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FEDERAL WORKS AGENCY
MAJOR GENERAL PHILIP B. FLEMING, Administrator
REPORT ON
PROGRESS OF
THE WPA PROGRAM
JUNE 30, 1942
WORK PROJECTS ADMINISTRATION
MAJOR GENERAL PHILIP B. FLEMING, Acting Commissioner
GEORGE H. FIELD, Deputy Commissioner
SAMUEL L. HABER, Director, Division of Research and Statistics
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PREFACE
The Work Projects Administration, a unit of the Federal Works
Agency since July 1, 1939, was established in 1935 with the primary
purpose of providing work for the unemployed on useful public projects. The activities of the WPA in achieving this objective during
the fiscal year ending June 30, 1942, are reviewed in this report. A
final report covering the entire eight-year period of operation of the
WPA program is to be published at a later date. For this reason,
the report for the fiscal year 1942 is considerably shorter than previous
annual reports.
The report contains special sections on the war activities and the
vocational training activities carried on by the WPA. The remainder
of the report is devoted to three sect.ions that bring up to date previous
statements on employment, expenditures, and accompliRhments.
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Employment and Earnings.
Financial Summary ___________________ . _
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1. Average Number of Persons Employed on WPA War ProjectR Subject to Legislative
Exemptions and on Other Projects Designated as of Importance to the War Effort,
Monthly, July 1941-June 1942__________________________________________ _____
2. Number of Persons Employed on WPA War Projects Subject to LegiHlative Exemptions and on Other Projects Designated as of Importance to the War Effort, by
Major Type of Proje<'t and by Exemption Status, June 16, 1942__________________
3. Selected Items of Physical Accomplishment on War Construction Projects Operated
by WPA, Cumulative through June 30, 1942________ _________________________
4. Amount of WPA and Sponsors' Funds Expended on War Projects Subject to Lcgi~lative Exemptions and on Other Projects Designated as of Importance to the War
Effort Operated by WPA, by Major Type of Project, Year Ending June 30, 1942__ _
5. Kumber of WPA Workers Receiving Training Throu11:h the ::-;ational Defense Vocational Training Project, by Type of Cour:,;e, June 16, 1942 _ _ ________ . _ __ _ _ __ _ _
6. Average Number of Persons Employed on WPA Projects, by Program, Monthly,
August 1935-June 1942_________________________________________________ __ _
7. Percentage Distribution of Persons Employed on Projects Operated by WPA, by Size
of Community, Quarterly, March 1938--June 1942____ _ _ __ __________________
8. Kumber of Assignments to and Separations from Employment on WPA Projects,
Monthly, July 1938--.June 1942_______________________ __ _ ______ __________
9. Average Number of Persons Employed on WPA Projects, by Agency, Selected Month,;,
June 1939--,June 1942____ _________
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10. Percentage Distribution of Persons Employed on Projects Operated by WPA, by
Major Type of Project, Seleeted Period~, March 193f,--.J 1111e 1942 _ _ _
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11. Kumber of Persons Employed on Projects Operated by WPA, by Type of Project,
,June 16, 1942 ___________ --------------------------------- ____ . _________ .
12. Schedule of Monthly Earnings of WPA Project Wage Employees, Year Ending June
30, 1942_ ------------- --------------------------- --- _ ------ --- ---------- _
13. Xumber of Hours Worked on Projects Operated by WPA, by Major Type of Project,
Cumulative through and Year Ending June 30, 1942___ __ ________ _ _
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14. Percentage Distribution of Persons Employed on Projects Operated by WPA, by
Wage Class, Selected Periods, June I 93f1-.June 1942_ _ _ _ __ _ __ _ _ _ _
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15. Percentage Distribution of Persons Employed on Projects Operated by WPA, by
Type of Project and by Wage Class, ,June 16, 1942____ _ _ __________ ____________
16. Xumber of Women Employed on Projects Operated by WPA, Quarterly, December
1935-June 1942 _ _ _ _ _ __ _ ___ _ __ __ _ _ __ _ _ __ _ __ ___ __ _ ___ __ _ __ _ _ __ _ __ _ __ _ _ __ _
17. Percentage Distribution of WPA Workers, by Age Group and by Sex, February 1939,
April 1941, and February 1942 _ _ _ __ _
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18. Amount of Funds Available to WPA During the Year Endi11g June 30, 1942, by Source_
19. Amount of WPA Funds Allocated to Otlwr Fed<iral Age11r.ies for WPA Projects under
the EHA Act, Fiscal Year 1942, by Agenry, through .June 30, I 942 _
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20. Amount of WPA Funds Expended for Programs Operated by WPA and by Other
Federal Agencim,, by Fis<'al Year, through .Ju11e 30, 1942 ___ __ _ ___ _________
21. Amount of WPA Funds Expe11ded for Programs Operated by WPA and by Other
Federal Agencies, Monthly, .July 1935-,June I 942_ _ __ _ _ _ ___ __ _ _ _ __
22. Amount of WPA Funds Expended for Programs Operated hy WPA and by Other
Federal Agencies, Monthly, .July 1941-,June 1942____ _ _ ___ __ ___ __ __ _ ________ _
23. Amount of WPA Funds Obligated for Administration of WPA, by Object of Expenditure, Year Ending June 30, 1942__________________________________________
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24. Amount of WPA and Sponisors' Funds Expended on Projects Operated by WPA, by
Fiscal Y car and b_v Source of Funds, through June 30, 1942___ _ _ _ _ __ __ __ _ _ __ _ __ __
25. Amount of WPA 9.nd Sponsors' Funds Expended on Projects Operated by WFA, by
Object of Expenditure and by Source of Funds, Year Ending June 30, 1942________
26. Amount of WPA and Sponsors' Funds Expended on Projects Operated by WPA, by
Major Type of Project and by Source of Funds, Years Ending June 30, 1941 and
1942 ________________________________________ . _________________________ .
27. Highways, Roads, and Streets Constructed or Improved on Projects Operated by
WPA, Cumulative through June 30, 1942 _____________________________________ .
28. Bridges, Culverts, and Other Road Appurtenances Constructed or Improved on Projects Operated by WPA, Cumulative through June 30, 1942________________ ______
29. Recreational Facilities Constructed or Improved on Projects Operated by WPA,
Cumulative through June 30, 1942_________________________________________ ___
30. Public Health Facilities Constructed or Improved on Projects Operated by WPA,
Cumulative through June 30, 1942___ __ __ _ _ __ _ __ _ __ _ __ __ _ __ _ __ _ _ _ __ _ __ _ _ __ _ ___
31. Accomplishments on Selected Types of Welfare Projects Operated by WPA, Cumulative through June 30, 1942_________________________________________________
32. Conservation and Flood Control ActiYities on Projects Operated by WPA, Cumulative
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1. Percentage of WPA \Yorkers Employ<'d 011 Wa r Projects, Jul_\' 1941-.June 1942________
2. Employment 011 WPA Project :-, through Jnuc 1942 _____ ___ ____ _ .
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3. Assignments and Separations iu Employment m1 \\' PA Projects, July 1938-Jime 1942__
4. Percentage Distribution of WPA \Vorkcrs, by Age Groups, February 1942 and April
1941 ________________ ________ __ ________________________ ____ _________ --------
5. WPA Expenditures, July 1935-,June 1942_______________________ ____ _____________
6. Distribution of WPA Expeuditures, by Object of Expenditure, Year Ending June 30,
1942_________________ _______ __________________ ______ _____ _______________ ___
7. WPA and Sponsors' Expenditures on Projects Operated by WPA, by Fiscal Year and
hy Source of Funds, through ,J1111e 30, 1942______ ___
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8. \\"PA and 8ponsor~• Exp<'uditures ou Project::; Operated by \\' PA, by Type of Project,
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fiscal year 1942 for the Work Projects
T Administration
was a perio<l of further adHE
justment to the Nation's emergency defense
program which, after Pearl Harbor, became the
Nation's war program. Wherever possible the
labor of workers on the WPA rolls was utilized
for the construction of facilities and the provision of services which woul<l aid the war effort.
A program was set up for the training of workers
in the manual occupations needed in war industries. More than a third of the WPA program was devoted to defense and war activities
during the fiscal year 1942. The remainder of
the program continued the construction an<l improvement of public facilities nnd the provision
of various services to communities.
WPA War Work
The WPA has been doing work for the military and naval authorities since 1935. WPA
project.s at military and naval reservations in
prewar years helped greatly in the rehabilitation of utilities and other physical equipment. of
our armed forces. When the national emergency was declared in the summer of 1940, it
was recognized that many of the WPA projects
undertaken for civilian use were now of military
value. A large number of roads, bridges, and
airports constructed in peacetime now became
an integral part of the Nation's defenses.
WPA work for the arme<l forces was increased
and speeded up in the fiscnl year 1942. Project
workers constructed and improved barracks,
mess halls, garages, warehouses, training fiel<ls,
rifle ranges, administration buildings, hospitals
and infirmaries, roads, water and sewer lines,
and other structures and utilities at military
and naval establishments.
Service projects provided leadership at recreation centers for the use of members of the
armed forces and war industry workers. Other
WPA service project work include<l the making
of maps, posters, and other visual educational
aids; the tabulation of weather data; the giving
of assistance to libraries, aid to henlth agencies
in 11 program of venereal disease control, and
other kinds of clerical assistance to agencies
overburdened with war activities.
Other WPA work directly useful to the war
program included civil airport construction and
improvement, construction and improvement of
access roads and utilities, and health and welfare
services in war industry centers.
Undf'r Congressional legislation enacted in
June 1940 and continued in subsequent years,
projects of the ty1ws described above wt>re eligible for certification by the Secretary of War or
the Secretary of the Navy as of importance to
the war effort. Such certification was n<'CPssary
in order to s<•cur<' the benefit of priority in
obtaining mat<•rinls, and was the basis of exemption from rPstrict ions applying ge,wrally to
"\YPA hours and wng<'S.
At the beginning of tlw fiscal y<'nr 1942, 34
percent of all "\YPA work(•rs were Pngng('(l in
war work; by tlw e1Hl of the fisenl y<•nr the percentage of work<•rs on war projects had risen to
about 41 P<'r<'<'nL 'l'hf' numher of workers on
war projects in mid-June 1942 wus 28i,OOO, of
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whom 205,000 were employed on certified war
projects. Of the 287,000 WP A war workers,
more than 185,000 were doing construction
work, and nearly 64,000 were on service projects,
while 38,000 were taking vocational training
courses in preparation for private employment
in the war industries.
The fiscal year 1942 was the seventh in WPA
history. Over this who]e seven-year period,
more than 25,000 buildings had been constructed, en1arged, or improved for the use of
the armed forces. During the same period,
about 800 airports and more than 4,000 airport
bt;ildings had been built, en1arged, or improved.
A special feature of WPA war work in the
fiscal year 1942 was scrap collection, carried on
at the request of the War Production Board.
Between October 1941 and the end of June
1942, 44,000 tons of steel rail had been removed
from city streets by WPA workers. In an
agricultural and urban scrap collection campaign, between the latter part of April and the
end of June 1942, WPA workers collected more
than 27,000 tons of scrap metal and about
2,000 tons of rubber.
Project Activities and Accomplishments
The general range of project activities in this
fiscal year was nearly as broad as in former
years, despite the gradual shift in emphasis to
projects directly or indirectly niding the war
effort. About three-fifths of uU WPA project
expenditures in the fiscal year 1942 were mode
on work which, while often indirectly aiding the
Nation's war effort, was undertaken prinrnrily
for the civilian populntion.
It is, of course, impossible to make a distinct
cleavage between civilian benefits and benefits
to the war program. Roads built for civilian
use in nonstrategic areas may at n.n y moment
become of military importance. The practical
distinction is that some roads and not others
received certification u.s of importance to national defense. N oncertified roads, chiefly for
the benefit of rural districts, continued to be
built by WPA workers in the fiscnl year 1942,
though less extensively than before.
Airport work was placed in the category of
certified war projects. Construction of public
buildings was largely but not entirely in mili-
tary or war industry areas. The construction
and improvement of hospitals had a special
wartime value in any area. N oncertified
building construction, a diminishing category,
included new school buildings erected to replace
old and unsafe structures. Water treatment
and sewage disposal plants were constructed,
and water mains and sewer lines laid. General
pa.r k work was scarcely caiTied on at all, but
playgrounds were constructed in many localities. In general, large construction for recreational purposes was discontinued. Malaria
control work was undertaken especially for the
protection of military encampments. Conservation work, such as tree planting and work at
fish hatcheries, continued on a smaller scale.
Employment on the WPA work program was
being reduced, and it was reduced most rapidly
in the field of construction for civilian use
and benefit.
The service part of the WPA program was to
a considerable extent turned into war work;
and here again, the distinction between work
of importance for war purposes and other work
is sometimes merely a formal distinction between certified and noncertified projects. The
nursery school program was expanded to include the children of mothers working in war
plants and of men in the armed forces. Adult
educational work was concentrated particularly
upon literacy and naturalization classes, and
on vocational training. Library extension work
was in large part for the benefit of the armed
services. Public health activities-clinics and
venereal disease control especially-were expanded in military ·and war production areas.
School lunches were continued, with increased
locnl support, in all parts of the country.
Work on sewing projects included the reconditioning of army clothing and equipage. A
considemble part of the work performed on
research and records projects and art and music
projects was related to the war emergency.
WP A service projects in general, however, continued to serve civilian needs of communities.
The figures showing the work performed by
the WPA in seven years are impressive. About
664,000 miles of highways, ronds, and streets
were constructed and improved. A large
portion of all airport work throughout the
Nation was done by the WPA. Waterfront
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improvements include more than 700 docks,
wharves, and piers. About 5,700 new school
buildings have been constructed, and more than
33,000 others enlarged or improved. :\fore
than 200 new hospitals were built and about
2,000 improved or reconstructed. ·wPA workers built 140 new libraries and enlarged or
reconditioned 900 others. The construction
and improvement of recreational faciliti<'s
included more than 8,500 new recreationnl
buildings, 3,000 new athletic fiPlds, and more
than 8,100 parks. WPA workers built npnrly
950 sewage treatment plants and laid nParly
16,000 miles of wafrr main and distribution
lines. More than 15,000 miles of drainage
ditches were dug in malarial areas. Under the
WPA service program workers r<'paired or
renovated about 94,000,0(J0 books, SC'rved mor<'
than l,000,000,000 school lunclws, and mad!\
375,000,000 garments and 111,000,000 otlwr
articles in sewing rooms. Educational an<l
other cultural services have been Pxtend<·d to
largC\ numbers of ehildr<'n and adults through
the projects on this program.
Vocational Training
Dming the defens<' and war pPriod, S<'V<'ral
new training programs w<>r<' S<'t up to prepare
WPA workers for private wnrtinw jobs.
A national projPct for thC' training of workers
in the occupational skills r<>quired in the dPfmse
industries was carri<'<l on und<'r tlw sponsorship
of the War Production Board and the cosponsorship of the "C"nifrd Stat('S Office of Education.
The WPA selected the workers to h<' trnin<>d,
and paid them WPA wng<'s during a coursC' of
training, which in different schools varied from
four to twelve W<'eks. Th<' instructors and
supervisors were furnished by the United Stat<>s
Office of Education. Classroom instruction was
supplemented by shop practic<'. About 32,000
trainees were enrolled in these classes on
June 16, 1942.
Small machine shops, not yet drawn into war
production, were used as auxiliary shops in this
training program; and mon• tlum 1,400 trninees
were in auxiliary shops at the end of the fiscal
year.
In addition, there was an in-plant training
program, in which selected \YPA worhrs were
paid learners' wages by the WPA during a four
weeks' training period in war production plants;
if their work was satisfactory, they were then
put on the plant pay rolls. On June 16, 1942,
more than 1,500 \-VPA workers were taking inplant trnining.
\Yonwn as W<'ll as men were trained for war indushT work. 11any women form('rly employed
on sewing projN:ts were iaught to operate small
bench mnchines; other women were trained in
work rnnging from light aircrnft riveting to
blueprint reading. About 4,900 women were
r<'ceiving training on vocational projects at the
end of the fiseul year.
A nalion-widP projPct for the training of
\YP A workers as airport servic<>men was operated umkr the sponsorship of the Civil Aeronautics Administrntion and the Gnited StatPs
Ofliee of Edw·nt.ion. 'l'h<• airports used as training stntions WP)'(' sell.'<'tPd by the CAA, the instructors W<'l"<' furnislwd by the United States
Office of Echwaiion, and the trai1wes were'
sPlect<'d, assign<>d, and puid wag<'s by tlw \YPA
during a training period of 90 days. At the end
of the fiscal Y('ar, more ihan 500 WP A work<'I"S
were recPiving such training. ApproximatPly
35,000 1wrsons WPr<' in training under all th<'
nbove wartinw training programs in ,Tune 1942.
In addition, the "TPA conducted two other
trnining progrnms not directly rdafrd to th<'
wnr program. The WPA household workers
lrnining progrnm wus l'<'OrganizPd so as to train
only \-YP.A work(•rs, who were paid for 12 wepks
whilc> hPing lrni1wd. Other \-VPA workprs werP
trninPd for 1wriods of three to six months for
nonprofpssionul duti('S in hospitals and institutions, nnd wPrc\ paid \-VPA wages during the
trnining 1wriod. ~Ion• thnn l,li00 persons wen•
in training in mid-June 1942 under these two
progrnms.
Yo<"n t ionnl <'Ourses, which include business
English, nrithnwtic, typing and st<'nography,
nrt' n pnrt of tl1<• WPA's adult Pducntion progrnm int PIHi Pd to S('I"YP the publi<' in ge1wrnl.
In ,Ttm11ury I !l42, mon• thun iiii,000 1wrsons
Wl'l'(' <'lli'Olled in these vocational eourses.
Employment
ThP nn'rng<' <'mployment on WP.A projects
for the fisenl yc•u1· 1942 wns 9il ,000, the lowest
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in WPA history. This was 68 percent less than
the average employment of 3,014,000 in the
peak fiscal year of 1939. WPA employment for
the month of June 1942 averaged only 698,000
as compared with 1,411,000 in June 1941, a
decline of 51 percent.
The drastic reduction in WPA employment
in recent years has been due only in part to
increasing employment opportunities for WPA
workers; large reductions in project operations
were necessary in order to keep within curtailed
WP A appropriations made for the years subsequent to 1939.
Thus, while many WPA workers left the
program voluntarily in order to take private
jobs, there were a considerable number of
separations made necessary by the decreased
funds available. During the fiscal year 1941,
the monthly volume of separations averaged
14 percent of monthly employment, and 45
percent of the average monthly separations
were voluntary. In the fiscal year 1942,
monthly separations averaged 16 percent of
employment, and 56 percent of the separations
were voluntary.
A significant development during the fiscal
year 1942 was the relatively larger importance
of service and training projects in providing
employment on the WPA program. Construction projects still continued to be the major
activity of the WPA, although this type of
project employed only 58 percent of all WPA
workers in June 1942 as against 68 percent in
June 1941.
Defense and war projects were given increasing emphasis on the WPA program during the
fl.seal year 1942. The proportion of all WPA
workers employed on such projects rose from
34 percent in June 1941 to 41 percent in June
1942. Since many defense and war projects
were exempted from the standard WPA regulations concerning maximum working hours and
earnings, a rise in employment on such projects
resulted in a more than proportionate rise in
hours of work and earnings. At the end of
June 1942, about 20 percent of the WPA workers
were exempted from the standard limitations
of hours and earnings, and practically all of
them were employed on certified war projects.
During the fiscal year 1942, WPA project
employees worked 1,494,000,000 hours and
earned $721,100,000 on projects operated by
the WPA. Because of the fewer workers employed, the total hours were 40 percent less
than in the previous fiscal year, and the tota.l
earnings were 36 percent less,
Financing the Program
The fiscal year 1942 was marked by the
smallest total annual expenditure of WPA
funds in the history of the program. Expenditures were 33 percent below those of the previous fiscal year, and 60 percent below those of
the peak fiscal year of 1939. Total expenditures by the WPA for project operations in the
fiscal year 1942 were $844,498,000; in addition,
$34,717,000 was expended for administration.
WPA projects operated by other Federal
agencies, but financed by allocating WPA
funds, brought total WPA expenditures up to
$887,648,000.
The sponsors' contributions to projects
operated by the WPA for the fiscal year were
$381,150,000, or 31 percent of the total funds
expended. In the first year of WPA operations
the sponsors' contribution was only 10 percent
of total funds expended. The statutory requirement is now an average of 25 percent
sponsors' contributions in each state. This
requirement does not apply to certified war
projects, but during the fiscal year 1942 the
sponsors contributed nearly 23 percent of the
total cost of these war projects.
Of the total WPA project expenditures for the
fiscal year 1942, 86 percent was for labor costs
(including the wages of supervisory project
personnel), and 14 percent for nonlabor costs.
In 1941, WPA nonlabor costs had been 10 percent of all project expenditures; the rise in 1942
was due to the increased proportion of war
projects, chiefly construction work requiring
higher outlays for materials.
General Summary
The Work Projects Administration has left
lasting evidences of its operations in all parts of
the country. Work projects set up to provide
useful public work for the unemployed have
added very greatly to the physical assets of
local communities, and have established a-
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pattern of public services that promises to
endure far beyond the term of this emergency
program. The ability of needy unemployed
workers to make valuable contributions to
community improvement and welfare has been
demonstrated conclusively. A practical method
of Federal-local cooperation has been established for future use. Many millions of unemployed workers were returned to employment in
private industry with their skills largely maintained and often increased; and in the meantime the self-respect of those millions of workers
and their families has been preserved. As the
Nation entered into the present world struggle,
it was indebted to the work program of the
WP A not only for its substantial assistance to
the war effort, but also for its contribution to
the morale of a large portion of our population.
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of the work done by the Work Projects
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through the whole period
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since the start of the program in 1935 has
proved of great value to the national defense
program and the war effort. A large proportion
of the airport construction work done in the
United States since 1935 has been accomplished
through WPA projects. The work on highways
and roads has expedited heavy wartime traffic.
The reconditioning of buildings at military and
naval establishments has helped to provide
housing and facilities for the Nation's rapidly
expanding armed forces.
Before the entry of the United States into the
war, WP A operations were already well-integrated with the national defense program. The
WPA, through an experienced administrative
and technical organization extending into every
state and most counties and communities, was
able to put into immediate operation projects
designated as important for defense purposes.
By December 1941 the WPA was prepared to
make its full contribution to the war effort.
Although the emphasis of the WPA program
was shifted to meet wartime needs, the types of
work performed remained in general the same as
in peacetime. Construction projects, during
the fiscal year 1942, continued to make up the
major part of the program; but within this category certain types of work increased in relative
importance. Work on airports was emphasized.
Highway, street, and road projects were devoted
to an increasing extent to the improvement of
strategic highways or to the building of access
roads to military and naval establishments and
to war production centers. Service projects were
reorganized so as to contribute more directly to
the needs of the armed forces, of state and local
defense councils, and of war industry areas.
Provisions Facilitating WPA
Defense and War Work
The ERA Act for the fiscal year 1942, like the
act for the previous year, included provisions
which facilitated the participation of the WPA
in the national defense and war programs.
Under these provisions, projects certified by the
Secretary of War or the Secretary of the Navy
as important for military or naval purposes
might be exempted by the Commissioner of
Work Projects from certain statutory limitations usually applicable to the operation of
WP A projects.
The general provisions from which certified
war projects could be exempted were: the provision that not more than three-fourths of the
total cost of non-Federal projects approved after
January 1, 1940, in any state, might be paid
from Federal funds; the provision prohibiting
the expenditure of WP A funds for the construction of any building costing more than $100,000
in Federal funds; the provisions concerning
maximum hours of work and the schedule of
monthly earnings (when such exemption was
necessary to expedite project operations); and
the provision limiting WPA contributions. to
the nonlabor costs of projects to $6 per month
per worker.
Certified defense aT1d war projects not only
had the benefit of these exemptions, but were
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given priority in operation over all other projects. State WPA offices were directed by the
Commissioner of Work Projects to start work
on such projects as soon as possible after
approval and to complete operations as soon
as available resources would permit.
Special administrative orders, issued by the
Commissioner to WPA field offices, provided
definite instructions for submitting requests
for exemptions and indicated the circumstances
under which they would be granted. Only
after rigid inspection of such requests were
any of the usual requirements of project operation waived.
The Secretary of War and the Secretary of
the Navy listed the following specific categories of projects as of importance to the defense
program and the war effort, and hence as eligible for certification:
Projects sponsored by the War and Navy
Departments or their duly authorized officers.
Construction and improvement work on
landing field facilities at airports.
Projects for the construction or improvement of roads, streets, bridges, and highways
which form a part of the national strategic
highway network or which provide access to
military or naval establishments or industrial plants engaged in war work.
Public health projects, approved by the
United States Public Health Service, for
work in the vicinity of army and navy establishments or in areas where work is being
performed for the War or Navy Departments.
Projects for naval training facilities.
Projects for the improvement of airways.
Projects for the construction or improvement of Reserve Officer Training Corps or
National Guard facilities (exclusive of buildings requiring more than $100,000 in WPA
funds).
Projects sponsored by the Federal Communications Commission for work in connection with radio monitoring stations.
The construction, improvement, and operu.tion of public facilities and utilities in
locations where needs are substu.ntially expanded as a result of defense and war
activities.
Projects in these categories accounted for
most of the WPA's defense and war activities
during the fiscal year 1942. Certain individual
projects outside these categories, if they were
found to be of outstanding importance for
military or naval purposes, were also certified.
Numerous other projects of importance to
the defense program and to the war effort
were undertaken without certification and without necessity for exemptions. Many of the
projects in this noncertified group have assisted
the war efforts of nonmilitary agencies.
Employment on War Projects
The percentage of WP A employment devoted
to war projects increased from 34 percent at
the beginning of the fiscal year to approximately 41 percent by June 1942. At the same
time the numbers of workers employed on these
projects decreased, as did employment on the
WP A program as a whole. The decrease in employment on war projects was from an average
of 358,000 persons in July 1941 to an average
of 285,000 persons in June 1942. The rate of
decrease in employment was much slower on war
projects than for the program as a whole, since
the greatest curtailment was made in work not
contributing directly to the war effort.
TABLE !.-AVERAGE NnMBER OF PERSONS EMPLOYED
ON WPA WAR PROJECTS St 1 BJECT TO LEGISLATIVE
EXEMPTIONS AND ON OTHER PROJECTS DESIGNATEIJ
AS OF IMPORTANCE TO THE WAR EFFORT
MONTHLY, Ju,.v 1941-JU,OE IU42
Month
Projects
operated
byWPA
Total
Projects
operated
by other
Federal
agenciC's -"'
J.941
.July __________________________ _
August_ __________________________ '
September _____ _. ________________ .'
October _______________________ _
November___
_______________ _
December_
_____________ _
357,602
340, 754
335,336
328,161
324, 107
322,425
351,326
345,080
332, 714
326,073
322,562
321,214
6, 271i
325,055
327, 778
317, 790
305,579
294,054
285,063
324,040
327, 0:15
317,357
305,181
293,644
284,067
1,0t.5
683
433
398
410
3, 77-1
2,622
2,08,
1,54',
1,211
Jll42
Junuary___
______________ _
February _______ . ________________ _
March ___________ ___ -----------·_.
April_ ___________ . _____________ _
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In the various states, the percentage of employrnen ton war projects varied (in June 1942)
from 15 to 95 percent. In the District of Columbia 95 percent of all WPA workers were
engaged in war work; in Arkansas and Iowa only
15 percent were so employed. In Puerto Rico
and the Virgin Islands the p ercentages were
84 and 86 percent, respectively. In Arizona,
Connecticut, Florida, and Maryland more than
70 percent of WPA employment was on war
projects.
Certified war projects provided employment
for 205,000 of the war project workers on
June 16, 1942, and other war proj ects employed
n early 82,000. Many of the workers on certified war proj ects were exempted from the
standard limitations on hours of work and total
monthly earnings, in accordance with the provisions of the 1942 ERA Act.
The war activities of the WPA program did
not vary greatly from its general activities in
the p eriod previous to the war, although greater
emphasis was given to certain types of projects.
As of June 16, 1942, construction proj ects employed more than 185,000 war project workers,
service proj ects nearly 64,000, and vocational
training proj ects 38,000.
Of war project workers engaged in construction work, the largest number , about 68,000,
were employed on high-ways and roads for the
use of the armed forces. Proj ects at civil,
CHART
1
PERCENTAGE OF WPA WORKERS EMPLOYED ON
WAR PROJECTS•
JULY IIM1 -JUNE 1942
.
NIIIICCHT
NIIIIC(NT
50
30-
I-
t-
-
,o ~
I-
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-
o-
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I-
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l~I
'-
~
I-
I-
I-
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I-
5-
I-
,_
30
1--
1--
,o
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,,..j,K.. ,..._. . .111, . , , . ,_._
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TABLE 2.-N U MBER OF PERSONS EMPLOYED ON WPA
WAR PROJECTS S U BJE CT TO LEGISLATIVE EXEMPTIONS AND ON OTHER PROJECTS DESIGNATED AS OF
IMPORTANCE TO THE WAR EFFORT, BY MAJOR TYPE
OF PROJECT AND BY EXEMPTION STATUS
J UNE 16, 1942
Type of project
Divisi::::·~~;a·;;~~~·.:::::::::.
Airports and airways. ..... ...
Buildings ... ............... ...
Conservation... . .............
Engineering surveys. . ..... ...
Highways, roads, and stree ts..
Recreational lncilities (ex·
eluding buildings) ........ . .
Sanitation ....................
Water and sewer systems and
other uti'litics .. . .. .. ... . ... .
Other.........................
Service Division .. .. ...... ... . ... .
Publi c activities.. .......... ..
Research and records .. . ......
Wellare .... . ... _.. ............
Division of Training and Reem·
ployment ..................... . .
Projects sub•
Ject to legis•
la tive
exemptions 4
Total
Other
defense
projects
5
205. 245
81,990
34. 986
34, 127
2,374
2. 108
67,627
33,625
31,964
I, 248
I. 538
38,416
1,361
2,163
1, 126
570
29,211
419
3,959
297
3,814
122·
145
15,087
24, 724
6, 207
24,384
8,880
340
63. 807
25, 735
38,0i2
27. 612
18,754
17,441
IO, 251
9,979
5. 505
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141 .:_=~I
493 .=
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38.017
38. 017
17,361
8, 7i5
11.936
l-·········
• Projects which may be exempted from legislative provisions regard•
Ing cost of buildings, hours of work, earnings, nonlabor costs, or sponsors'
funds.
military, and naval airports provided employm ent for nearly 35,000 workers. The construction and rehabilitation 9f buildings at military
and naval establishments engaged 34,000 WPA
workers. Proj ects providing utilities, such as
water supply and sewer systems, provided jobs
for 15,000 workers. Conservation and sanitat ion work , the development of recreational facilities, and other types of construction work
employed the remaind er of workers on war projects in the construction field.
WP A services to the armed forces and wa.r
industry areas were greatly expanded in the
fiscal year 1942. Service programs were employing almost 64 ,000 workers on June 16, 1942
on proj ects directly related to the war effort
as compared to 33,000 on June 25, 1941. Recr eational leaders, librarians, musi cians, artists,
r esear ch and clerical assistants, h ealth assistants, nursery school teachers, seamstresses, and
other types of workers were employed on these
proj ects.
In addition, at th e end of June 1942, about
38,000 workers were being trained for jobs in
war production industri es. (See page 14 of this
report for a detailed description of vocational
training activities.)
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Project Activities and Accomplishments
The contributions to the Nation's defrnse and
war programs resulting from WPA projects are
of widely varying kinds. Not all of these can
be expressed in numerical terms. l\1uch of the
work performed has provided facilities for the
Army and Navy and other war agencies. Some
of the WPA accomplishments on war construction projects are summarized in Table 3 and
are described in the paragraphs that follow. 1
Facilities at Military and Naval Establishments
Much of the WPA's construction work was
done at military and naval establishments in
various parts of the country. Barracks, hospitals, mess halls, armories, and other buildings
have been constructed or reconditioned a.t some
centers. Other construction projects have been
devoted to training facilities, such as firing
zones, target ranges, and parachute landing
fields.
