| − | The '''Reconstruction Finance Corporation''' (RFC) was an independent agency of the U.S. government, chartered during the administration of [[Herbert Hoover]] in 1932. The agency advanced $2 billion in loans to state and local governments and to banks, railroads, farm mortgage associations, and other businesses, funding, for example, the construction of the original Hayden Planetarium. | + | The '''Reconstruction Finance Corporation''' (RFC) was an independent agency of the U.S. government, chartered during the administration of [[Herbert Hoover]] in 1932. The agency advanced $2 billion in loans to state and local governments and to banks, railroads, farm mortgage associations, and other businesses, funding, for example, the construction of the original Hayden Planetarium. [[Thomas G. Corcoran]] recieved a placement in the Reconstruction Finance Corporation when Hoover was President. |