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Press Releases of the Works Progress Administration
1935-1942
Press releases and publicity information from the Works Progress Administration (WPA). Records include speeches and statements made by Works Progress officials to the public concerning WPA programs and expenditures.
- Works Progress Administration Press Releases
- WPA Press Releases
- 1930s
- Hopkins Appoints State Works Progress Administrator for South Dakota : May 15, 1935, 4-4
- Hopkins Appoints State Works Progress Administrators for Delaware and New Mexico : May 16, 1935, 4-5
- Radio Address of Harry L. Hopkins : May 17, 1935, 4-6
- Hopkins Appoints State Works Progress Administrator for Ohio : May 17, 1935, 4-7
- Hopkins Appoints State Works Progress Administrators for Texas, Oregon, and Washington : May 17, 1935, 4-8
- Hopkins Appoints State Works Progress Administrators for Massachusetts and Arkansas : May 22, 1935, 4-9
- Hopkins Announces Work Districts Under Works Program in 48 States : May 25, 1935, 4-11
- Hopkins Appoints State Works Progress Administrator for Montana : May 24, 1935, 4-12
- Hopkins Appoints State Works Progress Administrator for Utah : May 27, 1935, 4-13
- Hopkins Appoints State Works Progress Administrator for Illinois : May 29, 1935, 4-14
- Hopkins Appoints State Works Progress Administrator for Minnesota : May 30, 1935, 4-15
- Hopkins Appoints State Works Progress Administrator for New Jersey : May 31, 1935, 4-16
- Hopkins Appoints State Works Progress Administrator for California : May 31, 1935, 4-17
- Hopkins Appoints State Works Progress Administrator for Nebraska : June 4, 1935, 4-22
- Hopkins Appoints State Works Progress Administrator for North Carolina : June 5, 1935, 4-23
- Hopkins Appoints State Works Progress Administrator for Tennessee : June 5, 1935, 4-24
- Hopkins Appoints State Works Progress Administrator for West Virginia : June 8, 1935, 4-25
- Hopkins Appoints State Works Progress Administrator for Colorado : June 8, 1935, 4-26
- Hopkins Appoints State Works Progress Administrator for Connecticut : June 8, 1935, 4-27
- Hopkins Appoints State Works Progress Administrator for Rhode Island : June 8, 1935, 4-28
- Hopkins Appoints State Works Progress Administrator for Nevada : June 13, 1935, 4-29
- Hopkins Appoints State Works Progress Administrator for North Dakota : June 13, 1935, 4-30
- Hopkins Gives Details of Project Sponsorship Under Works Progress Administration : June 19, 1935, 4-33
- Hopkins Appoints Mrs. Ellen S. Woodward as Assistant WPA and FERA Administrator : June 19, 1935, 4-34
- Mrs. Woodward Cites Visiting Housekeepers as Works Progress Project for Women : June 24, 1935, 4-35
- Jacob Baker Gives Comprehensive Review of Works Program Policies and Motives : July 3, 1935, 4-38
- Dr. Alderman Speaks on Character-Building Aspects of Works Program : July 2, 1935, 4-39
- Preparation Begun for Educational Projects Under Works Program : July 2, 1935, 4-40
- Hopkins Appoints State Works Progress Administrator for Wisconsin : July 2, 1935, 4-41
- Hopkins Approves 2,196 Projects in Alabama, Georgia, and Indiana : July 3, 1935, 4-42
- 140-Hour Month Established for Persons Employed on Projects Under WPA : July 5, 1935, 4-43
- First of Series of Policy Conferences on National Youth Program Adjourns : July 12, 1935, 4-44
- Directors of National Youth Administration for Seven States Named : July 16, 1935, 4-45
- John J. Corson, 3Rd, Appointed Assistant Director of the National Youth Administration : July 17, 1935, 4-46
- Jobs to be Provided for 125,000 Students in College Aid Program : July 18, 1935, 4-47
- Four State Directors Named by National Youth Administration : July 18, 1935, 4-48
- Walter Newman Named State Director of Nya for Virginia : July 18, 1935, 4-49
- Hopkins Appoints Labor Policies Board of Works Progress Administration : July 25, 1935, 4-50
- Hopkins Emphasizes Rural Phase of Works Progress Administration Projects : August 1, 1935, 4-51
- Hopkins Announces Advisory Board for Works Progress Administration : July 26, 1935, 4-52
- Hopkins Announces Regional Director for Women's Division of WPA : July 26, 1935, 4-53
- Hopkins Appoints Four Technical Assistants to Direct Cultural Projects : July 26, 1935, 4-54
- Hopkins Appoints Consulting Engineer for Works Progress Administration : July 27, 1935, 4-55
- Adult Education Projects to be Continued Under Works Progress Administration : July 30, 1935, 4-56
- Hopkins Announces Regional Director for Women's Division of WPA : July 29, 1935, 4-64
- Coordinating Committee of Central Statistical Board and WPA Guides Research : August 1, 1935, 4-65
- Hopkins Appoints Dr. Shanley Chairman of Western Regional Advisory Board : July 30, 1935, 4-66
- Hopkins Announces Regional Director for Women's Division of WPA : August 6, 1935, 4-69
- Hopkins Announces Southern Regional Director for Women's Division of WPA : August 2, 1935, 4-81
- Hopkins Sets Minimum Hours Rule for Works Progress Administration Projects : August 8, 1935, 4-99
- Hopkins Cites Increasing Needs of White-Collar Workers on Relief With Figures on 13 Cities : August 9, 1935, 4-100
- Governor McNutt Appointed Member of Advisory Board for Works Progress Administration : August 16, 1935, 4-149
- Hopkins Rules on Method of Supplying Union Labor to Works Program Contract Jobs : August 17, 1935, 4-157
- First Federal Safety Program to be Launched by Works Progress Administration : August 26, 1935, 4-0231
- Charles Braun Appointed Assistant WPA Field Representative for South : August 24, 1935, 4-234
- President Approves Works Progress Allotments for Women's Projects : August 28, 1935, 4-264
- 150,000,000 Yards of Cotton Cloth will be Bought for Women's Projects : August 28, 1935, 4-270
- Hopkins Announces Regional Director for Women's Division of WPA : August 29, 1935, 4-274
- Works Program Brings End to Federal Relief in Alabama and Wyoming : August 29, 1935, 4-278
- Numerous National Organizations to Work with WPA Writers on American Guide : September 15, 1935, 4-384
- Works Progress Compensation for Injured Workers Will be Quick : September 16, 1935, 4-400
- Hopkins Stipulates Four Fundamental Policies for Operation of State WPA programs : September 22, 1935, 4-466
- C. B. Treadway Resigns as Florida WPA Administrator Because of Ill Health : September 26, 1935, 4-498
- Aubrey W. Williams to be Acting Works Progress Administrator in Hopkins' Absence : September 26, 1935, 4-525
- Col. Harrington Appointed WPA Chief Engineer : September 30, 1935, 4-540
- Works Program Employment Figures Announced : October 4, 1935, 4-560
- Consulting Engineers to Study Methods of Expediting WPA Construction Projects : October 9, 1935, 4-579
- Regional Field Heads Appointed for Cultural Program : October 11, 1935, 4-590
- Works Program Employment Figures Announced : October 18, 1935, 4-654
- Hopkins Announces National Advisory Committee for WPA Music Project : October 25, 1935, 4-712
- Works Program Employment Figures Announced : October 27, 1935, 4-731
- Works Program Employment Figures Announced : November 2, 1935, 4-781
- Maryland, Delaware, and South Dakota Off Federal Emergency Relief : November 5, 1935, 4-799
- 2,900 Writers from Relief Rolls Provided Employment by Federal Writers' Projects : November 12, 1935, 4-813
- Works Program Employment Figures Announced : November 9, 1935, 4-820
- Streets, Highways, Sewers, and Watermains Comprise More Than Half of WPA Federal Allotment Approved by the President : November 11, 1935, 4-821
- Woodward Begins Trip to Confer with Directors of Women's WPA Work : November 13, 1935, 4-849