During the seven-year period ending June 30,
1942, WPA workers constructed 4,500 buildings
for the armed forces and reconstructed or improved over 20,500 others. Among the new
structures were 750 barracks, about 700 dining
halls and mess halls, 600 storage buildings, 375
garages, and 325 armories. More than 100
hospitals were built or enlarged and improvements were made to about 450 others.
Projects conducted for the Army included the
construction and renovation of a large number
of buildings at one of the chief army training
centers in the south. More than 800 WPA
workers were employed each month from
August 1941 to May 1942 to do this work.
Among the buildings completed more than a
month ahead of schedule, were a large mess hall
with a capacity of 1,800 men, several infirmary
units, a warehouse, and many barracks.
Electric power, incinerator, heating, pumping, sewage treatment, and water treatment
plants were also constructed at military and
naval reservations. About 175 such plants
were built and additions or improvements were
made to more than 200 others.
At an east coast naval establishment, WPA
workers constructed a new sn.lt watc•r circulat1
ing system running from the water front to the
central power plant. Concrete pipe, five and a
half feet in diameter and weighing about three
tons, was designed especially for this system.
At the same base, hundreds of feet of overhead
steam line for heating barracks, several miles
of fiber conduit for electrical facilities, and
thousands of feet of water main and storm and
sanitary sewer lines were also installed.
In cooperation with state departments of
health, the WPA has engaged in malaria control work in the neighborhood of many camps_
Swamps and ponds were drained, drainage
Table
3.-SELECTED In:Ms OF PHYSICAL AccoMPLISHMENT ON WAR CONSTRUCTION PRon:cTS OPERATED
BY WPA
CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES
C'\l"ULATIVE THROUGH JUNE 30, 1942
Unit of
measurement
Item
Rccon•
Ad· struction
diconorimstruction tlons provement
New
Buildings (other than utility
plants and airport build111gs)-----· -·· · · ·· ·······--·· Number ___
AdmlnlstrRtive . ........ _.
Hospitals and infirmaries.
Garages ... . . .. .. .
Storage ... . .. ..... :::::::
Armories.--· . ... ····------ '
Equipment maintenance
shops . .. .. .... ... .......
OtliC<'rs' residences. _______
Barracks ...... . . .........
Dining balls, m~ss balls,
etc.. - ... .. . ... . ·------··
Barns and stables.. ______ .
Other . . . . . ...... _________ .
Utility plants.. ·- · ----·-·---·
Electric power plants ....
Incinerator plants .........
ueati~g plant~ ...........
umping stations........
Sewage treatment plants
Water treatment plants . .
4,493
578
20,437
N"umber ___
N"umber_ ..
N"umber_._
Number .. _
106
52
3,6
608
328
29
52
42
63
61
628
463
945
2,640
470
Number __ .
Number ___
Number .. _
48
100
751
17
52
9
369
6,315
3,649
Number.-.
Number . ..
Number.- .
689
58
1,377
121
26
106
1,616
310
4,033
Number ___
178
8
202
Number ___
Number. __
Number ___
Number ___
Number ___
Number ___
12
26
2
28
17
62
64
19
12
Number __
u
2
82
35
H
3
28,~
108
415
47. O.'\O 8, 468
78,439
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ANO J..\:Sl>lNG AREAS
Landing fields ..•......... .
Number. __
.·\rea
in
acres ____
Length In
feet ..... _ 4, 001, OflO •• ··-·
Runwnyg
A I,
High•type surface ....... __ Length in
feet ...... 2,920,000 ··---·
Low•type surface.····-·· Length In
feet. ..... 1,171,000 - ··- - Airport buildings .. -·--·-----· Number. __ .~dminlstrntive .. · ····-···
llungars. ····· ····- -----··
Otbcr.·- ·· ··· · ····-·--·-··
Seaplane ramps and landing
platforms._ .. . ............. .
Landini( areas lloodlightcd ....
Boundnry lights ... . . .. .. .
Number.·Number. _
Number...
1, 1391
1:14
A57J,OOO
A453,000
171
2, 7i6
29
106
361
2, 30!1
--1·--15
127
227
778
==I,= = =
Number .. _
Number._.
Numher of
Jightatnn•
dards ....
25 • · ·
82
Detail has been omitted in order to avoid disclosure ur military in-
formation.
024, 000
•' Includes surraclng.
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ditches dug and sometimes riprapped, and
streambeds cleared to facilitate the runoff of
water. Near one camp in the south, 135,000
feet of drainage canal was built through
densely wooded swamp land.
Many other types of construction work were
performed by the WPA for the armed forces.
WPA workers constructed pill boxes and gun
emplacements, sodded ammunition dumps,
cleared and laid out firing zones, built target
ranges. Barbed wire fences, alarm systems,
firebomb protection units, and sandbag barricades were built for the protection of military
reservations nnd vital industrial plants. Most
of this work has been done since December 1941.
Work on Airports
The war emergency emphasized the need for
extensive airport facilities. The effective functioning of the air forces is dependent to a consideraple extent on an adequate network of airports throughout the country. Both the peacetime and wartime work of the WPA in constructing and improving civil and military
airports is therefore important to the war
program.
In the seven years ending June 30, 1942, 285
airplane landing fields were built and nearly
twice that number improved or enlarged. In
the same period WPA workers built about 775
miles of new runways, and completed taxi
strips, aprons, and turning circles totaling millions of square yards in area. Nearly 1,700
miles of drainage ditch were dug and pipes
installed.· Construction or renovation of airport.
buildings by WPA workers has contributed
much to the efficiency of military and civil nir
transportation. More than 1,100 airport build• ings, including hangnrs, administration and
terminal buildings, and maintenance shops, hnd
been completed by the end of June 1942, and
over 2,900 such buildings had been renovated
or enlarged.
WPA work in the development of air bases
for the armed forces includes a project for
enlarging and improving the lnnding field of a
middle western Army Air Corps truining center.
The work involyed the excavating, filling, and
grading of the field; the construction of three
large check-dams to nid in controlling runoff
of rain water from the reclaimed section; the
digging of open drainage and utility ditches;
and the installation of miles of drainage pipe.
At the end of the fiscnl year 1942, grading was
nearly completed on two of the longest runways
in the country. In addition, WPA workers
built taxi strips, aprons, and parking areas;
installed storm and sanitary sewers and water
mains; constructed roads, sidewalks, curbs,
gutters, and a concrete retaining wall.
WPA war projects included work on bases
for lighter-than-air craft and seaplanes for the
Navy uir services. At the end of the fiscal year,
construction of sea.plane facilities was well under
way in one of the inlets of the Pacific Ocean.
This work involved driving foundation piling
for retaining walls, building a coffer dam and
ramp of treated timber, and the construction of
aprons. On the Atlnntic Coast, at the end of
June 1942, WPA workers had half completed
preparation of the site for a base for lighterthan-air craft. Several hundred acres of land
were cleared and six miles of barbed wire fence
erected. At another large naval air base, WPA
workers were engaged in the construction of
aprons and runways, hangar renovation, grading, and other improvements not directly connected with the landing field, such as the installation of water and electric power lines.
WPA projects for the construction and improvement of civil airports, which had been
carried on since the beginning of the WPA
program, assumed greater importance after
December 1941. One of these projects, which
was rapidly approaching completion at the end
of the fiscal year 1942, was the construction of
a new airport for a sou them city. WPA workers
developed th~ 800-acre landing area; built an
apron and about a third of a mile of roadway;
installed sanitary and storm sewers, septic
tanks, and wuter supply lines; and put up
30,000 feet of 4-foot woven wire fence.
Access Roads, Strategic Highways, and Other
Transportation Facilities
Projects for the construction of highways,
streets, and roads have always occupied a
major place in the WP A program. By June 30,
1942, the WPA had built nearly 644,000 miles
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of highways, roads, and streets including many
that gave access to airports, military and naval
reservations, and war production centers.
An access road to a :Marine Corps base was
an important unit of highway work completed
during the fiscal year 1942. WPA workers did
the excavating, grading, and drainage work
necessary for the relocation of several miles
of road, and improved the remainder. A large
number of culverts were installed, and the road
was paved with a high-type asphaltic surface.
An all-timber overpass to carry tra.ffic over
a heavily traveled highway on the west coast
was completed by WP A· workers during fiscal
year 1942. The 800-foot viaduct hns 11 roadway
nearly 25 feet wide and is of standard piletrestle construction with a central bridge section
designed to provide clearance for any type of
load. Because of the continuous strenm of
heavy military and civilian traffic, t,his sect.ion
was erected parallel to the highway and pivoted
into position.
Salvage Activities
With the increased need for scrap metal for
war purposes, the vYPA expanded its work of
removal of abandoned street-car mils, where
arrangements could be made for shipment to disposal points designated by the War Production
Board. These activities were certifi<•d by the
War Department as important for military
purposes.
WPA rail removal activiti<>s w<>re further
expanded under the nation-wid,-.. sernp eolleetion
project sponsored by the WPB. 'l'Jwse aeti ,·ities were limited to instances where title had
been acquired to the rails and where no street
repair work was to be done other than that in<"idental to the removal of the rails. Arrangements had been made with the l\Ietals Heserni
Company whereby it could aequire tit.le on
behalf of the WPB, and thus speNI up ruil
removal negotiations. Between Oet.ober 1941
and the end of June 1942, 44,000 tons of rn.ils
were recovered on this projeet in 34 states.
In the month of June alone, nearly 13,800 tons
were recovered.
The WP A took part also in t.lw eollection of
scrap from agricultural and urban sour<"es, wher-
ever the WPB indicated that its assistance was
needed. More than 27,000 tons of scrap metal
and about 2,000 tons of rubber were collected
by WPA workers between the latter part of
April and the end of June, 1942.
In cooperation with the WPB and the Depa.rtment of Agriculture, WPA workers made a
survey for a directory of automobile "graveyards." Auto salvage inspectors worked with
vYPB state representatives to keep scrap moving
from the auto "graveyards" to designated
points. The WPA also cooperated with regional offices of the WPB's special salvage
projects section in the development of projects
for such work as the demolition of bridges and
the salvaging of steel rails.
Other WPA War Work
Many types of ddc>ns<• and war work other
than in the construction field were perform<•<!
by the WPA. Most of the nonconstruction
projects were operated under the service program. Through these projects many facilities
and services have been extended to t.he armed
forc<'s, and to communities whose population
has h<'<'n greatly <'xpanded by war production.
In the latt<'l· part of the fiscal y<•ar 1942,
thP WPA servicP program was reorganized to
mept wartime needs. Projects not contributing to the war effort wer<' dropped. WPA
workers on <•ducution, research and rl'cords,
<"hild prot<'ction, health, sewing, recreation,
music, and art projccts wcre abl(, to render
valuable s<'rvices to the armed forces and to
war industry C'<'nt<•rs.
Cit iz<>nship clnss<•s prepar<'d for<'ign-born
adults for naturalization. Litcrney clnsst>s giving eh•m<'ntnry inst.ruction to dt•forn•d sc•l<'ct.iY<>
s<'rvice registrants who had r<•ct>iv<>d lit Uc
formal educa t.ion ('Ilahled many of them to
pass the Army tpsts. Spanish dusses were
eondueted for members of the arnwd fore<•s.
Two t<'xtbooks w<•re prep11red by tlw WP A for
use in tht>se elass<'s. In many an•as, at the
n•quest of dd<'llS(' ng<•ncit•s, the WPA supplied
t<•nehers for first-nid clusst>s. Bookmobilt> and
lihrnry servie<•s W<'l't' extell(l<'d to militnry
reservations, nnd war information c<•ntt>rs
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were developed in conjunction with local
library services.
WPA workers employed on research and
survey projects collected vital weather statistics
and tabulated millions of observations in order
to make weather and climatic information
readily available to the armed forces. They also
gave clerical assistance in housing registration offices, in vital statistics offices engaged in
locating birth certificates for war workers, and
in other offices overburdened with war activities.
Many special types of welfare and health
services were provided for members of the
armed forces and for war workers in industrial
areas. The WPA nursery school program was
expanded to care for the children of men in
the armed forces and of mothers employed as
industrial workers. Professional and nonprofessional workers assisted state and local health
departments, through training and service
projects, to meet greatly increased demands for
health services. In cooperation with the United
States Public Health Service, a program for the
treatment and control of venereal diseases was
operated in many strategic areas. At the
request of the Army, the facilities of WPA
sewing projects were utilized in the reclamation
of army clothing and equipage.
Recreation services were provided to hundreds of communities thoughout the country.
Programs of recreation were inaugurated at
most army posts and encampments. Recreation centers were opened in cities and small
communities in areas where the men of the
armed forces congregate when on leave. In
these centers, which the WPA frequently furnished and equipped, WPA workers were employed as recreation leaders. A great variety
of entertainment was offered-concerts, indoor
games of all kinds, dramatics, and reading.
Opportunities were given to those interested in
hobbies such as photography to use the facilities
of the centers.
The WPA music projects provided similar
services. Bands and choral groups were organized at the army camps. Concerts were given
at the camps and in the communities near by,
and at war industry plants for lunch-hour
entertainment.
During the fiscal year 1942, the WPA workers
on art projects performed a variety of services
for the Army and Navy and other war agencies
at their request. Diagrammatic charts of airplane motors; topographical, technical, and
terrain maps; working models of bridges, airports, guns, bombs, tanks, were made for use
in training members of the armed forces. Posters
were made to promote recruiting, to boost sales
of war bonds and stamps, to give information
in public campaigns to combat disease, and to
arouse interest in air raid precautions. WPA
workers on art projects assisted in experiments
in the camouflage and concealment of military
and industrial installations. The talents of
WPA artists were used in decorating the walls
of recreation centers, officers' quarters, mess
halls, and other camp buildings. Handicraft
workers made furniture, draperies, curtains,
fountains, lighting fixtures, and other articles
of interior decoration for various buildings in
military and naval establishments, and for
recreation centers. WPA craftsmen also produced for the use of the Army and the Navy
portable medicine cabinets, code-practicing
tables, photo-storage cabinets, and portable
altars for chaplains.
Expenditures for War Projects
War projects accounted for about two-fifths
(39.4 percent) of all WPA expenditures during
the fiscal year ending June 30, 1942. The total
outlay of WPA funds for these projects amounted to $335,335,000. Of this amount, $332,471,000 was spent on war projects operated directly
by the WPA, and $2,864,000 on war projects
undertaken by other Federal agencies with
funds allotted by the WPA. In addition to
WPA funds expended, the sponsors provided
more than $121,192,000, making a total of
$456,527,000 expended on WPA war projects
during the fiscal year of 1942.
WPA funds expended during this fiscal year
on war projects exceeded by about $10,000,000
the amount expended for similar purposes during the previous year, although the WPA
program as a whole had been considerably curtailed, and total WPA expenditures were 33
percent less in the fiscal year 1942 than in 1941.
Construction work accounted for 82 percent
($370,876,000) of WPA and sponsors' funds
expended on war projects operated by the WPA.
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TABLE 4.-AMOUNT OF WPA AND SPONSORS' F UN DS
EXPENDED ON WAR PROJECTS S UB JE CT TO LEGISLATIVE EXEMPTIONS AND ON OTHER PROJECTS
DESIGNATED AS OF IMPORTANCE TO T HE WAR
EFFORT OPERATED BY WPA , BY MAJOR TYPE OF
PROJECT
YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1942
·Type of project
Total
WP A funds Sponsors'
funds
TotaL ______ .. _.. ______ ____ $453, 663, 283 $332, 470, 894 $121,192,389
Division or Operatioos. ___ ____ ._._ 370. 875, 544 261, 339,353 109, 536, 191
----- - ---- ------
102,415,437
64,777,571
3,581.044
Enylneering surveys .. ____ ____
3,340,926
Highway, roads, and streets_. 132, 600, 337
Recreational facilities (exclud•
893,388
IDJ! buildings) .•. ···-------Samtatlon...•• •..... _. _____ __
3,680, 773
Water and sewer systems and
other utllilies ...•.. _·- . ... __ 35, 208, 828
Other· --···················-·_ 24,368,240
76,889,010
47,418,381
2,426,550
2,686, 724
87,037,491
25,626,427
17,359, 190
I, 154,494
663,202
45,562,846
545,300
3,045, 716
347,998
635,057
23,541, 104
17,748,987
11,667, 724
6,619,253
54,127,436
43,062,530
10,164,906
18,852, 768
13,808,449
17,482,433
16,080, 716
10, 300,381
3,083, 786
2, 76.1, 052
3, 418,008
28,660, 3031 27,169, 011
I, 491,292
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Conservation __ •..... _________
Service Division . ...••••..........
Public activities ..••••....... _
Research and records .....•...
Wellare . .......• . ·······----- -
---21,400,219
Division of Training and Reem·
ploymenL . . .. ..••..•. _________
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The largest portion, $132,600,000, or 29 percent
of the total, was spent for the construction or
impl'Ovement of highways, streets, and roads
used extensively for war purposes. Expenditures for the construction and reconditioning of
buildings at military and naval posts, armories,
and other buildings for the use of war agencies
represented 14 percent. Funds expended for
work on water and sewer systems and other
utilities at military and naval centers and in
areas where work was being performed for the
armed forces accounted for about 8 percent of
the total.
Airport and airway project expenditmes
amounted to $102,415,000, or 23 percent of the
funds spent for war projects in fiscal year 1942.
This sum exceeded by nearly $33,000,000, or 47
percent, the amount expended for airport work
in the previous year. This increased outlay for
airport work, in the face of the decline in expenditures for the WPA program as a whole,
reflects the importance of airport construction
to the war effort.
Most of the expenditures of WPA and sponsors' funds for nonconstruction war projects
were for the various service activities carried
on by the WPA already described. About
$54,127,000, or 12 percent of WPA and sponsors' funds expended on war projects, wos
· spent for service projects, including work in the
fields of health, recreation, education, public
records, and research.
The remainder of war project expenditures
was for national defense vocational training.
For the training of WPA workers, chiefly for
manual occupations in war industries, approximately $28,660,000 was spent dw-ing the fiscal
year 1942.
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of the Work Projects
A Administrationpolicy
has always been that
FUNDAMENTAL
project workers should be given every encouragement and assistance in securing jobs in
private industry. 1 In keeping with this policy,
all workers are required to maintain active
registration with public employment offices.
As far as possible, workers are assigned to
projects which will enable them to retain their
occupational skills. When this is not possible,
workers are sometimes assigned to projects
where they can learn new skills. Some workers
are given the opportunity to study methods of
supervision in order to qualify for jobs as foremen. Vocational training classes have been
provided under the adult education program
in which thousands of persons interested in
improving their present skills or learning new
ones have enrolled. Projects have been set
up which prepared large numbers of interested
persons for jobs in the field of household service.
When the demand for skilled and semiskilled
workers in private industry rose sharply with
the expansion of the national defense program
in 1940, the WPA enlarged its activities in the
field of vocational training. A new program
was initiated for the training of workers in the
occupational skills required by defense industries. Other projects were set up for the
training of airport servicemen and nonprofessional workers for hospitals. Since July
1940 about 265,000 workers have received
training on these projects.
Workers voluntarily left the WPA rolls each month, most of them to
take Jobs In private Industry, at the rate or hrtwrcn 3 and 6 percent iu
fiscal year 1039; 3 and i percent In 1940; 5 and U percent in 1941; and 5 and
13 percent In IU42.
1
The vocational training activities of the
WP A are a part of a broad national training
program set up to meet the needs of war industries. The United States Office of Education (also cosponsor of certain WPA training
projects) the National Youth Administration,
the Civil Aeronautics Administration, and the
Department of Labor-all have greatly expanded their vocational training work in
response to war production needs.
Training for War Work
The WPA initiated its program of vocational
training shortly after the Second Deficiency
Appropriation Act, 1940, authorized the training of Workers for manual occupations in defense industries. 2 A nation-wide vocational
training project was set up under the sponsorship of the Advisory Commission to the Council
of National Defense and the cosponsorship of
the United States Office of Education. 3 The
project offers refresher and preemployment
courses for occupations needed in war industries.
All enrollees must be registered with public
employment offices.
The WPA selects the workers to be trained,
assigns them to the vocational training project,
and pays them WP A wages while they are
enrolled. In instances where it is necessary to
send WPA workers into other sections of the
state for their training, transportation is pro2 The Second Deficiency Appropriation Act, 1940, was appro,·cd
June 2i, 1940. ERA acts or 1941 and 1942 provided for the continuance or
this project.
'The We.r Pro:'m•tion Board assumed the sponsorship formerly held
by the Advisory Commission to the Council of National Defense.
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vided and some allowance is made for the
additional expenses incurred by the workers
and their families. The United States Office
of Education, through its state and local offices,
provides the instructors, supervisors, and training superintendents as well as the personnel
required for the maintenance of buildings and
facilities. This sponsor also prO\·ides the necessary light, heat, and power. State and local
advisory committees under the direction of the
United States Office of Education determine
the methods and types of training to be given
and the numbers and kinds of workers to be
trained through the project.
WPA trainees are certified workers selected
for training on the basis of their past employment and WPA employment records, and their
aptitude for learning new skills. Avocational
interests in woodworking, model building, or
the building and repair of electrical radio equipment are also considered in the selection of
trainees. Aptitude tests are sometimes used in
determining the occupational training to be
given. Information as to the work habits,
attitudes, and other qualifications of prospective trainees is obtained from WPA project
supervisors.
The largest number of trainees has been in
machine shop classes; more than a third were
enrolled in these classes on June 16, 1942. (See
Table 5 below.) These workers learn techniques required in the construction and assembly of engines for aircraft and ships, and in
TABLE 5.-NUMBER OF WPA WORKERS RECEIVING
TRAINING THROUGH THE K ATIONAL DEFENSE VocATIONAL TRAINING PROJECT, HY TYPE OF CornsE
JUNE lfl, 1012
f'our"-e
Kumher
Percent
A32, 199
100.0
I. ~Ii
4. I
9.9
2. 3
I. I
3. 2
3, li5
i56
:J,;4
I, 021
488
I. 5
8i1
11. !1!15
260
2. i
8i. 2
2;g
224
3. ';':)1
I. ~05
5,0!17
f~l
442
0.8
0. 9
0. i
11. 6
4. I
15. S
2. 7
1.4
se;vyoes not Include nontrainees employed on the project or nlrpnrt
eemen, In-plant preemployment, and auxiliary shop trainees.
the manufacture of guns, tanks, and other military and naval equipment.
About one-third of the trainees enrolled as
of June 16, 1942, were preparing for occupations
in the metal trades. Classes in welding, sheetmetal work, and riveting train workers necessary in the production of aircraft, ships, tanks,
trucks, scout cars, and other mechanized equipment. Foundry and forge work essential in
these and other fields is also taught. Less than
one-fifth of the trainees were enrolled in the
classes in preparation for servicing automobiles,
airplanes, radios, and electrical equipment.
About a third of the remainder were learning the
tC'chniques of ship and boat building and repair;
others attended classes in which woodworking,
pattern making, and drafting were taught.
The courses of study given are determined by
local needs and facilities, and by existing and
anticipated needs elsewhere for workers in occupations essential to the war effort. In areas
where aircraft production predominates, the
vocational school training is devoted almost
entirely to aviation services-woodwork, welding, and sheet-n'_etal work. Where steel production predominates, WP A trainees are given
courses in machine tool work and in electric
and acetylene welding. In shipyard regions,
workers are trained as marine blacksmiths,
coppersmiths, electricians, and as ship welders,
ship riggers, and ship fitters.
Training schools vary in details of procedure
but in ge1wral they operate at hours when
shops are not in use by regular school programs
and when instructors are available. Trainees
frequently attend classes from early evening
until early morning. Instructors have usually
been day-school teachers or e:..-perienced industrial workers. The theoretical information of
the classroom is supplemented by practice in
the shop, and frequent tests are made of trainees'
skills and knowk,dge.
The training period varies by schools, but
usually extends from four to twelve weeks, although trainees may leave when jobs become
available and they feel sufficiently proficient to
begin work. Those enrolled in refresher courses frequently find that two weeks of training
will bring back old skills. In order to give
rrore intensive training and to hasten the return of workers to war industries, a work week
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In-Plant Preemployment Training
Former WPA bridge Worl,er learns to use bench type
engine lathe.
of 40 hours has been authorized. In some instances, upon request, trainees are permitted to
work 48 hours a week. The increase in hours
conforms with the plans of the vocational
school systems for operating their training facilities 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
Auxiliary Shops
Of the more than 35,000 WPA workers employed on all national vocational training projects at the close of the fiscal year 1942, more
than 1,400 were in auxiliary shops. The use of
auxiliary shops for vocational training classes
was initiated as a means of e:.\.-panding existing
training facilities by utilizing i<lle machine,
welding, and sheet-metal shops.
These shops are operated in accordance with
the procedures regulating the vocational training project. For example, a trade shop in
Boston equipped with bench lathes, small shapers and millers, drill presses, and other auxiliary
machines is being used for the training of women
on light machine work. An arsenal in this area
has offered to employ all the women that can
be trained in the shop. When idle shops arc
leased, it is stipulated that should the lessor
receive a war production contract, the shop is
to be turned back at once and that as for as
possible WPA trnin ees nrc to be rctnincd.
Initiated near the close of the fiscal year
1941, in-plant training has pro,·ed particularly
successful in preparing WPA workers for jobs
in war industries. WPA workers, carefully
selected for their previous work experience and
potential abilities, are paid learners' wages
by the WPA d~ing a four-week training
period in war production plants. The trainees
are under the supervision of the plant management. They are placed at tasks comparable to
those performed in the occupations for which
they are in training. Few of the WPA workers
have bePn disqualified after beginning in-plant
training, and a majority have been placed
on the company pay roll at the close of the
training period. In June 1942, more than
1,500 WPA workers were taking in-plant preemployment training.
Women Trainees
The rapid expansion of war industries has
brought women in large numbers into the labor
market. Accordingly, the WPA has shifted
many women workers from service and other
projects into training projects. Women formerly employed on sewing projects are taught to
operate small bench machines. They are being
trained for jobs as light aircraft riveters; welders; lathe, drill press, and milling machine
operators; tool grinders; solderers; molders;
machine tool inspectors. They are also instructed in electrical assembly, and motor
testing and repair; in blueprint reading and
other occupations in demand by war industries.
At the end of the fiscal year 1942, about 4,900
women, of whom 590 were receiving in-plant
training, were employed on vocational training
projects. More than 18,000 women have
received training since July 1940.
Training Physically Handicapped Persons
Rising manpower requirements have also
created opportunities for physically handicapped persons. Those considered fit for
training are certified and assigned to a WPA
training proj ect to acquire skill at various kinds
of bench work and machine operations. Blind
persons truined as sheet-metal workers by the
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_WPA in this special program have been
accepted for employment at the completion of
the training courses. Others have been trained
in aviation assembly work.
Motor, rubber, and airplane industrial plants
have found it satisfactory and profitable to
employ physically handicapped persons who
have attained varying degrees of skill as a
result of this special training on WPA projects.
Airport Servicemen
A nation-wide project for the trainin(T
of
I:>
WPA workers as airport servicemen was
established under the WP A national defense
vocational training program in the latter part
of 1940. The project is sponsored by the ,var
Production Board with the Civil Aeronautics
Administration and the United States Office of
Education as cosponsors. 4 Airports to be used
as training sites are selected and approved by
the CAA. The selection and training of ins~ructors and the outlining and sup<>rvision of
training techniques are r<>sponsibilities of the
United States Office of Education. The WP A
is responsible for the administration of the
project; the assignment and compensation of
instructors; and the selection, assignment, and
compensation of trainees.
The airport servicemen trainees are certifi<>d
WPA ':orkers qualified by their interest, health,
education, and experience. Only men between
the ages of 18 and 35 with good eyesight and
hearing and the equivalent of at least an
eighth-grade education arc eligible.
Training is given to groups of from 10 to
15 men for a period of 90 days. The trainees
arc given instruction in line inspection for takeoff~, refueling, storage, hangar care and airport
mamtenance, and are schooled as apprt>ntice
mechanics and aircraft shop work('rs to sprve
as assistants to airport mechanics and operators.
WPA workers assigned to this project are
preparing to help maintain and sPrvice plnncs
a~ civil airports throughout the country. ~Ien
with such training are in demand also at armv
and naval air bases and at stopover points
used by the Ferry Command.
• The War Pr<Kluction Board a..ssumed the sponsorship formerly hC'ld
by the Advisory Commission to the Coun<'il of N nt ionnl Defense·.
Airport servicemen training classes have
bePn in op<•ration in 46 states; 42 classes were
in operation on June 30, 1942, with more than
500 WPA workers receiving training.
Household Workers
Projects for the training of household workers
have been operated by the ,vPA under the
ERA Act of 1939. Previous to this similar
.
'
pro1ects were operated as houR<>hold service
demonstmtion centers. These projects provide
"~ork for unemployed p<>rsons as teachers, supernsors, and other pPrsonnel necessary to tho
operation of the project and at the same time
trnin neeckd household workers.
From July 1, 1941 through March 31 1942
uhout 900 persons completed the training ~ours/
I,~ this period, more than a thousand persons
withdrew from the course, presumably to tak<·
jobs. On June 16, 1942, about 300 persons
w<•rc t•nrollc>d on this training project.
The training on tll<'sc projects has usually
been for 12-week periods. Instruction in routine household work and in the preparation and
s<•rving of meals is giv<•n the trainees by expcri'.'n<'c><l_ home c>~onomists. Elem<'ntary training
m child care> 1s given on some projects. On
tlwsc projocts the trairnws learn to bathe fc>cd
and care for young children by spending ~ part
of thc>ir training period in the local WPA
nursery school.
Until ,January 1942 this training was givc>n
through ,vPAscrvico projects, and was availabh•
to persons n•gistC'rcd with local public employm<>nt offi<'<'S or otlH'r approved agencies and
young pt>rsons employed on the out-of-school
work progrum of the National Youth Administrn tion, o.s well as to persons certified for WP A
<•mploynwnt. No wage paymc>nts were made
to trnin<'t'S <'x<·ept to thost• assig,wd from WP A
rolls. ~ Iost of thos<• who WP re ,vPA trainees
W<·re pnid hnlf the sclwduk•d unskilled "B"
rate npplicnblc to the locality in which the
project was located.
In ,Tnnuury 1942, c>xist('J1t household workers'
trnining proj<•ets were plnec>d under the direction
of the trnining division of tho WPA. Sin<"<'
tho.t do.tc only p<•rsons CPrtified to WPA t'mploynwnt. l111Yt' h<'Pn Pligible nnd all traint-<'~
nre puid tlH• full unskilh•d "B" wngc rnte.
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Training Nonprofessional Personnel in
Hospitals
WPA projects for training nonprofessional
workers in hospitals and institutions were
initiated late in the fiscal year 1941. The
projects, developed under the health section
of the WPA welfare program, have been in
operation in 86 public or nonprofit institutions.
These training activities were begun in
response to requests from various Federnl
agencies, hospital superintendents, health officers, and similar groups. The wnr has nccentuated an already pressing need for tra.ine<l
nonprofessional personnel, such as ward helpers,
orderlies, and other nonprofessional attendants,
to give assistance in the elementary care of
the sick.
Under the training program, certified WPA
workers are given training and experience under
professional supervision for service in hospitals
and institutions. Trainees must be between
the ages of 22 and 55, have an eighth-grade
education or its equivalent, be in good physical
condition and able to perform manual tasks,
and have good standards of personal hygiene.
The period of training extends from three to six
months, with about a fourth of that time spent
in classroom lectures and demonstrations.
Practical experience in routine institutional
nonprofessional services in all hospital depn.rtments is given under professional supervision.
The curriculum includes instruction in personal hygiene and work relationships, ward
housekeeping, care of institutional kitchens and
the preparation an<l serving of food, nonprofessional sickroom procedures and first aid,
care of convalescent children, and care of the
aged and chronic invalids.
