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FE:8ER.:'.L W02Ii:S AGE~TCY
WOR}: P:2.0J3C1S £/MLIS~RATIOH
For Role.:1se to Morni::1r; Papers
Weclne sd.D,y , Feb:cuary 12, 1941.
In lirce vd th the Presictent I s pro)os:::,ls for a :planned public
work :pro:;rarn. ,·hid~ will be re:c,dy to le ssec1 the effect of 1)0St- d.efense
unem:9loyr.:1ent , Howard O. Hunter, Acti:rg Corm,1.issioncr o f the Y-i'Jl'k Projects
Ad.mini str2.tion , today annouy"ced the estc.blishcnent of a new· unit to assure
full coo~erntion in this effort .
Fr:'.-nk A. Irarch , J.irector o: the Project Control ti ivisio n of
v,TPA , was e,pnointed Nn.tional Director of the now unit .
Operating out of
the central 1'.'PA office in 1'lc,shin,c:tcn , it will provid.c a S:'.:J8Cial l)roject
r ese rvoi r within the Federal Works .Acency .
The fr. cilit"es of the '111it
will be availo.'ble to r:.11 Feci.eral ::i,gencies .
All types of useful :i:iu'blic r~:,_~oj acts will be i1~cll1.ded in tr.is
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r eservoir of ~lannei work which it is doemed ~dvisable to defe r until after
the national defense emergency.
Definite O.{;reem::mts with srionsors on
finan cing and enginocrin('; plr:ns m;:,.,y
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worked out 1[1,ter on this type of
project , Mr . Hunter explained , o-J.t the ;1,dv:-inco -plF,.m,.inb wi ll make possible
quick adjustments tJ chrmges i:r-1 orir•lo~r,nont c onditions l',nd tend. to sta-oilize
economic conditio~s .
In o. letter to nll Stnto WPA Ad.ministrn.tors , Mr . IIunt.:,r snid :
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11 Th0 f ormat io:r.. of a S.iJOc i n.l p roj ec t r eserv oir unit of t he Work
Proj ects Adrninistrta,tion !'nd t h e ;-,~-:,:;_.,.:: ~-~1 t;.1ent of Mr . Frnnk A. 1hrch as
Nati onnl Director is hor c bv an."ou:1coc.
This unit wil l oo diroctod from
the Central Cfficn a11d. ·r 11 O])Crate on a na tLm- wido ba !"is . It is
charged with t ho ~·us~0or,--:. Lbi li t ;,· or pr cvi dinc a r eservoir of useful :public
projects with in t:w ]'od.cral Kvc h:s Agenc? which mi ght be p l aced in oper at i on under G-ovcrnrnont a .lspi c es u 1Y:in short neit ice to lesson t ho effoct of
pos t - clofonso unemployment .
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11 The f aci li ti cs of t h i s u ni t will 1:lo a v o1i l n.bJ..e to a l l Fed.er,il
agenci es in as s em·01ii1g :-111 typ es of pr oject s within 2- unif ied portfclio .
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ding t o present p l ans the special -:;i:coject r eserv oir unit
will be oper?,tod from t ho Gontrrtl Offic e ancl wi ll not ·uo :in b .tegral prJi t
of t lie State and hegional v/PA orgsnizati on ; howev er, it i s oxpD ctc i tha t
full c oope r a tion will o o giv en by tho entire or gan i zation of t he Work
Pr o j ects. Adninis t:-cat i.o n in c :1:;.•rying out t he purposes heroin sot f ort h .
Clo se cooperG.ti on is .'.'. l so exp(3c t od from all i n t er ested s tat e and loca l
agencies .
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WPA organ iznti Gn can be us0 d t o o.d.v."1.n t a ge in t h i s service
because its oper ations extend into almost ov er~' c ount ;y throughout the
United Stat es , anu. f u ll use will ·be mad0 of its expe ri ec1c e as well as the
co oper a tive rol2.t ionshi:ps previ ous l y es t ablished. 11
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