- Nine Additional States Have Been Given Their Last FERA Funds: Total Now 26 : November 14, 1935, 4-864
- Works Program Employment Figures Announced : November 15, 1935, 4-877
- Hopkins Accepts Resignation of Frank Upman, Jr., and Appoints Ross as Nevada WPA Administrator : November 15, 1935, 4-880
- Hopkins Emphasizes Usefulness of WPA Projects Before U.S. Conference of Mayors : November 19, 1935, 4-892
- Works Program Employment Figures Announced : November 22, 1935, 4-914
- WPA Assistant Chief Engineer Praises Cooperation of Planning Bodies : December 5, 1935, 4-1002
- Gill Announces Establishment of National Research Program Under WPA : December 10, 1935, 4-1016
- More Than 8,000 Musicians Now Employed on Federal Music Projects In 19 States : December 16, 1935, 4-1019
- Four Fields of Public Improvements Constitute 72.6% of WPA Work, Hopkins Reports : December 16, 1935, 4-1020
- Works Program Employment Figures Announced : December 19, 1935, 4-1021
- Dr. Luther H. Evans, of Texas, Appointed Head of WPA Historical Record Survey : December 31, 1935, 4-1022
- Women on WPA Projects Provide Hot School-Lunches for Needy Children: Utah Cited : January 7, 1936, 4-1024
- Hopkins' Investigators Reveal Why WPA Jobs Not Taken: Many Already Employed : January 10, 1936, 4-1025
- Works Progress Administrator Harry L. Hopkins Protects Labor : January 13, 1936, 4-1026
- Text of Aubrey Williams' Speech Before Buffalo, N.Y., Council of Social Agencies : January 16, 1936, 4-1027
- WPA Officials Shocked by Death of W. R. Dyess and Robert H. McNair: to Attend Funeral : January 15, 1936, 4-1028
- Jacob Baker, Assistant WPA Administrator, Speaks Before Landscape Architects : January 21, 1936, 4-1029
- Hopkins Warns Against Shirking on WPA Projects; Sets Penalties : January 31, 1936, 4-1030
- Hopkins Accepts Arthur Rotch's Resignation from Mass. WPA; Appoints Edwards : February 1, 1936, 4-1031
- First American Index of Design Started on Federal Art Project : February 10, 1936, 4-1032
- WPA Writers' Projects Locates Long-Lost Lincoln Manuscript : February 12, 1936, 4-1033
- Aubrey Williams Cites Adult Education as Vital Question : February 9, 1936, 4-1034
- Holger Cahill Reports on Progress of Federal Art Project : February 16, 1936, 4-1035
- Col. Westbrook Praises WPA Supervisors for Cold-Weather Action, Raps Critics of "Lost Time" : February 10, 1936, 4-1036
- Joseph E. Parker Appointed WPA Administrator for Montana; Ray Hart Resigned : February 8, 1936, 4-1037
- Allotments Made to 21 States for Household Workers Training Program Under WPA : February 16, 1936, 4-1038
- Aubrey Williams, Deputy WPA Administrator, Addresses American Association of Social Workers : February 16, 1936, 4-1039
- Reports on Payment to WPA Workers for Time Involuntarily Lost : February 18, 1936, 4-1040
- Hopkins Simplifies Procedure for Employment of Union Labor on WPA Projects : February 27, 1936, 4-1043
- Hopkins Denies Information Refused Congressmen : February 27, 1936, 4-1044
- Hopkins Reports Bulk of WPA Projects Involve Public Property Improvement. Sponsors' Contributions Cited : March 2, 1936, 4-1045
- More than Half of Illinois' WPA Project Cost to be Spent for Construction and Repair of Highways and Buildings : March 9, 1936, 4-1046
- Approximately 70 Per Cent of District of Columbia's WPA Project Cost for Construction and Repair Work : March 9, 1936, 4-1047
- Bulk of Kentucky's WPA Project Cost to be Spent for Construction and Repair Work : March 9, 1936, 4-1048
- More Than Half of Alabama's WPA Funds to be Spent for Construction and Repair Work : March 9, 1936, 4-1049
- Approximately 75 Per Cent of Maine's WPA Project Cost to be Spent for Construction and Repair Work : March 9, 1936, 4-1050
- Approximately 65 Per Cent of Massachusetts WPA Project to be Spent for Construction and Repair Work : March 9, 1936, 4-1051
- Over 85 Per Cent of Michigan's Relief Cost to be Spent for Construction and Repair Work : March 9, 1936, 4-1052
- Nearly Half of Minnesota's WPA Project Cost to be Spent for Road and Building Construction and Repair : March 9, 1936, 4-1053
- Bulk of WPA Project Cost In Montana to be Spent for Construction and Repair Work : March 9, 1936, 4-1054
- Nearly 50 Per Cent of Works Progress Administration Funds to be Spent for Repair and Construction In Louisiana : March 9, 1936, 4-1055
- The Bulk of Kansas' WPA Project Cost to be Spent for Construction and Repair Work : March 9, 1936, 4-1056
- Bulk of WPA Project Cost In Wyoming to be Spent for Construction and Repair Work : March 9, 1936, 4-1057
- More Than 70 Per Cent of WPA Project Costs for West Virginia to be Spent for Construction and Repair of Roads and Buildings : March 9, 1936, 4-1058
- Nearly All of Wisconsin's WPA Project Cost to be Spent for Construction and Repair Work : March 9, 1936, 4-1059
- Approximately 60 Per Cent of Virginia's WPA Project Cost to be Spent for Construction and Repair Work : March 9, 1936, 4-1060
- Bulk of Vermont's WPA Project Cost for Construction and Repair Work : March 9, 1936, 4-1061
- Approximately Half of Tennessee's WPA Project to be Spent for Repair and Construction of Buildings and Roads : March 9, 1936, 4-1062
- More Than Half of South Dakota's WPA Project Cost for Construction and Repair Work : March 9, 1936, 4-1063
- More Than Half of South Carolina's WPA Cost to Supply Work for Women and White-Collar Workers : March 9, 1936, 4-1064
- Bulk of Rhode Island's WPA Project Cost to be Spent for Construction and Repair Work : March 9, 1936, 4-1065
- Bulk of WPA Project Cost for Pennsylvania to Spent for Construction and Repair Work : March 9, 1936, 4-1066
- Nearly 75 Per Cent of North Dakota's WPA Project Cost to be Spent for Construction and Repair Work : March 9, 1936, 4-1067
- Bulk of New York State's WPA Cost for Construction and Repair Work : March 9, 1936, 4-1068
- Bulk of New Jersey's WPA Project Cost to be Spent for Construction and Repair Work : March 9, 1936, 4-1069
- Approximately 75 Percent of New Hampshire's WPA Project Cost to be Spent for Construction and Repair Work : March 9, 1936, 4-1070
- More Than Half of Nebraska's WPA Project Cost for Construction and Repair of Roads and Buildings : March 9, 1936, 4-1071
- More Than Half of Arkansas' WPA Project Cost to be Spent for Construction and Repair of Public Buildings and Roads : March 9, 1936, 4-1073
- Bulk of Colorado's WPA Project Cost for Construction and Repair Work : March 9, 1936, 4-1074
- Bulk of Connecticut's WPA Project Cost to be Spent for Construction and Repair Work : March 9, 1936, 4-1075
- Slightly More Than Half of Delaware's WPA Project Cost to be Spent for Construction and Repair Work : March 9, 1936, 4-1076
- More Than 55 Percent of Florida's WPA Project Cost to be Spent for Highways, Roads and Public Buildings : March 9, 1936, 4-1077
- Nearly 55 Per Cent of Georgia's WPA Project Cost to be Spent for Construction and Repairs of Highways and Public Buildings : March 9, 1936, 4-1078
- Hopkins Answers Senator Vandenberg : March 5, 1936, 4-1095
- Seventy-Five Per Cent of California's WPA Project Cost for Construction and Repair Work : March 12, 1936, 4-1098
- WPA Workers to be Ready for Flood Emergencies : March 10, 1936, 4-1103
- First Volume of National Series of American Guide to be Issued This Fall : March 11, 1936, 4-1105
- Administrator Hopkins Accepts Resignation of Earnest L. Klein, Chicago : March 12, 1936, 4-1107
- Hopkins announces emergency flood control allocations : March 15, 1936, 4-1110
- Hopkins Orders Posters Banning Political Contributions : March 18, 1936, 4-1112
- WPA Purchases of Industrial Supplies Total $83,799,672 as of March 1, 1936 : March 19, 1936, 4-1113