Hospitals and sponsors provide the teaching
and supervisory personnel, the equipment, and
other facilities necessary for the operation of
the project. The supervisor is a registered
graduate nurse experienced in hospital administration and teaching. The WPA is responsible
for the selection and assignment of trainees,
timekeeping, payment of wages, general supervision and maintenance of training standards,
and referral for employment.
Abnost 5,000 persons had been employed on
these projects by the end of the fiscal year 1942,
including more than 1,300 receiving training
as of June 16, 1942. The rate of employtnent
of these trainees in hospitals and institutions
at the close of the training period is generally
high.
Vocational Training Under the Adult .
Education Program
Vocational training courses under the adult
education program have given employment to
many unemployed teachers, and have provided
training opportunities for large numbers of
employed and unemployed persons seeking to
increase their existing skills or to learn new ones.
Teachers of the training courses are persons
certified to the WPA rolls. Enrollees receive
no compensation for attendance.
In January 1942, more than 55,000 persons
were enrolled in the vocational training classes.
This is less than half as large as the enrollment
in January 1941. More than three-fourths of
the enrollees were taking work in commercial
subjects such as business English and arithmetic, accounting, stenography and typing.
Others were taking courses in a great variety of
subjects ranging from home economics to
Nsmetology and the arts. A smaller number
was enrolled in courses giving instruction in
radio engineering and aeronautics.
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period July 1935
Dthrough theJuneseven-year
1942, the Work Projects
URING
Administration gave employment to more than
8,500,000 different persons. WPA' employment reached its peak in the fiscal year 1939,
during which an average of 3,014,000 workers
were employed. For the fiscal year 1942, the
average WPA employment was only 971,000,
or 68 percent less than the highest annual
average. The average for the 1942 fiscal year
was the smallest in the history of the WP A
program.
WPA employment was curtn.iled drasticaliy
at the beginning of the fiscal year 1942. The
reduction was necessitated by the smaller
appropriation for the year. From an average
of 1,411,000 workers in June 1941, the number
employed on WPA projects was reduced to
1,055,000 in July. There was little change in
WPA employment in the following six months.
Further reductions were made in January and
February and by March the monthly average
had dropped below a million. Continued
curtailment brought the average down to
698,000 in June 1942, a reduction of 51 percent from the previous June.
With the e>,,,-pansion of war industries during
the fiscal year, WPA workers found job opportunities in private industry. All job openings,
of course, did not go to WP A workers. In
seeking employment in war industries, WP A
workers were in competition with many unemployed workers not on WP A rolls, and with large
numbers of women workers who were entering
the lnbor market. The estimated unemployment in the United States in November 1941
was about 3,900,000. 1 By April 1942, unemployment had declined to 3,000,000 and in
June 1942 was estimated to be 2,800,000.
The reduction in WP A employment during
the fiscal year was not evenly distributed among
the states because improvements in economic
conditions were not uniform throughout the
country. Although the general reduction was
51 percent, in 10 states it was more than 66 percent. In 23 states, reductions ranged between
50 percent and 66 percent; in the remaining 16
states (including 11 southern agricultural states
and 5 industrial states of the Middle Atlantic
and Middle West) WPA employment reductions
ranged between 35 percent and 49 percent.
Despite the decline in the number of WP A
workers in large population centers, the proportion of the total WPA employment representec'.
by those areas increased. In June 1941, 37
percent of the WPA employment was in counties with cities of 100,000 or more population ;
by the end of June 1942 the proportion was 40
percent. The percentage of total WPA workers in those counties with towns of no more than
5,000 inhabitants dropped from 21 percent to
17 percent during the fiscal year. The changes
in proportions of WP A employment in other
communities were negligible.
From the rer.nlnr WPA Mrmthtv Report o/ Emplovmtnl and Unem•
The WPA survey ol unemployment was lnitiato<I lu April
1940 b y I.he WPA Div ision or ReS<'nrch . This work was transferred to tbe
Bureau or the Census August 24, 10·12.
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TABLE 6.-AVERAGE NUMBER OF PERSONS EMPLOYED ON WPA PROJECTS, BY PROGRAM A
MONTHLY, AUGUST 1935-JUNE 1942
Month
Total
Projects
operated
by WP.,
Projects
operated
by other
Federal
agencies B
Total
19,,9
1996
July .......................... C 220,163
August. .................... .
September.................. 374,316
October ....... __ ............ .
705, 169
November .. _............... .
1,814,958
2,667,190
December. -··············•·
1936
220,163
374,316
705,169
1,814,958
2,667,190
C
January ........ _........... .
February ... ··-._ ........... .
March ........ _............. .
April. ............ ··- ....... .
May .•.......................
June •........................
2,879,733
3,019,098
2,960,315
2,626,367
2,396, 719
2,285,622
2,879,733
3,019,098
2,060,315
2,626,367
2,396,719
2,285,622
July ........................ .
August. .................... .
September.................. .
October ..................... .
November.·····-············
December ................. .
2,245,328
2,332,380
2,453,602
2,552,574
2,551,042
2,247,461
2,245,328
2,332,380
2,453,602
2, fi52, 574
2,551,042
2,247,461
January ....... _........... .
February .................. .
March ...... _............... .
April ....................... .
May ........................ .
June ........................ .
2, 131,0i9
2,149,369
2,129,475
2,078,221
2,021,570
1,878,008
2,131,079
2,149,369
2,129,475
2,078,221
2,021,579
1,878,008
July ........................ .
August. .................... .
September.. _... ············October..................... .
November .... __ ............ .
December ...........•.......
1,631,204
1,510,804
1,455,977
1,462,605
1,503,720
1,596,676
1,631,204
1,510,804
1,455,977
1,462,605
1,503, 720
1,596,676
January .................... .
February ______ ............. .
March .... __ ................ .
April ....................... .
May.......... . ............. .
June .•.......................
1,803,102
2,003,840
2,321,541
2,540,464
2,640,246
2,743,025
1,803, 102
2,003,840
2,321,541
2,540,464
2,640,246
2,743,026
July .................•.......
August..··- .. _............. .
September................. _.
October .... _.. _............. _
November._ ................ .
December .. _............... .
2,990,021
3,125,244
3,213, fiOO
3,286,611
3,334,504
3,161,080
2,914,121
3,040,237
3,123,568
3,195,567
3,241,957
3,069,341
19'1
Month
COWlls
Projects
operated
11.:!1:·
agenclee a
January .... _
February .. _.. ···········March ..... _._ .............. .
April. ....... _.............. .
May ........................ .
June ........................ .
a, 021, 595
2,996,554
3,009,110
2,792,362
2,645,550
2,578,041
2,931,401
2,907,356
2,920,066
2,679,046
2,509,875
2,438,432
July ........................ .
August .... _.. ___ ._ ......... .
September ................. .
October.. .. ..
November_____
.......... .
December ................. .
2,282,087
1,970,688
1,720,996
1,877,439
1,960,518
2,123,431
2,236,920
1,909,886
1,656,019
1,804,063
1, S82, 754
2,045,889
45,167
60,802
M,977
73,3711
77,71H
77,542
January .. ·--·----··········
February--------··········March_._..
. ............ .
April._ ... - ___ . ............ .
May ....................... .
June ...................•.....
2,216,314
2,309,218
2,310,530
2,144,040
1,981,666
1,755,532
2,142,588
2,234,595
2,235,359
2,064,452
1,896,642
1,669,572
73,726
74,623
75,180
79,588
86,024
86,960
July ........................ .
AU!'USt.. __ ................. .
September................. .
October .. __ . __ . __ . . ........ .
November. _--· ..... ___ .... .
December. ---·-·········-··
1,655,479
1,701,512
1,002,641
1,766,489
1,790,382
1,859,594
1,610,711
1,647, 164
1,636,824
1, 711, 751
1,746,083
I, 808,595
~,768
M,348
M,817
M,738
li3,291>
li0,9911
January ... _.... _.......... February .................. .
March ..... __ . . ........ . _... .
April ........... . . . ......... May .......... _.. _________ .. _
June ........................ .
I, 890,345
1,884, 115
1,753,244
1,609,801
1,488,599
1,410,030
1,841,318
1,836,995
1,708,675
1,566,325
1,446,994
1,369,727
49,!Yrr
47,120
~.1569
43,476
41,606
41, 21111
July ........................ .
August ____ ... ____ ... __ .... .
September. ____ . __ . __ . ____ __
October ... _ -- -- · · --• · ··--··
November __
December.
1,054,904
1,042,533
1,036,994
I, 0-10, 285
I, 056, 401
1,053,095
1,041,001
1,031,319
1,025,996
1,028,109
1,043,791
1,041,686
13, 1103
11,214
10,998
12,176
12,610
11,409
I, 023, 703
1,028,577
963,496
866,723
786,009
607,701
I, 020, 381
1,026,639
961,795
8,322
1,938
1940
90,194
89,198
89,D«
113,3UI
135,675
138,00II
1941
1~8
A Data represent averages or weekly employment
e Financed by allocation or WPA funds.
c Average for last three weeks.
Projects
operated
byWPA
84,900
85,007
90.041
91,044
92,637
91,739
19,12
January.__
. __________ __
February._ _______ . _____ __
March .. __ . ____ . ___ ... ___ _
April. .. - ............. ___ _
May .... ________ ........ _
June .... _.. . . ------· ... . __
865, I«
784,487
696,307
1,701
1,579
1,522
1,3114
made during the months.
Labor Turnover on WP A Projects
The average rate of turnover of la.boron WPA
projects was higher in the fisca.l yea.r 1942 than
in previous years. During this period, the
monthly rate of all sepnrations nvernged 16
percent as compared with a monthly nssignment rate of about 11 percent. Assignments
during the fiscal year declined from 167,000
a month at the beginning of the yenr to 53,000
at the end. Total separations during this period
averaged about 153,000 workers a month.
Vohmtary sepa.rations during the year were
high, averaging about 86,000 per month. During the last four months of the year, voluntary
separations averaged from 10 to 13 percent of
the total employment. Most voluntary separations were made by workers returning to jobs in
private industry.
The WPA, in the fiscal year 1942, actively
aided the return of workers to private or other
public employment through its placement
services. Information concerning workers was
made nvailable to interested agencies or em-
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pioyers, and they were given the opportunity
to interview WPA workers on project sites.
In some instances, previous employers of WPA
workers were interviewed by WPA reemployment representatives and frequently the workers returned to their former jobs.
Included in the voluntary separations are
those workers leaving for military service.
During the fiscal year, 4,294 workers left WPA
employment for this purpose, making a total
of 18,443 since October 1940. The age of WPA
workers is generally higher than draft age requirements, and most of the workers have
dependents. Other voluntary separations are
made because of illness, injury, or a new source
of income.
TABLE 7.-PERCENTAGE DISTRIBUTION OF PERSONS
EMPLOYED ON PROJECTS OPERATED BY WPA, BY SIZE
OF COMMUNITY
CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES
QUARTERLY, MARCH 193S-JUNE 1942
Size of community A
Date
Total
100,000 25,000-
or more 100,000
5,00025,000
2,5005,000
Less
than
2,500
- -- -- - --- - 1938
March 30 ___________
June 30 _____________ 1
September 21_ ______
December 28 ________
100.0
100.0
100_0
100. 0
45.1
45.6
44. 5
43. l
15-2
15-4
15. 7
15. l
21. 5
21. 5
21. 7
22.1
7.3
7.1
7.3
7.9
10.9
10. 4
10. 8
11.8
100.0
100.0
100.0
100. 0
42. 4
42. 3
40.9
38.4
15. 0
15.6
15. 7
15.4
22. 5
22. 4
22. 0
23.0
8.0
7.9
8.4
9. 1
12.1
11. 8
13.0
14. 1
100. 0
100.0
100.0
100.0
38.1
40.1
40.0
37. 7
15. 1
15. 6
15. 5
15. 2
23.6
23. 3
23. 3
23. 7
9.2
8.6
8. 5
9. 2
14.0
12. 4
12. 7
14. 2
100. 0
100.0
100. 0
100.0
36. 4
36.0
38.0
36.4
16. 4
16.8
17.0
16.8
25.6
25. 6
25.1
25.6
9.1
8.6
8.5
9.1
12. 5
12. 1
11.4
12.1
100. 0
100. 0
36. 5
39. 6
17. 2
18. 0
25. 5
25.0
8.9
7. 7
11.9
9. 7
1939
March 22 ___________
June 21_ __________
September 27 _______
December 27 ________
1940
March 27 ___________
June 26 _____________
September 25 ____
December 26 _______
1941
Mareh 2t; ___________
June 25 __________
September 24 _______
December 16________
191,l
March 17 ___________
June Id _____________
A Community gronpings are based on a classification of counties
according to the population of the largest municipality In each county.
Since Mareh 1941 the classification of counties has been based on the 1940
population of the municipalities; prior to that time the 1930 population
was used.
Separations made from WPA rolls because of
the 18-month provision were comparatively
small during the fiscal year 1942. Under the
modifications to the 18-month provision in the
act for the fiscal year 1942, persons continuously employed for 18 months were to be removed from employment only in the numbers
necessary to provide jobs for persons who had
been certified as in need and awaiting assignment to WPA projects for three months or
more. Blind persons as well as veterans were
exempted from the 18-month provision. From
a total of 16,000 in July 1941, separations because of the 18-month provision dropped to
6,000 in August and amounted to only 1,000
in June 1942.
Employment on WPA Projects Operated
by Other Federal Agencies
Some workers have been employed on projects
operated by other Federal agencies with WPA
funds, but the number thus employed in fiscal
year 1942 was much smaller than in any previous period. At the close of the previous fiscal year, in June 1941, an average of 41,000
workers was employed on projects operated by
other Federal agencies. In July, this number
had dropped to an average of about 14,000, and
for December was only about 11,000. There
was a sharp decrease in January 1942 to 3,000
workers. The monthly average dropped steadily in the subsequent months and in June 1942
slightly less than 1,400 persons were employed
on other Federal agency projects.
The 1,400 workers employed in June 1942 on
projects operated by other Federal agencies were
distributed among eight agencies. The Bureau
of Foreign and Domestic Commerce and the
Weather Bureau, both of the Department of
Commerce, gave employment to about 500 persons. More than one-fifth were employed on
projects operated by the Veterans' Administration. The Bureau of Labor Statistics of the
Department of Labor employed another fifth,
and the remainder were distributed among five
other agencies. These agencies included the
Department of Agriculture, the Department of
the Interior, the War Department, the Navy
Department, and the Library of Congress.
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TABLE 8.-NUMBER OF ASSIGNMENTS TO AND SEPARATIONS FROM EMPLOYMENT ON WPA PROJECTS"
CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES
MONTIILY, JULY 1938-Jl'NE 1942
Separations
Month
Separation rate
(percent) B
Assignment
(per•
I!Volun!aryc I- - - - - ~ - - - - - - - - - - - - rate
eent) B 1----~---Discharges and layoffs
Assignments
Total
Total
i
I
°I
IB-mon!b
provision
Other
Total
Voluntary
-------------·-----1-----:------------1-----1----1-----1-----1----1998
July____
_____________ _
August. _______ . _______ ------------September _________________________ .
October ___________ ________________ _
November _________________________ _
De.comber _________________________ _
31 I. 568
308. 952
276,846
327,085
164, 774
97,056
163,062
191, 195
227,822
212. 827
237,812
294, 146
117. 799
137. 276
172,581
157,986
146, 192
115. 478
45,263
53,919
55. 241
54.841
91,620
178,668
45,263
53,919
55. 241
54:841
91,620
178, 6f,8
January ___________________________ _
February __________________________ _
Mareh ______________ . ____ . _________ _
ApriL _____________ . .. _______ , _____ _
May __________________ _____________ _
June __________ . _____ - -- - - - ----------
ll0,301
239, 754
177,477
ll4, 938
130,592
139,574
2!fi,876
l~0. 18.1
246. 314
340,427
275,424
225,904
10.3, 322
94, 707
133, 527
12:l, 582
115,748
103, 169
112. 5.54
85. 476
112. 787
216,845
159, fi76
122,735
112. 55-l
85,476
112,787
21f., 845
159,67fi
122,735
July ______________ _________________ _
August. ______ ·-· _______ . __________ _
September_. ___ . ___________________ _
October ____________________________ _
November _________________________ _
December_ ________________________ _
13I.Oi9
292,897
404, 188
349, 154
am, 439
303,348
485, 82.~
784,633
230,946
243,821
197,473
185. 945
148,394
104,205
108,000
113,834
79,284
64,400
337,431
680,428
122,877
129,987
118, 189
121,545
171,074
611. 733
86,364
63,820
55. 925
50. 726
331. 8S7
259, 789
205,803
166, 743
155, 119
107,027
213.8rn;
204,837
292, 734
338,620
304, 574
377,928
79,078
74,990
94,963
104. 358
96. 878
81.857
134,730
129,838
197. 771
234,262
207,696
296,071
252. 684
194,679
229,588
240, 791
202. 469
233, 21S
176, 753
207,973
18fi, 780
191,827
!f,6, 420
166,189
74,605
80,061
89,019
105,996
8fi, 100
86,164
January___ __
·------------February __________________________ _
March ______________ __ _ ___________ _
April ________ __ ___ _
May _______________________ _______ _
June_________________
___________ _
216,074
!6S, 528
lf,(i, 978
196,947
188, 146
136,340
199,374
220. 41i4
334,883
300,709
286,871
384,051
July_-------------· · -------·-------_
August ____________________________
September _________________________ _
October __________ __. _______________ _
November. ________________________ _
December __________________________ _
167,283
148,454
140,459
138,250
111,574
106,405
305,853
139, 703
145, 190
119, fl80
94,477
132,603
11.4
IO. 7
9_0
lQ_ 5
5. I
3.1
5. 9
6.6
7.4
6.8
7.4
9.3
4.3
4.7
5.8
5. 1
4. 5
3. 7
3_ 7
6-1
4.0
5.0
5.6
7.3
6. 3
8_5
11. 9
JO. 5
9.1
3.5
3.3
4.6
166,357
68,695
36, ,>13
66,167
62,264
70,819
5. 4
14. 6
23_ 0
20. 5
18.2
15. 7
19. 8
39_ 2
13.I
14.3
10_ 9
9.6
6.0
5.2
6.1
6. 7
4.4
3.3
49,602
48,220
43,817
39,021
17, !RO
8,601
85,128
81,618
153.9.54
195. 241
190,516
287,470
15. 5
11.5
8.9
7.6
7.6
5. 6
10.0
9.1
12. 7
15. 5
14.9
19.8
3. 7
3.3
4.1
4.8
4. i
4.3
102, 148
127,912
97,761
85,831
80,320
80,025
9,617
25,223
17,671
JQ,495
11,813
12,242
92,531
102,689
80,090
75,336
68,507
67, 783
15. 9
11.fi
13. 7
14_ 0
11.6
13. 0
11.1
12. 4
11. 2
IL I
9.5
9. 2
111,088
104,694
125,104
139,821
138,303
119,389
88,286
115, 770
209,779
166,888
148,.568
264,662
17,350
40,440
74,352
76, .586
5,5,813
40.815
70,936
75,330
135, 427
90,302
92, 755
223,847
11. 7
9.1
9_ 1
12.1
12. 3
9. 7
10.8
11.8
18.3
18.9
18.8
27. 3
100,070
89,436
98,350
80,594
54,674
60,784
20-5, 783
16,150
6. 180
3,884
3,231
2,270
2,440
189, fi33
44. 087
42, 95fi
35,85->
37, 533
69,379
14. 7
14. 7
13. 8
13. 8
11.0
10. 3
26. 9
13. 9
14. 3
11. 9
9.3
12. 8
1999
8. 4
4. 3
4. j
4.2
19',0
January __________________ __________ _
Fabruary _______ . _____ . ____________ _
March _____________________________ _
April ______________________________ _
May ________________ _______________ _
June ___________ . __ . ________________ _
July _______________________________ _
Au~usL ____________ ____ · -----------
September _________ ________________ _
October_
No,·ember _________________________ _
December__
_____________ _
1941
50, 2tii
46,840
39, osr.
39,803
71,819
4. 7
4.8
5.3
6.1
4. 9
4.8
6.0
5.6
6. 8
8;6
9.1
-s.5
8-8
&9
u. 7
8.0
t} ·
194t
1anuary __________________________ _
FAbruary _
______ . ______________ _
March _____________________________ _
A priL _____________________________ _
May_
June _______________________________ _
,50, 486
3, 3•7 ,
47, 009
13. 2
12.0
7.0
71,186
121. fi72
133. 300
7. 1
39. 217
3, 120 I
35. 707
9.4
11.0
94,327
110. 436
71, 219
10.3
83. C.4R
17i. :,77
7~.M4
3,334'
73.210
8.6
!><.I
100. 733
19. (
13.0
95. 309
173, 5!;9
57, 455
2,630 I
54, •21
10. 7
llfi, 104
9_ ,)
J9_8
12. 6
7fi, 746
101,6.>0
S'l. 012
1,251 ,
57,688
lfJ0, 592
71, 22S
1,020 I
73, 20,\
i. 5
22.0
11.5
52,910
SI, 61~
155. 843
----------------~-------------------1----~---~---- ----A Prior to January 1940, <!nta do not inelucle nonrclicf employment. Data for workc•rs employed on WPA projects operated by other Federal agencle.,
are not mduded in I.he figun•s shown for July and August 19:J8.
8 Percent or total employment at beginning of month.
c Most or these sepnrntions were made for private employment; separnt Ions for sueh rrnsons ft~ art in• military srrvice, nrw so11rccs or incon:e, illness,
death. etc .. are slso included.
D Separated in nccor<lnnc,• with section rn (bl nf the ERA Act or 1939. section 15 (b) or the ERA Act, fi<cul y,•ur 1941, and section 10 {b) of the ERA
Act, fiscal year 1942, requiring separation arr.er 18 months or continuous WP A employment.
The major activity of WPA workc-rs on projects operated by other Federal agencies was
research and statistical work. Some construction work for the Army and Navy was carried
on undl.'r tlw dirl.'rtion of the Bureau of Yards
nnd Docks of the Navy Department and the
Qunrtl.'rmaster Corps of the War Department.
Projects for the conservation and improvement
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CHART 2
EMPLOYMENT ON WPA PROJECTS
*
Through June 1942
MILLIONS
OF PERSONS
4
MILLIONS
OF PERSONS
4
-----<3
1935
•l lncludea
1936
1937
1938
1939
1940
1941
1942
persons employed on WPA projects operated by other Federal agencies .•
WPA 4148
of natural resources were conductt'd by the
National Park Service and the Fish and Wildlife Service of the Department of the Interior,
and by the Forest Service of the Department
of Agriculture.
Employment by Types of Projects
WPA workers engaged in a variety of project
activities, reflecting the wide divergence in occupational skills and abilities of unemployed
persons, and the difference in needs of communities for public facilities and services. Projects
generally are divided into construction and
nonconstruction types of work.
Construction work has always been the major
activity of the WPA. In June of the fiscal
year 1942, construction projects employed 58
percent of all workers on WPA projects, as
compared with 68 percent employed on such
projects in June 1941.
More than a third of all WPA workers were
employed on war projects on June 16, 1942. Of
this number, more than 185,000 were engaged
on construction projects for the armed services
or on other construction projects considered to
be of importance to the defense program and
the war effort. Almost 64,000 workers were
employed on service projects in connection with
war activities, and the remaining 38,000 were
working on vocational training projects which
were providing training in occupational skills
needed in war industries.
The emphasis placed on war work did not
change the relative importance of the major
types of WPA projects. Projects for the construction or improvement of highways, roads,
and streets continued to rank highest in the
employment of workers. The average employment in June 1942 for this type of project
was about 27 percent of all WPA workers,
as compared with 36 percent in June 1941.
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CHART 3
ASSIGNMENTS AND SEPARATIONS IN EMPLOYMENT
ON WPA PROJECTS*
July 1938 • June 1942
THOUSANDS
'iltoUSANDS
OF WORICERS
OF WORKERS
600
800
ASSIGNMENTS
200
eoo,----.-------:---.----------.--------.----------.eoo
SEPARATIONS
I- - - - - - -
----------l.600
200
0
1938
* Includes
1939
1940
1941
1942
persons employed on WPA projects operated by other Federal agencies.
Workers employed on public building projects on June 16, 1942, accounted for a little
more than 9 percent of the total WPA employment. This is about the same percentage as
in previous years. Work performed on this
type of project has provided many communities
with schools, libraries, gymnasiums, and hospitals and has furnished army and naval
establishments with badly needed facilities.
The construction or improvement of water
and sewer systems and other public utilities
gave employment on June 16, 1942, to 51,000
workers, or more than 7 percent of all WP.A
workers. In June of the previous fiscal year,
projects for the construction of public utilities
represented 9 percent of total project employment.
Work on airports and airways has greatly
increased in relative importance with the
defense program and the war effort. On J w1c 16,
WPA 4150
1942, 5 percent of the WPA workers were
employed on projects for constructing and improving airports and airway facilities. However, the number of workers employed (35,000)
on these projects is only slightly more than half
the number employed on the same type of
project in June 1941.
Other major groups of construction projects
employed about the same percentage of workers
as in June 1941. Projects for the conservation
of natural resources employed more than 2 percent, or 16,000 workers. The construction of
recreational facilities which furnished many
communities with parks, playgrounds, swimming pools, employed about 15,000 workers or
2 percent of the total. The remainder of the
workers employed on construction projects wer~,
working on engineering surveys, sanitation proj',;
ects, and other types of constructio:q. work. ,
The percentage of WPA employment pt(
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TABLE 9.-AVERAGE NUMBER OF PERSONS EMPLOYED ON WPA PROJECTS, BY AGENCY A
SELECTED MONTHS, JUNE 1939-JFNE 1942
1939
1941
1940
1942
Agency
------------------
Septem• DecemScptcm• Decem- March June
March
Jnne
Jnne
June
her
ber
bl'r
bcr
- - - ---- ---- ---- - - - ---- ---- ---- --- ---
TotaL .............. . ............. ...... 2,578,041 1,755,532 I, 692,641 1,859,594 1,753,244 1,410,930 1,036,994 l, 0.53,095 963,496
697, 701
Work Projects Administration.
2,438,432 1,669,572 1,636,824 1,808,595 1,708,675 1,369,727 1,025,996 1,041,686 961,795 696. 307
=======,====~========
1, 701
1,394
11,400
Other Federal agencies......................... 139, 609
41, 203
10,098
55,817
50,999
44,569
85,960
Department of Agriculture...................
===='----•----====
47,495
29,812
14,971
13,656
12, 250
15, 135
6,782
8,593
150
83
f----,1---- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Agricultural Adjustment Administration...
182
99
85
77
72
61
Agricultural Economics.................... . . . .. .. . . .
308
125
83
42
31
Agricultural Marketing Service............ .........
2lfi
11
227
244
236
Dairy Industry ..................................... .
57
54
46
Entomology and Plant Quarantine.........
14,022
7,343
5,390
4,183
6,549
4,334
5,680 ········ ....... .
9,399
5,762
5,489
6,216
Forest Service..............................
13, 468
5,247
2,412
2,889
141
80
12,932
Home Economics..........................
42.,
252
122
104
93
186
National Agricultural Research Center.....
909
241
150
536
Rural Electrification Administration.......
243
209
1,002
2,044
2,312
2,128
Soil Conservation Service..................
18. 246
24
3
5,861
36
9
=======c====I,=== ---- ---- --- --94
105
493
490
Department of Commerce ............................. .
121
94
36
507
88
---- ----- ----·1------- --- --Coast and Geodetic Survey.. . . .. . . . . . . . . . .
46
49
45
46
49
------- -----Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce ................ .
452
426
403
---------- ---------41
Weather Bureau ........ .
75
60
48
39
36
81
87
45
Execntive Office of the President: National
Resources Planning Board 8 ..•••.••••••..
51
=========1====1°======
21,298
13,408
6, 713
6, 745
6,405
5,855
I, 144
545
146
1----1----1----1----------1-----1------------Fish and Wildlife Service..................
3,273
100
56
i ~
~
~
~
~
170
Indian Affairs ................ ·....................... .
~
73
M
M
3
General Land Office n ............................... .
IM
M
41
M
W
National Park Service......................
16, 035
375
46
36
953
~~
~~
~~
~m
Reclamation ............................... .
- - - - - - -179- - - - ,_
,
- - - - - - - ---Territories and Island Possessions ......... .
1,090
1,687
435
700
861
643
5 ........... .
- - - - - - - - - - - - -===·l-=--·1---- - - - - - - - - - - - - - Alaska Railroad..........................
345
. ........ . .......... ..........
· 1
Department of the Interior ................. .
m
~™
_____ ___ ____ ,____
!l:~!!~~~ce~~':;1:C:~t'.~~:::::::::::::::
Virgin Islands............................
l,3~t
1.~!~6-- ·····j5o:
08~7 ······71~65...... 62815 . ····•·•·5·· :.··.·.:·.·.·.·.·.
·.•.·.·.·.-. .··_ ·.·.·.·.·.·.-_
.
------------------=
-------Bureau of Prisons ... .
222
Department of Justice:
Department of Labor: Labor Statistics ...... .
Library of Congress ......................... .
Federal Secnrity Agency: Office of Educa•
tion ....................................... .
l,7:l9
116
2,178
123
2, ll9
78
2,060
109
1,116
108
392
90
130
4
271
59
295
42
29,\
67
213
247
703
160
237
339
========,====,,=======
JO, 138
10, 4(\8
11,471
10, 578
o, 532
8,189
1, 177
475
69
107
----•---- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 10, 578
9, 532
8,189
l, 177
Yards and Docks.........................
19, 138
JO, 468
11,471
407
69
l07
Coast Guard c ..............•••.•••••........•••.•...
68
Department of the Navy ................... .
Department or the Treasury ................ .
Coast Guard c ......•...••.••......••......
Internal Revenue .................•........
Office or the Secretary (Division of Tax
Research) ............................. .
3,032
403
1,319
145
381
153
147
145
836 .................... ··········
134
98
69 ·······•··
134
98
69 ·········· ........ ········
1,815
l, 172 .................. .
250
=======e=========
l, 512
1,008
1,140
949
938
886
386
504
376
302
---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- --27, 596
18, 006
16, 380
13,543
10,170
1,270
469
War Department ........................... I 44,877
54
21
----,----,---- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - l, 979
1, 150
766
123
86i
770
467
Corps of Engineers ........................ · 1
26,446
17,240
16,257
12,676
Quartermaster Corps...................... .
42,808
9,301
803
469
21
54
Veterans' Administration ................. .
.
A
8
Data represent averages of weekly employment counts made during the months.
Public land inventory projects operated by the National Resources Planning Board of the Executive Office of tho President with 1038 Act funds
were continued with 1939 Act funds originally allocated to the National Resources Planning Board and subsequently transferred to tho General Land
Office of the Department of the Interior.
c The Coast Guard was transferred from the Department of the Treasury to the Department of tho Navy as of November 1, 1941.
service projects increased during the fiscal year,
reaching more than 35 percent by Jmrn 1942.
At the end of June 1941, service project workers
represented only 28 percent of total WPA employment. Welfare projects in this group represented 22 percent of the total WPA employ-
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TABLE 10.-PERCENTAGE DISTRIBUTION OF PERSONS EMPLOYED ON PROJECTS OPERATED BY
TYPE OF PROJECT
WPA,
BY MAJOK
SELECTED PERIODS, MARCH 1936-JUNE 1942
March March March March March June te~tr ce~ber Marchi June 'te~t.l~b«lr March June
Typ,• of project
1936 •
1937 •
~38
i2\i39
I~
12:to
25,
1940
26,
1940
12:t1
1~,ii
124911
•
11946,1
1~2
1~
--------------1---------- --------------1--+-Total__ _______________________________ 100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
I. 3
7.6
4. 8
0.4
43. 0
8.6
3.1
I. 4
8.1
4. 9
0. 4
44. 2
7. 0
2.4
1.0
7.1
3. 9
0. 4
43. 6
5. 3
1.6
I. 4
9.1
2. 5
0. 5
42. 5
5. 7
1.5
2.0
9. 2
2.3
0.5
42.0
5.0
I. 3
2. 7
8. 6
2. 7
o. 4
39. 4
4. 4
1. 2
3. 8
8. 5
2. 7
o. 5
36. 8
3. 9
1.1
5.1
9. 7
2. 2
0. 5
35. 5
3.9
1.1
5.4
10.6
1. 7
0. 5
34.0
3.6
1.0
3. 9
9. 7
1.9
0.4
32.6
3. 3
1.2
4. 7
9.3
2. 7
0. 5
29.5
2. 7
1. 0
6.0
9.1
2.3
0.526.6
2.1
1.1
10. 8
0.9
IO. I
0.9
10. 6
I. 3
10.0
I.I
9. 5
1.0
10. 9
1.1
11. 2
I. 2
9.0
1.0
8.8
1. 5
9.2
2. 7
9.5
2.9
7.2
- - = = = . = = - - - - - - - - - - = = -68.0
62.8
74. 8
74. 3
72. 8
71. 4
69. 7
67. I
64. 9
67.9
79.0
75.4
79.4
80.5
- -- -- - - - - -- -- -- - - - - -- -- -- --Airports and airways ___________________
Division of Operations _____________________ .
