Regional Foresters 1 efforts.) 



Granger: Headley correlated the work of the Regional Foresters 

 and used his own knowledge elsewhere. It was mainly 

 Headley s product. 



Thereafter the installation of camps built 

 up rapidly, both on the national forests and on 

 state and private forest land until, at the peak 

 there were 1,303 camps in operation under the juris 

 diction of the Forest Service. 



There were plenty of headaches, some due to 

 the divided jurisdiction. The army ran the camps, 

 providing food, medical services and discipline. 

 The Forest Service had charge of the work crews. 

 At the first the army had the idea of sending out 

 the work crews with a &quot;non-com&quot; in charge, and the 

 foresters would indicate what the crew was to do. 

 We succeeded in killing this idea. 



The army was disposed to keep too many men on 

 camp headquarters detail. The civilian director of 

 the CCC. Robert Fechner, a very fine man, set a limit 

 on the size of the headquarters detail. 



Another headache was the political angle. 

 James Farley, then head of the Democratic organization, 



