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A Publication Devoted to the Progress of Indian Education
VOLUME XXXXII
CHEMAWA. OREGON,
CHEMAWA DEFENSE SET-UP
FEB. 13, 1942
NUMBER SIX
area office, and the Civilian Conservation Corps
regional heads.
Many of the Indian boys and white boys who
have gone to Boeing and other ship building yards
send back excellent reports of the work and their
progress. There seems to be no descrimination in
employment of Indians, which at first was thought
to be one of the big problems. It also gives the In­
dian students a chance to show what they can do.
Chemawa Proposed as CCC-ID
Defense Training Center
Chemawa National Defense Schools
Operate Successfully
Report of Defense Training Program
by Supt. Paul T. Jackson
There have been four separate Defense Training
schools in session at the Chemawa Indian School.
These four school units carry on an intensive train­
ing course and promote a unified program of train­
ing for both Indian youth and white boys to place
them on defense emergency jobs. The defense schools
are conducted separately from the regular Che­
mawa school.
They are as follows: (1) The National Youth
Administration Resident Center, Aviation Sheet met­
al, (2) Civilian Conservation Corps of the Indian
Department which includes Radio School, (3) Auto
Mechanics and Tractor repair, and (4) Welding
School.
Cooperating and assisting Chemawa officials in
the administration are the State Employment Ser­
vice, Salem District, the State Defense Training,
Salem District, the National Youth Administration
The Northwest Council of Superintendents,
called in special session at Seattle, February 5th
and 6th to descuss defense matters, voted unan­
imously to recommend the enlargement of the de­
fense training program at Chemawa. A resolution
was passed by the council requesting Indian Office
authority for enrolling at Chemawa a larger number
of CCC-ID trainees in defense classes.
The Council discussed informally the enrolling of
women in defense classes and while there was no
official vote to include them, there was no opposition
expressed to the idea of including women in types of
defense training where there may be opportunity for
job replacements following the training.
Coodinator O. C. Upchurch presided at the two-
day session.
If the Superintendents’ recommendations in this
matter are approved by the Indian Office, it is ex­
pected that with the greater assistance from the State
vocational program, an even larger number of Indian
young people from the Northwest will be trained for
employment in defense industries. To date all those
who have been trained at Chemawa have been
placed in good paying jobs.
Rex Putnam, State Superintendent,
Speaks to Students
You can imagine what an interesting chapel was
held in the auditorium on February 1, 1942, with
Mr. Rex Putnam, the guest speaker.
Mr. Putnam spoke on the topic, America, living
in a democracy, and what a democracy means.
"Students should feel that they are helping in the
defense by being good Americans and cooperating
with fellow students,” Mr. Putnam said. The pro-
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