Buildings _______________________________
Conservation ___________________________
Engineering surveys ____________________
Highwa;YS, roads, and streets ___________
Recreat10nal facilities (excl. buildings) __
Sanitation _________________________ . ____
Water and sewer systems and other
utilities ___ ------- _____________________
Other ___________________________________
I. 5
8. 2
6. 7
37. 2
10. 5
3. 6
I. 5
8. 4
5. 5
(•)
35.1
8.4
2.8
9.0
2. 3
10. 2
3. 5
ServiceDlvlsion ___________________________
21.0
Publicactivitics ________________________
Researchandrccords___________________
Welfare_________________________________
Other___________________________________
4.6
2.6
13. O
0.8
(•)
I
24.6
6.1
3.5
14.0
1.0
~
4.8
2.6
11. 4
0.7
20.1
4.9
3.2
11. 2
0.8
6.9
4.2
13.1
0.5
6.7
4.1
13. 6
0.5
-------1------- _______
_______
_______
0.5
0.7
1.0
1.3
1.0
Division of Training and Reemployment. _________
Other____________________________________________________________
•
27.3
~~~~
5.8
3.9
14. o
0.8
6.5
3.9
15. I
0.6
i
I
6.7
3.9
16.1
0.6
1.6
0.9
'
!
~~~
4.1
3M
7.41
7.4
7.9
7.7
8.5
4.3
4.7
4.6
4.8
4.8
15. 9
16.3
J!U
19. 7
22.1
0.5 __________________________ _
2.0
1.0,
•
28.1
2.s
I.I
1·
3.4
I.I
3.4
I.I
3.8
1.2
6,6
1.2
I
• Data apply to the last half of the month.
• Separate data are not available: included in research and records.
ment in June 1942, public activities 8 percent,
and research and records projects 5 percent.
In the group of welfare projects, the largest
number of workers (81,000) was employed on
projects for the preparation of hot lunches for
school children, the canning and preserving of
foods, and the distribution of surplus commodities. Projects for the operation of sewing
rooms, in which large amounts of clothing and
other articles were produced, employed 53,000
workers, or 8 percent of total employment.
Workers on projects for public health and hospital work represented 3 percent of the total, or
18,000 persons.
Recreation and education projects in the
group of public activities employed 18,000 and
17,000 workers, respectively, in June 1942.
These projects supplied teachers for adult
education classes and nursery schools and
. for recreation centers in military
' and
leadership
war industrial areas. Library projects employed
about 9,000 workers, art and museum projects 6,000, and music projects more than
4,000.
In the research and records group, the largest
employment was on public records projects with
about 19,000 workers on June 16, 1942. Re-
search and survey projects employed more than
12,000 workers.
Employment on WPA vocational training
projects represented about 6 percent of the
total employment on June 16, 1942, as compared with only 3 percent in June of the previous year. (This program is described in
detail in another section of this report.)
The distribution of employment on the
various types of projects varied from state to
state. Construction projects gave employment to more than a third of the WPA workers
in all but four stutes and in six states accounted
for more than two-thirds. The relative importunce of the major types of projects varied
widely. Employment on highway and street
projects in Maine was only 3 percent of total
employment, but in Arkansas it amounted to
54 percent. On the other hand, airport and
uirway projects in Maine represented 44
percent of total employment and in eight other
states was less thun 2 percent. Employment on
feeding projects in all states ranged from 3
percent in New Hampshire to 24 percent in
South Carolina. The numbC'r of persons employed on the major types of projects in June
1942, is shown by state in Appendix Table III.
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Table
11.-NuMBER OF
PERSONS
EMPLOYED
ON
PROJECTS OPERATED BY WP A, BY TYPE OF PROJECT
Ty pc or project
Number
Percent
Total. ········ · ···· ·········· · ····· ······ ·l ==699
= ,3=44=l===100=.=o
Division of Operations . . . . .. ..... ............ . .
404, 604
57. 9
.-\lrports and airways.. .... ........ ..........
Buildings....... ... . . . . ............ ........ .
Conservation. . . . .. . . .... ... .. ..... .. . ...... .
Engineering surveys. ........... . .. .. . .... .. .
Highways, roads, and streets.. . . ... . ... . . . ..
Recreational facilities (excluding buildings) .
Sanibltion.... . ... . ................ ........ .
Water and sewer systems and ot.her ntilitles
Other •... . .... •.•...............•...... .. . ..
I:- - - -1- - - -
34,992
5. 0
63, 733
9.1
16,802
2. 3
3,722
0. 5
185, 176
26. 5
14. 635
2. 1
7,397
I. I
50,660
7. 2
28, 487
4.1
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Service Division ................................ .
247, 702
35. 4
Public activities.................. .... ...... .
Art and museum............. .......... .
Education..... . ............ . ... ....... .
!
1- - - - 1 · - - 59, 1fJ6
8. 5
5. 735
16. 502
8,775
0. 8
2. 4
I. 3
1 - - -- 1-----
Library .. ............... .... . .. ... . .. . .
Music. . .. ... .................. . . ... .....
4, 307
1
Un
f.82
~tg;~:~~?~;,:ioo:~::::::::::::::::::::::
Writing. . ... ....... ...... . . ... . .......
0. 6
3:~
0. I
..
Other . . . .... . ................ ........ .. .
4. 642
Research and records ...... . .... . .. ..... . . . .
33,570
4. 8
2,356
18,692
12,097
425_,
0. 3
2. 7
I. 7
0.1
Historical records surnY ... .•.. .. . . ... . . ·1
Publicrccords . .. .. ... . . '.. ........ . . .....
Research and surveys.. .. ...... . ...... ..
Other. ....... .............. . .. .. . . .... .. ,
0. 6
___ ____
Welfare. .. ... . .............. ..... . . . ...... ..
154, 63fi
22. I
Feeding.... . .. .. . . ....... .............. .
Production (cicluding sewing) ... . . . ... .
Publlcbealthandhospitalwork .. ..... . .
Sewing .... .. .... ....... . .... ... .. ..... . .
Training of nonprofessional personnel in
hospit11ls .. . . . . ... . . . . . ...•..... ... . . . .
Other. ... . . .................... .. ...... .
81,210
I, 525
17,853
52,790
11. 6
0. 2
2.6
7. 6
I, 048
0. I
Iii
(•)
l= ===I= = =
Division of Training and Reemployment. .. . . .. . ,_ 38. 335
5. 5
_ _ _,____
A lrport servicemen training.. .. ... ..... .....
Auxiliary shop training..... .... .... .... .. . .
Household workers' training....... ... . . ... .
ln•plant preemployment training... . . . ... . . .
Vocational school training .. . . _. . . . . . .. . . . . . .
580
I, 448
318
I, 538
34, 445
0. 1
0. 2
0. I
0. 2
4. 9
State Supply sections ........ . .. . ... .. .. . . .. . .
8,703
I. 2
• Less than 0.05 percent.
Hours and Earnings of WP A Workers
The ERA Act, fiscal year 1942, continued the
provisions of the previous year with regard to
the hours of work on WPA projects. Under
these provisions, project wage employees are
required to work 130 hours per month but not
more than 8 hours in any day or 40 homs in
any week. Exemptions are permitted, however, under certain conditions, such as the
need for protecting work already done on a
project or meeting an emergency involving the
public welfare (such as flood or hurricane).
In the latter case, no limit is set on the hours of
work permitted. Workers are permitted to
work longer hours to make up time lost due to
illness or other factors beyond their control.
Projects certified by the Secretary of War or
the Secretary of the Navy as important for
military or naval purposes may be exempted
from the limitations on hours in order to
expedite the work on such projects.
The working schedule on certified war construction projects can be increased to 48 hours
per week, with a proportionate increase in
monthly earnings, under the authority granted
to state WPA Administrators by the Commissioner of Work Projects in March 1941. In
January 1942 the limitation of 48 homs was
removed, thus leaving the determination of the
working schedule to the discretion of state
WPA administrators. This authority was to
be used, however, only when all other means
(such as the use of multiple shifts, the employment of additional workers by the project
sponsors, or the use of additional equipment)
were found to be inadequate.
The basic schedule of wages established in
accordance with provisions of the ERA Act of
1939 remained in force dming the fiscal year
1942. However, beginning with November 1,
1941, a supplementary allowance was granted
to project wage employees (in the continental
United States) to assist in meeting the increased
cost of living. This additional payment was
allowed only to project wage employees working on projects which were not exempted from
the standard limitation of hours of work. The
increase in monthly earnings amounted to a flat
$5.20 for each worker assigned to the unskilled
"B," _unskilled "A," intermediate, and skilled
wage classes, and to $3.90 per worker in the
professional and technical wage class. As a
result of these supplementary allowances, the
monthly labor cost during the months immediately following November 1941 was increased
by 6 percent.
The bases for differentiation in wage rates
are the same as those adopted at the beginning
of the WP A program, namely: the degree of
skill required for the job to which the worker
is assigned; the section of the country in which
he lives; and the degree of urbanization of the
county in which he is employed.
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TABLE 12.-SCHEDULE OF MONTHLY EARNINGS OF WPA PROJECT WAGE EMPLOYEES
CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES
YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1942
Basic schedule
Adjusted schedule
B
Wage class
Wage class
Counties classified according to the populatlon of the largest
municipality ·'
Unskilled
"B"
Unskilled
"A"
Intermediate
Skilled
Professlonal
and
technical
+$5.20
---
+$3.llO
+$5.20
+$5.20
+$5.20
Unskilled
"B"
Unskilled
''A"
Intermediate
Skilled
Professional
and
technical
Wage Region I
100,000 or more .........
25,000 to 100,000 ........
5,000 to 25,000 ..........
Fewer than 5,000 .......
$52.00
48.10
42.90
39. 00
$57. 20
52.00
48.10
42.90
$68. 90
62. 40
57. 20
52.00
$89. 70
81.90
74. 10
67. 60
$94. 90
84. 50
76. 70
68. 90
$57. 20
53. 30
48.10
44. 20
$62.40
57. 20
53. 30
48.10
$74. 10
67.60
62.40
57. 20
52.00
48. 10
46. 80
44. 20
57.20
52.00
50. 70
49. 40
68.90
62.40
61.10
59.80
89. 70
81.90
79. 30
76. 70
94. 90
84.50
81.90
78.00
57. 20
53. 30
52.00
49. 40
62.40
57.20
55. 90
54. 60
74.10
67.60
66.30
65.00
46.80
42. 90
36. 40
31. 20
50. 70
48. 10
40. 30
35.10
61.10
57. 20
48.10
42. 90
79. 30
74. 10
62. 40
64.60
81.90
75. 40
65.00
55. 90
52. 00
48.10
41. 60
36. 40
55. 90
53. 30
45. 50
40. 30
66.30
62.40
53.30
48.10
$94. 90
87.10
79.30
$98.80
72.80
88.(0
80.60
72.80
Wage Region II
100,000 or more .........
25,000 to 100,000 ........
5,000 to 25,000 ......... _
Fewer than 5,000 .......
94. 90
87.10
84. 50
98.80
88.(0
81.90
85.80
81.llO
84. 50
85.80
79.30
67. 60
59. 80
79.30
Wage Region III
100,000 or more .........
25,000 to 100,000 .. _.....
5,000 to 25,000 ..........
Fewer than 5,000 .......
68. llO
59.80
A Since March 1941 the classification or counties has been based on the 1940 population of the municipalities; prior to that time the 1930 population
was used.
B The basic schedule is applicable only to those employees on war projects subject to legislative exemptions who are scheduled to work in excess of
130 hours per month with a proportionate increase in earnings.
Wage Region !.-Connecticut, Delaware, District of Colnmhia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan,
Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, New Han1pshire, New Jersey, New York, North Dakota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Vermont,
West Virginia, Wisconsin.
Wage Region IL-Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, "\Yashington, Wyoming.
Wage Region UL-Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tan·
nessee, Texas, Virginia.
Project wage workers employed on exempted
projects in excess of the standard 130 hours
per month receive a proportionate increase in
monthly earnings. The earnings of these workers, however, are based on the standard wage
schedule in effect prior to November 1, 1941.
Although the average hourly rate for exempted
employees is less than the rate for workers
based on the adjusted schedule, their monthly
earnings are generally higher.
Workers exempted from the standard limitations of hours and earnings represented 20
percent of all project workers at the end of
June 1942. Nearly nine-tenths of all exempted
employees were employed in activities such as
airport and airway projects, building projects,
highway, road, and street projects, and vocational training projects.
During the fiscal year 1942, project employees
(including project supervisors) worked more
than 1,494,000,000 hours (Table 13) and earned
$721,100,000 on projects operated by the WPA.
The hours worked amounted to 40 percent less
than the total hours for the fiscal year 1941.
Total earnings for 1942 were 36 percent less
than the total for the fiscal year 1941.
TABLE 13.-NUMBJ,;R OF HOURS WORKED ON PROJECTS
OPERATED BY WPA, BY MA.JOR TYPE OF PROJECT
C'U:M ULATJVE THR01HlH AND YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1942
Cumulative
through June
Type or project
Number
'l'otaL _
Per·
cent
Number
Per•
cent
. __ 18, 389:_!-~~~ !00.0 1,494,012, 692 1!00.0
Alr)?orts and airways ____ . __
Bu1ldmgs _______ . _. _.. ·--·-- __ ..
Conservation __________________ _
Highways, roads, and streets ___ _
Recreational facilities (exclud•
ing buildings) ___ . __ . __ .--·- __ _
Sanitation ...... __ ... _.. _____ . __
Sen·ice (excluding sewing) .. __
Sowing ____ ..... ____ . ___ . __ ._.
Vocational training._ .... _. ____ .
\Yater and sewer systems and
other utilities.
-,
Miscellaneous_
. ___ ... i
Digitized by
Year ending
June 30, 1942
30, 1042
360, 888, 687 2. 0
I, 5.11, 839,093 8. 3
i07, 613,790 3. 9
7,251,200,507 39. 4
85,066, 527 5. 7
153,143,240 10. 2
30,017,000 2.0
449,519,682 30.1
1,343, 558, 134 7.3
443,079,567 2.4
2, 795, 371, 926 15. 2
I, 601. 844, 155 8. 7
07, 978,032 0.6
46,548,881 3.1
15,311, Ill 1.0
372, 500, 222 24.9
83,116,878 6.6"
57,794,179 3.9
1,ill.646,092
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71,213,265
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in the skilled wage class as carpenters, sheetmetal workers, power-shovel operators, and
other manual occupations requiring skill.
Workers assigned in the professional and technical wage class, which made up slightly more
than 4 percent of the total, were persons with
considerable training in recognized professional,
scientific, and technical fields. Supervisory
personnel represented the remaining 5 percent
of the workers.
Construction projects in general utilize a
relatively larger number of unskilled workers
than do service projects. In June 1942, more
than 63 percent of the workers on construction
projects were from the unskilled wage classes.
Projects for the construction or improvement·
of highways, roads, and streets are particularly
suitable for unskilled workers. More than 70
percent of the workers assigned to these projects
were from the unskilled wage classes in June
1942. On public building projects, however,
WPA Jobs in the Various Wage Classes
Workers on WPA projects differ widely in
their occupational backgrounds, ranging from
unskilled workers to professional persons. Unskilled workers have always constituted a very
large part of all WPA employees. In June
1942, persons assigned in the wiskilled wage
class represented 59 percent of the total project
employment; 53 percent were assigned in the
unskilled" A" wage class and 6 percent in the
unskilled "B" class. As the level of WPA
employment decreased, the percentage of unskilled workers also decreased.
About 17 percent of the workers were m
the intermediate or semiskilled wage class on
June 16, 1942. These workers are assigned
as helpers to skilled or professional and technical workers or to work such as operation of
power-driven equipment and office machines .
Nearly 15 percent of the workers were assigned
TABLE 14.-PERCENTAGE DISTRIBUTION OF PERSONS EMPLOYED ON PROJECTS OPERATED BY WPA, BY W,'.OE CLASS
SELECTED PERIODS, JUNE 1936-JUNE 1942
Project wnge employees
Period
Grand
total
Unskilled
Total
----·------- ----- - -
- --
,- - --
Skilled
HA"
"TI"
1- --
Intermediate
Group
Group
Total
8
• • _ _ • • • - - - - -- ------ ----------.
100.0
92. 7
65.0
11.0
12.3
4_4
7_3
100.0
96. 0
65.1
12. 7
13. 3
4. 9
4.0
100. 0
97. 3
97. 3
06. 7
72.0
71. 0
60. 9
11. 1
11. 7
12. I
10.2
10. 7
II. 5
3. 1
3. o
3. 2
96. 8
70.1 --------- - -- - -- -····· - -65. 8 - · --------- - ---·- ---- --61. 4
9.6
71.0
60. 7
70. 5
9.8
12. 4
14. 2
13. 5
13.8
11. 2
12. 9
0. 6
10.0
3. I
3. 5
2. 2
2. 5
60.8
56. 1
57. 7
59. 4
14. I
16.9
16. 3
15. 3
9. 7
13. 2
13. 0
11. 6
2. 6
3. 2
3. 2
2.9
16.1
17. 3
18. 0
18.0
11. 8
13. 5
3. 0
3.3
14. 9
3. 8
14. 3
3. 0
4. 6
4. 5
13. 7
14. 7
3. 8
4.1
5.1
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March 22 ____ ___1989
June 21- ______ __ _______ ______ ______ _
September z, ____ __________________ _
December z, _______ ___ _____________ _
1940
_______ ___________ _
March ZT __ ______
June 26 __ _____ ___ __________________ _
September 25 __________ ____________ _
December 26 __ --- ---------- --------·
1941
Proresslonal nod
technical
- -1- - - - 1- - - - 1- - - - I- - - - '- - - -
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June
Project
supervisory
employees
A
100.0
100. 0
100.0
100.0
100. 0
100. 0
96. 4
06. 3
96.8
96. 3
63. 6
66. 5
9.
6.
5.
7.
100.0
100. 0
100. 0
100. 0
96. 0
100.0
00. 0
96. I
70. 6
62. 7
8
6
9
I
March 26 __________________________ _
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25_ -- --June
24 ______________________
September
December J6 ____ ___________________ _
95. 9
95. 4
95. 4
95. 5
65. 0
61. 3
58. 7
59. 3
7. 1
6.1
5. 5
6. 2
57. 9
100. 0
100.0
__ __ _______________ _
March 17 _____ __194,e
June 16 ____ _________________ _______ _
100. 0
100.0
95. 4
94. 0
60. 3
6. 3
5. 9
54. 0
52. 9
100. 0
58. 8
55. 2
53. 2
53. 1
I
17. 6
17. 3
I
I
2. I
2. I
3. :l
3. 2
3. 6
3. j
3. 2
3_1
4. 0
3. 9
3. 7
4. I
4. 6
4. 6
. A In September 1939, as prescribed In General Order No. 1, the unskilled wage clo.ss was divided Into two groups: Group "B," including workers
assigned Jolis of a routine, simple, nonhazardous nature; and Group "A," including workers assigned to types of work normally done br construction
and 8general laborers, and to routine clerical work .
Data are based on pay rolls ending during the first half of the month.
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TABLE 15.-PERCENTAGE DISTRIBUTION OF PERSONS EMPLOYED ON PROJECTS OPERATED BY WPA, BY TYPE OJ'
PROJECT AND BY WAGE CLASS
JUNE 16. 1942
Project wage employees
Type of project
Grand
total
I
l
Tota
TotaL ________________ ____ ____ _
Airports and airways ____________________________ _
Buildings ________________________________________ _
Conservation_. __________________________________ _
Engineering surveys _____________________________ _
Highways, roads, and streets ____________________ _
Recreational facilities (excluding buildings) _______ _
Sanitation _____________________________ . _________ _
Water and sewer systems and other utilities ______ _
Other _____ ---------------------------------------_
Service Division______________________________________
Puhlic activities __ -------------------------------Research and records __ --------------------------Welfare___________________________________________
8:h~~~-n_or-1:r~i-~i-~~-~~-~·~~~'.~=-~~~t---~
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Proles-
Unskilled
l - - - - - - - - - - 1 Inter-
I
~ri';',P
Total
100.01-~I
58.8
100.0
100. 0
100.0
100. 0
100. 0
100. 0
100.0
100.0
100. 0
65. 3
46. 3
62. 3
10. 0
95. 2
95. 3
95. 2
03. 0
95.4
95. 2
95. 7
95. 3
94. 1
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5.9
(A)
0.1
0.2
0.6
0. I
0. 1
0. I
0. I
70. 5
61.4
59.0
61. 7
64. I
Skill d
_m_e_d-ia-te- - - - e -
sional
Project
s1_:1peremVISploryo~-
_an_~_-:.i_ch~ __·-_
52. 9
17.3
14. 7
4.1
6.1
65.3
46. 2
62. 1
14. 2
16. 7
17. 7
13. 6
30. 2
13. 9
34. 0
10. 7
17.8
17.9
12. 2
2.1
2.1
u
4. 7
u
7.0
u
9. 4
70. 4
61.3
58. 9
37. 2
12. 6
1. 3
10.9'
1.6
2.1
2.4
1.9
1.8
4.8
4.3
4.7
6.0
61. 6
64. I
13.0
16.4
19.5
II. 2
100.0 ~~~
31.0
24.3 ~ - - 8 - . 4 - - - - 4 - . 4
100. 0
100. o
100. 0
94. 0
95. 6
06. 2
12. 1
0. 2
69. 4
i. 9
8. 2
44. 8
25. 4
40. 3
18. 4
32. 0
29. O
6.1
24. 5
8.1
2. 3
6.0
4.4
3.8
~~:8
~~:g
~u I
iJ
1~:~
g:g
J:t
(A)
4. 2
I. O
24. 6
(A)2.8
I
~u I
17.0
Less than 0.05 percent.
30 percent of the workers were from the skilled
wage class and only 46 percent were from the
unskilled. Service projects provided for a relatively large number of professional and technical workers and semiskilled workers. Of the
workers on public activities projects, 25 percent
were from the professional and technical group,
25 percent from the semiskilled, and 32 percent
from the skilled. These projects provide employment for teachers, artists, musicians, wTiters, and other professionally trained persons.
Projects of these types are usually set up in
mban areas where the unemployed workers
include many from the professional, technical,
and clerical fields. On the other hand, construction work on highways and roads is usually
most w·gent in rural areas, where there are
large numbers of unemployed unskilled workers.
Men have always been in a large majority on
the WPA rolls. But with the changing economic situation the percentage of women WPA
workers has increased sharply. On June 16,
1942, women represented 27 percent of the total
employment,. the highest this proportion had
ever been. WPA employment in June 1942, on
tlw other hand, was at a lower level than it
had ever been before.
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PERCENTAGE
DISTRIBUTION OF WPA
BY AGE GROUPS.
February 1942.
and
WORKERS
Aprl 1941
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II
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In addition to the skill and work expenence
of WPA workers, sex and age characteristics are
determining factors in the selection of projects
to be operated. These characteristics also
affect the return of WPA workers to employment in private industry.
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TABLE
16.-NUMBER
OF
WOMEN
EMPLOYED
PROJECTS OPERATED BY WPA
46 years. Previous surveys in February 1939
and April 1941 showed the median age to be
39 years and 43 years, respectively. Only 37
percent of the WPA workers in February 1939
were over 45 years of age; this age group represented 44 percent of WPA employment in
April 1941 and 54 percent in February 1942.
In February 1942, nearly one-fourth (23
percent) of the WPA workers were under 35
years of age, more than one-fourth (27 percent)
were 55 years of a.ge and older, leaving 50
percent in the middle age group, 35 to 54 years.
The women employed on WPA projects were
younger than the men. The median age of
women in February 1942 was given as 44 years,
and that of men as 47 years. The proportion
of women in the various age groups differed
markedly from the proportions given for men.
Slightly more than one-fourth (26 percent) of
all women were under 35 years of age, 55 percent were in the middle age group, and only
20 percent were 55 years of age or older.
The decrease in the level of WPA employment in recent years was accompanied by a
rise in the proportion of Negro workers employed_ In February 1942, Negro workers
represented 18 percent of the vVPA total as
compared with 13 percent of the total in
February 1939, and 17 percent in April 1941.
Negro workers on the WPA rolls were, as a
group, youngrr than white workers. Their
median age in February 1942 was 44 years as
ON
QUARTERLY, DECEMRER 1035-Jl"NE 1942
Percent of
all workers
Number
Date
1995
December 24 _________________________________
_
330, 732
12.1
440,193
387,841
393,825
352,963
15.3
Ii. 2
I.~. 7
16. 4
June 30_____ ----------------------------------September 29 _________________________________ _
December 29 _________________________________ _
364,639
323,275
256,360
284,005
16. 8
18. 2
17. 7
17. 0
1998
March 30_____________________________________
_
June 29 _______________________________________ _
September 28-------- _________________________ _
December 28. ---------------------------------
335,612
372,058
400,964
405,665
13. 7
13. 3
13. I
13. 5
301,442
352, 784
251,071
333,620
13. 6
14. 6
14. 6
16.1
June
w ____
Septem
her -----------------------------------25_________________________________ _
December w _________________________________ _
367,062
243,276
264,611
323,288
16. 6
15. 4
16. 1
17. 7
1941
March w_____________________________________
_
June 25 _________________ ------------------- ___ _
September 24 _________________________________ _
December 16 _________________________________ _
312, 128
254. 814
201,212
230, 184
18.8
19. 2
19. 7
22. 0
194£
March 17 _____________________________________
_
June 16--------- __________________ . _. __________ 1
225,978
187, 726
23. 6
W.8
1996
March 25_____________________________________
_
Iune 24 _______________________________________ _
September 30_________________________________ _
December 30 _________________________________ _
1937
March 31_ ____________________________________
_
1939
March 29 ______________ _______________________ _
June 28 ____ ___________________________________ _
September 27_________________________________ _
December 27_______ --------------------------1940
March 27 _____________________________________
_
A survey of certified WPA workers in February 1942 indicated the median age of WPA
workers in the continental United States to be
TABLE 17.-PERCENTAGE DISTRIBUTION OF WPA WORKERS, BY AGE GROUP AND BY SEX
CONTINENTAL lJNITED 8TATE8
FERRl"AHY 1939, APl!IL 1941, AND FEBl!l"Al!Y Jtl•l2
February Hl39
April 1941
A
February 1042 c
11
A~" g-roup (years)
Total
Men
Total.
18-J9 _______________________________ _
20-24 _____ --- __ --- --- -------- _-- __ -- _
25-29 ___ - - - - - -- - -- -- -- -- -- -- --- - - - - - 30-34 ____________ -- ____ --------- ___ _
35-39 _____________ ----- --------- ___ .
40-44
-- -- -- -- _------------ ____ ._
45-49 ______
_______________________________
100.0
100. 0
1.6
11.0
13. 8
12. 8
12. 2
11. 7
1. 5
II. I
14. 3
13. 0
12. 0
11. 4
10. 8
HI.fl
5(}--64 ___ - - - - - ---- ---------------- - - - .
10. 3
8. 4
5. 8
1.6
1().2
55-50. _-- _----------- --------------- _
60--64_
-- ---_______________________
------------------- --- _65
and--over.
Median age (years) _________________ j
8. 3
5. 9
I. 7
Total
"'omen
100.0
100.0
21
10. 4
2.
10. 5 '
lU!
13. 4
iiJ I
5.3
I. 2
I
I. 5
7. g
10. 0
II. 3
11. 2
13. 0
12. 9
II. 8
10.0
7. 1
2. 4
Men
I
100.0 '
I. 3
i. 8
II. 2
II. 4
10. 0
12. 6
12.8
11. 8
10. 2
7. 4
2. 6
,vomen
I
Total
100.0 :
100.0
2.,- '
8. 4
0. 2
10. 0
12. 8
14. 6
13. 3
11. 0
0.1
5. 7
1. 4
1.0
5.1
7. 8
9. 5
JO. 3
12. 3
14.0
13. 4
12. 9
9.9
3. 8
Mon
'
,vomen
100. 0 '
100.0
0. 8
4. 7
7. 0
9. 4
9. 7
11.6
13. 8
t:!. 5
13. 4
1.i
6. 4
7. 7
9. 8
12. 5
14. 5
14. t\
13. 2
10. 9
7. 0
1.7
10. 8
4. 4
44.1
47. 2
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A Represents certified WP A workers employ,•d in February 1039 whose certifications were continued in the review of need conducted at that time.
8 Represents certified WPA workers employed on April 30, 1041.
c Represents certified WPA workers employed on February 27, 1942.
39. 4
39. 2
40. 7
I
42. 8
42. 9
42. 1
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compared with 47 years for white workers.
Negro women, for whom the median age was 39
years, were younger than Negro men, for whom
the median age was 46 years. The median
age of Negro women workers (39) was much
lower than that of white women workers (45).
The average age of WPA workers varied considerably by state in February 1942. The
states on the Atlantic and Pacific Coasts had
the largest proportion of WPA workers 45 years
of age and over. The younger WPA workers
predominated in the southern states. These
differences reflect the difficulties older men had
in obtaining employment in private industry,
and the small amount of industrial employment
in the South.
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program of the work Prorects AdminisTtration
is financed jointly by the Federal
HE
government and by state and local agencies,
which sponsor the projects. WPA funds (Federal), obtained by annual appropriations made
by Congress, are used- chiefly to pay the wages
of project workers. The sponsors' share of
funds is used principally for materials, equipment, and other nonlabor costs. Sponsors' contributions have increased from 10 percent in the
first year of the program to 31 percent in the
year ending June 30, 1942. The proportion of
total funds supplied by the WPA has decreased
correspondingly.
Appropriations
To finance the WPA program during the year
ending June 30, 1942, Congress appropriated
through the Emergency Relief Appropriation
Act, fiscal year 1942, the sum of $875,000,000. 1
In addition, use of unobligated balances amounting to $40,985,000, appropriated under earlier
Major acts und,•r which the WP A operated and received appropriations were: The ERA Act of 1935, approved April 8, 1935; the ERA Act
of 1936, June 22, 1936; the ERA Act of 1037, June 29, 1937; the ERA Act
or 1938, June 21, 1938; the ERA Act or 1030, June 30, 1930; the ERA Act,
fiscal year 1941, June 26, 1940; and the ERA Act, fiscal year 1942, July 1,
1941.
Five deficiency appropriations were made in the following acts: The
First Deficiency Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1937, approved February
9, 1937; Public Resolution No. 80, 75th Congress, March 2, 1938; Public
Resolution No. 1, 76th Congress, April 13, 1939; and the Urgent Deficiency Appropriation Act, 1941 (Public Law No. 9, 77th Congress),
March 1, l~l.
In addition to the appropriation acts, several other acts of Congress
have affected the organization of WP A and the conduct or its program.
Reorganization Plan No. 1, prepared by the President in accordance with
the Reor~anization Act of 1939, incorporated the WP A in the new Federal
,vorks Agency (July I, 1939). Other legislation has p<•rtained to the use
of \VPA funds for designated purposes or the transfer of WP A funds to
other Federal agmdes.
ERA acts, was authorized, making available a
total of $915,985,000. From this amount,
$200,000 was transferred to the Procurement
Div~ion of the Treasury Department for the
work relief supply fund and $45,600 to the
Federal Works Agency for administrative expenses, leaving a net total of $915,739,000 for
WPA operations (Table 18).
