re fighting, dam construction, mosquito control, and other such projects. The corps also improved beaches and national and state parks. Recruited mainly from the cities where it was almost impossible for a young man to find a job, members lived in camps built by the War Department. Of the $30 a month wages received, $22 was sent to the young man's family (Goodwin, 49). The CCC became a popular program, which bolstered the morale of many young unemployed. Young people were also assisted by the National Youth Administration (NYA). This agency paid more than 500,000 college students to do part-time work, whether in libraries or as a research aides. Another 1.5 million high school students receive similar aid, usually enough to enable the student to remain in school and off the labor market. The aim of both the CCC and the NYA, in addition to helping young people, was try to prevent them to adding to the ranks of the unemployed.No part of the New Deal drew more criticism than did these relief programs. Although their cost was enormous, they gave many people the sense that their government cared about them. While less than half of the total unemployed were ever involved in these relief programs, the overwhelming majority of Americans supported the presidents bold attempt to control the unemployment problem. Never before in American history had any presidential administration shown such concern. To many, Franklin Roosevelt became a personal hero.While the income of most Americans increased during the 1920s, that of the farmers greatly declined. The basic problem was that they grew more food than the nation could consume. The settlement of the Great Plains, which put millions of acres of new land under cultivation, various inventions such as the motorized tractor, the harvester, and new and better techniques of insect control all enabled the farmer to grow more and more. But in agriculture, the law of supply and demand ruled -that i...
