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In preparation for Roosevelt’s fourth term campaign it printed a volume called "Handbook of the United States,” <ref> Phelps Adams in New York Sun, April 17, 1944. See also editorial in New York Daily News, April 19, 1944.</ref> and gave the jobs to a British firm to publish. The history covered the story from Leif Ericson's discovery up to 1932 in four and one-half pages; the remainder of the volume was devoted to Franklin Roosevelt and his [[New Deal]]. This was during the [[Presidential election of 1944]] when England was full of American soldiers able to vote.

In preparation for Roosevelt’s fourth term campaign it printed a volume called "Handbook of the United States,” <ref> Phelps Adams in New York Sun, April 17, 1944. See also editorial in New York Daily News, April 19, 1944.</ref> and gave the jobs to a British firm to publish. The history covered the story from Leif Ericson's discovery up to 1932 in four and one-half pages; the remainder of the volume was devoted to Franklin Roosevelt and his [[New Deal]]. This was during the [[Presidential election of 1944]] when England was full of American soldiers able to vote.

==Congression concerns==

==Congressional concerns==

Congressional opposition to the domestic operations of the OWI resulted in increasingly curtailed funds, and by 1944 the OWI operated mostly in the foreign field. The agency was abolished in 1945, and its foreign functions were transferred to the [[Department of State]].

Congressional opposition to the domestic operations of the OWI resulted in increasingly curtailed funds, and by 1944 the OWI operated mostly in the foreign field. The agency was abolished in 1945, and its foreign functions were transferred to the [[Department of State]].