TABLE 18.-AMOUNT OF FUNDS AVAILABLE TO WPA
DURING THE YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1942, BY SOURCE
Source
Amount
Specific appropriation, ERA Act, fiscal year 1942 ________
Reappropr10ted balances under prior ERA acts__________
$875,000,000
A 40,984,982
Total funds available to WPA _____________ . _____ __
Less transfer of WP A funds to:
Procurement Division for Work Relief
Supply Fund ___ -~- __ . ________ . ___ . __ .~·_ $200,000
Federal Works Agency, for administration._ 45,600
915,984,982
Net funds available to WP A_______________________
915,739,382
245,600
A Includes $16,486,530 of 1938, 1939, and fiscal year 1941 net funds whlch
continued to be available for obligation on Federal construction projects
through provisions of the fiscal year 1942 act. Of this amount, $12,746,568
was available for projects operated by WPA and $3,739,962 for WPA
projects operated by other Federal agencies.
Source: Based on reports of the U. S. Treasury Department.
1
The 1942 ERA Act also made funds available
to three other Federal agencies for expenses they
incur in connection with the WPA program.
The General Accounting Office received $1,400,000; the Treasury Department $6,005,000, and
the United States Employees' Compensation
Commission $3,500,000.
Allocations of WPA Funds
Of the total funds available to the WPA
($915,739,000), 93 percent, or $848,753,000, was
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allocated by the WPA for the operation of
projects. Allocations made for administrative
expenses of the WPA amounted to $34.971,000,
and $35,000 was set aside for the settlement of
property damage claims.
Continuing a policy inaugurated in the fiscal
yee,r 1939, WPA allocated $5,080,000 of its
funds appropriated under the ERA Act, fiscal
year 1942, to other Federal agencies for the
operation of WPA projects and for administrative expenses incurred in this connection. 2
TABLE 19.-AMOUNT OF WPA FUNDS ALLOCATED TO
OTHER FEDERAL AGENCIES FOR WP A PROJECTS
UNDER THE ERA Ac·r, FISCAL YEAR 1942, BY
AGENCY
THROUGH JUNE 30, 1942
Agency
received $387,000. A distribution of allocations
under the ERA Act, fiscal year 1942, by agency
and bureau is shown in Table 19.
The· 1942 act also authorized, f9r the first
time, allocations of WPA funds to other Federal
agencies for administrative expenses incurred
in connection with the planning and review of
WPA projects. Such allocations were limited
by the act to $576,000. Of the $357,500
allocated, $104,900 went to the· Interior Department, $60,600 to the Federal Security
Agency, and $49,000 to the Navy Department.
Smaller amounts were allocated to the Department of Agriculture, the Department of Commerce, the War Department, the Veterans'
Administration, and the Labor Department.
Total
TotaL ___ .. __ . _________________________________ - - .
Department of Agriculture _______________________________ _
•--
f5 080, 424
Expenditures of WPA Funds
3,485,943
Entomology and Plant Quarantine __________________ _
Forest Service ________ . ______________________________ .
Soil Conservation Service ______ ._. ____________________ _
General administrative expenses A _____________________ _
2,274,076
1,027,777
2,150
181,940
Department of Commerce ________________________________ _
573,480
Coast and Geodet:ic Survey_._ .. ______________________ _
Foreign and Domestic Commerce _____________________ _
Weather Bureau ________ ._._. ________ . ________________ _
35,000
464,904
73, 576
Department of the Interior _______________________________ _
139,667
Fish and Wildlife Service___ __________________________
National Park Service__________________________ _______
Jr,, 920
122,747
Department of Labor: Labor Statistics____________________
Library of Congress. _________ ... ___ ._______________________
290,279
60,500
------------1'====
49,013
Department or the Navy _______________________
Coast Guard ______________________________ . _________ ...
Yards and Docks _____ . _________________________ . _____ .
I, 013
48,000
Federal 8ecurlty Agency: Public Health Service. __________ l
Veterans' Administration ___ ... _... _.. _...... --------------1
War Department: Quartermaster Corps._. _________ . ______ i
G0,600
386,942
34. 000
A Not distributed by bureau.
Source: Based on reports of the U. S. Treasury Depe.rtu'ent.
The largest allotment, $3,486,000, went to the
Department of Agriculture in accordance ·with a
provision of the act that $3,500,000 could be
allocated to bureaus of that department for the
continuation of existing projects. An allocation
of $465,000 was made to the Bureau of Foreign
and Domestic Commerce, Department of Commerce, for the continuation of the marketing
laws survey. The Veterans' Administration
2 The ERA .\<'t, fiscal year 1942, set a limit of $8,500.000 on the amount
that might be trans/erred for this purposP. The limits under Parlin acts
were: ERA Act ol 1938, $88,000.000: ERA Art or 1939, $60,000,000: and
ERA Act, fiscal year 1941, $44,000,000. The ERA Act, fiscal y,,ar 1943,
makes no provision for further ailocations of this nature.
Total expenditmes of WPA funds during the
year ending June 30, 1942, including liquidation of obligations incurred under earlier ERA
acts, amounted to $887,648,000. This is the
smallest annual expenditure since the program
began; it represents a reduction of 33 p'ercent
from that of the previous year, and of 60
percent from that of the peak year, 1939.
The programs operated by the WPA accounted
for $879,248,000 of this amount, and the
remaining $8,400,000 was expended for programs operated hy other Federal agencies.
The greater part of the WPA funds expended
during the fiscal year 1942 was for the operation
of work projects. Of the amount spent by the
WPA, $844,498,000, or 96 percent, was for
project operations; $34,717,000, or 3.9 percent,
was for administrative expenses; and $32,000
w11s used for the settlement of property damage
claims. WPA funds spent by other Federal
agencies included $7,892,000 for project operations, $258,000 for administrative costs incident
to such operations, and $250,000 for administrative expenses incurred in planning and
reviewing WPA projects.
Trends in Expenditures
The charting of monthly expenditures of
WPA funds (sec Chart 5) shows clearly the
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CHART 5
WPA EXPENDITURES*
July 1935 - June 1942
MIUIONS
OF DOLLARS
250
MILLIONS
OF DOLLARS
250
I''
rr------t3---M
-O
_ N_T_H- - t -- - - ----l- - - - - - 1 2 oo
/
MOVING AVERAGE
MONTHLY
o ~ "-'-'--'--'...L.J.-'-'-.J....L.J....L.J...J....J....L.l....l...._,_'-'--'LWLW--LJ.--LJ...1..1.u..1..1..LL.LL.LLLLLLLLJUJ..J...1..u...L.1..LJ..LL.ULLLLLLLLILI...JJJ..u...u.ii_u_J.J_1D, 0
1935
*
1936
1937
Includes WPA funds allocated to other
1938
1940
1939
1941
1942
Federal agencies from July 1938 to date..
WPA
changes in the size of the WPA program. However, because of the variation in the number of
pay days for proj ect workers between one
4152
month and the next month and other teclmical
factors associated with pay roll, accounting,
and plll'chasing procedures, expenditure data
TABLE 20.-AMOU /'IT OF WPA FUNDS EXPENDED FOR PRO GRAMS OPERATED BY WPA AND BY OTHER FEDERAL
AGENCIES, BY FISCAL YEAR"
rfIJrtO Ur. 11 J UNE 30, 1042
Programs operated by W PA
Year ending June 30-
Orond total
Project opcrntions
T otal
- - - - -- -- - - -- - I -- - - - - -I - -A_n_,_o_u _n _t __ ~
r_e_er_,t___'_\_m_.o_u_n_, __
Total ----- -- -- -- -- ------ ---- C $I0,468.2<19.193 C $I0,286,65.3, 607
IOO. 0
I, 258, 130, 249
I, 818, 130,501
!, 427, 374,309
C 2, 157,200,362
C ! , 461 , 790,340
C I. 284,780,435
C 879, 247, 501
100. 0
1936_
- - .•••• ••·
·• ------------ --- -_
1937
_________
________
• ________
____
I 038 _ _ ____________ __ _ __ _____ ____ __
1030_ --- - ----- --- __________ __ -----1940_ ------ -- -- -- __ -- __ --- - · --- --- 194! __ _____ --- --- ----- ------ ---- - - 1942_ --- - -- ·---- -- -·-------- --- --- -
I, 258, I30, 240
I , 8 18, 130, 501
J, 427. 374, 30U
C 2, 230. 740, 993
C I, ,S20. lOO, 078
C I, 326, 11 0. 53 1
C 887,647,532
100. 0
100. 0
100. 0
100. 0
100. 0
100.0
Percent
~ motrn~
agcnciPs B
I Percen t _ __ __
9,,, 0
$402. 079, 623
3. 9
$181,595,496
94 . 0
06. :l
95. 5
95. 9
96. 4
9(i. 5
96. 0
6-1, 562, 871
66, 844, 270
63,807,933
73,40 1, 072
53, 171 , 37 1
45, 57•1, 658
34,7 17,439
,1 . I
-------------------- ----- ------- -- ---- -73,540,631
58,3 15, 738
41 , 330, 000
8, 400,031
$9, 868. 640, 306
I, 193, 567,378
l, 751. 286, 222
I , 363,566, 376
2,067, 97 1,970
I, 408,571,637
I , 230, 178, 494 1
844, 498, 220
Programs
operated hy
other Federal
Administration
3. 7
4. 5
3. 4
3. 6
3. 5
3. 0
A Includes NY A administrative expenses incur red prio r to Jul y 1030 but docs not include fund s for other N YA act ivities or WPA funds transfe rred
under the E RA Acts of 1935 and 1936 for land uti lization a nd ru ra l rehabilitation pro~rams administered by the F a rm Secu rity Adminisl.rntion.
8 Includes work projects and admin istrath·c ex penditures of WPA fund s allocated under section 3 of tbe ERA Act of 1938, section I I of the ERA
Act of ID39, section IO of tho ERA Act, fi scal yen r 104 1, nnd sect ion 6 of t he EHA Act, fi scal yea r 1042.
c_Includes a total of $15,933,768 expended on miscell an eous activities. in cludin g purchases of surplus clothin !!. aid Lo self-help and cooperatl w .
assoc10Lions, to rnad o relief, and settlement of p roperty d am age claim s. Tho distribution of this total by fi scal yea r is as foUow s: 193~- $15,827,320;
10-\0-$47,332; 1941-$27,283; 1942- $31,833 .
Source: Based on reports of tbc U . S. Treasury D epar tment and the W ork Projects Administration.
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TABLE 21.-AMOUNT OF WPA FUNDS EXPENDED FOR PROGRAMS OPERATED BY WPA AND BY OTHER FEDERAL
AGENCIES A
MO~TITLY, JULY 103,5-JUNE 1042
[In thousands]
1035
1036
1937
1938
1939
1940
1941
1942
$1,987,463
$1,446,054
$1,907, 512
$1,804,307
$1,440,088
$1,135,217
141,350
128,079
158,146
137, 214
131,353
141,5.55
102, 537
105,258
145,984
142,007
152,632
169,690
181,427
158, 858
203, 183
169, 937
167, 211
170, 739
121,060
120,431
141 , 645
134, 775
130,572
118, 671
116,957
106, 778
112,948
110, 5f3
106,848
99,093
-----· 78,001
Juno .................. .. ... . . .. . ... . ... .. ........ . . ... .... .. .
164,770
159,586
184,487
174,186
163, 974
160, 017
July ......... .... ... __ ... . .......... . ... ...... ... .
August ........... ....... . ............. . . ... . .... .
September. ..... .. .. . ............ . . ..... ..... .... ..
October .... . . . . ... . . ............ __ .. ______ .. __ .. ..
November . ....... ..... _________ .... __ .. ________ ..
December ...... ... ................ . .... . ... . .. .. .
157,077
151,504
158,902
174,298
160,860
177, 793
112, 776
90,544
97,605
96,575
95, 672
107, 08,5
167, 544
19S. 174
201. 533
204, 743
102,607
214, 794
141,716
137,074
106,280
116, 016
118,565
113,301
lll , 643
118,402'
103,891
116,307
108,407
90,359
77,576
77, 752
81,600
· 76,620
78,133
Month
TotaL .. ......... .... . .....................
$251,101
January .... ... . .. ...... .. . .. ... . . . .. .. .. .... ... .. . . ..... ... .
February .... ..... .. ...... .. . . . . . . . ... .. ...... .. . ... .... .
March . ......... ..... ·---- __ ... __ . __ __ .. ....... . . . .. .. ..... .
~;~1.~~~::::::::::::::::: ::::.:.: :: ::::::::::::::: .:::::::::::
A
162
5,812
16. 960
35,210
58,661
134. 20r,
114, 284
$(05,607
68,563
69, S70
68, 796
67, 796
67,581._
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For programs included, see footnote~ to Table 20.
Source: Based on reports of the U, S. Treasury Department and the Work Projects Administration.
lag behind changes in the employment level
and are subject to more pronounced fluctuations than employment.
Expenditures rose rapidly after the initiation
of the WPA program in the summer of 1935,
reaching approximately $170,000,000 a month
in the spring of 1936. There was a general
trend downward in project employment from
CHART 8
DISTRIBUTION OF WPA EXPENDITURES
BY OBJECT OF EXPENDITURE*
YNr Endln1 June 30. 1942
ADMINISTRATION
3.9 %
PROJECT
NONLABOA
13. 3 %
then until the fall of 1937, and monthly expenditmes averaged less than $100,000,000 per
month. The following winter, WPA operations
were expanded to relieve the acute unemployment caused by the 1937 business recession, and
monthly expenditures -showed a steady rise,
reaching a peak of $215,000,000 in December
1938.
Since the end of the calendar year 1938, the
general trend in expenditures has been do.wnward , with only relatively slight and short-lived
increases due principally to seasonal factors.
In July 1941, expenditures were $90,000,000.
There was a steady decrease in WPA expenditures through the following months of the fiscal
year 1942. By February, the expenditure level
'.\ as $69,000,000 nnd by June it had dropped to
$58,000,000. This is the smallest monthly
expenditure since October 1935, the fourth
month of the program.
Administrative Expenditures
Each ERA act since the ERA Act of 1939 has
set a limit on the amount of funds that the
WPA may use for administrative purposes.
The ERA Act for the fiscal year 1942 limited
t.l1e amount of obligations that might be incurred for such purposes to $35,466,000. 3 Of .
this amount, not more than $29,016,000 was to
t
...
.,.,....
...
bJ,e,141..,,_.., WPA MIM ,_. ..............
....,,,.
~
~
. ...
41&3
' As directed by tho Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1942,
$·15,f,OO of this amount wns trnnsfrrred to the Office of Administrator,
Federal Works Agency .
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TABLE 22.-AMOUNT OF WPA FUNDS EXPENDED FOR
PROGRAMS OPERATED
FEDJ:RAL AGENCIES
BY
WPA
AND
BY
OTHER
MONTHLY, JULY 1941-JUNE 1942
[In thousands]
Month
Total . .. ........... ........ .
Total
Programs
operated
by other
Federal
agencies A
Programs
operated
byWPA
$887. 647
$879,247
$8,400
90,359
77,576
77. 752
88, 428
76,331
1,931
], 245
76,868
884
l----l----➔ ----
19il
July •••••.........................
August ..•.•........... ...........
September....................... .
October .••.... . . . ................
November .•...............•......
December .... ... . ........•.......
81,600
76,620
78,133
80, 631
75,761
77. 195
859
78,001
68,563
69. 870
68, 796
62. 796
57, 581
77, 426
68,332
69,666
68. 604
575
969
938
19~
January •••.• ... . . . ......•........
February•..• . .. .. .. ..............
March ..•.. ·...................... .
tfa~.~:::::::::::::·::::::::::::::
June ....•..••.....................
231
204
192
62,6 19
177
57,386
195
• Financed by allocation or WP A runds.
Source: Based on reports or the U. S. Treasury Department and the
Work Projects Administration.
be used for personal services (salaries), $2,800,000 for travel, $500,000 for communication,
and $300,000 for printing and binding. Table
23 shows the obligations incurred during the
fiscal .year for the administration of the WPA
program.
More than four-fifths of the cost of administering the WP A program is represented by
salaries of personnel. The large reductions in
administrative expenditures reflect the decreases in the administrative force. (See Table
20.) Numbering more than 35,000 at the peak
TABLE 23.-AMouNT OF WPA FuNDS OBLIGATED FoR
ADMINISTRATION OF
WPA, BY
OBJECT
OF ExPENDITURE
YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1942
Object or expenditure
Amount
Percent
Total . . . .. .......... ............... . ... . =$=
34=,4=79=•=27=3, l==l=OO=.0
1
28,597. 486
83. 0
Personal services. ........ ...... ... ... . ... .... .
Purchase or materials, supplies, and equip•
ment. ........ . ......... ............... .... ..
Rent.. .. . ..... ................................
657,588
1.9
I. 290, 994
3. 7
1==== 1===
Contractual services........................ . . .
3,918.088
11. 3
0
1 - -- - ·I - - -
CommunJcatfon. .. ... ................. . .. .
Travel, Including subsistence........ ......
Transportation of things........... .......
Printing and binding................. .....
Heat, light, power, water, electricity. . . . ..
488,032
I. 4
2. 6-14, 023
7. 7
137,033
0.4
282.580
0.8
154,568
0. 4
Other.. . ....................... .. ..... . . ..
210,052
o. o
l====,I===
Other... ... ................................ ...
Source: Work Projects Administration.
15, 117
of WPA operations in 1938, the administrative
staff has been steadily decreased since that time.
At the beginning of the fiscal year 1942, about
19,000 persons were employed in an administrative capacity. Further reductions during
the year brought this number down to about
11,000 by June 30, 1942. More than 10,000 of
these employees were in state and local offices,
about 900 were in the control office in Washington, and 250 were regional and other field office
employees.
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Sponsors' Funds
State and local governments have cooperated
in the operation of the WPA program since its
beginning. Although the size of the program
has varied from year to year, sponsors' contributions have increased each year from the beginning of the program. In the fiscal year 1942,
sponsors spent $381,150,000 on projects, bringing their total for seven years to $2,722,500,000.
The proportion of sponsors' expenditures to the
total cost in this period rose from 10 percent
in the first year of the program to 31 percent in
the seY<mth yeo.r.
Sponsors' contributions to project cost arc
subject to statutory control. At least 25 percent of the total cost of all non-Federal projects
approved after January 1, 1940, must be borne
by the sponsors in each state. However, projects which have been certified as being important for military or naval purposes may be
exempted from this regulation. During the
fiscal year 1942, sponsors furnished nearly 23
percent of the total cost of certified war projects.
WP A and Sponsors' Expenditures
Total expenditures on projects operated by
WPA during the fiscal year 1942 amounted to
$1,225,648,000, of which WPA furnished
$844,498,000 and sponsors $381,150,000. This
is the smallest total amount spent on WP A
projects for any fiscal year since the WPA
began operations, and represents a reduction of
more than 31 percent from the preceding year,
and of more than 52 percent from the peak year
of 1939.
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WPA in the national defense and
war programs accounts for much
of this change. Airport work,
for example, accounted for more
than 8 percent of total project
3
2.500
expenditures in fiscal year 1942,
but slightly less than 4 percent
in fiscal year 1941, and about 2
percent in earlier years.
A considerable amount of defense and war work is also
included in other types of construction work, such as highways,
roads, and streets, water and
sewer systems and other utilities,
and buildings. The relative importance of projects of these
-• ....
types has not changed, however,
as an expansion of defense work in some instances has been more than offset by a curtailment in nondefense work. This is the case in
highway, road, and street work, which, while
remaining the most important single type,
shows a relative decline. Expenditures on these
projects represented only 32 percent of the total
in the fiscal year 1942, as compared with 39
percent in the preceding year and 42 percent
in the fiscal year 1940. Public building work,
including construction and improvement of
buildings at military and naval reservations,
shows a slight proportional increase-from 10
percent of total expenditures in fiscal year,-1949
WPA AND SPONSORS' EXPENDITURES ON PROJECTS
OPERATED BY WPA, BY FISCAL YEAR
AND BY SOURCE OF FUNDS
Throust, June 30, 1942
MILLIONS Ot" DOLLARS
YEAR ENDING
0
1.000
I
I
I
r
I
I
I
I
I
I
I
I
I
I
I
I
1,500
2,000
JUNE 30. t 938
JUNIE 30. 1937
I
JUNE 30, 1938
JUNE 30, 1839
JUNE 30. 1940
JUNE 30, 1941
I
i!'iCi'fifric"i\,{1
JUNE 30, 1942
I
I
I
111111111 SPONSORS' f"UNDS
lillffi WPA
FUNDS
Objects of Expenditure
WPA funds are used to pay the wages of
certified relief workers and some of the supervisory personnel, and a portion of the nonlabor
costs. Of total project expenditures made by
WPA during the fiscal year 1942, 86 percent
represented the cost of labor, and 14 percent the
cost of materials and equipment and other nonlabor items. The increase in the proportion of
WPA funds used for nonlabor expenses, from
10 percent in the fiscal year 1941 to 14 percent
in the fiscal year 1942, was due chiefly to the increased emphasis on war projects, which are
primarily construction projects and involve
higher than usual nonlabor costs.
Sponsors' funds are used mainly for the purchase of materials and equipment, the rent of
equipment, and other nonlabor costs, items
which represented 83 percent of total sponsors'
expenditures during the fiscal year 1942. The
balance of sponsors' funds, 17 percent, was
used for the wages of supervisory personnel and
skilled workmen not available among persons
certified for WP A employment.
TABLE 24.-AMOUNT OF WPA AND SPONSORS' FUNDS
EXPENDED ON PROJECTS OPERATED BY WPA
BY
FISCAL YEAR AND BY SOURCE OF FUNDS
'
TllROl"GR JUNE
Sponsors' funds
y enr cn<linfl
June 30-
193
The distribution of expenditures by types of
projects indicates a change in emphasis on certain kinds of work. The participation of the
ma8
1939 .
HJ4 u
194 I.
194 2
i
I
Total funds
I
WPA funds
Amount
Pereent o
total
funds
Total. .. $12,591, 157, 0531$9, 868,640: 300 $2,722,517,647
21. ff
132, 889, 884
300, 603, 854
371,607,621
493, 939, 060
494, 357, 430
547,969, 773
381,150,025
10. 0
14. 7
21. 4
193ti
Types of Projects
30, 1942
--------•• · --
··...·•• -
I
I
---------
I, 326,457,262
2, 051, 890, 071\
I, 735,173,997
2,561,911,030
I, 902,029, ()f,7
I, 787, 148, 267
I. 225, f,48, 254
1,193,567,378
1, 751, 286, 222
1, 363, 566, 376
2,067,971,970
I, 408,571, 6.37
I, 239, I78, 494
844, 408, 229
19. 3
26. 0
30. 7
31. I
I
Source: WPA expenditurl's based on U. S. Treasury Department and
WP A reports; sponsors' expl'nditures based on WP A reports.
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to 11 percent in fiscal year 1941, and 12 percent
in fiscal year 1942. The proportion of expenditures for water and sewer systems and other
utilities which was less than 11 percent in the
fiscal years 1940 and 1941 declined only slightly
in the fiscal year 1942. Work on recreational
facilities has been greatly curtailed. Expenditures for this work in fiscal year 1940 were 6
percent of total expenditures, 5 percent. in fiscal
year 1941, and only 3 percent in the fiscal
year 1942.
Expenditures for service projects accounted
for 27 percent of all WPA project expenditures
during the fiscal year 1942 as compared with
about 24 percent for the fiscal year 1941.
Welfare projects, which include sewing, housekeeping aide, public health activities, and
nursery schools, accounted for the largest share
of expenditures in this group, or 14 percent of
the total project funds expended in the fiscal
year 1942. The public activities group, inclu<ling education, recreation, library and arts
projects, used up more than 8 percent of the
expenditures. Four percent of ihe total was
spent for research and records projects.
Training projects accounted for more than
of total WP A cxpencli tmes in fiscal
percent
2
year 1942. Included in these were vocational
training schools, in-plant preemployment truining, and t.raining as airport servicemen and
household workers. These projects arc described in detail in another section of this
report.
The sponsors' sl1are of total expenditures for
the fiscal year 1942 was more than 31 percent.
This was about the same proportion as for the
fiscal year 1941. Sine<' the major part of
TABLE 25.-
AMOU\'T OF WPA
.urn
CHART 8
WPA AND SPONSORS' EXPENDITURES ON PROJECTS
OPERATED BY WPA, BY TYPE OF PROJECT
Y~,: Endln1 June 30, 1942
PEIICENT 0, TOTAL
TYPl!:0#...,_,tcT'
1,0
~
210
HIGHWAYS, 11040&. IJIIO
ITIIEETS
lkHU>tNGS
WATEII AND SEWUI IYSTUQ
AND OTHPI UTIUT.a
~SUC: ACTIVmU
111:CRUTIONAL FA~UTU
Excl11dlna: 811lldlna1
VOCATIONAL TIIAINING
CON&CIIIVATION
SANITATION
AU.
o......
sponsors' funds is expended for matC'rial and
equipment, sponsors' expenditures are relatively
largest on projects requiring these items in
large quantities. Representing 34 percent of
the cost of construction projects in the fiscal
year 1942, sponsors' expenditures were 37 perCC'nt of the total expended on highway, road,
and street projects and on conservation projects; 36 percent on water and sewer and other
utilities; and 34 percent on public buildings.
Although many of the projects in this group are
certified as important for military and naval
purposes, and are therefore exempt from the
25 percent requirement, the sponsors' share of
expenditures is more than 25 percent on most
types of projects.
Less than 25 percent of the cost of all service
projects was defrayed by sponsors. Because of
SPONSORS' FUNDS EXPENDED ON PROJECTS OPERATED BY WPA , BY OBJECT OF
ExPt:1'l>!TURE AND BY SouRCE OF FHNDS
Yin• F.x,,,,rn Ju,;,: 30, 1942
Spon~or< funds
WPA funds
Tot.al f11:td"
- - - - ---------
----- - ~ - -
Object of <•xpenditure
Amount
Pnc.-nt
Amount
Prrcrnt
Amount
r,•rc,•nt
PC'ret'llt
----------------------,-·----- - - - - - - ---- - ---Total . . . . . , ... . . ___ .. ______________ _.. . . .. . .. . .. . ____ .
$1, 22.1, 1\48, 2M
---------
Personnl srrviC<'s ... ... .. _. ______ . _. . . . . . . . . . . . . . •. ........ . .
Purchn.c;c of mRtC>riols, -.upplil's, and cr1.uipnu.•nt ______ __ ___ .. .
~~~!r~'. ~'.1.~'.~~~~~:::.:: -::::- :::: --- -----·::: :: ::::::::::
701, 109, 143
211,976,643
130, 6t,O, 002
61,912, 15r,
100.0
$844,408. 2211
54.5
;27, 93S. 698
78,317.602
29,056,ill
n. 185, 21~
· - - -·-- - --19. 7
10. 7
o. I
100. ll
---
$:J.~1.150, 02.1
8(i. 2
- - - - - - -63,170,415
0. 1
3. 4
I.I
161, 6!i9, 041
101, S93, 291
[12, 727. 248
Source: WPA cxpt>ndlturf's bas·d on V. S. Trcnsury IJt•µartmcnt and \\"PA r~1t0rts; sponsors' l'Xpcnd i tun•s ha~t•<l
011
I
of total
funds
1110.0
16. f,
42. n
21i.;
13. ~
\Y PA rci,orLs.
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7,. 8
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TABLE 26.-Al\lOUNT OF WPA AND SPONSORS' FUNDS EXPENDED ON PROJECTS OPERATED BY WPA, BY
MAJOR TYPE OF PROJECT AND BY SOURCE OF FUNDS
YEARS E'1DING JUNE 30, 1941 AND 1042
Y<'ar ending June 30, 1!142
Total funds
Year ending June 30, 1941
Sponsors' funds
Total funds
Sponsors' funds
Type or proj~•c·t
WP A funds
Amount
Percent
Amount
Percent
or total
funds
WPA funds
Amount
Percent
Amount
Percont
or total
funds
-
TotaL
--------------- $1, 225, 648, 254
DiYi~ion of Oper~tions ___________
Airports and airways _________
Buildings _______________ . ____
Conservation .... _____________
Engineering surveys __________
Highways, roads, and streets.
Recreational facilities (cxcl.
buildings) __ .... _____ .......
Sanitation ________ .. ___ ..... _.
W nter and sewer systems and
other utilities ... ····-····Other ________________________
Service Division _________________ .
Public actiYitics ... __________
Research aud records ... _.....
Welfare ___ ---- ... _________
Division or Training and Reemployment. _ ... ____ . --·-••-·-.
Public Work Reserve ____________
Miscellaneous A __________________
100.0 $1,230,178,494 $547, 009, 773
30.7
100.0 $844, 498, 229 $:l81, 150,025
31.1 $1, 787, 148, 267
870, 076, 294
ii. 0 571,863, 714 298, 212, 580
34. 3 I, 326, 098, 521
74. 2
!188, 009, 331 437, 129, 193
33.0
102,415,437
lH, 153,927
25, i2S, 531
6,441,615
393,410,623
8. 4 76,889,014 25,526,423
11.S 94,496,838 49,657,089
9,593, (127
2.1 rn. 13.\ 554
1,269,461
5,172. lM
0. 5
32. 1 247,395,697 146,014,926
24. 9
34. 4
37. 3
19. 7
37.1
69, 671, 255
188, 752, 727
44,419, 551
9,648,840
689, 879, 964
3.9
10. 6
2. 5
0. -~
38.6
52,761,219 16,910,036
124, 027, 538 64,725, 189
29,802,445 14,527,106
7,768,380
1,880,460
454, 673, 876 235, 206, 088
2,.3
34.3
32. 7
- - - - - - - - - ------ ------ ---- ------ ---- ------- - - - - - - -
19.5
34.1
40,880,833
10,598, 785
3. 3
0. 9
28,068, 295
7,719,306
12,812,538
2,879,479
31. ~
27. 2
85,462,978
20,950, 740
4.8
1. 2
59,245, :m
13, 9.54, 715
26,217,778
7,005,025
30. 7
33. (
116, 64.5, 079
29, 80!. 414
9. 5
2. 4
75,208,435
20,778,421
41,436,644
9,022,993
35. 5
30. 3
194,852,686
22,450, i83
10. 9
I. 2
131,983, 564
14,662,394
62,869, 122
7,788,389
32.3
34. 7
328, 508. 505
26.8 247,740,591
80,808,001
24. 6
434, 036, 85-5
24. 3
334,971,118
99,065,737
22.8
104, 41 i, 530
51,445. iSi
172, 73,5. 278
8. 5 77,530,431'
4. 2 41,804, 2HI
14.1 128, 405, 936
26,887,094
9,641.568
44,329,342
25. 7
18. i
25. 7
138, 932, 155
72,370, Sli
222, 733, SS.1
7.8
4.0
12. 5
104, 081, 442
.57, 77.5, 431
173, 114, 245
34,850, 713
14,595,386
49,610,638
20.2
22. 3
29,031, 162
943,463
-3,001, 200
2. 3 27,484, 23!
943, 4r,3
0.1
--0. 2 -3, 533,770
I, 546,931
rn, 086, 994 11,693,578
5. 3
30, 780, 5i2
1. 7
----- ----------------·-- -------------- -----------81,265
-3, 767,684
--0.2
-3,848, 949
---·-
---------------
- - - - - - ---- - - - - - ----- ---- - - - - - - - ---- - - - - - ------ - -
532,510
25.1
38. 0
A Includes adjustments for excess of deposits in the supply fund owr payments out of the supply fund and for items in transit to control aoconnts
and sponsors' expenditures for land, land leases, easements, and rights-of-way.
Source: Work Projects Administration.
the relatively low nonlabor costs involved, proj<'Cts in the research and records group showed
the smallest proportion, 19 percent. Low nonlabor costs for training projects in fiscal year
1942, as compared with the previous year when
the program was initiated, account for the fact
that only 5 percent of the total cost of training
projects was contributed by sponsors in the
fiscal year 1942 as compared with 38 percent
in the preceding fiscal year.