- Hopkins Announces Results of Rural Relief Survey : March 23, 1936, 4-1114
- Over 400 Airport and Airway Projects Released for Construction : March 29, 1936, 4-1115
- Hopkins Says Scientific Projects of WPA Add to World's Store of Knowledge : March 22, 1936, 4-1116
- Hopkins Receives Telegraphic Reports from Stricken Flood Areas : March 19, 1936, 4-1117
- Hopkins Sends Army of 50,000 WPA Workers to Flood Areas : March 19, 1936, 4-1118
- Hopkins Assures Connecticut Governor WPA Will Aid State in Rehabilitation Work : March 21, 1936, 4-1120
- Hopkins Keeps Advised on WPA Flood Relief Activities : March 22, 1936, 4-1121
- Radio Address of Works Progress Administrator Harry L. Hopkins : March 21, 1936, 4-1122
- WPA Workers Average $50.03 Monthly Throughout Country : March 24, 1936, 4-1123
- Hopkins to Visit Flood-Stricken Connecticut; Assigns Ranking WPA Officials to Other Devastated Areas : March 23, 1936, 4-1124
- WPA Workmen Begin "Mopping Up" in Flood Devastated Areas : March 24, 1936, 4-1125
- Hopkins Says Works Progress Administration Reconstruction Work in Flood Areas Now in Full Swing : March 30, 1936, 4-1141
- Radio Address by Col. Lawrence Westbrook, Assistant Works Progress Administrator : March 31, 1936, 4-1142
- Hopkins Reports 96 percent of WPA Workers Taken from Relief Rolls : April 2, 1936, 4-1144
- Hopkins Appoints Michael J. McDonough to WPA Labor Policy Board : April 7, 1936, 4-1145
- Hopkins Orders Workers and Supplies to Tornado-Stricken Towns : April 7, 1936, 4-1146
- Hopkins Announces $2,500,000 Fund for Storm Stricken States : April 8, 1936, 4-1147
- Hopkins Makes Public Works Program Progress Report : April 13, 1936, 4-1148
- WPA Choristers and Musicians to take part in Easter Programs : April 11, 1936, 4-1149
- Hopkins Confers with Governor Curley of Massachusetts Regarding Flood Relief Program : April 14, 1936, 4-1150
- Hopkins Expects Research Program to Yield Valuable Data on Unemployment Causes : April 17, 1936, 4-1151
- 104 Works Progress Administration Flood Rehabilitation Projects in Connecticut Are Approved : April 16, 1936, 4-1152
- 138 Works Progress Administration Flood Rehabilitation Projects in Maine Are Approved : April 16, 1936, 4-1153
- 64 Works Progress Administration Flood Rehabilitation Projects in Massachusetts are Approved : April 16, 1936, 4-1154
- 20 Works Progress Administration Flood Rehabilitation Projects in Pennsylvania Are Approved : April 16, 1936, 4-1155
- 32 Works Progress Administration Flood Rehabilitation Projects in Virginia Are Approved : April 16, 1936, 4-1156
- 67 Works Progress Administration Flood Rehabilitation Projects in West Virginia are approved : April 16, 1936, 4-1157
- $10,000,000 Damage Prevented by WPA and ERA Flood Control Work in Three Eastern States : April 19, 1936, 4-1159
- Study of Transient Problems is Made Public by Hopkins : April 23, 1936, 4-1160
- Meeting of State Directors of the Division of Women's and Professional Projects of the Works Progress Administration in Washington, D. C. --- May 4th, 5th & 6th : April 26, 1936, 4-1162
- Hopkins Reports 461 Airports and Airway Projects for Works Progress Administration Have been Approved : May 3, 1936, 4-1163
- Hopkins Reports Works Progress Administration's Road and Street Program Is Now the Largest Single Relief Activity : May 4, 1936, 4-1164
- Approximately 10,000 Persons Have Volunteered to Assist in Compilation of the Works Progress Administration's American Guide : May 10, 1936, 4-1165
- Meeting of Regional and State Directors of the Division of Women's and Professional Projects of the Works Progress Administration in Washington, D. C. -- May 4th, 5th and 6th : May 4, 1936, 4-1167
- Works Progress Administration Exhibit, Division of Women's and Professional Projects, Mayflower Promenade, May 4 and 5 : May 4, 1936, 4-1168
- [Address by Perry A. Fellows at the Washington Meeting of Society for the Advancement of Management] : May 5, 1936, 4-1169
- Hopkins Reports 1,485,822 Enrollees in Works Progress Administration's Emergency Education Program : May 8, 1936, 4-1170
- Marionettes in the Federal Theatre : May 24, 1936, 4-1171
- Hopkins Issues Works Progress Administration Regulations on Relations with Workers : May 13, 1936, 4-1172
- President Allocates $40,000 Additional for Talking Book Machines for the Blind : May 18, 1936, 4-1174
- WPA Federal Theatre Produces 18 Plays in Five Months : May 20, 1936, 4-1175
- Works Progress Administration Purchases of Industrial Supplies Total $120,978,953 : May 25, 1936, 4-1176
- Session on "Political Action for a Social Welfare Program" : May 26, 1936, 4-1177
- The Problem and Policy of Works Progress Administration Interpretation : May 29, 1936, 4-1178
- Hopkins Reports Slight Rise in WPA Wage Rates : May 28, 1936, 4-1179
- Hopkins Replies to Missouri Republican National Committeeman : May 27, 1936, 4-1180
- Radio Panel Discussion on "Which Way to Social Security?" : May 28, 1936, 4-1181
- Works Progress Administration Plans Exhibit at International Conference of Country Women in Washington, D. C., June 1 to 6, 1936 : May 31, 1936, 4-1182
- Patriotic Societies at July Memorial Service to Recognize Samuel Wilson of Troy, N. Y., as the original Uncle Sam : May 31, 1936, 4-1183
- Works Program Employment Figures Show 3,449,146 Persons Employed as of May 16, 1936 : May 29, 1936, 4-1184
- All State Share in Decline of WPA Employment : June 4, 1936, 4-1185
- Reduction is Shown in WPA Employment in Leading Cities : June 4, 1936, 4-1186
- Kentucky WPA Workers Will Take Part in Sixth Annual American Folk Song Festival at Ashland, June 14, 1936 : June 6, 1936, 4-1187
- Speech of Works Progress Administrator Harry L. Hopkins on the Works Program Delivered Over a Nation-Wide Radio Network of the Columbia Broadcasting System, 9;45 to 10 P. M., June 4, 1936 : June 5, 1936, 4-1189
- Federal Theatre to present plays in Southern Cities : June 8, 1936, 4-1190
- A Mural Presented at West Point Alumni Exercises : June 11, 1936, 4-1192
- Federal WPA Summer Music Program Provides Opportunity for Developing American Talent : June 13, 1936, 4-1193
- 100 Selected Works of WPA Artists are Exhibited in Washington : June 15, 1936, 4-1194
- Hopkins Makes Public Report on Direct Relief Conditions in New Jersey : June 16, 1936, 4-1195
- WPA to Use Radio for Nation-wide Staff Meeting : June 17, 1936, 4-1196
- Hopkins Reports Construction Leads List of WPA Projects Selected for Operation Through April 15 : June 22, 1936, 4-1197
- Hopkins Announces the Resignation of Colonel Lawrence Westbrook : June 19, 1936, 4-1198
- Prevailing Wage and Work Relief Need to be Determined Locally, WPA Officials Announced at Nation-wide Radio Staff Meeting : June 19, 1936, 4-1199
- Robert H. Hinckley, Ogden, Utah, Reappointed as Assistant WPA Administrator : June 23, 1936, 4-1200
- Hopkins Instructs State WPA Administrators on Rates of Pay, Hours of Work, Monthly Earnings and Conditions of Employment Under the New Work-Relief Act : June 23, 1936, 4-1201
- Hopkins Answers New Jersey Critic of Relief Survey : June 23, 1936, 4-1202
- Security Earnings for WPA Project Workers Averaged $52.03 During March, 1936 : June 29, 1936, 4-1203
- Colonel Somervell is Appointed New York City WPA Administrator : July 3, 1936, 4-1204
- Hopkins to Preside at Midwest Drought Conference : June 26, 1936, 4-1205
- Hopkins Raises Minimum Wage Rates in Southern States : July 1, 1936, 4-1206
- Works Progress Administration to Aid University of Florida in Vocational Courses At Engineers Camp, Ocala, Fla. : July 1, 1936, 4-1207
