Several list members have asked me about the CCC camp at Hamburg so I thought I would post this article. My purpose is to find out where Camp Jackson (a ccc camp) was located. My father worked there and I thought it was in south Ark. somewhere...was hoping it might be the Hamburg camp. Arkansas Gazette, Hamburg, AR Feb. 13, 1937 - To the Editor of The Gazette...Since the days of the Garden of Eden it has been the custom of man to claim self-justification and to lay the blame or fault on the weaker vessel or under dog. That old nature was completely demonstrated by some officials of the state Forestry Commission when they tried to excuse themselves of wanton waste in the burning of a CCC camp at Hamburg. Of course if this thing is looked into, as it should be, and facts proved as stated by a citizen of Hamburg in an article in this column recently, the man that did the work will probably be held at fault because he failed to carry out orders, when in fact he did exactly as instructed. I do not know who these officials are but it could be possible that some of them have no interest in Arkansas and her people other than the salary they draw. I once knew a high-salaried guy in this state that could not vote because he had not paid his poll tax. This salary was drawn from the people's tax money too. I want to say that we resent any bunch saying that the men and women who daily witnessed the burning of perfectly good lumber from this CCC camp at Hamburg have failed to tell the truth, especially when they are some of the best fathers and mothers of our community. These men did burn perfectly good lumber that I would have been glad to have. I saw this with my own eyes as did many others. None of us blame the men that did the work for they were under orders. Do as you are told or lose your job, and none of us wants to lose our jobs today, if there is bread and meat in them. If these charges are false, the accused should be dealt with and if true the ones guilty of this waste and destruction should be dealt with and forever barred from drawing the people's tax money. And is it really a regulation of our state or government to destroy perfectly good property purchased by tax money rather than to sell it or give it back to them. For the sake of democracy and civilization let us demand that our law makers have these regulations changed. Guy Duckworth Hamburg, Ark. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Messenger - Talk while you surf! It's FREE. http://im.yahoo.com/