The kinds of projects operated under the
WPA program in any state are determined
primarily by the skills of the unemployed
workers certified for WP A jobs, by the needs of
the local communities for both military and
civilian facilities and services, and by the
financial circumstances of the state and local
governments which sponsor the projects. In
all but a few states the work programs during
the fiscal year 1942 included every major type
of project, though the emphasis given individual
types varied from state to state. Highway,
road, and street projects, which have consistently been the outstanding type in most states
as well as in the country as a whole, were, on
the basis of expenditures, the most prominent
type in 35 states during the fiscal year 1942.
Public building projects, however, which ranked
second in importance on a nation-wide basis,
equaled or exceeded this position in only 11
states. On the other hand, airport and airway
work ranked third or higher in 15 states, even
though this type was only fourth nationally.
This is a reflection of the wartime demand for
greater airport facilities in strategic areas,
especially in the coastal states. The amounts
expended in each state and their percentage
distribution are shown by major types of projects in Tables XII and XIII of the appendix.
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a program of useful puhlir projthe Work Projects Administration
since 1935 has given employment to millions of
unemployed workers throughout the country.
These projects have added to the physical assets of local communities and increased public
services. Although defense and war projects
were prominent in the vVP A program in the
fiscal year 1942, the rest of the program was
devoted to the same broad range of activities
as in preceding years.
WP A defense and war activities in the fiscal
year 1942 made outstanding contributions to
the Nation's defenses. The construction and
improvement work on airports throughout the
country, ca.r ried on extensively in preceding
years and now intensified, was of great importance. Work at military and na.val establishments helped to provide facilities for our expanding armed forces. :Many access roads to
military and naval reservations and war production centers were constrncted during this
fiscal yco.r. These aids to the war effort arc
discussed on pages 6-13 of this rC>port,.
Many projects which did not contribute directly to the Nation's war program were eliminated. Of those that were continued, some
were concerned with the completion of important public works started in peacetime; others,
although not designated as war projects, were
continued because of their contribution to the
healtl1, welfare and morale of the civilian
'
population.
Although the WPA operafrd on a smaller
scale during the fiscal yl'ar 1942 bl.'couse of a
reduced nppropriatiou and a reduction in the
HROUGH
T ects,
number of workers, substantial additions were
made to its accomplishments of the past six
years. In cooperation with local communities,
WPA workers have improved the physical
facilities for transportation and communication, education, recn•ation, conservation, public
health, and sanitation. Through nonconstruction activities such as educational services,
recreational leadership, and welfare services,
substantial contributions also were made.
It is not possible to deal in numerical terms
with all the WPA's project accomplishments.
What follows is a sketch of the chief fields of
WPA activity, and a summary account of accomplishments in these fields over seven years,
with a few illustrative examples of the work
accomplished during the fiscal year 1942.
Transportation and Communication
The tra.nsporlution and communication facilitiPs of the K ation have been greatly improved
during seven yea.rs of operation of the WPA
program. ProjPcts for the construction and
improvement of roads and streets, airports, and
waterways have constituted a major part of the
program during this wl10le period.
Highway, road, and street projects are
especially suitable for WPA program operation.
Work for the improvement of roads and streets
is gr<•atly needed in most communities. Also,
projects of this type give work to large numbers
of unskilled and semiskillt·d workers and their
operation can be adapted to fluctuating unemployment since the number of p<'I'Sons
employed can be readily increased or decreased.
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About 644,000 miles of highways, roitds, and
streets were construded or improved throughout the seven years of operation of the WP A
program through June 30, 1942. Nearly ninetenths of this work was on rural roads and
highways. Many of these were farm-tomarket roads, which not only increased the
farmers' opportunities to market their goods
but made it possible for inlmbitants of rural
areas to take advantage of cultural and educational opportunities in more largely populated centers.
Improvements to rural roads
also reduced maintenance costs and made the
savings available for use elsewhere. Of the mileage completed in the seven years, about 66,000
miles represented work in mban areas. :More
than 11,000 miles of road were constructed or
improved in parks and recreation areas.
Less than one-tenth of the highways and
roads built or improved by WPA workers in
rural areas had high-type surfacing. Low-type
surfaced or unsurfaced roads meet the requirements of most rural nreas and the necessary
improvements constitute a simple type of construction-the widening, grading, or drainnge
of roadbeds or the surfacing of the ronds with
crushed stone or gravel. Many urbnn streets,
on the other hand, must nccommodate a heavy
traffic lond. More than two-fifths of the streets
widened, repaired, or newly constructed in
urban areas had asphalt, concrete, or other
high-type surfaces.
TABLE 27.-HIGHWAYS, ROADS, AND STREETS CONSTRUCTED OR JMPROVED ON PROJECTS OPERATED BY
WPA
CUMULATIVE THROUf":Il JC!\E 30, 1042
Item
I
1
lli!!h-typc I s~~_r:~~~ 1~~1
surfnr-C'
un'=iurfar<'rl
500 32l ,
f,6. 392
11. 21):3
Sfl,.580 I
557, ~91
--------511. 696
37. 32,5
8. 370
Total
1----
TotnL _______________ .
Ruralroads _____ . ____________ _
_Street.sand
---------·-- ___
Other roads alleys
___________________
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Into some areas previously inaccessible to
motor vehicles, the vVP A has built roads, such
as the Lewis and Clark Highway, which was
under construction in the stnte of Idaho.
This road was cut through rough granite ridge
sections of the Rocky Mountains over Lo Lo
Pass which, before the building of the highway,
could not be reached by automobile. Other
roads, such as the Wolf Creek and Wilson
River Highways in Oregon, reduced the mileage
between important points. These roads connected established highways and provided
shorter and faster routes from Portland to the
coast. Built through heavily wooded mountain
country, they also provided access to about
twelve billion board feet of timber.
Many of the streets constructed in urban
areas by the WPA form connecting links with
state and national highways. An example of
this type of project is the Washington Avenue
extension in the city of Albany, New York.
The street was extended for about two miles
to a dead-end county highway which connects
with Route No. 5 of New York State and U.S.
Highway No. 20. It provides an additionaJ
outlet for motor traffic to and from industriaJ
and military centers in this vicinity and is expected to be an important link in a proposed
superhighway across New York State. In
order to avoid the use of steel reinforcing, a
nine-inch depth of concrete was used instead of
the usual eight.
The construction of bridges and viaducts has
been a necessary part of highway improvements.
During the seven years ending June 30, 1942,
more than 77,000 new bridges and viaducts
were built by WPA workers and improvements
were made to about 46,000 others. Some of
the bridges replaced old structures which were
unsafe or inadequate for heavy motor traffic.
The viaducts speeded traffic on heavily traveled
highways and city streets and eliminated hazardous crossings for both automobile traffic and
pedestrians.
Other work incidental to highway improvement includes the construction and improvement of more than 161,000 miles of roadside
dminage ditches; the building of more than
23,000 miles of i-idewalks and paths and the
improvement of about 7,000 miles; the construction and improvement of more than 1,000,000 culverts, 28,000 ·miles of curbs, more than
6,000 miles of gutters, and about 4,800 miles of
guardrails and guard walls. WPA workers also
landscaped more than 46,000 miles of roadside.
To add to the safety of motor travel, nearly
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TABLE 28.-BRIDGES, CULVERTS,
APPURTENANC~S CONSTRUCTED
PROJECTS OPERATED BY WPA
AND OTHER ROAD
OR IMPROVED ON
CUMULATIVE TIIROUf:II JUNE 30, ln42
Type of road appurtenance
Unit of
I measurement
Total
N'ew
const.rue-tion
Reeonstruction
or impron1 ment
graph lines which have aided the fire prevention work of the Forest Service and improved
communication facilities at other Federal establishments. WPA workers have also installed
or repaired about 3,500 miles of police, fire
alarm, and traffic signal systems.
- - - - - - - - - , - - - - , - - - - -- - - -
Education
Sidewalks and paths__________
Curbs ___ ________ ____________ __
Gutters _______________________
Ouardrailsandgu11rdwalls ____
Culverts _______ ________ ___ ____
The WP A hos assisted state and local departments of education in the improvement and extension of educational facilities and services in
runny communities. School plants have been
built, and educn.tionn.l services have been provided for groups not usually included in public
education programs.
About 5,700 new school buildings have been
built in the seven yen.rs of operation of the WPA
program. The types of buildings constructed
varied according to t.he needs and means of the
localities served. ~\,fost of them are small structures with a capacity of 1.50 pupils or less, such
as the grade school building constructed in
fiscal year 1942 in the Wichita School District,
Clackamas County, Oregon. This one-story
building with a bns0rnent replaced an old school
constructed in 1909. Other schools built by
the WPA provide accommodat,ions for 11
larger number of pupils, as the two-story reinforced concrete building at Clyde, North
Carolina. The old building, which had been
condemned as unsafe, was demolished and
materials were salvoged for use in the new
two-story building, which contains 21 classrooms, an auditorium, library, cafeteria, home
economics depnrtrnent, office space, and shops
for manual trnining.
Improved school facilities have made it possible for many snrnll communities to broaden
then· school curricula. In Columbia and Lincoln Counties, Arknnsns, for example, after the
consolidn.tion of smnll school districts, the need
arose for new junior-senior high school buildings.
Through WPA projects, two brick
veneer buildings wPre constructed, each containing 11 classrooms, a study hall, it combination auditorium-gymnnsium, and facilities for
vocational training and home economics work.
WP A work0rs <>nlnrged and improved more
than 33 ,000 n.ddit.ional school buildings which
ha<l been inadcqun.te to care for increased en-
Miles. . . . .
29,036
23,006
Miles_ ____
27,96;
24, 547
Miles___ __
6, IW
5,341
Miles___ __
4,765
3,265
Number ___ I, mt , 381 l, 036, 551
Bridges and viaducts _________ Number___
Wood ________ _____________ Number __ _
StecJ.. __ ___ __ ____ _________ Number ___
Masonry __ _______ _________ Number __ _
6, 930
3, 420
i88
I, 500
124,830
122,758
77,053
45, 70-5
80, 425
22,103
55. 148
6, 416
15,489
25, 2i7
15, 77i
zo, 140
4,651
100,000 light standards were installed or improved on about 2,500 miles of road. More
than 900,000 traffic signs were erected and 5,000
miles of traffic control lines were painted.
In addition to the vast amount of construction work which was done to improve automobile travel, WP A workers made traffic surveys
in hundreds of communities throughout the
country. The findings of many of these surveys have been used in increasing the safety and
efficiency of motor transportation, and are a
basis for planning additional new construction
and reconstruction.
A large portion of the airport improvement
work done in all sections of the country since
1935 has been accomplished through WPA
projects. WPA workers, moreover, have added
to the safety of air travel by installing thousands of airway markers and constructing and
improving airway beacons. Work perfonned
on airport and airway projects has proved of
inestimable importance to the defense of the
Nation, and these projects are now designated
as war projects. WP A's accomplishments in
this field are described in some detail on page
10 of this report.
With respect to water transportntion, more
than 700 docks, wharves, and piers have been
constructed or reconditioned, resulting in the
improvement of 89 miles of waterfront. In
addition, almost 300 miles of artificial channels
have been built or improved.
WPA work in the field of communication has
included the installation or reconditioning of
more . than 6,100 miles of telephone and tele-
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WPA nursery school for children of employed mothers, Burbank (Calif.)
rollment, or had fallen into disrepair, often to
such an extent that they had been condemned
as unsafe. Additions built to some schools
provided facilities for special types of training.
Auditoriums, gymnasiums, and cafeterias were
constructed. The lighting, heating, and plumbing systems of other schools were modernized.
Improvements made to school grounds include
the building of athletic fields and tennis courts,
landscaping, and the construction of walks
and drives.
The WPA has helped in the development of
specialized services for groups who do not
come within the scope of the regular public
school system. Unemployed teachers arc made
available through the WPA to conduct classes
for adults. Nursery schools are provided for
preschool children from low-income families.
Education projects are usually operated under
the sponsorship of state departments of education to insure compliance with state standards
for teacher qualifications and subject matter
of courses.
One of the outstanding activities of the WPA
adult education program has been the assistance given to aliens in obtaining their citizenship. Classes are conducted in the principles
of American government and the duties and
privileges of citizenship, along lines suggested
by the Immigration and Naturalization Service.
In addition, citizenship information centers
are operated and letters are sent to aliens
instructing them as to the necessary steps for
naturalization. In Missouri, for example, more
than 8,000 aliens were naturalized or took
steps leading to naturalization during the
fiscal year 1942; about 90 percent of this number had attended WPA citizenship classes.
In Michigan, the WPA citizenship project
aided a majority of the persons who have been
naturalized there since the project has been
in operation.
Literacy classes are an important part of the
WP A adult education program. Many aliens,
as well as citizens, are enrolled in these classes,
because ability to read and write English is a
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necessary prerequisite to their becoming
American citizens. For this reason literacy
and naturalization classes have been combined
in many states, and data for the country as a
whole are available only on this basis. In
January 1942 more than 98,600 persons were
enrolled in literacy and naturalization classes
throughout the country.
The adult education program has provided
certain types of vocational training through
which many persons are enabled to obtain
new skills or to acquire greater skill. More
than 55,000 persons were enrolled in these
classes in January 1942. This program, as
well as other types of vocational training
offered on WPA projects, is discussed in the
section beginning on page 14.
Another important vVPA education activity
is the operation of nursery schools for preschool
children from low-income groups. This program was expanded during the fiscal year 1942
to include children of working mothers, of
men in the armed forces, and of industrial
workers engaged in war production. The children are given well-balanced noonday meals,
a daily health inspection, and essential health
services. Their daily program includes indoor
and outdoor play activities with the use of
approved nursery school equipment. In January 1942, more than 35,000 preschool children
were enrolled in 1,250 nursery schools. Closely
associated with the nursery school program are
the homemaking and parent education classes
conducted by WPA teachers for the parents of
children enrolled in the nursery schools and
other parents. Courses include such subjects
as consumer education, budgets, diets, and child
care. More than 87,000 persons were enrolled
in these courses in January 1942.
Other educational activities of interest to the
general public or of benefit to groups in need of
specialized services have been carried on by the
,, PA. Its lectures and forums and art and
music classes have attrncted large numbers of
persons. Its correspondence courses have given
many people unable to attand classes an opportunity to pursue their educations. Visual aid
materials, such as charts, posters, relief maps,
and three-dimensional models, have been prepared by WPA workers for use in various types
of instruction. These have been of particular
value in classes for the deaf and the blind.
Classes have been conducted by the WPA for
these and other handicapped persons.
Educational opportunities in many local
communities have been broadened by the extension and improvement of library facilities.
During the seven years of operation of the program, WPA workers have built 140 new
libraries and have enlarged or reconditioned
more than 900 others. Many types of library
SC'rvices have been rendered. Traveling libraries, or bookmobiles, have made regular library
service available to many small communities
for the first time. Demonstration library projects have encouraged the establishment of
libraries in areas where none existed. WPA
workers have assisted inadequately staffed
libraries, helping to catalog books, to prepare
shelf lists, and to perform other library services.
In the three months prior to June 30, 1942, more
than 1,660 libraries were being operated through
V\'PA projects and aid was given to 4,380 others.
In the past seven yen.rs WPA workers have repaired or renovated about 94,000,000 books.
Many important educational and library
services have been rendered to the armed forces
and to the war agencies during the fiscal year
1942. These phas<'S of t,he ,vPA program are
discussed on pages 11-12.
Recreation
The WPA has been of much assistance to
local communities in providing opportunities
for public participation in wholesome recreational activiti<.'s. Facilities for indoor and outdoor sports of all kinds have been expanded
and improved through \-VPA projects sponsored
by state and local agencies. WP A recreation
workers have also helped to develop wellrounded cmmnunity leisure-time programs.
:More than 8,500 recreational buildings have
been constructed by ,vPA workers in the past
seven years, additions have been made to 600
others, and more than 5,700 have been renovated and repaired. Included among the new
buildings are more than 400 auditoriums and
1,200 gymnasiums. One of these is the gymnasium under construction at Paris, Illinois,
during the 1942 fiscal year. The building has
space for recreational assembly and educational
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facilities not only for the student body at Paris
High School, but for the general public. Basketball is a popular sport in this area and in
previous years crowds have been turned away
from games and tournaments, but the new
building provides adequate seating accommodations for 3,000 persons.
The more than 8,100 parks built or improved
through WPA projects are a source of enjoyment to hundreds of thousands of people.
Many of these projects have provided parks for
small communities for the first time. Others
have made large recreation areas more useful to
the general public. In addition, WPA workers
have built or improved more than 12,600 playgrounds, including about 10,000 school playgrounds. Many of the playgrounds were in
crowded areas where children previously had no
safe place to play.
Wider participation in outdoor sports has
been encouraged by the provision of various
facilities. About 3,000 athletic fields lrnve been
built by WPA workers and 2,500 have been
enlarged or improved. Parks and playgrounds
have also been equipped with thousands of
handball, tennis, and horseshoe courts. More
than 600 public golf courses have been built or
improved. In sections where winter sports are
popular, WPA workers have built ice skating
areas, ski trails, and ski jumps.
TABLE 29.-RECREATIONAL FACILITIES CoNSTRUC'l'ED
OR IMPROVED ON PROJECTS OPERATED BY WP A
CUMULATIVE THROUGH JUNE 30, 1942
Number
Type or Cacillty
New construction
ReconAdditions orstruction
improvement
Pnrks_____________________________
1,650
184
6,287
Playgrounds______________________
3,036
100
9,527
Athleticflelds_____________ _______
2,980
68
2,4!1
218
Fairgrounds and rodeo grounds___
51
5
Tennis courts ____________________ 9, 97 l -- - ----- --- 3, 0:~5
Go\C courses______________________
249 --- ---- _--- 31 5
Handball courts__________________
1, 78.S -----------lf>7
Horseshoecourts_________________
2,221 -----------153
1?,I~, ----------- Swimming pools__________________
336
81
Wading pools_____________________
· --------- -8
84
Ice skating areas__________________
1, OUS - - - -- -- -- - - Ski trails (miles)__________________
308 -----------59
Ski Jumps________________________
15
65 -----------Bandshells_______________________
228 -----------74
Outdoor theatres ____ --- ---------136 -------- 2' 11
7
Stadiums and grandstands ________ l==2=,27=,2=l~===I====
Recreational buildings ___________ _,__
5, 764
627
8,570
_
~!
Auditoriums _________________ _
Gymnasiums ________________ _
Other _____ ----------- -- -- -- -- -
406
I, 220
6,953
147
453
272
208
4,574
737
Among the more than 1,100 swimming pools
and 900 wading pools which WPA workers have
built or reconditioned a-re those built in ffighland Park, Campau Park, and Lincoln Park in
Grand Rapids, Michigan, during the fiscal year
1942. Combination swimming pools and bathhouses, complete with dressing rooms, lockers,
toilet facilities, and purification equipment;
were constructed in each of the three parks.
The pools are surrounded by 15-foot concourses,
under which are located the dressing rooms,
rest rooms, pumping and service rooms. Each
pool has a capacity of about 250 bathers a.tone
time. A children's wading pool is provided at
one end of each pool.
Public enjoyment of outdoor entertainment
has been increased by the construction of 2,300
stadiums, grandstands, and blea~hers. More
than 360 outdoor theatres and bandshells have
also been built.
The WP A has contributed to the expansion of
recreational opportunities by working with
state and local agencies to provide diversified
community recreation programs for persons of
all ages. Game rooms and play centers for
small children; sports and athletics for young
people; and handicrafts, folk dancing, and other
forms of social reCl·eation for adults have been
some of the ma.jo1· activities. WP A recreation
projects have often operated through existing
community centers. In communities where recreation services were lacking, WPA recreation
leaders have cooperated with public agenciee
and civic groups, such as churches, labor unions,
and business groups, for the organization of
community leisure-time programs.
With the concentration of large numbers of
pe-rsons in areas where war work and military
training are being can-ied on, the need for recreational services has greatly increased during
the past two years. Through a nation-wid<·
recreation project a comprehensive program has
been developed to provide entertainment for
members of the armed forces and for workers
in war industries. Activities under this program arc discussed on page 12.
Public Health and Sanitation
The WPA program has contributed in a
variety of ways to the promotion of public
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health and the prevention of the spread of
disease. Through WPA projects initiated by
national, state, or local agencies responsible
for facilities and services affecting public health,
hospital facilities have been expanded, medical
and nursing services have been extended, and
more healthful surroundings provided. WPA
research workers have cooperated with health
authorities in conducting studies and experiments to aid in the cure and prevention of
tuberculosis, syphilis, and other communicable
diseases.
The construction by WPA workers of more
than 200 new hospitals in the last seven
years has extended hospital service tp thousands
of people, many of whom were livmg in communities where such service had been previously
lacking. One hospital which was completed
dming the fiscal year 1942 is in Bedford,
Indiana. A new hospital and nurses' home
replaced old buildings inadequate for the needs
of the city of Bedford and of adjacent communities which had no hospital facilities. The
hospital building, constructed of reinforced
concrete with Indiana limestone walls, consists of three stories and a basement and has a
bed capacity of sixty. The nurses' home provides living quarters for fifteen nurses. The
stone industries of Lawrence County depend
entirely upon the hospital for the care of injured
quarry and plant workers.
In addition to constructing new hospitals,
WPA workers have built additions to or improved the facilities of about 2,200 other hospitals. An example is the three-story addition
to the Levering Hospital in Hannibal, Missouri,
which was under construction during the fiscal
year 1942. The new wing provides additional
space for 53 beds and includes a basement with
an assembly hall, a Red Cross training room, a
dining room for doctors and nurses, and a soiled
clothes compartment. The building also houses
a new obstetrical department and a nursery
with a plate-glass front.
The WPA has assisted local health authorities
in the operation of medical and dental clinics
which have made medical and health services
available to thousands of people who could not
otherwise afford them. Nearly 100 health
centers were being operated through WPA
projects in January 1942. About 73,500 tests
TABLE 30.-PUBJ.IC HEALTH FACILITIES CONSTRUCTED
OR IMPROVED ON PROJECTS OPERATED BY WP A
CUMULATIVE THROUGH JUNE 30, 1942
Type of facility
Unit of measurement
New
construction
Reconstruction or
improvement
Hospitals __________________
Water treatment plants ___
Water lines________________
Sewage treatment plants __
Sewer lines________________
Pumping stations _________
Garbage incinerators ______
Mosquito control drainage_
Number_______________
A 345
Number_______________
A 267
Miles__________________ 15, 758
Number _______________ A 1,010
Miles__________________ 23, 708
Number _______________ A 1,314
Number_______________
A 133
Miles of ditch, canal,
and pipe______________ 15,204
Sanitary privies ___________ Number_ ______________ 2,287,070
A
2,069
158
3,522
407
3,347
357
01
18,986
37,504
Includes additions to existing facilities.
and immunizations were given at these centers
in that month. Vision and hearing tests given
to school children resulted in the correction of
defects in many cases and in the establishment
in many local school systems of special classes
for children handicapped in these respects.
During the same period, WPA workers gave
assistance to more than 1, 100 hospitals, custodial institutions, clinics, and other health
agencies. These services incl ucled clerical assistance in public health and hospital offices,
nonprofessional duties in hospitals, and assistance in laboratory work.
WP A training courses for nonprofessional
work in hospitals have helped to fill the present
need for persons who can assist in the care of
the sick under professional supervision. This
program is discussed on page 18.
Important contributions to public health have
also been made through WPA projects for improving water systems. In the seven years
ending June 30, 1942, about 250 water treatment plants have been built and about 175
others have been reconditioned or enlarged.
Nearly 16,000 miles of water main and distribution lines have been laid. Water has been
brought to the homes of about 873,000 families
by the installation or improvement of consumer
connections. Where there was no other water
supply available, WPA workers have dug or
repaired about 5,900 wells. Nearly 2,900 storage tanks and reservoirs have been constructed
and improvements have been made to about
725 others.
Many of these projects have been in small
communities where there were no central water
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systems or where existing facilities were inadequate or outmoded. In Barnard, Kansas, a
town of about 350 people, WPA workers had
almost completed a new water system by the
end of the fiscal year 1942. A central water
system was badly needed, as the ground water
underlying the town was highly mineralized and
not suitable for domestic use. The new system
includes a well, a pumping station, a 50,000gallon elevated concrete tank, water mains,
consumer connections, and fire hydrants.
A much more extensive type of project was
the DeKalb County (Georgia) water works system under construction during the fiscal year
1942. A raw water reservoir with a capacity of
50,000,000 gallons, a pumping station, a filtration plant, a clear well with a storage capacity
of 375,000 gallons, and an elevated tank
reservoir with a capacity of 1,000,000 gallons
have provided an adequate water supply for the
residents of DeKalb County. Some sections of
the county had previously had no central water
system and others had been served by systems
which were inadequate.
Improvement of sanitation facilities has also
contributed to the protection of health in many
communities. Nearly 950 sewage treatment
plants have been built and 475 others have been
enlarged or reconditioned through WPA projects
in the past seven years. In addition, WPA
workers have built or improved 27,000 miles of
storm and sanitary sewers and installed more
than 585 ,000 sewerage service connections. In
areas where no sewage disposal system existed,
2,287,000 sanitary privies have been built. To
facilitate garbage disposal, almost 200 incinerator plants have been built or reconditioned.
Adequate sewage disposal systems not only
provide more healthful living conditions within
communities, but often protect surrounding
streams from pollution and make them safe for
healthful recreational purposes. An example is
the sewage disposal plant completed at Danville,
Kentucky, during the fiscal year 1942, which
prevents sewage from reaching Harrington
Lake. The new system treats all of the city's
sewage at one point instead of incompletely
treating it at four points as was formerly done.
The plant has a capacity of 1,000,000 gallons
per day.
Measures which have been taken for the.
control of malaria in mosquito infested areas
have been another important part of WPA
health activities. Through WPA projects moro
than 15,000 miles of drainage ditches and pipes
have provided drainage for thousands of acres of
swamp land. An additional 19,000 miles of
drninage facilities have been reconditioned.
WPA workers have also sprayed oil and insecticide on ponds and in marshy places where
mosquitos breed. During the past two years
much of the WP A malaria control work has
been in the neighborhood of military and naval
reservations and war production centers.
Welfare Services
Through its welfare projects the WPA has
been able to provide many services for lowincome families. It is on these projects that
most of the women on WPA rolls have been
employed. Through their activities school
lunches have been served to millions of undernourished school children, and foods have been
canned and preserved largely for the use of
public institutions or in conjunction with the
school lunch program. Clothing ,and other
articles have been made on sewing-room projects for distribution to needy families and
public institutions. Housekeeping aides have
been trained and made available for service in
homes of the needy where illness or other
emergencies exist.
One of the most important WPA activities
has been the school lunch program. In the
seven years ending June 30, 1942, WPA workers
prepared and served to school children more
than 1,000,000,000 hot lunches. In the three
months prior to June 30, 1942, more than
75,000,000 hot lunches were served to children
in mor'e than 24,000 schools. The food was
supplied by WPA gardening projects, the Agricultural :Marketing Administration, and local
sponsors. The provision of one healthful wellbalanced meal a day has done much to improve
the health of children from low-incom~ groups.
School authoriti.es report that as a result school
work and att:endance records have improved.
The school lunch program has proved so important in promoting better health among
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TABLE 31.--AC'C'O'.\IPLIRHMENTS ON SELECTED TYPES OF
\\EU'ARE PROJECTS OPERATED BY WPA
Cr:mn.ATIVE TIIROl'GII .Tn,E 30, 1942
ltNn
Xmulwr
Yisits made by housl'k('C'ping nhlPS ~----------------Lunchc>s sC'rvcd to school chilcln~n _
Food prt'scrved:
(~uarts canned ___________________ _______________ _
Pounds dried ______________________________ _
31, 02H. 000
I, 0\1:J, 203,000
73,004,000
9. lil>, 000
Articles produced in sewing rooms __________________ _ .
4Xli, .5i2, 0lXl
Garments _________________________________________ _
3i4, Ul i, lX)0
~:~; ~-:~~~:: ::::::::
Girls' _______________ .
--
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_:_:_::::- ------ __________ _
~{:;:~::::-:::::: ___ :::_::::::··· .. ---------Other artieles _. ___ . _. ______________________________ _
ifi, 0,51\, lXXl
84, i!li, 0lX)
lifi, ii2, lXXl
71\, 2'.JIJ, 000
44, :lli-1, 000
28, 62U,0lMl
aide projects. These projects were developed
to train women to render housekeeping services
to low-income families in cases of illness and
other emergencies. In the past seven years,
housekeeping aides, who had been trained on
WPA projects, made more than 31 000 000
. . to homes where they assisted in ' general
'
v1s1ts
housework, care of children, and simple care
of the sick. During the fiscal year 1942 a new
activity, t~e housekeeping clinic program, was
developed m some areas to assist hornemn.kers
to meet problems of nutrition, food an,l commodity shortages, and increased living costs.
lll, 065, 000
Conservation of Natural Resources
school children. that in many areas where this
activity could not be continued as a WPA
project, school authorities have taken steps to
make it a part of the regular school program.
With the sharp rise in employment of women
in war industries, the public provision of a noon
lunch to children became a year-round necessi tv
in many areas, and summer feeding centers W<'I:(,
established. Many of the boys and girls who
appeared at these renters daily would otherwis<>
have gone without any lunches at all or would
have eaten cold unnourishing lunches.
Projects for the canning and preserving of
foods have also been an important part of the
WPA feeding program. ~Iillions of quarts of
vegetables and fruits have been canned or
preserved and other foodstuffs have been dried
by the WPA workers on these projects. Much
of the food preserved was produced on WPA
gardening projects.
~fillions of garments and other artfr]ps han•
been produced on WPA sc\\·ing projects during
the past seven years for distribution to public
institutions and to families in ne<>d. In addition to the 375,000,000 garments made for men,
women, and children, more than 111,000,000
other a.rticles, including towels, sheets, pillow?ases, and hospital supplies and surgical drC'ssmgs have been produced. In some ar<>as
workers on sewing projects repnired army
clothing and equipage.
. WPA work<'I'S have also given valuable sen·ices to needy families through housekeeping
WPA projects have played an important
part in the Nation's conservation program
during the past seven years. Through these
projects, work has been carried on for the prevention of soil erosion, the conservation of
forests, and the protection of wildlife.
The construction or improvement of 1 600
miles of levees and embankments, 200 mil;s of
jetties and breakwaters, 125 miles of bulkheads, and 1,900 miles of retaining walls and
revetments has prevented overflows and floods,
saved valunble topsoil from being washed away,
and at the snme time conserved water. Improvenwn t work on more than 4,300 miles of
riverbanks and shores and 8,200 miles of streambeds and the riprn.pping of more than 17,000,000
square yards luwe served similar purposes.
In addition, millions of acres of soil have lwt>n
TAllLE 32.-CONRERVATION AND FLOOD CONTROL
ACTIVITIES ON PROJE('T8 OPERATED BY \VPA
Ct'M\"LAT[\'E TllROl"nU
Jnrn
30, 1042
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Item
111easurcmcnt
Hoeonstrurtion
ronor
s.triJ<'tion improve~l•w
ment
l'.ish hatcheries_____________
fir!'br!'nk~--- -------------Herorl'stnt.wn ________________ !
Oysters plnnted ______________ 1
Leve~s.an<l en1hn.nkmcnts..
Rl'tnmmg walls nn<l rcvrtnwnts - - - _
.
•
Rivt•rbnnk and shorn improvc- 1
1
lllC'llt
r:;i~~~:i::-~/;;:,1;~~\"ellll'III
Number__________
'.'viiles_____________
Bm;hcls ___________ 8,100,117
l\.lilC'S------------58<)
'.'vlilcs
1.58
013
1, 775
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1 082
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133
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~fil~S
~rn~: ci (Jipe fllj~
flume___
A
A 292
6,30U
'i'n•rs pbmtcd _____________ li5 530 ooo
4 34
-I, 342
Includes additions to l'xisting facilities.
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reclaimed, principally in the western pa rt of
the United States, by the construction of irrigation canals and the placement or improvement
of more than 6,600 miles of pipe and flume.
