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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
- 1940s
- The WPA in County Road Programs : January 30, 1940, 4-2081
- Survey of WPA Workers Dismissed Under 18-Months Rule Shows 87 Percent Without Jobs : January 26, 1940, 4-2082
- Unemployment Remains High as Industrial Activity Hits New All-Time Peak : February 1, 1940, 4-2085
- "WPA - A Bridge to Recovery" : February 13, 1940, 4-2090
- [Address by Colonel F. C. Harrington, Work Projects Commissioner] : February 15, 1940, 4-2094
- $120,000,000 in WPA Project Wages Reaching Business Monthly : February 18, 1940, 4-2096
- WPA Projects Provide $50,000,000 Business Monthly in Materials, Supplies and Equipment : March 8, 1940, 4-2102
- WPA Begins "Report to Nation", Listing 450,000 Miles of Roads and Streets Built or Improved, Vast Extension of Airports and Airways : March 19, 1940, 4-2103
- [Speech by Colonel F. C. Harrington, Commissioner of Work Projects, before the Conference of Mayors at Birmingham, Alabama] : March 9, 1940, 4-2105
- School Construction Features WPA Public Building Program : March 21, 1940, 4-2108
- WPA Completes Accomplishment Report with Health and Education Services Reaching Millions; Conservation Activities Reviewed : March 24, 1940, 4-2110
- Rapid Employment Turnover Shown by WPA : March 13, 1940, 4-2111
- Colonel Harrington Speaks at Dedication of Armory Auditorium in North Carolina : March 21, 1940, 4-2115
- Can Industry Hire the Unemployed? : March 23, 1940, 4-2116
- Colonel Harrington Addresses National Association of County Officials : April 11, 1940, 4-2120
- WPA to Participate in Child Health Day Observance May 1 : April 28, 1940, 4-2121
- Mrs. Florence Addresses Administrative Conference at Richmond, VA. : April 24, 1940, 4-2123
- "Voting is Your Own Business," Colonel Harrington Tells WPA Workers; Each to Receive Message in Pay Envelope : April 22, 1940, 4-2124
- Harrington Urges Cooperation in National Employment Week : April 29, 1940, 4-2126
- WPA Music Program to Emphasize Pan American Music : April 29, 1940, 4-2128
- Colonel Harrington Addresses American Retail Federation Forum : May 16, 1940, 4-2130
- Local Sponsors of WPA Projects Invite Public Inspection, Mrs. Roosevelt to Speak : May 19, 1940, 4-2131
- WPA Improvements to Nation's Airways to be Shown at National Aviation Forum Next Week : May 24, 1940, 4-2134
- WPA's Part in National Defense : June 7, 1940, 4-2139
- Priority Ordered by Colonel Harrington for 73 WPA Projects Rated Most Important by War and Navy Departments : June 6, 1940, 4-2140
- Harrington Cites Cooperation of Local Governments in WPA Projects Aiding National Defense : June 19, 1940, 4-2142
- "WPA and National Defense" : July 1, 1940, 4-2144
- Harrington Announces $17,000,000 Training Project for Defense Workers : July 2, 1940, 4-2145
- Colonel Harrington Cites WPA Defense Accomplishments as Basis for Expanded Preparedness Program : July 7, 1940, 4-2147
- WPA to Exhibit Work of Welfare Projects : July 9, 1940, 4-2148
- WPA Approves $17,000,000 in Projects for Army and Navy : July 17, 1940, 4-2150
- Major Leavey Appointed Assistant Commissioner of WPA as War Department Transfers Major Harloe to General Staff : July 21, 1940, 4-2151
- More than 20,000 Assigned to Training Courses for Defense Jobs by WPA : August 2, 1940, 4-2152
- WPA Reports Show 429 Dismissed for Failure to Sign "Communist-Nazi" Affidavits : August 4, 1940, 4-2153
- Harrington Invites World's Fair Visitors to See WPA Exhibit : August 11, 1940, 4-2154
- WPA Defense Employment Register to Show Skills of 2,500,000 : August 7, 1940, 4-2155
- WPA Announces Approval of 56 New Defense Projects, Bringing July Total to $27,000,000 : August 11, 1940, 4-2156
- WPA to Aid in Alien Registration : August 16 ,1940, 4-2157
- Solicitation of WPA Workers Referred to Attorney General : August 17, 1940, 4-2159
- WPA Defense Projects Reach Total of nearly $500,000,000 : August 22, 1940, 4-2160
- WPA Project Workers Send President National Defense Contribution : August 23, 1940, 4-2161
- Willkie Charges Regarding WPA Employment Baseless, Hunter Says, Citing Schedules Given Congress Last April : August 23, 1940, 4-2162
- Hunter Announces WPA Employment Schedules Through October, Following Original Estimates : August 25, 1940, 4-2163
