Comparison between CCC and TVAPopular conservation? Yes, thanks to Franklin Roosevelt, the CCC and the TVA. These two groups had similar goals on very different scales. Comparing the impact of the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) to that of the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) is like comparing the federal government to a state government. Already in his speech accepting the presidential nomination, Franklin Roosevelt (FDR) had declared: “Let us use common sense and business sense. As just one example, we know that a very promising means of immediate relief, both for the unemployed and for agriculture, will come from a broad plan to convert many millions of acres of marginal and unused land into forestland through reforestation. There are tens of millions of acres just east of the Mississippi River, on abandoned farms, on clearcut land, now growing into worthless brush. Because, every European nation has a defined land policy, and has had one for generations. We don't have any. Without them, we face a future of soil erosion and timber famine. It is clear that economic foresight and immediate employment go hand in hand with the request for reforestation of these vast areas. Roosevelt's acceptance speech for the presidential nomination. During the 100 Days Act, which FDR based on the writings of John Maynard Keynes, plans were drawn up to create government agencies to help America get back to work. Roosevelt took office on March 4, 1933, and Senate Bill S. 598 was passed by Congress on March 31, 1933 creating the CCC. Executive Order 6101 of April 5, 1933 authorized the program and appointed Robert Fechner of Tennessee as director. The first CCC camps, called Camp Roosevelt, opened on April 17, 1933 (Golay). These camps consisted primarily of young white men between the ages of 15 and 30, but the program allowed both African Americans