| − | '''Harry Lloyd Hopkins''' (August 17, 1890 – January 29, 1946) was one of [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt|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. | + | '''Harry Hopkins''' (August 17, 1890 – January 29, 1946) was one of [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt|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. |