"Educational Contribution of the Civilian Conservation Corps"
Magazine article
By: Robert Fechner
Date: May 1937
Source: Fechner, Robert. "Educational Contribution of the Civilian Conservation Corps." Phi Delta Kappan 19, no. 9, May, 1937. Reproduced in the New Deal Network. Available online at http://newdeal.feri.org/texts/641.htm; website home page: http://newdeal.feri.org (accessed April 24, 2002).
About the Author: Robert Fechner (1876–1939), born in Chattanooga, Tennessee, was the grandson of German immigrants. At age sixteen he began his training as an apprentice machinist, joined a local union, and was elected secretary. He then worked as a traveling machinist for nine years, and eventually became a noted union leader who represented labor and helped settle many disputes. In 1933, Fechner was appointed by President Roosevelt to direct...
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