- Defense Projects Totaling $50,000,000 Approved : September 15, 1940, 4-2166
- Howard O. Hunter Addresses U.S. Conference of Mayors : September 19, 1940, 4-2167
- Hunter Announces Expanded WPA Airport Program : September 29, 1940, 4-2169
- WPA Announces Special Training Program for Aviation Ground Servicemen : October 10, 1940, 4-2170
- Hunter Cites Acts of Congress Disproving Barton Charge that Army Fund was Spent on Relief : October 11, 1940, 4-2171
- WPA Reports Public Improvements Completed in Five Years of Operations : October 20, 1940, 4-2172
- Hunter Reaffirms WPA Workers' Right to Make Voting Their Own Business : October 19, 1940, 4-2174
- WPA Defense Projects Totaling More than $83,000,000 Approved Since July : October 21, 1940, 4-2175
- WPA Defense Projects Speeded by Arrangement with War Department : October 31, 1940, 4-2180
- WPA Defense Work Totaling Nearly $100,000,000 Approved Since July 1 : November 11, 1940, 4-2182
- WPA Defense Projects Approved Now Exceed $100,000,000, Hunter Reports : November 25, 1940, 4-2185
- WPA Stresses Return of Its Workers to Private Payrolls : December 5, 1940, 4-2188
- WPA Defense Project Approvals During First Five Months of Fiscal Year Exceed$116,000,000 : December 10, 1940, 4-2189
- WPA Producing 2,000,000 Toys for Christmas : December 15, 1940, 4-2190
- Christmas Carols to be Featured by 500 WPA Musical Units During Holiday : December 22, 1940, 4-2191
- Defense Training Project to Continue Under New Allotment of $17,821,680 : January 7, 1941, 4-2194
- 400,000 WPA Workers Engaged on Defense Projects : January 9, 1941, 4-2195
- WPA Defense Projects Approved Through December Total $157,000,000 : January 15, 1941, 4-2196
- WPA Policy and the Part It Will Play in National Defense : January 15, 1941, 4-2197
- Mrs. Roosevelt to Address WPA Education-Recreation Meeting : January 19, 1941, 4-2198
- Hunter Announces Expansion and Re-Direction of WPA Community Service Along Defense Lines : January 27, 1941, 4-2200
- "Local Roads in the Defense Program" : January 28, 1941, 4-2201
- "Contracting and the WPA" : January 23, 1941, 4-2202
- Increased Volume of WPA Defense Work Indicated by Project Approvals : January 28, 1941, 4-2203
- "Mobilization for Home Defense" : February 8, 1941, 4-2204
- "Services on the Home Front" : February 8, 1941, 4-2205
- WPA Orders Schedule Stepped Up to Speed Completion of Santee-Cooper Hydro-Electric Power Project for Defense Industry : February 7, 1941, 4-2206
- WPA to Create Reservoir of Work Projects for Post-Defense Period : February 12, 1941, 4-2209
- WPA Defense Projects Approved Through January Total Approximately $200,000,000 : February 16, 1941, 4-2210
- Hunter Says Jobs, Not Pamphlets, Meet Nation's Needs : March 4, 1941, 4-2214
- WPA Will Check Registration Statements of 4,700,000 : March 11, 1941, 4-2215
- 3,900 Buildings for Defense Agencies in Current WPA Construction Program : March 11, 1941, 4-2216
- 48-Hour Work Week Ordered to Speed Up WPA Defense Construction Program : March 10, 1941, 4-2217
- Airport Projects Boost WPA Defense Allotments Past Quarter-Billion Dollar Mark : March 17, 1941, 4-2219
- WPA Opens 17 Schools to Train Aviation Servicemen : March 20, 1941, 4-2221
- "Rush Orders" for Roads to 86 Army and Navy Posts, 55 Defense Industry Sites Reported by WPA : March 23, 1941, 4-2222
- Four WPA Artists Congratulated on Winning Major Awards : March 30, 1941, 4-2224
- What National Defense Means : April 11, 1941, 4-2225
- WPA Rushes Airport Development on 350 Certified Defense Sites : April 13, 1941, 4-2226
- Army Getting New Military Maps Through WPA Project : April 17, 1941, 4-2228
- WPA Improvements Now Average 180 Miles of Road Work, 9 New Public Buildings to Each County in United States : April 27, 1941, 4-2232
- WPA Will Assist in Operation of Defense Housing Registers : May 1, 1941, 4-2236
- Widespread Benefits of WPA Community Services Reported by Mrs. Kerr : May 4, 1941, 4-2237
- WPA Defense Industries Employment Register Lists 150,000 Jobless Skilled Workers : May 5, 1941, 4-2239
- WPA to Teach Spanish to Air Corps : May 7, 1941, 4-2240
- Airport Facilities Provided by WPA for All National Guard Air Squadrons : May 14, 1941, 4-2242