For the conservation of forests, more than
175,000,000 trees have been planted by V\'PA
workers in publicly owned forests throughout
the country. Forest protection work has also
included the construction or improvement of
more than 7,200 miles of firebreaks and the
building of fire and forest trails, forest ranger
stations, and fire look-out towers. Other
activities for the preservation of forests have
included spraying of trees and spreading of
poison for protection against plant diseases
and insects.
Through other WPA projects, work has
been carried on for the protection and propagation of game and fish. The construction and
enlargement of 290 fish hatcheries and the
reconditioning of about 160 others has facilitated the stocking of lakes and streams wi.th
fish. Nearly 8,200,000 bushels of oysters have
been planted in depleted oyster beds on the
Atlantic and Gulf Coasts. Numerous sanctuaries, shelter houses, and feeding stations
have been established for the protection of
game birds and animals.
Much of the work which has been performed
on WPA projects for other purposes has also
aided in the conservation of natural resources.
Roadside drainage work has been of value in
preventing soil erosion, as has the planting of
trees, grass, and shrubs along roadways, waterways, and in parks. Drainage operations for
the prevention of malaria have helped to
reclaim thousands of acres of land.
WP A research workers have assisted state
universities, colleges, agricultural experiment
stations, and conservation commissions in a
variety of studies which have been of henr•fit in
the development of conservation programs.
Other Accomplishments
In addition to the types of work described
in the preceding section, which have made up
the bulk of WPA operations during the past
seven years, many other activities of importance to communities throughout the country
have been canied on.
Among the 1,800 office and administr~ •-:- •~
buildings constructed or enlarged and the-4,f
reconditioned and improved, were courtho:
municipal buildings, and other build~
the use of state, county, and local go- . .j
mental units. About 200 penal institufil'.o . c::;
were built or enlarged and more than 500 o.'#h~:;,
were reconditioned. Dormitories, numb~ >j ·
more than 1,400 newly constructed and enl -~..., ~\
and 5,600 improved, added to the faciliti
.f
state schools and colleges and other publi.
stitutions. More than 300 new firehouses
built and additions or improvements were
to about 2,350 others. Other constructi& •
eluded garages for highway departmen '..
other public agencies, storage buildings}
barns and stables.
.
The Ellis County courthouse, located · -~
city of Hays, Kansas, is a typical examJjl
.
a WPA construction project for the impto,: . . - :·
ment of community facilities. This four-story
fireproof building, constructed of native stofle;
contains 63 working rooms and is equipped with
the most up-to-date heating, water, and lighting systems. It replaces an old building which
was inadequate and unsafe for occupancy.
When the building was dedicated, a public holiday was declared, so that all the people of El.li3
County could attend the ceremonies.
Public benefits conferred through certain
types of WPA projects, such as research, music,
and art, cannot be measured in physical terms.
Professional and clerical workers employed on
research projects have, in cooperation with
colleges and universities and other public
agencies, carried on studies of social and
economic conditions, agricultural research and
experiments, historical studies, and many other
types of rescarch. 1 Clerical workers on records
projects have facilitated the work of vital
statistics offices, law enforcement agencies, and
other public agencies by arranging their records
in more convenient forms.
Through the art projects contributions have
been made to the cultural life of the Nation.
WPA artists have decorated the halls of schools,
1 A list of research project reports may be found In the lndu of Rul!4J'dl
Proiects (Washington, D. C.: Work Projects Administration, Vol. I,
!03~; Vol. II, 1930, in collaboration with National Resources Committee
and State Planning Agencies; and Vol. III, 1939) and In the Blbllographr
of Research Proje<1s (Washington, D. C.: Work Projects Administration; Nos. 1-4, 1940 and No. 5, 1941).
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WPA workers built this court house at Detroit Lakes (Minn.)
hospitals. and other public buildings with more
than 2,/500 murals. They have produced rnorP
thon 16,500 pieces of sculpture, 10,000 fine print
designs, and 108,000 easel works. About 22,000
plates have been made for the Index of American Design. Art centers have been established
for the teoching of art to children and ndults.
Exhibits of fine• art and handicrafts have bPen
widely circulntrd.
Works of greut composers hnve been modr
avoilable to millions of p(•ople through opPn uir
concerts, performances at public gatherings,
and radio broadcasts by the workers on WPA
music projects. In the month of January 1942
they gave more than 100 mdio hroadcnsts, nnd
obout 6,000 concerts to audiences totaling mon•
than 2,000,000 pcopl<•.
WPA workers on writ<•rs' prnjc•cts havP pn•pared guidebooks, known us the Anwricnn
Guide series, for nil of the statps, the principnl
cities, many conn tics and towns, and for Alnskn
and Puerto Rico. In addition, tlwy hnv<•
written pamphlets and articles on many phns(•s
of American life and huvP mnde avuiluble a
valuable collection of rest•nrch dnta.
Project Procedures
Tlw necomplishments dPscrilwd in the preceding pnges rpflect the many factors involvt•d
in tlw splection of a projPet for WPA operation.
All work undertaken must be snitPd to the skills
of avniluhle workers, and it must provide for a
public nePd. ThP selection of projects is also
govern<'d by the finnncinl nhility of sponsors to
prO\·idc• funds for nonlabor costs of projPcts.
.:\lost \VP.A projects have lw<'ll sponson•d by
stnte or local agPncies with lc>gnl authority to
undertake the rpsponsihilitiPs tbut sponsorship
Pnluils. Some, howevt•r, which arc nation-wide
in seo1w or ,vhieh supplPnwnt tlw functions of
tlw FPdPrnl GovernmPnt, hn Y<' hl'<'ll sponsored
b:v F(•d(•rnl agencies, such ns the \Vnr and Navy
Dt>pnrtments and tlw U. S. Public Health
S<•rvic·(•. In th<• p11st two _vpnrs, mnny projects
sponsorPd locally have bem e<'rtifiPd bv tlw
S<•<·r<'tury of \Ynr or tlt<' SPert'lury of the Navy
us important for military or nnvnl purposPs.
Sponsors nn• rpquin•d to bPnr one-fourth of
t lw tot ul <'Osts of non-F<•drrul projpcts undertuhn in each stntP. This provision hns bem
uppli(•d on n stutt•-wide busis in order that tlw
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WPA may be able to render assistance in areas
where unemployment is great, but where
sponsors are not financially able to bear onefourth of the project costs. Sponsors usua.lly
provide most of the materials, supplies, and
equipment and the Federal Government pays
the wages of the certified workers employed on
the project. Nonlabor costs which can be paid
from Federal funds are limited to $6 per month
per worker. However, when increased prices of
materials justify it, the Commissioner of Work
Projects is authorized to raise the average to as
much as $7. Certified war projects may be
exempted from these requirements.
Local public agencies desiring to initiate
projects, submit applications to the state WPA
offices; the applications must be accompanied
by detailed plans, cost estimates, evidence of
the need for the project, and other related
information. Project applications are then
reviewed by the state offices, which utilize the
technical advice of experts in the field of work
covered by the project in order to determine its
desirability.
Projects approved in the state office are submitted to the Federal WP A in Washington for
final review. Certain types of projects are
subject to review by other Federal agencies.
The Public Roads Administration, Civil Aeronautics Administration, and Public Health
Service, for example, review the technical aspects of the proposed WPA projects that fall
within their respective fields of activity. After
approval by the Federal WPA, each application
must be approved by the President before the
project becomes available for operation.
All approved projects are not placed in
immediate operation. There is accumulated a.
reserve of approved projects that can be put into
operation when the need arises. This resC'rve,
which consists of projects that can provide
employment for various types of workers, enables the WPA to adjust its program to fluctuations in unemployment. Projects of a type
which can be readily expanded or contracted,
such as highway, road, and street projects, are
found particularly desirable for the project
reserve.
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TABLES
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LIST OF TABLES
Page
Explanatory Notes_________________________________________________________
I. Number of Persons Employed on WPA Projects, Weekly, August 1935-June 1942__
II.· Average Number of Persons Employed on WPA Projects, by State, Semiannually,
December 1935-June 1942_ _ _ __ _ _ __ __ _ _ __ _ __ _ ______ __ __ __ _ _ __ _ __ _ _ __ __ __ _ _ _
III. Number of Persons Employed on WPA Projects by State and by Major Type of
Project, June 16, 1942_ _ _ _______ ___ __ _____ __ _ _ _ ________ ______________ ___ __
IV. Amount of WPA Funds Allocated, Obligated, and Expended, by Operating Agency,
through June 30, 1942____________________________________________________
V. Amount of WP A Funds Expended for Programs Operated by WP A and by Other
Federal Agencies, by Operating Agency, and by Fiscal Year, through June 30,
1942 _______________ --------- ------------------------------------------VI. Amount of WP A Funds Expended for Programs Operated by WP A and by Other
Federal Agencies, by State and by Fiscal Year, through June 30, 1942_ _ __ _ _ ___ _ _
VII. Amount of WP A and Sponsors' Funds Expended for N onlabor Purposes on Projects
Operated by WP A, by Type of Purchase or Rental and by Source of Funds,
Cumulative throu11:h and Year Ending June 30, 1942__________________________
VIII. Amount of WP A and Sponsors' Funds Expended on Projects Operated by WP A, by
Type of_I'roject, by Source of Funds, and by Object of Expenditure, Cumulative
through June 30, 1942_____ __ __ __ __ ____ _ __ _ __ __ _ _______ __ __ _ _ __ __ ______ _ ___
IX. Amount of WP A and Sponsors' Funds Expended on Projects Operated by WP A, by
Type of Project, by Source of Funds, and by Object of Expenditure, Year Ending
June 30, 1942 _____________________________ ------------------------------X. Amount of WP A and Sponsors' Funds Expended on Projects Operated by WP A, by
State, by Source of Funds, and by Object of Expenditure, Cumulative through
June 30, 1942____________________________________________________________
XI. Amount of WP A and Sponsors' Funds Expended on Projects Operated by WP A, by
State, by Source of Funds, and by Object of Expenditure, Year Ending June 30,
1942____________________________________________________________________
XII. Amount of WP A and Sponsors' Funds Expended on Projects Operated by WP A, by
State, and by Major Type of Project, Cumulative through June 30, 1942________
XIII. Amount of WPA and Sponsors' Funds Expended on Projects Operated by WPA, by
State, and by Major Type of Project, Year ending June 30, 1942________________
XIV. Physical Accomplishments and Public Participation on Projects Operated by WPA,
Cumulative through June 30, 1942__________________________________________
XV. Selected Activities on WPA Service Programs, by State, Selected Periods__________
XVI. Selected Items of Physical Accomplishment on Construction Projects Operated by
WPA, by State, Cumulative through June 30, 1942__________________________
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62
63
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
73
76
79
82
83
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EXPLANATORY NOTES
WPA statistics presented in this report relate
to activities conducted under the program from
its initiation in the summer of 1935 through
June 30, 1942. The figures cover activities on
all WPA projects financed in whole or in part
with WPA funds. Most of these projects have
been operated by the W PA itself, but in the
period beginning with July 1938 a few have been
operated by other Federal agencies with funds
appropriated to the WPA and allocated to these
agencies. Unless otherwise specified, all s~atistics presented in this report cover the contmental United States and the territories of Alaska,
Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands.
Many of the tabulations relate to fiscal years
(July 1 through June 30).
Employment Statistics
WPA employment data shown in the first
three tables of the appendix rela.te to persons
employed on all WPA projects. None of the
figures shown in these tables include administrative employees or workers paid by project
sponsors.
Monthly WPA employment figures have
usually been used in both the appendix and the
text tables, except for certain distributions that
were reported only for selected weeks. The
monthly statistics are averages of the numbers
employed on a given day of each week. The
basic weekly figures are summarized for the
United States and territories in Table 1 of the
appendix.
Financial Statistics
Tables IV, V, and VI are based on reports
of the Department of the Treasury and the
Work Projects Administration and relate to
Federal funds allocated or appropriated to the
WPA under the ERA Acts of 1935, 1936, 1937,
1938 1939, and fiscal years 1941 and 1942. The
data' cover project operations and administrative expenses of WPA (including administrative expenses of the NYA prior to July 1939);
other Federal agency project operations and
administrative expenses financed with allocations of WPA funds; the purchase of surplus
clothing for needy persons and aid to self-help
and cooperative associations under the ERA
Act of 1938; tornado relief under the ERA Act of
1939; and the settlement of property damage
claims under the ERA Acts of 1939 and fiscal
years 1941 and 1942. Some of the terms used
in these tables are defined in the following
paragraphs:
1. "Allocations" represent amounts directly
appropriated to the agency or ordered transferred to it, warrants for which have been issued
by the Treasury.
2. "Obligations," as used in this report,
represent actual or contingent liabilities incurred against allocated funds. The figures
are cumulative, and represent paid, as well as
unpaid, obligations. Requisitions for mater~als,
supplies, and equipment are set up as obligations. Items such as pay rolls, rents, and travel
e:,,.-penses, which are certain to become due in a
short period, are obligated one period in
advance. 1
3. "Expenclitures" represent checks issued in
payment of pay rolls and other certified
vouchers.
Neither ·obligations nor expenditures necessarily provide a wholly accurate measure of
operations at any given time since obligations in
part reflect future operations, and expenditures
lag behind current operations because of the
time consumed in making actual payments.
Tables VII to XIII, dealing with expenditures of WPA and sponsors' funds on projects
operated by WP A, are based on data compiled
from WPA prnject ledgers maintained by the
WPA divisions of finance in the several states.
Project Accomplishment Statistics
Tables XIV, XV, and XVI relate to the
number of physical units of work that were
completed on projects operated by WP A from
the beginning of the program through June
1942. The figures shown for certain activities
on service programs, however, refer to the
extent of public participation during the month
of January 1942. The data presented are
limited to selected items of accomplishment.
1 This defini t ion or "obligations" does not correspond with that used
under the revised accouuting procedure effective with fiscal year 1942.
Under tho ne" ' procedure, the definition given above applies to '.'encumbrances," and the term "obligations'' covers only those transact.ions
wbich legally reserve an appropriation for expend ltll1'e . . For example,
the obligations recorded for labor costs in tbe fiscal year 1042 Include only
earnings for completed pay periods plus accrirnd ~arnings ror _lncompleted
pay periods; in general, those recorded ror nonl~bor cost.~ mclud~ only
WPA requisitions ror which pl!1'chase orders, bills or ladmg, or s1m1lar
doeuwcnts have been issued .
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TABLE I.-Nl:MBER OF PERSONS EMPLOYED ON WPA PROJECTS
WEEKLY, AUGUST 1935-JUNE 1942
Year ending
June 30, 1936
Month
Date
Projects
operated
hY
WPA
Year ending
June 30, 1937
Date
1935
3 . ··---·-----
July _____________
_____ - -- -- -- --. ---- .--_______________________
- - -- ---- ------------ - - ..
July
_____
July _________ .-. ___ ·-----·---.-·-- ________ --·· ..
JulY-----·---·. ·-·------· .. - .... --- -·--------· - .
July ________ - . ------. - ... ·- .... - --- --- ----- -- - .
10
17
24
31
1
8
B 220,163
Average ................... ·····-········· .
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September................ .. .. . . ...............
4
299,543
2
9
Scptember ... --•·········-·····················
II
344, ll8
16
Septembcr ... •···········-·····················
18
397, ,193
23
September ..... ········- · ......................
25
456,013
30
September ........... ······················-··· ............... .
2,405,098
2, 42fi, 237
2,446, 721
2,481,516
2. ,\08, 44 I
374,316
October...
. . .. . ............. ....•...........
October ........ ······-······.············-·-··October ...... ············-·· ....... ···········October ......... . .................. ···········October ............................ ··········-·
Average ............. . ............... ·-· ..
November.-······-······-·-··· ... ·········-··.
November.-·-·-·--·······.....................
November_ ................... ········-··---···
November______________________ _______________
November_ .................... ···-·-··-·······
2
O
16
23
30
50fi, 100
594,427
661,006
777,204
986,837
705, 169
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I, 264,855
r,
1,623,696
13
I, 925, 325
20
27
2, 445, 954
..
84,360
84,570
84,177
86,495
I, 631,204
2,999,021
2,914,121
84,000
4
II
18
25
1,538,217
I, 524, 167
1,501,356
I, 479,836
3
10
17
24
31
3,076,588
3, IOI, 344
3,123,988
3,153,113
3,171,184
2,992,876
3,016,775
3,038,875
3,066,895
3.085, 762
83,712
84,569
85,ll3
86,218
85,422
3,125,244
3,040,237
85,007
I
8
15
22
20
l,46!i,3tll
I, 4,\8, 830
I, 455,170
1,451,112
1,448,411
3,108,921
3,121,091
3,127,757
3,136,505
88,538
89,221
90,827
91,577
I, 5IO, 894
3,197,459
3,210,312
14
3,218,584
21
3,228,082
28
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6
13
20
27
I, 450,667
1,457,029
I, 466,925
I, 475,800
3,123,568
90,041
3,233,932
3, 26fi,075
3, 3CO, 328
3,346,107
3,144,433
3,175,259
3,208,951
3,253,623
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89,499
90,816
91,377
92,484
3,286, 61 I
3,195,567
91,044
2
9
16
23
30
3,363,841
3,358,525
3,345,032
3,318,983
3,286,592
3,271,398
3,266,550
3,252,555
3,225,625
3,193,658
92,443
91,975
92,477
93,358
92,934
3,334,594
3,241, 95i
92,637
7
14
21
28
3,240,677
3,185,821
3,123,068
3,093,855
5
12
19
26
I, 462,605
3
IO
17
24
,
I, 487,007
I, 498,628
I, 509,505
1,519,740
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3,213,609
I. 455,977
2,587,301
2, 58,\, 107
2,549,077
2,482,681
agencies.A
2,853, 1211
2,898,597
2,937,926
2,966,832
2,332,380
2, 52.1, 411
2,545,625
2,558, 0,\2
2,581.208
Projects
operated
by other
Federal
Projects
operated
hy
WPA
2,937,489
2, 983, 167
3, 022, 103
3, 053, 327
2,552,574
4
II
18
25
Total
6
13
20
27
2, 4,13, 602
7
14
21
28
Date
1938
I, 711,585
I, 652,283
1,502,129
1,568,817
7
14
21
28
2,245,328
2,270,612
2,322,504
2, 350, 750
2, 376, 565
Year ending June 30, 1939
1937
2,240,085
2,232,917
2,240,223
2,249,357
2,264,056
"5
12
I9
26
Average ...................... ···-···--·-·
Projects
operated
by
WPA
Date
1036
15
22
29
Average_ ..... ··-·---·-·-----·------------ ..
==I====
August_ ___ ......... _.-·_. ___ .-·________________
7
187,068
August_ ___ ....... ·· -·· ... -•-.··-·- · -----------·
14
2IO, 781
August_ _______ .. ······-·-··· ·---------------21
252, 739
August_ _____ ·-·········-··-···-··---·-····-·-28
August_ ____ ........... ·-- ·•• · ········----·-·· . .
Projects
operated
bY
WPA
Year ending
June 30, 1938
------------
---·1-----1
I, 814,958
Average .............. --···.·-·--···-·-·-- .
==I====
4
2,563,996
II
2,660,116
18
2,704,577
26
2,740,070
Decemher_········-····························
Decem her.... _....•...•................... ·-· ..
December......... __ ... _.................... __ .
December_ ..... ·······--·· ............ ·····-···
December_ .................................... .
Average ....... ·-··--·-··············-····......
2,551,042
2
9
16
23
30
2
8
1.5
22
2,782,252
2,840,214
2. 800, om
2, 025, 605
20
2, 000, 577
Average ........... ·-· ............. ··-·-·.
6
13
20
27
Average ...... ········-················-·· .. .
I, 670. 620
I, 596,676
3
10
17
24
2,132,698
2,124,307
2,129,250
2,138,059
------------
5
12
19
26
2,144,526
2,100,209
2,147,178
2, J.I,\, .162
2,960,315 ···-··
3,161,080
9
16
23
2,129,475 , ..
'
91,739
3,069,032
3,029, 765
3,001,062
2,985,620
-----
1,803, 102
3,021,595
2,931,401
90,194
I
8
15
22
2,066,202
2,965,986
3, OIO, 650
3,043,367
2,876,649
2,875, 724
2,022,020
2,955,022
89,553
90,262
88,630
88,345
2,096,554
2,907,356
89,198
I
8
15
22
29
3,032,247
3,000,253
3,014,585
3,008,904
2,080,472
2,948,175
2,927,115
2,926, 730
2,915,588
2,882, 722
84,072
82,138
87,855
93,406
97,711()
3,009, I IO
2,920,066
89,o«
2, 166, 705
2,243,865
2,356,877
2,394,843
2,445,415
2
9
16
23
30
I
1,711,932
4
1, 767, 701
11
1,832,148
18
1,900,625
25
--------- ...
2,003,840
2, 148, 193
2,130,478
2, 13:J, 953
2,114,800
2, I!0,9·1U
3,069,341
1939
1, 0,1.\,317
I, 98,\, 406
2,009, 145
2,075,402
2
2,149, 3fi0
3
10
17
24
31
3,148,437
92,240
3,093,927
91,894
3,032, 759
91,209
3,002,241
91,614
---- ------------ 1-------···--
1938
2,131,079
3,019,098
March...
...................................
4
3,025,428
March.......... .. .............................
II
2,901,121
March ............. ······················-····
IX
2,9.53,074
March_ ........... ... . . ..... ·-·················
25
2,871,037
March __ ············ ••·············-···········..................
1, 62f.l, 2il
1937
--[----
Average.................................. .
2,870,733
==!====
February . . ············-····················
5
2,988,:373
February __ . ..................................
12
3,017,049
February._ .. ·········-·······················
JO
3,034,517
February..... ···········-··············-·····
2fi
3,035,852
I. 537, .158
I, 557,689
I, 588,244
I
8
15
22
29
2,247,461
2,667,190
1936
January ....... ····-·- .. ·-._ ......... -·-· ... _.. .
January .. _........•. __ .·- ................. ·-._.
January _______________________________________ _
January ......... _............................. _
January....... _._ ....... _................ _.... .
I, 503, 720
2,389,202
2,288,565
2,214,917
2,192,409
2,152,212
2, :!21, 5-11
·-····l
See footnotes at end or table.
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2,970,997
2,939,574
2,910,007
2,895, 125
89,935
90,191
90, 15/i
00,495
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APPENDIX
TABLE
I.-NuM:ltitft
OF PERSONS EMPLOYED ON WPA PROJECTS
W:!:EKLY, AUGUST 1935-JUNE 1942
Y~tlr ~nding June 30, 1941
Year ending June 30, 1940
Date
Total
Projects
operated
byWPA
Projects
operated
by other
Federal
agencies
Date
Projects
operated
by WPA
'l:'otal
Projects
operated
by other
Federal
agencies
A
1939
5
12
19
26
Year ending June 30, 1942
Date
Total
A
cies
2,358, 179
2,248,611
2, !97, 226
2,143,662
29,901
41,091
53,142
56,533
2,282,087·
2,236,920
45,167 ------
u~~: m :t s~t
i:1,tl5lUo5
tii: ~:g
3
10
17
24
31
l,llSb,731
l,7M,846
l,M5,4,71l
Month
A
1941
1940
2,388,080
2,289,702
2,250,368
2,200, !95
Projects
operated
by other
Federal
agen-
Projects
operated
byWPA
u:: ~~ un: m !~: ~fg
i
July.
July.
1,016,644
1,003,374
13,210 July.
1,024,784
1,011,911
12,873 July.
1,035,595 ,_1_,0_2_2,_7_32_, __1_2_,8_63_ July.
1,613,434
1,642,089
1,651,406
46,021
47,642
49,440
16
23
30
1,610,71!
44,768 ------1
1,054,904
1,041,001
13,903
Average.
==~=l==~=:=8~=~=:i=~=g=I==~=:&.i=\=
5;=~:-~ l==i8=
0:=i=:~=l~=:'=1:=g=:=:~=g=~=l==t2=1:=io=
1~ August.
7:=~~=g=l==l~=I==:=:r=i)=l==.&==~=:,=::=i=i~='.i=~=i=:===i~=:=ri=~ ==!~=,==:=:0=
August.
16
1,977,396
1,916,525
60,811
21
1,no1,978
1,642,100
55,182
20
1,042,451
1,031,181
10,664 August.
23
1,897,896
1,834,747
63,149
28
!,69i,8o7
1,635,984
55,323
27
1,044,781
1,034,094
10,687 August.
August.
30
1,842,230
1,778,175
64,055
---,-----,-----,-----,--- -----'- -----1---- ---1-----'----- ---11,214
!, 970,688
1,909,886
60,802 ---,J,7lll.512
1, 1647,164
54,348 ------ 1,042,5331 1,031,319
6
13
20
27
4
11
18
25
1
8
15
22
29
!, 662, 447
1,695,794
1,735,580
1,790,164
1, 603, 275
1,633,095
1,667,836
1,719,873
!, 720,996
1,656,019
1,834,192
1,875, 190
1,898,671
1,901,702
1,764,361
1, 802, 225
1,823, 729
1,825,937
1,877,439
1,804,063
1,901, 147
1,929,219
1,960,806
1,987,202
2,024,214
I, 824, 113
1,851,244
1,883,825
1,909,236
1,945,352
59, 172
62,699
67,744
70,291
I, 690,.ttlt l='l=,:"'!!3_=4=,8=0=2= l===5=5,=3=0=2 ==3=lc=l,=0=43=,=03=2=:==1=,=03=2=,=29=8
4
1,687,~tl
I, 689, ~ 2
I,703,78
II
18
25
l,'031,328
!, 633,195
1',847,970
56,092
56,097
56,778
10
17
24
1,037,368
I, 034, 554
1,033,019
1
8
15
22
29
1,692,·~u
55,817
1,036,994
1,025,996
10,998
1,746, iM
1,702,672
1,768,162
I, 775,644
I, 779,261
5.5, 480
55,121
54,920
54,139
54,029
1,032,201
1,037,597
I, 040, o:J2
I, 044, 140
1,047,454
1,020,440
1,025,630
.I, 027, 924
1,031,829
I, 034, 720
11, 761
11,967
12,108
12,311
12,734
73,376
I, 766,489
54,738
1,028,109
12,176
77,034
77,975
76,981
77,966
78,862
I, 783,479
1,785,606
1,806.811
I, 821,630
- - --- - --
53,455
53,474
53,160
53,105
64,977
i=====I===
69,831
2
72, 965
9
16
74,942
,23
75,765
30
6
13
20
27
--- - -
. ____ -1=1·=9=6o=·=s1=8= ==1=,88=2=.1=54=:I,==1=1=.-=,6=4= ,=-_=_=
__ _
1
4
6
2,075,387
1,996,894
78,493
13
2,122,821
2,044,516
78,305
11
20
2,143,670
2,066, 171
77,499
18
26
27
2,151,847
2,075,977
75,870
-
- - ~ - - - - - :. '- -
,a~.
--
1,040.285
5
1,050,340
12
1,056,236
18
1,058,410
25
I, 060, 616
------ ------------
7i,542 ------
_
1940
!---,--------.----~---3
10
17
24
31
2,159,939
2,189,563
2,222,006
2,244,452
2,265,609
2,216,314
7
14
21
28
6
13
20
27
I, 859,594
_
1, sos, 505
1941
·/io, 999
II
1
I
2,142,588
2,309,218
2,234,595
74,623
2,323,491
2,318,914
2,311,525
2,288,227
2,248,890
2,244,323
2,235,992
2,212,233
7·1, 601
74,591
75, 533
75,994
2,310,539
2,235,359
Average.
I
Average.
December.
December.
December.
December.
December.
1
I, 041, 686
11,409
Average.
1942
__-3_
73, 726 -_-__-__-_-,-1-,-890-,3-1-5·l--1,-8-41-,-31_8_, ___,,i,-;"'i"'"'7-,-_-_75,008
74,909
74,400
74,177
Average.
October.
October.
October .
October.
October.
--,--------.----~-~--1---,--------.----,------
74,362
74, 394
73, 103
73,517
73,253
2,212, 789
2,231, 139
2,244,540
2,249,912
1,053,095
__ . __
2,085,577
2, 115, 169
2,148,903
2,170,935
2,192,356
2, 'lil7, 797
2,306,048
2,318,040
2,324,089
---
_ _- _ - _ - _
..
_ - _ -_ - _ , . - _ - _ - - _ -_ _ _ _ _
I
Average.
September.
September.
September.
September.
l,038,026112,314 November.
1,043,494
12, 742 November.
1,045,721
12,689 November.
I, 047, 922
12,694 November.
------------ --------- November.
I,;:"•'~
1
2,045,880
I
1,
~s~
53,299 ______ 1,056,401 1 1,043,191
12,610
i=~~r=l======l,====:====I===
1,832,5231
51,592
2
1,062,810
1,050,438
12,372
1,855,175
I, 3,'(
51,455
9
I, 0.59, 682
1,047, 706
11,976
1,872,284
1, ~I,~
50,.579
16
1,055,670
1,044,154
11,516
1,878,305
1, $'211 1 I
50, 371
23
1,046,241
1,035,238
11,003
:m_ _ _1._0_41_,_o-_,3___1_,_03_0_,_89_4_ __1_0_,1_1_9
1, 799,382
_
2,123,431
1,026,508
1,023,392
1,021,787
10, 734
IO, 860
11, 162
11,232
2
8
15
22
29
5
12
19
26
1, 880,460
1,886, 942
1,803, 750
u~i:1ii
I, 892,243
tm::g
6
13
20
1,892,632
1,884,609
1,866,885
I ,
1,884,115
1,836,995
lt1 l~ ______
12
19
I, 735,676
26
1,707,821
44,
43,
1,012,565
1,016, 274
1,022, 793
__ '.·-~~·-~~'.-
1, 023, 703
1, 020, 381
&
1
1,028,577
1
Sllu •·-'----''----1----1-1,753,244
1,108,675 --44,
--~~~~2
3, 322
1,026,630
1,938
1,006,421
984,472
060, 856
942,895
922,832
1,004,677
982, 718
959, 147
941,225
921,208
I, 744
I, 754
1,709
1,670
1,624
963,496
961, 795
---------- ------ ------------ ------------ --------~ ---- - 1 - - - - - 1 - - - - - 75, 1so ______
4,835
3,488
2,533
1,031, 702
1,029,613
2,089
10
1,032,211
1,030,134
2,077
17
1,027,825
1,026,006
1,819
__
24_ __
1,_0_22_,_56_9_ __1_,_020_,_80_4__, _ _
l, 7~
=:=:~=~i=.:=~~=~=l===1~!:'!!"!¥"'"' =~i~
1,691,067
I, 663,856
1,017,400
1,019, 762
1,025,326
7 ___ 2: ___ '.·_0~2.32~-
1,844,585
1,845,377
1,837,566
I, 820,453
: ~ui~
5
I, 830,208
I, 837, 544
I, 844,928
Digitized by
--1, 701
January.
January.
January.
January.
January,
Average.
~'ebruary.
February.
February.
February.
Average.
March.
March.
March.
March.
March.
Average.