- $350,000,000 Allocated to States for 1936 Works Program : June 30, 1936, 4-1208
- Works Progress Administration Employees on Project Payrolls Ineligible for Annual and Sick Leave Benefits : June 30, 1936, 4-1209
- WPA Exhibition of Index of American Design to be Held in Washington, July 6 - August 6 : July 2, 1936, 4-1210
- Assistant Administrator Ellen S. Woodward to Direct Federal Arts Projects and Women's Activities : July 3, 1936, 4-1211
- Hopkins Finds Drought Intensifying Relief Rehabilitation Needs : July 5, 1936, 4-1212
- Williams Reports Approximately $145,000,000 of WPA Funds Being Expended for Public Utility Projects : July 8, 1936, 4-1213
- Williams Reports $167, 000,000 of WPA Funds Being Used for Public Building Projects : July 9, 1936, 4-1214
- Williams Reports WPA Employment Totals 2,268,542. as of June 20th : July 9, 1936, 4-1215
- Williams Reports on Works Program Expenditures During 1935-36 Fiscal Year : July 9, 1936, 4-1216
- Williams Reports $500,000,000 Being Expended on WPA Projects for Materials : July 10, 1936, 4-1217
- WPA Speeds Drought Program in Western States : July 8, 1936, 4-1219
- Thousands Reported at Work on WPA Projects in Drought Areas : July 9, 1936, 4-1220
- 20,000 Drought Affected Farmers to be Given Work Aid by WPA in Southern States : July 9, 1936, 4-1222
- Williams Reports WPA Drought Headquarters Set Up in South as Forest Fires, Grasshoppers and Crickets Intensify Relief Needs in Western States : July 11, 1936, 4-1223
- Oklahoma Is Added to Drought States as WPA Rushes Water Conservation Projects in West and Road Building in South : July 12, 1936, 4-1224
- Drought Conference to be Held in Bismarck, North Dakota; Southern States Facing Worst Conditions in a Decade; NYA Workers Combat Grasshopper Invasion in Several States : July 14, 1936, 4-1226
- The following item was airmailed from Pierre, South Dakota, to Washington for distribution : July 14, 1936, 4-1227
- Hopkins Issues Statement on Drought Effects : July 14, 1936, 4-1228
- [Statement on Drought Conditions in Montana] : July 15, 1936, 4-1229
- Gill Reports WPA Employment in 11 Selected Cities Shows a Decline : July 15, 1936, 4-1230
- President Allocates $3,000,000 to WPA for Soil Erosion, Flood Control and Forestation Program : July 14, 1936, 4-1231
- Williams Cancels Trip to Dakota Drought Areas : July 15, 1936, 4-1232
- [Water Conservation Activities, Western Central Minnesota] : July 16, 1936, 4-1233
- WPA and Other Government Agencies Combine to Aid Drought Sufferers in Southeastern States : July 15, 1936, 4-1234
- Williams Reports 23,074 Destitute Farmers at Work on WPA Projects in 5 Western Drought States as of July 13 : July 16, 1936, 4-1235
- WPA and State Officials Complete Arrangements to Speed Drought Relief Program in Dakotas at Conference held in Bismarck : July 16, 1936, 4-1236
- Drought Aid Program is Adopted for Dakotas; Destitution Reported Spreading in Southern States; Nurses in Demand in Parched Areas : July 17, 1936, 4-1237
- $27,422 Additional WPA Funds Allocated to Combat "Mormon" Cricket Invasion in Idaho and Nevada : July 17, 1936, 4-1238
- Water Conservation Projects are Approved for Montana to Take Care of Destitute Farmers in Drought Area : July 18, 1936, 4-1239
- Williams Announces $1,768,202 Allocation for WPA Projects : July 22, 1936, 4-1247
- Williams Reports 2,231,117 Project Workers Employed as of July 11, 1936 : July 23, 1936, 4-1248
- Williams Reports WPA Now has 28,000 Destitute Farmers on its Rolls in Western Drought Areas : July 23, 1936, 4-1249
- WPA Makes Swift Advance in History of Water Conservation in Drought Areas : July 24, 1936, 4-1250
- Williams Dismisses Seven WPA Employees in Oklahoma for Political Activities : July 24, 1936, 4-1252
- Occupations of Workers Employed on WPA Projects : July 28, 1936, 4-1253
- WPA Drought Conference Called in Kansas and Nebraska : July 27, 1936, 4-1254
- Hopkins Reports to President 32,010 Destitute Farmers at Work on WPA Projects in Six of the Nine Western Drought States : July 29, 1936, 4-1255
- President Allocates $1,000,000 for Conservation Projects in North Dakota : July 30, 1936, 4-1256
- [Louis Guglielmi Selected as Fellow, Edward MacDowell Association] : July 30, 1936, 4-1257
- Williams Announces Missouri Will Receive Special Drought Allotments : July 31, 1936, 4-1258
- Williams Appoints Robert A. Hurley State Works Progress Administrator for Connecticut : July 31, 1936, 4-1259
- Williams Reports 1,826,034 enrollees in Works Progress Administration's Emergency Education Program : August 3, 1936, 4-1260
- Williams Reports WPA Drought Program Employment Exceeds 35,000 in Western Drought Area : August 1, 1936, 4-1261
- Works Progress Administration Rushes Drought Relief Aid to Kentucky : August 2, 1936, 4-1262
- Works Progress Administration Drought Relief Employment Quota in Great Plains Area Raised to 89,000 Persons : August 3, 1936, 4-1263
- 40,000 Destitute Farmers Now at Work on WPA Projects in Western Drought States : August 5, 1936, 4-1264
- Williams Announces Works Progress Administration Raises Drought Quotas in Great Plains States to 93,500 : August 6, 1936, 4-1266
- Williams Reports $40,690,290 in Expenditures Authorized for Works Progress Administration's Nation-wide Airport Program : August 16, 1936, 4-1267
- Williams Reports Works Progress Administration Putting 1,200 Farmers a Day at Work in Drought Area : August 7, 1936, 4-1268
- Williams Reports WPA Has Put to Work 46,099 Farmers in 30-day Period : August 9, 1936, 4-1269
- Williams Reports Women Comprise 16 percent of Works Administration Workers : August 12, 1936, 4-1270
- Williams Replies to Critics of Works Progress Administration Motion Picture Program : August 9, 1936, 4-1271
- Surveys Indicate National Appeal for Clothing May be Necessary for Drought-Stricken Farm Families : August 10, 1936, 4-1272
- Williams Raises WPA Drought Employment Quota in Western States to 108,500 : August 10, 1936, 4-1273
- Williams Authorizes 2,500 WPA Drought Employment Quota for Illinois : August 11, 1936, 4-1274
- Works Progress Administration Health Projects Give Employment to 7,444 Women : August 16, 1936, 4-1275
- Williams Reports 56,893 Farmers at Work in Western Drought Areas : August 12, 1936, 4-1276
- WPA Studies in 13 Representative Cities Show Only 5 Per Cent of Works Program Workers Received Veterans' Bonus : August 13, 1936, 4-1277
- WPA Increases Employment Quota in Drought Area : August 14, 1936, 4-1278
- Additional Hurricane-Proof Shelters Ordered Built on Florida Keys : August 14, 1936, 4-1279
- President Allocates $4,228,377 for Flood Repair Work in Four States : August 14, 1936, 4-1280
- WPA Drought Employment Now Nearing 74,000 Mark : August 17, 1936, 4-1281
- Dismissed WPA Actresses in Boston Retract Charges : August 15, 1936, 4-1282
- WPA Makes Preparation to Take Care of 75 Per Cent of Farm Population in Dakotas : August 17, 1936, 4-1283
- Williams Reports 80,501 Destitute Farmers Employed by WPA in Western Drought Area : August 18, 1936, 4-1284
- Williams Advised 99,405 Farmers Assigned to WPA Jobs in Drought Areas : August 19, 1936, 4-1285
- Plans Approved to Enlarge Kansas WPA Drought Program : August 19, 1936, 4-1286
- Hopkins Reports 20,000,000 Persons Have Attended WPA's Music Concerts During Six-Month Period : August 29, 1936, 4-1289
- Livestock Feed Profiteering Protection Planned for Drought Area : August 25, 1936, 4-1290
- WPA Completes Arrangement With Sinclair Lewis for Nation-wide Theatrical Production of "It Can't Happen Here" : August 21, 1936, 4-1291
- President Allocates $114,827 for Flood Repair Work in Two States : August 25, 1936, 4-1292
