LOCAL AREA YOUTH EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM

HEARINGS

BEFORE THE

GENERAL SUBCOMMITTEE ON EDUCATION

OF THE

COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND LABOR

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

EIGHTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS

FIRST SESSION

ON

H.R. 1890

TO AUTHORIZE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A YOUTH CON-

SERVATION CORPS TO PROVIDE HEALTHFUL OUTDOOR

TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT FOR YOUNG MEN AND TO

ADVANCE THE CONSERVATION, DEVELOPMENT, AND MAN-

AGEMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND RECREATIONAL

AREAS; AND TO AUTHORIZE LOCAL AREA YOUTH EMPLOY-

MENT PROGRAMS

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HEARINGS HELD IN WASHINGTON, D.C.
FEBRUARY 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, AND 25, 1963

Printed for the use of the Committee on Education and Labor
ADAM C. POWELL, Chairman

U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

WASHINGTON: 1963

Kimball, Dr. Thomas L., executive director, National Wildlife

Federation_ _ _

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Penfold, Joseph W., conservation director, Izaac Walton League of

America...

Smith, Dr. Spencer, secretary, Citizens Committee on Natural Re-

sources.

Tilden, Paul Mason, editor, National Parks magazine, and assistant to
the executive secretary, National Parks Association..

Udall, Hon. Stewart L., Secretary of the Interior..

Zahniser, Howard, executive director and editor, the Wilderness

Society..

Prepared statements, letters, supplemental material, etc.:

Gabrielson, Ira N., president, Wildlife Management Institute, state-

ment of..

Smith, Dr. Spencer, Jr., secretary, Citizens Committee on Natural

Resources:

"Special Message on Our Nation's Youth," submitted by the President

to Congress on February 14, 1963.

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Udall, Hon. Stewart L., Secretary of the Interior:

Inventory of work needed by the bureaus of the Department of the

Interior..

Boebel, Mr. Clarence W., executive director, Chicago Federation of

Settlements and Neighborhood Centers.-

261

Cohen, Eli, executive director, National Committee on Employment

of Youth

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Kennedy, Hon. Robert F., Attorney General of the United States.

Levinson, Charles B., vice president, the Steelcraft Manufacturing

Co. and president, Citizens' Committee on Youth, city of Cincin-

nati..

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185

Wise, Randolph E., public welfare commissioner, city of Philadelphia,

accompanied by Al Williams and Michael Ford..

163

Prepared statements, letters, supplemental material, etc.:

Boebel, Clarence W., executive director, Chicago Federation of Settle-
ments and Neighborhood Centers, testimony of..

261

Cohen, Eli, executive director, National Committee on Employment

of Youth:

Letter to Chairman Perkins, dated February 28, 1963.

153

Ranton, Loren W., executive secretary, State of Oregon Gover-

nor's State Committee on Children and Youth, letter to Mr.

Eli Cohen, dated March 1, 1963.

152

Statement by.

138

Supplementary statement by.

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