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Works Progress Administration (view source)
Revision as of 18:09, September 7, 2007
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The '''Works Progress Administration''' (WPA) was not created by any Congressional Appropriation or law. It was created by Executive Order in 1935 by President [[Franklin Roosevelt]] as part of the [[New Deal]] supposedly for relief efforts during the [[Great Depression]]. The program was wracked with cronyism and favoritism and is regarded by most now as a waste of effort which actually worked to prolong the Great Depression.<ref>[http://www.indiana.edu/~liblilly/wpa/wpa_info.html ''More about the WPA'']. ''Lilly Library at the University of Indiana''. 1 April 2007.</ref> Many Republicans were forced to change their party registration to continue receiving relief, or to keep their jobs. In retrospect, this appears to be what the programs real intent was.
The '''Works Progress Administration''' (WPA) was not created by any Congressional Appropriation or law. It was created by Executive Order in 1935 by President [[Franklin Roosevelt]] as part of the [[New Deal]] supposedly for relief efforts during the [[Great Depression]]. The program was wracked with cronyism and favoritism and is regarded by most now as a waste of effort which actually worked to prolong the Great Depression.<ref>[http://www.indiana.edu/~liblilly/wpa/wpa_info.html ''More about the WPA'']. ''Lilly Library at the University of Indiana''. 1 April 2007.</ref> Many Republicans were forced to change their party registration to continue receiving relief, or to keep their jobs. In retrospect, this appears to be what the programs real intent was.
:Dear Committeemen :
:Dear Committeemen :
:Contact all houses in your division and get the names of all men on relief, also of those holding WPA jobs . Urge them to register Democratic on March 26 or else lose their jobs. <ref>''Philadelphia Inquirer'', March 28, 1936.</ref>
:Contact all houses in your division and get the names of all men on relief, also of those holding WPA jobs. Urge them to register Democratic on March 26 or else lose their jobs. <ref>''Philadelphia Inquirer'', March 28, 1936.</ref>
===Tennessee===
===Tennessee===