- Hopkins Orders Uniform Security Wage Scale for Rhode Island : August 25, 1936, 4-1293
- Columbus, Ohio, Officials Deny Republican National Committee Charge of Waste on WPA Project : August 29, 1936, 4-1294
- Hopkins Reports Rains in Drought Area Out WPA Job Demand : August 30, 1936, 4-1295
- Hopkins Orders Drought Quotas Raised in Minnesota : September 4, 1936, 4-1301
- Fargo Forum Withdraws Faked Picture Charge : September 5, 1936, 4-1303
- Former West Virginia Banker Answers Charges Against WPA : September 9, 1936, 4-1305
- WPA Has Put to Work 160,552 Farmers in Two Months of Operation in Drought Areas : September 9, 1936, 4-1306
- Gill Defines WPA Policy Relative to Workers Accepting Private Employment : September 9, 1936, 4-1307
- WPA Drought Quotas Changed in Five Western States : September 10, 1936, 4-1308
- State WPA Administrators Instructed to Avoid Over-supply of Labor in Cotton Fields : September 10, 1936, 4-1309
- American Guide Exhibition Scheduled : September 14, 1936, 4-1310
- Five WPA Employees in Tennessee Ordered Dismissed for Political Activities : September 12, 1936, 4-1311
- Drought Employment in 13 States Passes 150,000 Mark : September 13, 1936, 4-1312
- WPA Projects in Unprotected Areas Ordered Suspended Due to Course of Storm : September 18, 1936, 4-1314
- WPA Musical Project to Present Major Concerts This Fall : September 26, 1936, 4-1315
- Works Progress Administration Musical Shorts : September 1936, 4-1316
- Survey of 13 Cities Shows Rise in Former Relief Cases Now Supported by Private Employment : September 28, 1936, 4-1319
- Mrs. Woodward Praises American Guide Exhibit : September 26, 1936, 4-1320
- Drought Employment in 13 Western States to Reach 200,000 on October 1 : September 29, 1936, 4-1321
- President Allocates $971,836 for Flood Rehabilitation Work in Virginia, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Maine and Vermont : September 30, 1936, 4-1323
- Cotton Pickers Speed Trend of WPA Workers to Private Payrolls : October 1, 1936, 4-1325
- Back at his desk after an inspection tour of 10 Western States, Harry L. Hopkins, Works Progress Administrator, prepared the following summary of his observations : October 2, 1936, 4-1326
- Hopkins Replies to Director of the Kansas Emergency Relief Committee : October 6, 1936, 4-1328
- Pennsylvania WPA Administrator Denies Political Charges : October 7, 1936, 4-1329
- President Allocates $771,700 for Flood Rehabilitation Work in Maine, Connecticut and New Hampshire : October 8, 1936, 4-1330
- Hopkins Reasserts Records of WPA Are Available to Public : October 7, 1936, 4-1331
- Hopkins to Speak Over Nation-wide Radio Hookup Friday Night, October 9 : October 7, 1936, 4-1332
- Hopkins Cites False Charges in Republican National Committee Radio Broadcast : October 8, 1936, 4-1333
- "Dollars and Sense" : October 9, 1936, 4-1334
- Hopkins Answers Spokesman for Contractors : October 11, 1936, 4-1336
- Hopkins Announces Administration Costs of WPA : October 12, 1936, 4-1337
- [Address by Harry L. Hopkins before the WPA's Free Exhibit at Philadelphia] : October 13, 1936, 4-1338
- Address by Perry A. Fellows before National Society of Professional Engineers : October 12, 1936, 4-1339
- Hopkins Refuses Request from New Jersey Republican Campaign Committee : October 16, 1936, 4-1344
- WPA Employment of Farmers in Drought Area Reaches 259,474 : October 18, 1936, 4-1345
- [Radio Address by Harry L. Hopkins] : October 18, 1936, 4-1346
- WPA Workers Complete 45,000 Braille Maps for Free Distribution to Schools for the Blind : October 19, 1936, 4-1347
- Hopkins Replies to Arthur M. Curtis on Missouri Charges : October 21, 1936, 4-1349
- [Colonists of Matanuska Valley, Alaska] : October 26, 1936, 4-1350
- Gill Defines WPA Policy Relative to Workers Accepting Private Employment : October 24, 1936, 4-1351
- President Allocates $810,927 for Flood Rehabilitation Work in New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, Connecticut and Massachusetts : October 24, 1936, 4-1353
- "Winning National Well-Being Through Work" : October 28, 1936, 4-1354
- Hopkins Issues Statement on Kansas School Situation : October 26, 1936, 4-1355
- Hopkins Answers Petition of New Jersey G.O.P. for WPA Lists : October 26, 1936, 4-1356
- President Allocates $75,150 for Flood Rehabilitation Work in Connecticut, Maine and New Hampshire : November 5, 1936, 4-1358
- President Allocates $1,233,827 for Flood Rehabilitation Work in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts and Vermont : November 8, 1936, 4-1359
- Former Relief Client Refunds Value of Government Aid : November 11, 1936, 4-1360
- Delegate Dimond says Success of Matanuska Colony Assured : November 13, 1936, 4-1362
- Relief Rolls Show Decline : November 12, 1936, 4-1363
- Works Program Employment Reaches 3,498,012 October 15, With Drought Chief Factor in Slight Rise : November 12, 1936, 4-1364
- President Allocates $264,000 to Reconstruct Flood-destroyed Bridges in Maine : November 14, 1936, 4-1365
- The Realities of Unemployment : November 17, 1936, 4-1366
- WPA Spends $282,000,000 for Works Program Materials : December 2, 1936, 4-1376
- Williams Replies to U. S. Chamber of Commerce on Relief Costs : December 6, 1936, 4-1378
- WPA Rolls Show Reduction of More Than 100,000 in November : December 8, 1936, 4-1379
- Summary of Physical Accomplishments on Selected Types of WPA Projects : December 11, 1936, 4-1380
- WPA Educational Program Reaches 1,300,000 Persons : December 13, 1936, 4-1381
- Accidents and Fatalities on WPA Projects Far Below Expectancy Rate : December 16, 1936, 4-1384
- Hopkins' Farm Tenant Report Shows Need of Special Program : December 19, 1936, 4-1385
- Ingram Appointed State WPA Administrator for Florida : December 17, 1936, 4-1386
- WPA to Make 725,000 Christmas Toys for Needy Children : December 19, 1936, 4-1387
- President Roosevelt Allocates $153,096 for Bridge Construction in Maine, Massachusetts and West Virginia : December 18, 1936, 4-1388
- Carol Festivals to Span Nation : December 20, 1936, 4-1389
- Mr. Hopkins Reassures Needy Artists, Writers, Musicians and Actors : December 21, 1936, 4-1390
- President Roosevelt Allocates $125,773 for Bridge Construction in Vermont and Pennsylvania : December 29, 1936, 4-1391
- President Roosevelt Allocates $227,047 for Bridge Construction in Connecticut, New Hampshire and Pennsylvania : December 29, 1936, 4-1392
- Administrator Hopkins Answers Rumors of Slash in Federal Arts Projects : December 29, 1936, 4-1393
- Resignation of Assistant Administrator Holt Announced : December 1936, 4-1394
- Vast Increase in Relief Data Shown : January 10, 1937, 4-1397
- WPA Employment Shown in Monthly Report for All States during 1936 : January 18, 1937, 4-1400
- WPA Employing 2,350 in Flood Control Work With Thousands in Reserve : January 19, 1937, 4-1401
- WPA Increase in Midwest Flood Area : January 19, 1937, 4-1402
- Three Thousand WPA Workers in Flood Area Aid Rescue Work and Reinforce Levees : January 19, 1937, 4-1403
- WPA Workers Aid 7,000 Homeless in Flood Area : January 21, 1937, 4-1405
- Flood Relief Forces of WPA Doubled as Danger Spreads, 4-1406
- WPA Marshals Force to Conserve Health in Flood Zone : January 24, 1937, 4-1411
- WPA Forces Reach New Peak in Flood Zone : January 25, 1937, 4-1412
- WPA Forces Fighting Flood in Ten States : January 26, 1937, 4-1414
- Mississippi River Families Evacuated from Danger Zone : January 26, 1937, 4-1415
- WPA Speeds Evacuation of Flood Zone and Transport of Supplies : January 27, 1937, 4-1416
- Hopkins Instructs State Administrators to Cooperate with Army : January 27, 1937, 4-1417
