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Civil Conservation Corps (C.C.C.)

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My fellow Americans, due to the recent economic downfall, twenty-five percent of the American population is unemployed, hungry, and without hope. This not acceptable. I have furnished a plan to solve our problem. This plan is called the New Deal. I will be focusing on the three R's: relief for the unemployed, recovery in stimulating the economy, and reform to help prevent future disasters. Relief for the unemployed and the conservation for our environment will be the primary focus of a new program called the Civil Conservation Corps or C.C.C.

The Civil Conservation Corps will be establish this April. The Civil Conservation Corps will bring together this nation's young men and its land in an effort to save them both. If you are interested in joining enlistment requirements are as follows: young men must be between the ages of eighteen and twenty-six, be unemployed, unmarried, a legal U.S. citizen, hard worker, and be in optimum physical shape. A prediction of three million men will be employed through this program. C.C.C. camps will be set up in every state in the United States and also in Hawaii, Alaska, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands for the young men who enlist in this program. There, the young men will help out with the stimulation of regional economies and provide improvements in communities all across the United States. They will be paid thirty dollars a month and a madatory allotment check of twenty-five dollars. These checks will be sent to their families to make it a little easier back at home. Also there, the men in the C.C.C. camps will be given the opportunity to attend vocational training and additional education so they may learn to read and write more efficiently.

A massive revitalization of this nation's forests and preservation of our natural resources will occur because of the works of the C.C.C. that will be carried out. It is expected that three billion trees will be planted, more than 3,470 fire towers will be raised, 97,000 miles of fire roads will be built, and millions of acres of federal and state lands and parks will have telephone lines strung. At these reinvented parks, Americans will be able to enjoy campgrounds, picnic shelters, swimming pools, fire places, and restrooms. In addition to these, 84,000,000 acres of good agricultural land will receive manmade drainage systems. Erosion control will be another immense priority to the Civil Conservation Corps. In conclusion, my proposal of a new program, the Civil Conservation Corps, is a mandatory step in working towards an economic recovery. This plan is sure to bring much needed relief to Americans on the verge of outright starvation and give the unemployed jobs. Our nation's environment will also recover the new improvements that this program will bring.

Works Cited

“Civil Conservation Corps (CCC).” __Civil Conservation Corps Legacy__. Northeastern High School Library. Manchester, PA. 16 December 2009. < http://ccclegacy.com >.

“What is the Legacy?” __CCC Legacy__. Northeastern High School Library. Manchester, PA. 16 December 2009. < http://u-hsitory.com/pages/h1586>.

Song Project

Remember Pearl Harbor By: Sammy Kaye

History in ev'ry century Records an act that lives forever more. We'll recall, as into line we fall The thing that happened on Hawaii's shore.

Let's remember Pearl Harbor As we go to meet the foe Let's remember Pearl Harbor As we did the Alamo.

We will always remember how they died for Liberty Let's remember Pearl Harbor And go on to Victory.

Let's remember Pearl Harbor As we go to meet the foe Let's remember Pearl Harbor As we did the Alamo.

We will always remember Pearl Harbor how they died for Liberty Let's remember Pearl Harbor And go on to Victory.

Leading up to the attack on Pearl Harbor, the United States was placing an embargo on Japan where we were limiting trade with Japan and cutting off their supplies. Hideki Tojo, the leader of Japan, planned out an attack on the United States. The attack at Pearl Harbor was on December 7, 1941. At 7:55 a.m., one-hundred-eighty-three Japenese warplanes bombed the American naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Over two-thousand-five-hundred Americans were killed or wounded in the two waves of attacks. These waves lasted over two hours. One-hundred-sixty aircraft were damaged or destroyed, knocking out our fleet for six months. All eight of the U.S. Pacific Fleet's battleships were badly damaged or sunk. The U.S.S. Arizona was included. Despite all of this, all of America's aircraft carriers remained untouched. This attack was the turning point in bringing the United States into the war. The United States joined the Allies with Britain and Russia. On December 8, 1941, President Franklin Roosevelt referred to the attack as "a date that will live in infamy". On this same day, Congress declared war on Japan for the attack on Pearl Harbor. December 11, 1941 was when Congress declared war on Germany.

I feel that the Sammy Kaye wrote this song to get the message across that everyone, not just Americans, should remember Pearl Harbor. Pearl Harbor is such a huge part of our history. Thousands of people were injured or lost their lives because of this surprise attack on this naval base. Sammy Kaye says in the song to remember Pearl Harbor as we did the Alamo. The Alamo was also a very important event in our history. Many Americans fought and died for our freedom and liberty in both Pearl Harbor and the Alamo.

Works Cited

"Attack on Pearl Harbor: Ships, Heroes, and Speeches." __America's Turning Point.__ Northeastern High School Library. Manchester, PA. 21 December 2009. < http://www.pearlharbor.org>.

"December 7, 1941- Japenese Bomb Pearl Harbor." __World War II in Europe.__ Northeastern High School Library. Manchester, PA. 21 December 2009. < [] >.

"Remember Pearl Harbor." __Remember Pearl Harbor.__ Northeastern High School Library. Manchester, PA. 21 December 2009. < [] >.

I Don't Want to Walk Without You By: Harry James

All our friends keep knocking at the door They've asked me out a hundred times or more But all I say is, "Leave me in the gloom" And here I stay within my lonely room 'Cause...

I don't want to walk without you, Baby Walk without my arm about you, Baby I thought the day you left me behind I'd take a stroll and get you right off my mind But now I find that

I don't want to walk without the sunshine Why'd you have to turn off that sunshine? Oh, Baby, please come back or you'll break my heart for me 'Cause I don't want to walk without you No, siree

This song is directed at a man's former girlfriend. I feel that Harry James wrote this song to tell about how a man does not want to be without his girlfriend and not "walk" without her through life. The man just sits in his room feeling lonely even though friends come by. He tells of how the man thought that he could just take a stroll and get his girlfriend of his mind and then he realizes that he needs her. His relationship with his girlfriend is referred to as sunshine. I think his relationship with his girlfriend is referred to as sunshine because he was happy until she left him behind. His sunshine is turned off, which he says in the song, when his girlfriend leaves him. He is no longer happy and is left gloom. The man wants his girlfriend back. He claims that if she doesn't come back, she will be breaking his heart for him.

Works Cited

"Harry James- I Don't Want to Walk Without You lyrics." Northeastern High School Library. Manchester, PA. 21 December 2009. < [] >.