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"The fight is never about grapes or lettuce. It is always about people." Cesar Chavez |
:: Sunday, March 28, 2004 ::
Edison tree planting to salute Depression-era CCC By JERRY BARCA
From 1933 to 1942, more than 3 million teen-age and adult men planted more than 3 billion trees while members of the corps.
'That was the biggest thing to save youth in the country,' said 87-year-old John 'Blackie' Meszaros, an Edison resident and CCC alumnus.
CCC members received $5 a month for their work and $25 was sent home to their families. Beyond tree planting, CCC men cleaned waterways -- such as brooks, streams and rivers -- throughout the country.
Meszaros was 16 when he signed up for the CCC in 1933. With stints in Mississippi and Utah, he spent two of the next three years in the corps. The third-eldest of seven children tried to leave the CCC after 14 months, but his mother told him the family needed the money.
Meszaros went on to be an ironworker with the Perth Amboy Local 373, but his time in the CCC left a mark, which motivates him to continue the cause.------------------------------------------- posted 9:00 AM :: reference link ::
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