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===Tennessee===
===Tennessee===
It was the same in Tennessee where the WPA was lighting a fire under Governor Browning. <ref>[http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,931436,00.html "People Would Be Shocked!"], Time magazine]], Aug. 08, 1938.</ref> Reliefers who were for Browning if it could be proved were excommunicated from the payroll. They were asked for contributions of two per cent. One man was asked to put up $5. He didn't have it. He was summoned the next day. The collector had decided to reduce his tribute to $3. He didn't have that. He was told to get it. He had to borrow it. Another, assessed twice before, rebelled. "You don't have to pay," he was told, "but if you don't you'll have a hell of a time getting on the WPA." Negro reliefers were made to put up 25 and 50 cents.
It was the same in Tennessee where the WPA was lighting a fire under Governor Browning. <ref>[http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,931436,00.html "People Would Be Shocked!"], Time magazine]], Aug. 08, 1938.</ref> Reliefers who were for Browning if it could be proved were excommunicated from the payroll. They were asked for contributions of two per cent. One man was asked to put up $5. He didn't have it. He was summoned the next day. The collector had decided to reduce his tribute to $3. He didn't have that. He was told to get it. He had to borrow it. Another, assessed twice before, rebelled. "You don't have to pay," he was told, "but if you don't you'll have a hell of a time getting on the WPA." [[African-American]]s on reliefwere made to put up 25 and 50 cents.
===Illinois===
===Illinois===