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==New Deal==

==New Deal==

In March 1933 Roosevelt summoned Hopkins to Washington as federal relief administrator. Convinced that paid work was psychologically more valuable than cash handouts (the "dole"), Hopkins sought to continue and expand the Hoover administrations' work-relief programs, especially [[FERA]]. He supervised the [[Federal Emergency Relief Administration]] (FERA), the [[Civil Works Administration]] (CWA), The CWA developed a reputation very quickly as a leaf raking agency. Hopkins told the President: "I've got four million at work but for God's sake, don't ask me what they are doing."  

In March 1933 Roosevelt summoned Hopkins to Washington as federal relief administrator, and later member of the [[Brain trust]].<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=OikELnKlyToC&pg=PA111 America: The Last Best Hope (Volume II): From a World at War to the Triumph of Freedom]</ref> Convinced that paid work was psychologically more valuable than cash handouts (the "dole"), Hopkins sought to continue and expand the Hoover administrations' work-relief programs, especially [[FERA]]. He supervised the [[Federal Emergency Relief Administration]] (FERA), the [[Civil Works Administration]] (CWA), The CWA developed a reputation very quickly as a leaf raking agency. Hopkins told the President: "I've got four million at work but for God's sake, don't ask me what they are doing."  

Hopkins feuded with [[Harold L. Ickes]], who ran a rival program the [[PWA]] which created jobs by hiring private contractors who hired the workers. The PWA did not require applicants be unemployed or on relief.

Hopkins feuded with [[Harold L. Ickes]], who ran a rival program the [[PWA]] which created jobs by hiring private contractors who hired the workers. The PWA did not require applicants be unemployed or on relief.