and concerning the interpretation of statements here made should be addressed to Emergency Conservation Work Unit, United States Department of Labor, Washington, D.C. II. EMERGENCY CONSERVATION WORK Under the provisions of the act of Congress approved March 31, 1933 (Public, No. 5, 73d Cong.), 250,000 men are to have the opportunity of employment for six months in the Nation's forests. Each man will receive subsistence, clothing, and medical attention, in a work camp, plus a minimum cash allowance of $30 a month, most of which he will allot to his dependents at home. This emergency conservation work provides the opportunity to build men as well as to grow trees. The work which will be done is of national importance, for the welfare of the Nation is closely bound up with the condition of its forests. Moreover, the Department of Labor is trying to assure the selection of the 250,000 men who are best suited to this camp life and healthful outdoor work in the forests, and who will derive the greatest benefits therefrom. Obviously, this project is only one phase of the general program designed to meet the situation produced by widespread unemployment. Emergency conservation work lies midway between programs for the construction of public works, on a regular wage basis, and straight relief. Emergency conservation work will touch only a limited number of men. While this group is relatively small in number in comparison with the total number of the unemployed, the project may be made to have a large effect upon public morale, and may become the demonstration of a method which may have larger application in the future. III. FEDERAL ORGANIZATION President Roosevelt, through an Executive order issued on April 5, 1933, appointed a Director of Emergency Conservation Work. The President directed the Secretaries of War, Agriculture, the Interior, and Labor each to appoint a representative, these representatives to constitute an advisory council to the Director of Emergency Conservation Work. Federal Departments cooperating The four departments of the United States Government named above are cooperating in carrying on the emergency conservation work as follows: The Department of Labor is responsible for the selection of all the men to be enrolled at the regular cash allowance of $30 a month, plus subsistence and transportation, excepting the veterans' contingent, which is selected by the Veterans' Administration. The War Department is responsible for the enrollment, equipping, and conditioning of the men, normally consummated at Army posts, and for the construction, command, supply, administration, sanitation, medical care, hospitalization, pay, discipline, and welfare at work camps. The Department of Agriculture and the Department of the Interior are responsible for selection and planning of work projects on national forests and national parks, respectively, and for supervision of the men while at work thereon. The Department of Agriculture must also recommend for or against all projects on State and private land (except State parks) and must supervise and assist State authorities in the conduct of all work done on such projects. Similar powers and responsibilities are placed with the Department of the Interior with respect to projects on State parks. Personnel The Director and the members of the advisory council are as follows: |