- WPA Reports Rehabilitation Beginning in Upper Ohio Flood Zone : January 28, 1937, 4-1418
- Hopkins Summarizes Flood Activities : January 28, 1937, 4-1419
- WPA Projects Produce 413,093 Articles for Flood Victims : January 28, 1937, 4-1420
- WPA Rescue Crews Turn to Mississippi River as Ohio Valley Mop-Up Begins : January 29, 1937, 4-1421
- Army of WPA Workers Begin Task of Rehabilitation : January 29, 1937, 4-1422
- WPA Mobilizes Workers to Save Tiptonville, Tenn., Levee : January 29, 1937, 4-1424
- WPA Investigates Report on Prosecutions : January 30, 1937, 4-1425
- Hopkins Cites Gain on Educational Front : January 30, 1937, 4-1426
- 150,000 WPA "Shock Troops" to Battle Mississippi Valley Floods : January 30, 1937, 4-1427
- McLaughlin Resigns as California Works Progress Administrator; Lawson Appointed : January 30, 1937, 4-1428
- WPA Tripling Force for Clean-Up Drive in Ohio Valley : February 1, 1937, 4-1429
- Women WPA Workers Provide Thousands of Garments for Flood Victims : February 1, 1937, 4-1430
- WPA Women Workers Concentrate on Emergency Flood Relief Projects : February 3, 1937, 4-1431
- Mrs. Roosevelt to Receive Delegation of WPA Women : February 3, 1937, 4-1433
- WPA Surveys Ages of Workers from Relief Rolls : February 7, 1937, 4-1434
- Memphis Mayor Praises WPA Flood Aid : February 6, 1937, 4-1435
- Court Sentences Defendants in Conspiracy to Defraud WPA on Lumber Contract : February 10, 1937, 4-1436
- WPA Releases Occupational Survey : February 12, 1937, 4-1437
- First Report on Technological Study Nears Completion : February 28, 1937, 4-1441
- WPA Nursery School Unite Caring for 50,000 Children : February 26, 1937, 4-1442
- WPA Employment Rolls Show Slight Rise in February : February 25, 1937, 4-1443
- Hopkins Announces Change in Federal Arts Administration : February 28, 1937, 4-1444
- [Radio Address by Harry L. Hopkins, Administrator of the Works Progress Administration] : March 1, 1937, 4-1445
- WPA Reinstates Employable Widows : March 7, 1937, 4-1448
- President Directs Publication of Report on Cooperatives : March 12, 1937, 4-1449
- WPA Airport Program Shows Rapid Development : March 14, 1937, 4-1450
- "How Far Should Federal Relief Go?" : March 18, 1937, 4-1453
- Aubrey W. Williams to Speak on Town Hall Program : March 18, 1937, 4-1454
- Household Service Demonstration Projects Launched by WPA : March 21, 1937, 4-1455
- Study of Unemployment and Increasing Productivity Released : March 28, 1937, 4-1456
- WPA Summaries Accomplishments During One Year of Operation : April 4, 1937, 4-1457
- WPA Allocates $915,135 for Conservation Projects in 22 States : April 1, 1937, 4-1459
- WPA Puts More Than Two Billion Into Pay Envelope of Needy : April 8, 1937, 4-1460
- WPA Announces "Washington: City and Capital" Guide Book : April 7, 1937, 4-1461
- WPA Releases First of Social Research Reports on Drought Area : April 14, 1937, 4-1462
- WPA Workers Aid Weather Bureau Facilities : April 16, 1937, 4-1463
- WPA Workers Aid Weather Bureau Facilities : April 26, 1937, 4-1515
- State and Local Expenditures for All Types of Relief Show Sharp Rise, 1933-36 : May 3, 1937, 4-1518
- WPA Reviews Child Health Aid : May 1, 1937, 4-1519
- WPA Rolls Show Continued Decline in April : April 30, 1937, 4-1520
- More Than 52,000 Children Enrolled in WPA Nursery Schools : May 3, 1937, 4-1521
- WPA Marks Second Anniversary : May 6, 1937, 4-1523
- Thousands of Foremen on WPA Projects Enrolled in Job Discussion Groups : May 9, 1937, 4-1524
- Sullivan Appointed to Succeed Hurley as Connecticut WPA Administrator : May 6, 1937, 4-1525
- WPA Employment Declines to 2,059,798 on May 1 : May 6, 1937, 4-1526
- Stevens Appointed to Succeed Key as Oklahoma WPA Administrator : May 8, 1937, 4-1528
- More than 118,500 Persons Employed on 6,000 WPA Conservation Projects : May 16, 1937, 4-1529
- Illiteracy Reduced One-Sixth Through WPA Education Program : May 17, 1937, 4-1532
- Proportion of Relief Workers on WPA Shows Continued Rise : May 14, 1937, 4-1533
- WPA Education Program Reaching 2,000,000 Persons : May 23, 1937, 4-1534
- [Address of Harry L. Hopkins at Teachers' College, Columbia University, New York City] : May 15, 1937, 4-1535
- WPA Issues Study of "The People of the Drought States" : May 18, 1937, 4-1536
- WPA Reports on Job Opportunities in Mineral Industries : May 18, 1937, 4-1537
- Hopkins Releases Survey of Migratory Workers : May 23, 1937, 4-1539
- WPA Airport Program Nearing 70 Per Cent Completion : May 30, 1937, 4-1540
- Intracoastal Waterway Guide Published : May 24, 1937, 4-1542
- WPA Workers Urged to Accept Even Brief Employment Elsewhere : May 26, 1937, 4-1543
- [Address of Harry L. Hopkins at Banquet of National Conference of Social Workers, Indianapolis, Indiana] : May 27, 1937, 4-1545
- Increase Seen in Direct Relief Since January : May 31, 1937, 4-1546
- "The Business of Relief and the Relief of Business" : June 12, 1937, 4-1548
- Jones Resigns as Pennsylvania WPA Administrator; Hudson Appointed : June 17, 1937, 4-1551
- WPA Employing 1,980,236 as of June 5 : June 18, 1937, 4-1552
- Gold Mining Prospects for Jobless Found False Hope : June 27, 1937, 4-1553
- Labor Shortage Charges Refuted by WPA : June 22, 1937, 4-1554
- WPA Issues Final Bulletin in Series of Drought Studies : June 28, 1937, 4-1558
- Williams Announces Building on WPA Projects Reduction : June 30, 1937, 4-1560
- WPA Employment Declines to 1,821,151 During Last Week of June : July 2, 1937, 4-1562
- WPA Mine-Sealing Operations Show Huge Profit : July 13, 1937, 4-1563
- WPA Expenditures Show Sharp Decline : July 16, 1937, 4-1564
- Recreational Facilities Show Greatest Gain Under WPA : July 19, 1937, 4-1565
- Large Labor Turnover Shown by Study of WPA Project Rolls : July 25, 1937, 4-1568
- Hopkins Releases Costs of Living Study : August 1, 1937, 4-1571
- Sponsors Contribute More Than 40 Per Cent of WPA Materials, Supplies, Equipment : August 13, 1937, 4-1573
- WPA Employment Declines to 1,527,450 During Last Four Weeks : August 19, 1937, 4-1574
- President to Dedicate W.P.A. Project : August 18, 1937, 4-1575
- WPA Analyzes Coal Mining Wages, Supply Costs, Employment : August 22, 1937, 4-1576
- Hopkins Releases Survey of Farm Families on Relief : September 1, 1937, 4-1578
- WPA Expenditures Decrease : August 29, 1937, 4-1579
- WPA Employment Declines to 1,482,707 During Week Ending August 28 : September 3, 1937, 4-1580
- "The Future of Relief Expenditures" : September 16, 1937, 4-1584
- "The Works Progress Administration Program for 1938" : September 17, 1937, 4-1585
- Slight Decline Shown in WPA Employment for Week Ending September 4 : September 17, 1937, 4-1586
- WPA Safety Measures Bring Low Accident Rate : September 21, 1937, 4-1587
- WPA Outlines Broad Program Aiding School Children : September 26, 1937, 4-1591
- WPA Literacy Classes to Enroll Millionth Adult This Term : September 23, 1937, 4-1592
- [Address by Aubrey Williams before the Southern Tenant Farmer's Union and the United Cannery, Agricultural, Packing and Allied Workers of America] : September 27, 1937, 4-1594
- Advent of Mechanical Cotton Picker Foreshadows New Labor Problem for South : October 25, 1937, 4-1600
- [Address by Aubrey Williams before the State Conference of Social Work] : October 20, 1937, 4-1601
- [Address by Ellen S. Woodward before the Women's Court and Civic Conference] : November 17, 1937, 4-1611
- WPA Material, Supply and Equipment Purchases Exceed $500,000,000 : November 19, 1937, 4-1612
- [Address by Harry L. Hopkins before the United States Conference of Mayors] : November 16, 1937, 4-1613
