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[edit] Objection

I object to the statement that the WPA was "manipulated" by left-wingers. This sounds like a Fox News cheap shot. While HUAC held hearings into communist influence in the WPA, it never found any -- the hearings were a "show trial" designed to build the political carers of a few Congresional blow-hards.

[edit] Help?

I am doing research over both the WPA in Oklahoma and also African Americans in the WPA. Does anyone have any ideas for good sources for these lines of research? If you have any ideas, please email me: kerensilva2588@hotmail.com Thanks,Dan. yes- email bounced back.DownUndr 17:57, 9 November 2007 (UTC)downundr

[edit] TVA ?

Someone might want to investigate the statement that the WPA was responsible for the TVA.

I am almost certain that the Public Works Administration (the PWA, which was *not* the WPA) was the agency involved in building projects like the Tennessee Valley Authority, Hoover Dam, etc.

Wahkeenah 13:03, 20 Apr 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Broken Houston City Hall Link

I would fix the broken link so that it would link to a picture of it available at the Houston article, but it has bad copyright status. Any ideas? Mihirgk 20:33, 4 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit]  ??

Wasn't the WPA set up by Congress in response to a request by Roosevelt...

It's what my textbook says (A History of the United States, Boorstin and Kelley). This book has not made an error like this before, so would someone please tell me which is right??


See Howard pp 106-7. Congress passed funding bills every year for the WPA, but did not lay out the structure or mission of the agency; FDR did that. Rjensen 12:22, 13 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] great depression progect help

I am doing a project on the WPA for school. For this project i will need to know these things

    1.what was the work being done by the agency

    2.how was the work being portrayed 

    3.how did the agency benifit the public
      
         and for the poster

    4.how does the poster present the new deal's broader idea of active government as a solution to the problems created by the great depession.

        if you think you can help me with any of these questions, please email me at heedeeho@yahoo.com
        thank you and please do not forget that this is for a great depression progect

                                                                          sincerly 
                                                                            hayden davis

[edit] PWA

I know that the PWA was declared unconstitutional in 1935 but i don't know when, was this set up as a similar Administration (they seem very similar!) with a different name to bypass Supreme Court ruling? Murdochious 09:21, 26 May 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Outdoor Ampitheaters

Hi, I'm trying to help a friend with a college project and I was wondering if anyone had a list of outdoor ampitheaters built by the WPA program. If so can someone either post it or send me a link on my talk page. Thanks for the help! --Lekogm 22:41, 9 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] WPA Bird Houses

We have seen many bird houses located throughout the back roads of Kansas. It was our understanding that they were a W24.255.173.68 23:42, 8 September 2007 (UTC)PA project but we cannot find any info. Does anyone know anything about a bird house WPA project? We were told that they were primarily to help maintain the blue bird population. Any help will be appreciated. janelle@cla-mar.com (please specify WPA on subject line. Thanks

[edit] the WPA and the Arts

It would be very worthwhile for someone to write an article on the WPA's role with regard to the arts. The subject is barely touched on here, and yet culturally very important to the US.

and werent there a bunch of really great paintings/posters for it? they looked like dreamy utopian propaganda for american progress. i'd like to see a few here 76.202.249.19 (talk) 15:51, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Stone carving by WPA Workers

I am seeking information about the rectangular stone plaques that were used in stone walls built by the WPA on the road up to the summit of Bear Mountain, New York, overlooking the Hudson River. In the stone wall there remain four such plaques, each one being about 14 inches by 20 inches and containing the following deeply carved words and figures: W P A 1935. The date appears directly below the acronym. I'd appreciate any information about how these plaques came to be carved and where they were carved and by whom (i.e. WPA sculptor or stone mason,etc.). Thanks.--~

[edit] Date WPA was created

President Roosevelt's executive order establishing the WPA was issued on May 6, 1935 — not in April of 1935 as stated in this article. On April 8, 1935 the President signed the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1935, a joint resolution that Congress passed to provide provide funding for relief purposes and which gave the President authority to establish the WPA.Joachim57 (talk) 20:05, 20 April 2008 (UTC)