| − | '''Harry Hopkins''' (August 17, 1890 – January 29, 1946) was one of [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt]]'s closest advisors. He was one of the architects of the [[New Deal]], especially the relief programs of the [[FERA|Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA)]] in 1933-35 and the even larger [[Works Progress Administration]] (WPA), (1935–43), which he directed and built into the largest employer in the country. In [[World War II]] he was Roosevelt's chief diplomatic advisor and troubleshooter and was a key policy maker in the $50 billion [[Lend Lease]] program that sent aid to the allies. He was a leading domestic liberal of the 1930s, and concentrated during the war on lining up Britain, Russia and China to win the fight against Germany and Japan. While working in the White House, how he received compensation is something of a mystery. | + | '''Harry Hopkins''' (August 17, 1890 – January 29, 1946) was one of [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt]]'s closest advisors. He was one of the architects of the [[New Deal]], especially the relief programs of the [[FERA|Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA)]] in 1933-35 and the even larger [[Works Progress Administration]] (WPA), (1935–43), which he directed and built into the largest employer in the country. In [[World War II]] he was Roosevelt's chief diplomatic advisor and troubleshooter and was a key policy maker in the $50 billion [[Lend Lease]] program that sent aid to the allies. He was a leading domestic [[liberal]] of the 1930s, and concentrated during the war on lining up [[Britain]], [[Russia]] and [[China]] to win the fight against [[Germany]] and [[Japan]]. While working in the [[White House]], how he received compensation is something of a mystery. |