- Hopkins to Dedicate Historic Theater Restored by WPA Workers : November 21, 1937, 4-1615
- WPA Airport Program Shows Rapid Development in Year : November 28, 1937, 4-1616
- [Digest of an Address by Ellen S. Woodward before the Democratic Women's Club] : November 30, 1937, 4-1617
- 1,700 WPA Workers Meet Emergency in Louisiana Cane Fields : November 30, 1937, 4-1618
- WPA Reports Shows More Than $1,500,000,000 Devoted to New Construction : December 5, 1937, 4-1619
- WPA Enrollment Rises to 1,537,539 : December 9, 1937, 4-1622
- Pre-Christmas Earnings of WPA and NYA Workers Nearly $85,000,000 : December 12, 1937, 4-1623
- WPA Sees Limited Benefits From Part-Time Farming by Industrial Workers : December 19, 1937, 4-1625
- WPA and NYA Workers Make 1,500,000 Toys for Needy Children : December 19, 1937, 4-1627
- WPA Outlines Policy Affecting Workers Eligible for Unemployment Compensation : January 7, 1938, 4-1634
- Hopkins Submits Report On Progress of Works Program : January 11, 1938, 4-1635
- 97 Percent of WPA Projects Are Result of Local Demands, Report Shows : January 12, 1938, 4-1636
- WPA Carries on Program to Rehabilitate Crippled Children : January 29, 1938, 4-1640
- Hand Cigar Makers, Displaced by Machines, Face Relief Rolls : February 6, 1938, 4-1642
- WPA Report Shows Trends of Relief Expenditures, 1910-1935 : February 6, 1938, 4-1643
- WPA Summaries Accomplishments During Two Years of Operations : February 20, 1938, 4-1646
- WPA Exhibit of Skilled Work to be Moved to Brooklyn : February 21, 1938, 4-1650
- WPA Funds Made Available for Flood Emergencies : February 24, 1938, 4-1652
- WPA Ready to Turn Emergency Flood Forces to Rehabilitation : March 10, 1938, 4-1656
- Report Analyzes Recent Employment Trends in Philadelphia : March 20, 1938, 4-1659
- WPA Announces Marketing Laws Survey : April 3, 1938, 4-1663
- WPA Reports Findings on Industrial Changes and Unemployment : April 10, 1938, 4-1665
- Purchasing Power and Government : April 16, 1938, 4-1666
- Jobless Mechanic Repays Government $100 for "Shelter" : May 2, 1938, 4-1669
- First Geodetic Control Surveys by WPA Near Completion : May 6, 1938, 4-1671
- Hopkins Links Political Freedom Orders to Pay Checks of All WPA Workers : May 5, 1938, 4-1672
- "Politics and the WPA" : May 8, 1938, 4-1676
- Director A. H. Martin, Jr., Discusses Marketing Laws Survey : May 20, 1938, 4-1679
- WPA Reports Progress in Airport and Airway Development : May 29, 1938, 4-1680
- Administrators Hopkins Delivers Commencement Address At U. of South Carolina : June 1, 1938, 4-1689
- Detroit Labor Leader Charges Senator Vandenberg With Misuse of Telegram Requesting WPA Assistance : May 28, 1938, 4-1690
- Fuel Savings as High as 55 Per Cent Made by Technological Changes Since War : June 12, 1938, 4-1692
- Aubrey Williams Reviews Development of Liberal Thought in Last Quarter Century : June 4, 1938, 4-1695
- Report Denies Charges of Political Activity By WPA in Kentucky : May 9, 1938, 4-1696
- Ohio Officials Confer with Williams on Relief Problems : June 10, 1938, 4-1697
- WPA Official Challenges Critics of Federal Art Project : June 14, 1938, 4-1698
- Continuing Problem of Unemployment Calls for Permanent Comprehensive Program of Economic Security : June 19, 1938, 4-1699
- Older Workers Not Wanted in Mass-Production Industries, Survey Shows : June 19, 1938, 4-1700
- Hopkins Announces WPA Purchase of $10,000,000 Worth of Clothing for Relief Distribution : June 15, 1938, 4-1703
- President Roosevelt's Forebears Pioneered for Work Relief Before the Civil War : June 21, 1938, 4-1705
- Differences in Annual Living Costs Shown in Intercity Comparative Study Released by Hopkins : June 26, 1938, 4-1707
- Hopkins Announces Appointment of O. K. Hine as State WPA Administrator for Idaho : June 22, 1938, 4-1708
- [Address delivered by Harry L. Hopkins on the WOR Forum Hour] : June 19, 1938, 4-1710
- Unskilled WPA Workers in 13 Southern States Receive Pay Raise : June 27, 1938, 4-1714
- Hopkins Refutes Charges of Political Coercion in Kentucky : June 30, 1938, 4-1715
- Hopkins Cites Fifth Year of Growth in WPA Education Program; Says Illiteracy Reduced 25 Per Cent : July 5, 1938, 4-1720
- Mechanization Reduces Employment in Cigar Industry : July 6, 1938, 4-1721
- Hopkins Gives Further Warning Against Political Activity : July 14, 1938, 4-1726
- WPA Employment Totals 2,853,354 : July 14, 1938, 4-1727
- Hopkins Announces Further Wage Increases in South : July 14, 1938, 4-1728
- What Is the "American Way?" : July 16, 1938, 4-1729
- 15,000 WPA Teachers Attend Summer Training Conferences : July 21, 1938, 4-1730
- Employment Approaches 3,000,000 Mark : July 21, 1938, 4-1732
- Hopkins Announces Increase in Southern Job Quotas : July 21, 1938, 4-1733
- Child Welfare A $25,000,000 Project for WPA : July 31, 1938, 4-1734
- One Fifth of Philadelphia Wool, Carpet, Upholstery Weavers Jobless More Than Five Years : July 31, 1938, 4-1735
- Hopkins to Meet With Southern WPA Officials Planning 200,000 Increase in Rolls : July 31, 1938, 4-1738
- Marked Decline Found in Labor Required to Produce Corn Crop : August 7, 1938, 4-1739
- WPA Aids Nation's Drive for Safer Highways : August 21, 1938, 4-1742
- WPA Workers Exempt from Security Wages Decline; Unskilled Group Increases : August 5, 1938, 4-1743
- WPA Recreation Program Stirs Communities to Independent Action, Survey Shows : August 8, 1938, 4-1744
- Hopkins Cites Rapid Turnover in Project Employment : August 5, 1938, 4-1745
- American Guide Series Popular as Travel Tour Books : August 13, 1938, 4-1746
- WPA Workers Aid in Crime Prevention : August 14, 1938, 4-1747
- "America's Economic Problem Number 1" : August 6, 1938, 4-1748
- Hinckley Resigns as Assistant WPA Administrator; H. E. Smith Named Acting Field Representative : August 8, 1938, 4-1749
- Employment on WPA Projects Rises to New Peak : August 26, 1938, 4-1751
- Hopkins Answers Senator Berry's Charges in Letter to Sheppard Committee : August 29, 1938, 4-1753
- "The Essence of Democracy" : August 30, 1938, 4-1754
- Dies Asked Why No Federal Theatre Officials Have Been Called to Testify : September 2, 1938, 4-1756
- WPA School Aid Program to Reach More Than 1,000,000 Children : September 18, 1938, 4-1763
- Dies Committee Called Upon to Hear Testimony of Responsible WPA Officials in Hearings on Federal Arts Projects : September 17, 1938, 4-1766
- Technical Advances in Mining Make Available Low-Grade Ores, Offset Depletion, and Increase Output Per Worker : September 25, 1938, 4-1767
- WPA Expenditures for Material and Equipment Total Nearly $700,000,000 : September 23, 1938, 4-1769
- Many Leaving WPA Rolls Despise Net Increase, Williams Announces : September 23, 1938, 4-1771
- WPA Publishes Summary and Index of Research : September 25, 1938, 4-1772
- "Meeting the Challenges of Disaster" : September 26, 1938, 4-1790
- Hopkins Says 70,000 Regain Jobs Following Clothing Purchase; Distribution Plan Announced : October 2, 1938, 4-1791
- Hopkins Orders Comprehensive Survey of Airport Facilities and Plans for Expansion in Cooperation with CAA : October 7, 1938, 4-1798
- Increasing Number Leaving WPA Rolls, Labor Turnover Study Shows : October 11, 1938, 4-1800
- "Resurgent Democracy" : October 8, 1938, 4-1802
- Williams Warns that No Strike Against Government Will be Tolerated : October 8, 1938, 4-1803
- Cotton Raising Being Mechanized: Requires Less Labor : October 15-16, 1938, 4-1805
- WPA Authorities Employment of 35,000 to Remove Fire Hazards in Storm Area : October 12, 1938, 4-1806
- Adult Education Classes to be Opened to Additional 500,000 : October 30, 1938, 4-1808