- "I Am An American Day" Highlights Work of WPA Education Program : May 18, 1941, 4-2244
- "Effects of the National Defense Program on Unemployment and Need" : June 5, 1941, 4-2246
- WPA Establishes Division of Training and Re-Employment, Increasing Emphasis on Preparation of Workers for Defense Industry : June 12, 1941, 4-2248
- "The Secret Weapon" : June 20, 1941, 4-2251
- WPA at Work on $17,000,000 Access Road Program : June 22, 1941, 4-2252
- Dryden Appointed Deputy WPA Commissioner: MacDougall Heads Operations : June 27, 1941, 4-2253
- WPA Will Survey 200,000 Organizations for Cooperation in Civilian Defense : July 9, 1941, 4-2255
- Citizenship Training for Aliens to be Major Education Work of WPA : July 9, 1941, 4-2256
- WPA Defense Expenditures Neared Half Billion Mark in Fiscal 1941, Report Reveals : July 15, 1941, 4-2257
- Nation-Wide Fight Against Venereal Diseases to be Waged by WPA and Public Health Service : July 27, 1941, 4-2258
- 71,000 WPA Employees Developing 278 Defense Airports : August 7, 1941, 4-2259
- WPA Surveys Find Sharp Rent Increases and Few Dwellings Available in Defense Areas : August 11, 1941, 4-2260
- Rapid Completion of Water Supply for New Bomber Plant Draws Praise for Workers from WPA Commissioner : August 9, 1941, 4-2261
- July Unemployment 5,600,000 as Employment Grows Faster than Labor Force : August 13, 1941, 4-2262
- WPA Writers Map Interesting Program for Coming Months : August 30, 1941, 4-2263
- WPA Establishes Nation-Wide Program for Defense Recreation Centers : August 26, 1941, 4-2264
- WPA Announces Rail Removal Program to Salvage Steel : August 27, 1941, 4-2265
- Unemployment Drops 300,000 in August, WPA Reports : September 4, 1941, 4-2266
- Educators and Government Officials Confer This Week on Launching Citizenship Education Program : September 1, 1941, 4-2267
- WPA Records Assistance Project to Speed Workers Into Defense Plants : September 11, 1941, 4-2268
- 20,000 Army and Navy Fliers to take WPA Spanish Classes : September 18, 1941, 4-2270
- WPA Plans Expanded School Lunch Program as National Health Measure : September 21, 1941, 4-2272
- WPA Training Programs Send Thousands to Defense Industries : September 26, 1941, 4-2275
- Advisory Committee on Community Service to Meet in Washington October 1 and 2 : September 29, 1941, 4-2277
- Broadened Public Works Program Needed to Meet Post-Defense Crisis, WPA Official Declares : October 3, 1941, 4-2278
- Unemployment Drops 800,000 in September, WPA Reports : October 6, 1941, 4-2279
- Airports and Military Structures Dominate Six-Year Record of WPA Defense Construction : October 19, 1941, 4-2282
- Fred R. Rauch Speaks on Training Unemployed for Defense Industries : October 31, 1941, 4-2286
- 6-Year Road Total Reaches 600,000 Miles; Buildings, Utilities, Sanitation Feature Gains in WPA Accomplishments : November 2, 1941, 4-2287
- Dryden Cites WPA Contributions to Health in Dedicating North Carolina Hospital : November 1, 1941, 4-2288
- Rents Up Substantially in Defense Areas Surveyed by WPA : February 2, 1942, 4-2298
- Unemployment Rises as Employment Drops 1,300,000 in January : February 3, 1942, 4-2299
- WPA Orders "Vigorous" Farm Labor Placement Program to Reduce its Rolls : February 24, 1942, 4-2301
- WPA Steps Up Efforts to Put Women Workers into War Production Jobs : March 3, 1942, 4-2304
- Use of Idle Shops to Train War Production Workers Authorized by WPA : March 16, 1942, 4-2307
- 900 Sites in WPA Airport Record; Projects Now Operating at 350 : April 5, 1942, 4-2308
- Employment Up 1,800,000 in March as Labor Force Increases by 1,400,000 : April 9, 1942, 4-2309
- WPA Survey Shows 13,000,000 Persons in Labor Reserve : April 28, 1942, 4-2312
- Dryden Calls for Intensified Effort to Train and Employ Older Workers : May 3, 1942, 4-2313
- WPA Salvages 6,600 Tons of Streetcar Rails in Month; New Plan Expected to Boost Rate : May 6, 1942, 4-2314
- Employment Fails to Rise as Unemployment Declines : May 12, 1942, 4-2315
- Employment and Labor Force Rise Again as Unemployment Remains Unchanged : August 7, 1942, 4-2320
- Man-Hours Jump as Average Work-Week Increases One Hour in Year : August 12, 1942, 4-2321
- [WPA Collection of Scrap Metal for War Production] : August 14, 1942, 4-2322
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