- Williams Submits Report on Pennsylvania to Senate Campaign Investigating Committee, Finding Every Charge by Senator Davis Untrue : October 25, 1938, 4-1813
- Hopkins Reaffirms Absolute Political Freedom of WPA Workers : October 25, 1938, 4-1814
- Williams Answers Charges That WPA Rolls Are Padded in Election Years : October 30, 1938, 4-1815
- 228,000 WPA Workers Left Projects in September, Williams Announces : November 1, 1938, 4-1818
- Labor Requirements Cut in Half in Beet Sugar Manufacture : November 5-6, 1938, 4-1819
- Four Employees Discharged as Result of WPA Inquiry in Pennsylvania; Kressler Charges Found Untrue : November 2, 1938, 4-1821
- WPA Provides Leisure-Time Activities for Millions: 10,000 Communities Participate : November 13, 1938, 4-1824
- Williams Reports Review of Sheppard Committee Findings Shows "Not A Word of Truth" in Charges Made by Senator Davis : November 7, 1938, 4-1825
- Promotions Announced in the Federal Theatre Project : November 10, 1938, 4-1828
- [Address by Corrington Gill at the Dedication of the University of Minnesota Hydraulics Laboratory] : November 17, 1938, 4-1831
- Study Finds Increase in Automatic Control in Industry : November 26-27, 1938, 4-1834
- Hopkins Cites WPA Airport and Construction Program as National Defense Factor; Announces Approval for Extension of Aviation Facilities : December 4, 1938, 4-1839
- Mechanization in Phosphate Mining Reduces Labor Requirements: Present Sources Seen Adequate for Several Generations : December 3, 1938, 4-1844
- One Out of Every 15 Workers Left WPA Rolls in October : December 4, 1938, 4-1848
- WPA Study Finds Employment Declines in Agriculture in Spite of Increased Production : December 17-18, 1938, 4-1854
- More Than 7,000 from Federal Music Project to Join in Christmas Carols : December 24, 1938, 4-1857
- Committee on Folk Arts Appointed : December 26, 1938, 4-1858
- WPA Workers Complete 1,827 New Public Buildings; Improve 5,125 in Four Months : December 29, 1938, 4-1861
- Clothing Distribution Reaches Million by January 1, WPA Announces : December 30, 1938, 4-1865
- Florence S. Kerr Appointed Assistant WPA Administrator : January 3, 1939, 4-1867
- WPA Report Finds Only 40 Percent of Urban Homes in "Good Condition" : January 9, 1939, 4-1869
- WPA Completes 30,000 Miles of New and Improved Highways in Four Month Period: Other Facilities Listed : January 12, 1939, 4-1871
- Howard O. Hunter Appointed Deputy Administrator of WPA : January 19, 1939, 4-1872
- American Guide Series Reports Show Sponsors' Pledges Totaling $500,000 : January 29, 1939, 4-1874
- WPA Improving Hundreds of Water and Sewer Systems Monthly : February 5, 1939, 4-1877
- Fred R. Rauch Appointed Assistant Administrator of WPA : February 1, 1939, 4-1878
- Dallas Dort Named Assistant Administrator to Head New Division of Administration : February 4, 1939, 4-1880
- Gill Elected to Documentation Institute : February 5, 1939, 4-1881
- Nine Regional Directors Named by Harrington in New WPA Administrative Set-Up : February 6, 1939, 4-1882
- "The Outlook for the WPA" : February 5, 1939, 4-1883
- Mechanization Reduces Farm Labor Requirements, WPA Study Shows : February 12, 1939, 4-1884
- WPA Beginning Investigation of Need of Its 3,000,000 Employees : February 10, 1939, 4-1885
- National Contest Expected to Improve WPA Safety Record : February 17, 1939, 4-1889
- WPA-Built Facilities Provide Recreation for Thousands : February 19, 1939, 4-1890
- Roy Schroder Appointed WPA Administrator for Florida : February 22, 1939, 4-1899
- "Misconceptions Concerning the WPA Program" : February 26, 1939, 4-1901
- Declining Employment Despite Rising Output Found in Crushed-Stone Industry : March 4-5, 1939, 4-1903
- "Relief-- More of Less?" : February 26, 1939, 4-1904
- WPA Announces Revision of Administrative System : March 5, 1939, 4-1909
- WPA Issues Regulations to Prevent Illegal Political Activities : March 9, 1939, 4-1913
- WPA Advances Aviation With 154 New Fields, Improvements to 494 : March 19, 1939, 4-1916
- WPA Issues Instructions for Reduction of 400,000 in Employment April 3 as First of Cuts Necessary Under Present Appropriation : March 19, 1939, 4-1918
- Advisory Committee Appraises WPA Educational Work : March 26, 1939, 4-1919
- 81 Percent of WPA Workers Employed on Construction Projects : March 29, 1939, 4-1923
- WPA Summarizes Accomplishments in Three Years' Operation : April 9, 1939, 4-1925
- WPA Sets 2,800,000 Employment Quota for April : April 1, 1939, 4-1927
- Study Shows Declining Employment in Brick and Tile Industry : April 10, 1939, 4-1930
- Review of WPA Rolls Eliminates 1.3 Percent as Not in Need : April 19, 1939, 4-1940
- Colonel Harrington Addresses U. S. Conference of Mayors : May 15, 1939, 4-1960
- WPA Administrative Salaries Below Federal Average, Survey Shows : May 18, 1939, 4-1964
- "Do WPA Workers Refuse Jobs in Private Industry?" : June 3, 1939, 4-1973
- WPA Employment to be Reduced to 2,100,000 by August 1, Chiefly by Dropping Workers on Rolls 18 Months : July 14, 1939, 4-2006
- Eight Months Total of WPA Road Construction Would Span U.S. 24 Times : July 28, 1939, 4-2013
- WPA Construction Program Averages 15 New Buildings Daily : August 3, 1939, 4-2015
- WPA Construction Program Provides Variety of Public Facilities, Eight Months Review Shows : August 11, 1939, 4-2018
- Colonel Harrington Orders Resumption of WPA Dismissals Under 18-Month Provision : August 7, 1939, 4-2022
- John D. Newsom Appointed Director of Federal Writers Program : August 9, 1939, 4-2023
- WPA Announces New Schedule of Monthly Security Wages : August 16, 1939, 4-2025
- Dr. Earl Vincent Moore Named Special Consultant on Music : August 16, 1939, 4-2026
- Project Workers Given Preference in Filling WPA Supervisory and Administrative Posts : August 21, 1939, 4-2027
- Howard O. Hunter, Acting WPA Commissioner, Broadcasts Address on Outlook for Unemployed : August 24, 1939, 4-2028
- Murray Requests Leave of Absence as Missouri WPA Administrator, E. M. Basye Appointed Acting Chief : August 23, 1939, 4-2029
- WPA Announces Changes in Field Staff : August 28, 1939, 4-2031
- Material Purchases for WPA Projects Pass Billion Mark; Equipment Rentals Reach $600,000, 000 : September 10, 1939, 4-2032
- WPA Prepares Flexible Program to Cushion Effects of European War : September 7, 1939, 4-2033
- WPA Arts program to Continue with Little Reduction : September 10, 1939, 4-2035
- Increasing Employment Opportunities Indicated in Petroleum and Natural Gas Industry : September 24, 1939, 4-2040
- More than 7,000 WPA Administrative Employees Dismissed During July and August : September 19, 1939, 4-2041
- WPA Investigation of Need to be Started in All States by October 1 : September 25, 1939, 4-2043
- "American Unemployment and the European War" : September 27, 1939, 4-2045
- Colonel Harrington to Discuss "American Unemployment and the European War" : September 26, 1939, 4-2046
- WPA Employment Stands at 1,732,960; Present Quotas to be Maintained : September 28, 1939, 4-2047
- WPA Announces Beginning of Program in Puerto Rico Combining Benefits to National Defense with Economic Aid : October 2, 1939, 4-2048
- Colonel Harrington Speaks at Dedication of North Beach Airport : October 16, 1939, 4-2051
- "Municipal Co-Operation with the WPA" : November 2, 1939, 4-2057
- Corrington Gill Calls "War-Trade Cure for Unemployment" Fantastic and Absurd : November 28, 1939, 4-2065
- Half of Soft Coal Mined will be Loaded with Machines Within Ten Years, WPA Report Estimates : December 10, 1939, 4-2070
- WPA Musicians Present Christmas Programs in 37 States : December 24, 1939, 4-2076
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