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REPORT ON PROGRESS OF THE WPA PROGRAM
TABLE I.-NuMBER OF PERSONS EMPLOYED ON WPA PROJECTs-Continued
WEEKLY, AUGUST 1935-JUNE 1942
Year ending
June 30, 1936
Month
Date
Year ending
Year ending
June 30, 1937
June 30, 1938
Projects
opeb~ted . Date
WPA
1936
April __________________________________________ _
April__ ________________________________________ _
April_ _______________________________ . ___ . __
,April __________________ ________ _______ ________ _
April __________________________________________ _
1
8
15
22
29
Average__________________________________ ______
May ______________ , ______ _
May ________________________ _
May ______________________ _
May __________ --- •-----•May __________ --------- · -· - •----
6
13
20
27
2, 761, 155
2,678,021
2,617,453
2,570,315
2,504,892
2,026,367
2,4M, 215
2,418,458
2,374,461
2, 339, 740
A
8
by
Date
WPA
1937
7
14
21
28
2,098,359
2, 085, 329
2, 070, 151
2, 059, 044
2,078,221
l==l====I
5
2,046, 751
12
2,023,310
19
2, 010, 979
26
1, 999, 209
Projects
operated
by
WPA
Date
2,504,483
2, 531, 392
2, M4,085
2, 581, 897
4
11
18
25
2,606, 719
2, 025, 744
2, 050, 298
2, 678, 223
5
12
19
26
2, MO, 464
2,285,622 ------
I, 878,008
2,M0,246
1
8
15
22
29
------1
by
WPA
Projects
operated
by other
Federal
agencies•·
3
10
17
24
31
2,005, 791
2, 760, 735
2, 752, 282
2, 750, 639
2,801,613
2,649,886
2,635,369
2,629,314
121,325
2,792,362
2,679,046
113,316
2,736,329
2,660,236
2,622,500
2,608,920
2,599,673
2,610,082
2,527,958
2,485,360
2,468,073
2,457,001
lW,247
132,278
137,230
140,847
141,m
2,645,550
2,509,875
136,675
2,449,189
2,445,545
2,438,255
2,420,741
144,160
144,178
139,420
130,677
2,438,432
139,609
2,093,375
7
2,593,349
14
2,589, 723
2,711,762
2,736,014
21
2,577,675
2,707,044
28
2,551,418
2,800,931 ------ -----------2,743,025
2,578,041
Financed by allocation of \\' PA funds.
A veragc for three weeks.
Digitized by
Projects
operated
1939
6
13
20
27
2,021,579
1,980,236
1,945, 796
1,866,017
I, 821, 151
), 776. 239
Tota.I
1938
- - - - - - ---,-----,---,-----,--
Average--------------------------------- _____ _ 2,390, 719
==l====ls==
June
3
2,319,913
2
June ___ _
10
2, 293, 625
9
June_
17
2,273,052
16
June __
24
2, 255, 898
23
June __
30
Average __
Projects
operated
Year ending June 30, 1939
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104,178
110,849
116,913
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APPENDIX
TABLE 1.-KulrnER OF PERSONS EMPLOYED ON ,vPA PROJECTs---Concln<led
WEEKLY, AUGUST 103&-JUNE 1942
Year ending June 30, 1941
Year ending June 30, 1940
Dato
Total
Projects
operated
byWPA
Projects
operated
by other
Federal
agencies A
Date
Total
I
I
1940
Year ending June 30, 1942
·------
Projects
operated
by other Date
Federal
agencies A
Projects
operated
byWPA
I
Projects
operated
by other
Federal
a'!!,'en-
cies
1941
I
Projects
operated
byWPA
Total
A
Month
I
1942
I
I
1,662,393
1,634,010
1,606, 759
1,585,587
1,560,248
1,618, 748
1,590,616
1,562,681
1,541,889
1,517,692
43,645
43,400
44,078
43,698
42,566
7
14
21
28
892,673
877,618
857, 125
839,475
79,588 ------
1,609,801
1,566,325
43,476 ------
866, 723
1,977,473
1,924,388
1,885,683
1,857,813
1,837,853
81,572
84, 152
84,574
87,132
87,686
1,519, 185
I, 496,649
1,474,200
1,464,362
1,477,263
1,454,438
I, 432, 726
1,423,550
41,922
42,211
41,474
40,812
1,981,666
1,896,642
85,024 ------
1,857,906
1,785,270
I, 714,327
1,664,626
I, 770,289
1,696,620
1,628,137
1,583,242
87,617
88,650
86,190
81,384
2,204,440
2, 161,901
2,117, 741
2,092,081
2,127,384
2,082,546
2,037,282
2,010,598
77,056
79,355
80,459
81,483
------
2,144,040
2,064,452
1
8
15
22
29
2,059,045
2,008,540
1,970,257
1,944,945
1,925,539
-----5
12
19
26
3
JO
17
I 24
-----I
I
I
2
9
16
23
30
------------ ------------ ------------
7
H
21
28
------ ------------ ------------ -----------4
11
18
25
I------ ------------ ------------ ------------- ---------
1,755,532
1,669,572
85,960 I
--1
1,488,599
I, 446,994
------ ------------
I, 410,030
41,605 -----2
9
16
23
30
41,203 , .
I, 369, 727
I
865,144
--1,579
5
817,548
816,027
1,521
1,520
795,554
794,034
12
775,510
773,981
19
1,529
755,413
753,897
1,516
26
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1,441,936
1,400,885
41,051
I, 423,371
1,382,328
41,043
1,410,051
I, 367,035
42, 116
I, 368,363
1,327, 762
40,601
----------- - ------------ ------- ---
----·
1,589.
89], 084
876,029
1,589
1,597
855,528
1,539
837,936
------------ ---------
I
786,007
-735, 704
717, 701
700, 744
681,580
652,089
607, 701
784,485
734, 196
716,310
699,344
680,222
651,465
!
696,307
I, 522
1,508
I, 481
1,400
I, 358
I, 224
--I, 304
April.
April.
April.
April.
April.
Average.
May.
May.
May.
May.
May.
Average.
Jum·.
June.
June.
June.
June.
Average.
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TABLE 11.-AVERAGE NUMBER OF PERSONS EMPLOYED ON WPA PROJECTS, BY STATE A
SEMIANNUALLY, DECEMBER 1935-JUNE 1942
State
December
1935
June
1936
IDecemiii~
June
1937
D'l;!,?11937
- - -I- - - - - - - - -
June
~
I Db!:°-
June
1939 B
Jll38B
December
1939 B
June
1940 B
Decem-
ber
1940 B
DecemJune
bor
1942 B
1941 B
June
1941 B
TotaL ____ 2, 667,190 2,285,622 2, 247,461 1,878,008 1,596,676 2, 743, 025 13, 161,080 2,578,041 2,123,431 1,755,532 1,859,594 1,410,930 1,053,095 697,701
- - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - --Alabama ________
32,926
23,405
23,931
45,242
51,351
50,000
34,523 . 39,403
48,330
30,382
63,295
32,037 :. 24,047 15,216
Arizona __________
0, 529
10,872
7,832
8,521
5, 740
8,347
6,890
9,987
11,479
6,317
5,608
3,905 2,215
6, 868
Arkansas __ ____ __
24, 565
46, 119
30,340
42,995
26,941
40,808
32,480
20,593
36,041
52,569
29,757
22,292 14,007
35,369
California ____ __ _ 121,453 115, 446 105,939 102,078
00,020
75,571
71,885
95,003 120, 887 109,069
56,867
40,602 20,286
81,708
Colorado ____ ____
20, 076
25,084
24,019
17,234
37, 007
28,596
21 , 837
18,458
28,115
33,022
16,939
12,159 3,944
19,738
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Connecticut_ __ __
Delawa re _____ ___
Dist. of CoL. ____
Florida ____ ______
Georgia __________
25, 722
2,605
6,696
35, 019
53, 724
23,466
2,415
7, 713
27,301
34,469
18, 268
2, li4
6,934
25,958
33,602
17,615
I, 054
6, 524
25,369
25,447
Idaho ___ __ _______
Illinois __ _______ _
Indiana, _______ ___
9,688
164, 52f,
79, 542
23,580
41 , 366
6,589
157,451
69,358
19, 860
32,402
6, 711
159,476
65, 899
22,683
41 , 784
4,842
135, 607
55,333
20,156
32,402
Maine ______ _____
Maryland ___ ____
Massachusetts ___
59,200
49,256
9,793
17,635
116, 187
46,688
36, 105
7,915
14,011
107,023
51,969
32,012
7,561
12,868
99,791
Michigan ______ __
Minnesota _____ __
Mississippi_ _____
Missouri__ __ ___ __
Montana __ ____ __
88,772
56,612
31,385
82,008
13,566
76,418
46,222
26,713
67,351
10,591
Nebraska ____ __ __
Nevada _____ _____
New Hampshire _.
New Jersey ______
New Mexico ____ _
19, 477
2,325
7,026
89,696
10,898
New York _____ __
North Carolina __
North Dakota ___
Ohio ___ ____ ___ __
Oklahoma _____ __
16, 113
I, 035
5, 810
24, 0ll
24,272
24,883
3,558
8,457
36,038
47,187
30,688
4,047
13,851
53,680
67,203
25,000
3,468
12,919
45, 387
57,367
19,026
2,515
10,821
37,716
47, 707
16,724
2,736
10,799
25,379
35,388
14,648
2,698
10,667
34,636
41,995
6,930
44, 520
18,177
26, Mr
9,319
222, 158
94, 003
33, 737
34, 717
ll , 687
246,738
91,738
31,995
37,126
10,730
201,500
78,360
27,079
30, 116
10,387
160,098
61,166
23, 917
26,716
7,237
135, 737
47,345
19,093
20, 374
8,532
124,886
46,323
24,543
26,318
6,444
95,519
34,067
18,830
20,280
6,184 2,423
67, 356 48, 426
22,687 15, 973
15,028 9,326
15, 993 8, i38
43,472
27, 752
3,617
10,977
82, 353
38, 73[
23,635
4,231
0,625
67,632
62,506
33,112
8,169
12,943
108,882
68,563
54,736
10,986
19,033
128, 786
57,913
43,343
8,264
17,818
106.164
45,008
36,197
7,438
14,706
86,600
34,463
24,783
6,246
15,220
65,910
40,189
28,103
7,048
12,856
80,445
29,148
28,736
4,602
8,172
57,142
2;, 203 18,761
22,726 14,978
3,108 1,508
5,067 3,445
36,505 28,253
67,955
47,088
25,496
71 , 923
12,888
52,130
38, 572
20, 303
67,331
9,643
45,608
36,611
19,296
50,392
13, 147
182,411
61,307
35,074
100,710
20,606
148, 729
67,637
48,600
110,662
20,959
124,676
55,185
40,360
85, 639
17,693
88,095
46, 174
43,024
77,618
13,175
67,155
35,674
25,758
64,411
8, 736
67,118
43,588
33,806
62,530
10,111
48,838
36,941
28,483
51,871
8,415
33,265
28, 742
20,632
36,168
7,183
15,245
2,282
7,571
81,520
7,066
22,172
2,091
8,001
76, 422
8, 548
19,759
I, 635
6,151
69,617
8,373
19,643
1,696
5, 530
57, 606
6,272
29,043
2,184
8, 643
01, 140
10,620
29,032
2,672
II, 543
104,570
II, 862
26,298
1,951
8,536
82,040
11 , 956
27,124
I, 799
6,873
70,128
12,446
20,196
1,470
6,234
58,511
9,024
23,610
1,728
6,912
62,765
10,829
20,176
I, 231
4,820
42,471
10,066
14,119 6, 189
975
485
3,516 2,344
28,007 21, 490
7,563 5,605
378,008
37,530
12, 544
174,252
85, 600
300,248
30,428
8,620
153,891
54, 945
287, 646
28,403
19,625
135, 039
r,o, 920
246,114
11,087
104,046
50,646
189, 397
21,735
12, 750
01 , 307
43,661
226, 337
36,833
13,320
245,775
65,169
251,191
57,004
15,593
265,796
71,600
210,344
43,879
13,832
204, 508
56,970
154,321
42,098
13,637
140,163
48, 031
145, 146
37,466
9,598
118,994
37,843
138,990
43,887
11,694
105, 715
40,381
101,919
30,302
9, 918
80,670
32,109
Oregon _____ _____
Pennsylvania __ __
Rhode Island ____
South Carolina __
South Dakota - -
18,814
218,146
16,212
31,439
14. 590
14,899
234, 014
11,268
24,987
9,565
14,001
229,875
10,805
24,212
23, 785
13,376
183,513
11,550
20,274
13,883
12,032
159,107
11,873
18,720
15,552
16,282
2,52, 365
14,853
34, 755
15, 739
10,672
268,173
16,899
46,671
16,767
17,100
189, 728
15,108
43,581
15,428
15,176
147,270
12,252
39,627
15,150
12,658
158,605
10,952
28,668
9,463
12,290
141,957
II, 477
32, 156
12, 241
9,096
93,018
6, 038
25, 801
9,764
5,852 1,873
68,062 49, 655
4,156 2, 543
22,370 14,513
6,779 3,216
Tennessee _______
Texas ___ ___ ______
lltah ____ ________
Vermont ____ ___ _
Virginia ____ _____
45, 585
73, 752
14,635
4,759
39,672
36,306
80,975
10, 368
4,517
26, 832
31,303
77,269
8,960
3, 468
24,720
24, 143
71,559
7, 463
3, 048
19,200
21,129
52,802
7,020
3,071
17,904
34, 766
81,059
10,314
5,059
23,894
57,009
112,984
15, 028
8,642
32,106
44, 988
98, 892
11,984
5,289
28,923
38,846
806
11 , 531
4, 400
25,434
33,600
73, 246
8. 702
3,833
26,259
36, .508
89,383
10, 192
4,000
24. 425
29,449
73,850
8,425
2, 662
17, 378
24, 055 16, 894
61 , 571 41.031
6, 157 2,560
995
I, 974
12,500 7,263
Wa.shlngton _____
West Virginia ___
30, 379
50,680
60, 056
4, 764
26,228
43, 790
49, 504
2,765
27, 048
42, 175
53,069
3,508
26, 049
33, 682
42,405
2,370
29, 862
28,716
37, 408
2, 364
44,865
46,411
72, 726
4,207
53,010
51,502
80,789
4,739
38,484
40, 961
63.821
3.820
27,801
32,929
51,847
3,587
23,557
30, Oil
38,713
2,577
23. 877
30,421
44 , 118
2,806
16,366
26. 850
30,207
2,242
10,857 3, 955
24,218 15,915
22, 608 9,503
1,690
636
8 ----- ---3,725
2,538
-------- '
1,601
80
3,170
46
754
2. 333
4.018
I. 361
120
I , 75,,
11,088
I , 278
241
. 1, 672
17,356
I, 760
93
1,358
30,316
I, 701
15 - -------1,031
5
7
32,585
28,767 25, 71i3
1,463
915
933
Iowa ___ ________ _
Kansas _____ _____
Ken_t'!cky ____ __ _
Lou1s1ana _______ _
,visconsin _______
Wyoming _______
Alaska ___ ________ --------Hawaii_ _________
--- ---- -Puerto Rico _____ --------Virgin Islands ___
Undistributed by
state ____ _______
--------- --------4,463
-----------------
23,177
101, 8e2
(12.
6,921
1,959
7,000
25,372,
30,061
'
3,992 2, 4118
1,219
800
4,762 2,182
21,676 16,579
24, 430 16,376,
83,087
24, 133
6,095
50,246
27,885
26,117
17,248
15,157
24,777
3,874
62,005
13,604
3, 551
31,999
19,069
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--------- ------ ---
---------
-- -- ----- -- -- - - - --
I
- - - - ----
130
1
--------- ---- -- --- ---- ---- - --------- ---------
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APPENDIX
TABLE I I I . - Nmrn ER OF PERSONS E M PLOYED ON W PA P ROJ E CTS , B Y S T ATE AN D B Y M AJOR TYPE OF PROJE CT
Ju~.E 16, 1942
Projects operated by W P A
Di,ision of Operations
All
All W P A projects
projects operated
byWP A
State
T otal
--- -
Total ____ _____ ..
Airports
and
airways
Buildings
Cooservation
Engineering
surveys
699,344
404,604
15, 345
2, 232
15, 217
20,261
3,936
15, 342
2,229
15, 21 5
2(', 088
3,013
9,643
10,216
5, 730
973
Connecticut __ ____ ____
D elaw are __ _______ ____
..
District of Columbia__
Florid a __ __ _________
Georgia __ __ ___ ________
2, 542
805
2,162
16, 6.19
10, 3n
2,536
801
2, 139
16,617
16, 358
Idaho __ _____ __ _____ __ _
Til!nois ____ __ ____ ____ __
Indiana _____ ____ ______
Iowa ___ _____ __ ___ ___ __
K ansas _____ _______ ___
2,427
4S, 845
15,979
9,335
8,964
Kentucky __ ____ ___ ___
Louisiana ________ __ __ _
Maine ____ ___________ _
Maryland ________ ____
Massachuset ts ____ __ ..
63, 733
15,802
3, 722
279
I ll
276
279
1,001
450
808
195
I, 174
761
149
137
34
9
41
114
1,428
513
693
10, 58-1
8,226
434
31
217
6,247
12
72
810
176
330
57
2, 439
I, 081
2, 42.5
48,683
15, 04R
0, 334
8,902
1, 397
28,513
10,528
6,062
6,161
155
2, 050
515
162
468
300
3, 082
2, 969
860
1,214
18, 727
15,072
I, 402
3, 448
28, 310
18, 718
15,.062
l , 491
3, 430
28, 216
13,64f>
10, 420
8 IO
2,435
14,863
394
665
655
635
I, 311
1, 140
1, lfi4
34
626
5,464
504
285
Michigan ___ _____ _____
M inne.0 ota ________ ___ _
M ississippi. ___ _______
Mis.souri ____ __ ____ ___ _
Montana ___ ____ ___ __ _
26,333
17,412
15,229
25,089
3,891
26,322
17,412
15,226
25,049
3,801
15, 337
9,050
R, 601
15,212
1, 883
495
SW
02ij
431
368
I, 050
I, 021
673
2,490
266
400
641\
IRf>
484
250
Nebrnska __________ ___
Nevada. ____________ __
New Hampshire ____ __
·.
- -- -----___
New
exico________
New JMc.rsey
6, 121
484
2, 360
21,570
5,529
6,1 20
481
2, 359
21,560
5,52 1
3,577
176
I, 315
12,092
4, 197
776
JO
3f,0
519
506
586
56
477
3,600
I, 033
241
57
4Gi
1, 110
N ew York __ __ ____ ____
North Carolina ______ _
North Dakota __ _____ _
Oh io ___ . ___ ____ ___ ___ _
Oklahoma _______ _____
62,535
13,68,,
3,607
31,022
19, 333
02, 200
13,685
3,007
31,905
10,250
35,961
7,441
2,541
18, 217
11 ,0ll7
1,034
2,o;6
220
860
,561
II, 726
694
399
332
I , 406
103
90
31~
429
2,054
Oregon ... . _. _________ _
Pennsylvani!\ _________
Rhode Island __ ____ ___
South Carolina __ ___ _..
South Dakota __ _____ _
l , 867
49,990
2, 563
14, 458
3,184
1, 86.';
49,983
2,561
14,433
3, 17.~
816
29, 750
I , 309
8,925
I, 689
386
64 4
386
701
315
100
4, 694
453
I, 267
4,'j()
20
I, 838
8
42
161
'l'ennessce __ _______ ___ _
Toxas ___ ___ . ____ ____ __
Utah _____ __ _______ ____
Vnmont ___ __________ _
Virginia __ __ ___ ____ ___ -
16,974
41 , 055
2, 5f,O
956
6, 976
16,905
41, 037
2,li40
056
6,932
10, 883
22, 030
1, 345
537
3,234
2, 38G
37
154
240
567
2,776
2m
13
404
370
1, 405
199
83
174
53
38
17
Washln~ton _____ ____ _
West Virginfa _______ __
W isconsin _______ ___ __
Wyoming ____ ______ ___
3, 911
15,943
0, 337
674
3,910
15,042
9,334
674
1, 452
10, 167
4,014
212
662
709
250
24
234
645
525
66
10
163
208
40
17
- -- -- -- --- --- --
Hawaii. ___ ____ ___ ____
P uerto Riro ____ . __ ___
Virgin I slands ___ ____ _
,5
2ll,OR9
978
Rccreational
facilities Sanita(exclurition
inghuildings)
1, 228
5 ----- --- -16, P41
26,070
633
078
34, 992
--1,852
185, 176
14,635
- - - ---- - -- - - - - - - -----
14
-- - ·----- ---------- 25
43
23
429
1, 225
178
214
130
2
403
210
28
143
4
641
35
3
I()
85
1,499
70
7
7
54 1
9
52
20
5, 614
627 ---------8, 161
2,291
43
252
11
452
33
04
1,825
4,436
164
255
12,012
4,872
3,814
2, 3ol
1.~
3, 3!i0
153
19
289
0, 139
6, 233
43
294
3,218
I
103
57
130
5S4
9, 045
3,057
3, 633
6,385
701
223
47 5
54
S74
34
1,371
31
)19
4,006
I, 057
47
2i
S4
622
8,824
3, 306
I, 405
11, 2R8
5, 129
2,966
303
18
603
263
82
14,609
219
3,336
410
12
I, 314
8,229
11 ,063
443
46
2, 211
222
697
51
2 11
7,547
I, 41 3
51
Water
and
sewer
systems
and
other
utilities
Ot her
- - - - - - - --
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - --
700, 744
Alab Bma ____________ __
Arizona ___ __________ _.
Arkansas ___ ____ ___ __ _
California _______ ______
Colorado _______ _____ __
High-
ways,
roads,
and
streets
7, 397
50,660
28, 487
06
[l1;
84
206
1, 033
93
26
46
189
453
3
226
27
49
338
738
276
690
719
II
761
132
123
5,307
1,481
725
658
!Oi
657
228
58
13
134
249
509
1, 276
-- - - - ---109
2, 352
2, 220
4
17
137
1,108
3,540
1,569
340
2,452
21 0
575
497
1, 440
1, 823
30
396
2:1
171
2, 62-1
374
134
II
47
420
56
7,234
512
]53
3,364
570
2,460
298
J
1,206
903
11 6
93
1, 909
9
1,689
3
-- --- ---39·6
25
74
50
f~
8
119
212
···--- ----
1,340
270
G
26
8
5S9
53
25
162
15
204
4
314
18
615
11 3
3, 006
791
186
605
I, 977
263
81
19.5
46
1, 412
119
137
278
6
9
427
2
23
-- ---- --- - -- -------19
323
192
31
15
121
256
1,207
220
MO
941
211
IO
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379
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REPORT ON PROGRESS OF THE WPA PROGRAM
TABLE IIT.-NUMBER OF PERSONS EMPLOYED ON
WPA
PROJECTS, DY STATE AND BY l\1AJOR TYPE OF PROJECT--
Concluded
June tr., 1042
Projects operated by WP A-Concluded
S"rv ice Division
State
Total
Total ............................. .
Public
activitil's
Research
and records
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Division of
'!'raining and
Reemploy•
ment
Projects
operated
by other
Federal
agencies .t.
State
supply
sections
1,400
247, 702
50,309
a3, ~70
154,823
3S, 335
8, 703
4,400
801
4,404
12, 033
2,529
1,455
347
599
4,662
700
621
86
735
1,004
369
2,414
3G~
3,070
7,267
1,451
1,035
129
454
976
2!19
174
71
1,028
240
1,205
5,129
7,217
308
lH
247
I, 005
2,170
161
34
241
313
743
559
72
717
3,811
4,295
41
37
204
707
687
Idaho ..............•.....................
Illinois ............................ . . .. .
Indiana .................... . .. . ........ . .
Iowa ..................................... .
Kansas ................................... .
880
17,568
4, 154
2,661
3,171
253
4,662
1,470
775
894
75
2,680
533
197
179
552
10,217
2,151
!, 689
2,098
90
2,096
1,047
470
517
49
506
219
141
53
2
162
Ei~i~~~:::::::::::::::::::::······ ·····
4,487
3, 744
603
881
11, 6-51
il9
835
104
269
2,000
558
797
68
170
1,903
3,210
2, 112
491
443
7,088
510
747
6
48
1,563
166
151
12
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10
Michigan ................................... .
Minnesota .................................... .
l\lississippi.. ................... . ......... . . .
Missouri. ..................... . ........... .
Montana .................................... .
8,668
6, 764
"· 463
8,291
1, 73.5
2,261
1,648
1,812
!, 086
303
I. 447
1,208
i3
8M
379
4,960
3,008
3,578
5,451
!, 053
2. 014
11
303
346 ······--··-•·3
98
(0
210
162
Nebraska .................. . ...... . ..... . . . .
Nevada..........................
..
New Hampshire .............................. .
New Jersey ............... .
New Mexico ................. . . . ........ . .. . .
2,073
280
850
8, 135
975
694
78
144
2,522
254
225
30
64
2,008
65
1, 154
li2
642
3, [,15
656
319
New York .................................. .
North Carolina ........................... . .
North Dakota........................... . .. .
Ohio ......................... . ........... . .. .
Oklahoma ................................. .
22,059
5, f.26
994
11, 245
6,494
5,391
I, 220
316
2,897
996
5,810
561
H:l
1,674
385
Oregon ___ . _____________________ . ____________ . .
Pennsylvania ...... . ....................... .
Rhode Island ............................... .
South Carolina......................... . . . .
South Dakota.............................. . .
840
rn, 302
042
5,014
I. 308
247
2,010
316
656
312
Tennessee .••............... ... ... . . . ...... . . . .
'l'exas ....................... .
Utah ..................................... .
Vermont. ........ . ........ . ........ .. . . .. .
Virginia ................................ . . .
4,643
rn. 966
1,031
3P8
3,364
.100
3, S7fi
Washington ................................ .
West Vir~inia ...................... . ..... . .... .
Wisconsin ....••.............. . .......... . . . . .
Wyoming ....•..............................
2, 157
4, 726
2, ~72
443
6M
98R
624
89
I, 147
Hawaii. .................... .
Puerto Rico ............ .
Virgin Islands ..
.I
u, 7;,o
3·lf1
90
71
204
3
Alabama ..................................... .
Arizona._. _____________________ _______________ _
Arkansas .............. . ..... . ................. .
California .................................... .
Colorado ...................................... .
Connecticut ................................ .
Delaware .................................. .
DistrictofColumbla ......... . . . . . . .
Florida ................... .. ........ . .... . .
Georgia ................................. .
Maine ................................... .
Ma1·yland .............................. .
Massachusetts ................... . . . ..... .
------ ------
30!'
112
041
------- --
1,252
1,064
I, 336
Ill
-----3
3
2
141
,(49
li3
122
23
39
5
37
23
6
1
22
19
198
228
31
I
62
1
18
U4
66
139
------------
1
3
179
233
303
151
15
15
200
10
8
10,858
3,845
53.5
6,674
5, 113
2,009
435
44
2. 11(
1,514
1,271
183
25
329
145
146
2,154
64
1~3
176
456
11, 328
5fi2
4, 1i5
820
117
3,428
121
366
148
83
2
404
10
an
3,680
11.975
630
145
1,918
1,207
3, .143
I, 101
286
1,416
101
141
502
200
19,1
68
s
6,447
2il
IO
3315
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83
99
128
30
2
2.5
9
1,162
1,803
117
11
276
217
148
17
10
58
&9
18
215
678
2,279
14
86
371
169
5
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413
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APPENDIX
TABLE IV.-AMOUNT OF WPA
Fnrns
ALLOCATED, OBLIGATED, AND EXPENDED, BY OPERATING AGENCY A
THROUGH JUNE
30, 1042
ERA Act, fiscal year 1042
Total. all acts"
Agency
Allocations
Total
.
8 $896,933,063 j
8
1
58,311,003
56,i75,354
Adjustment Administration· 1
Chemistry and Engineering..
Economics...
..-.-·•·-··
Marketing Service_ ... -.··-·· I
292,640
3,898
208,791
212, 780
290,857
3,898
205,833
211,260
1~t~it
i
Ji:~ .
56,751,632
290,857
3,898
205,477
211,260
Jtm
Expenditures
$792, 304, 748
$840,783,477
·io,;:::::::: 110•::::::::: :=J=0=,:=:=::=:=:=5:=:=:=j,=8=8=9:=:=:=2=:4=6324=9i
·-·•············I
DepartmentofAgriculture_
Obligations
Allocations
i
---------------········ $10,583,573,337 j$10,520,167,240 1$10,4f,S,249,J93
: : : :::~er:; ~:::;trati~~::::::::::::::::::::
Agricultural
Agricultural
Agricultural
Agricultural
Expenditures
Obligations
'
3,485,943
788, 464, 240
83:::::::
3,840,508
2,660,756
2,667,159
_.............................................. .
................ ,············•··· ............... .
.··············-- -··············· .............. ..
'·······-·- ···- _.............................. .
it~m~~i~t~ci.P1ant.Quii.i-antine.::::::/
20,
rn,
19,
1······2;27,i;ifril- -·····i;iM;9-io·
Forest Service .... ·-········· .. -.. -··•
18,670,473
18,183,871:
18,179,808,
l,027,i77
756,627
Home Economies ................... -·-··
804,517
885,169
882,377
. . .
. .
1
1
ii~~iirn\;~f;i~~!w:: A~~~~~~r~ri~er._.::
l,
I
l,
Soil Conservation Service....
. ........
14,518,405
14,458,029 I
14 ,. 457,,3 80 I
2, 150
_793
'IJndlstributed ............. -..............
1,776,324
1,709,148.
144 793
1 695 804
18 10 940
l======•:======,i======·=,==== =•~1
-Department of Commerce....................
729,545
590, 794 I
581, 107 !
5i:l, 480
434, 732
756,519
.
~::~~t i::::::::::::::::il:::::::::::::::: ::::::::::::::::
~::~f~
·~ii:m
······i;i63;ooi
"19:3
1300 537
0
Coast and Geodetic Sun·ey···-·······-•-•:
Foreign and Domestic Commerce_........
,veather Bureau__
Executive Office of the President: National
Resources Planning Board.
. .......... .
80,932 I
342,750 '
157,425
81,767
345,823
163,204
85,613
464,904
170,028
31, 157
345,823
57, 152
35,000
464,004
1a, 576
425, 16:1
30,437
342, 7/i0
51,076
I
13,149
13,140 ---------------- ------13,149
===-======1=====1=====1====
24,173,170
23,689,060
2.1, 672,240
72,838
139,667
70,703
Department of the Interior ..
Fish and Wildlife Service
···::::::::]
Indian Affairs. _ -········· --······-···· -Oencral Land Office .........•...........
ii!!i~Jtfo~r~ .~~r~i"':~ :: ::: : : :::::::::::: .
Territories and Island Possessions ........ .
3,578,647
02, 748
110,859
18,228,427
29,230
1,803,141
3,443,887
01, 8f,3
105,865
17,944,521
29,235
1,743,601
_.......... Ala.ska Railroad. ___ ...
.-1.laska Road Commission ........... .
Alaska-miscellaneous . _.......... .
Virgin Islands._ .. _ ·-··-·········Undistributcd_ .. ··- ................... .
232, 762
2,306
300,787
1,258,286
330,109
232,762
2,299
307,832
1,200,708
330,007
--------55,450
3,465
51,985
3,440, 168
1iu~~
421,234
14,969
-
: ...........
<
_
:
i
:
:
~
:
i
~
:
:
:
;
~
~
3:JO,oos '................................ -·-···-·-····-·
55,430
55,430
3, 4tl5
51,974
3,465
51,97-t
M,™
4,om,005
420,347
3fi, 707,651
Department or the Navy ............ ·-·······-
15,580
·::~~ I
-=::---==
4,712,471
4, fiil, 025
Department of Labor: Lahor Statistics .... _
Library of C'ongrcss...•................ -.... .
16,920
1 ::::::::::::--- :::::::::::::::·
2!Ml, 270
60,500
417,00i
36, 5/i8, 493
36, 5.38, 451
------
273, 6.38
50,612
268,786
29,044
===~
20,709
-------··
-
49,013
-------
57, 2f>.1
I
1,012·!
:;:J8, 603
5:18, f,11
538,417
1,01:l
970
C'oa.st Ouard o·-·············-···········-1------·I
36,ooo,oa4
36, I f,8, 958
36,019,862
48,(Xl0
28,0:12 I
21!, 7:19
Yards and Docks .. ···-···-···············
- - - - ----- - - - .
- - - - - --===~=-~ = = = ~
I, 4!Xl, 815
I, fi.17, 906
l,41!2,:191
(10.600
Federal Security A~cncy
60,052 i
52, f,45
Office or Education....
Public Health Service
Department or the Treasury: Office of the
1, :108, 750 ,
249, JS6
1
·····-·········I
SecretaryE
.. -- · · · · · · · ·······
Veterans'
Administration_._····---··········-,
•
1,251,320
248,486
----- - - -
2 9 619
2',s:r,,~
,.. 2', 692
I
1,251,313
241,078
I
2 39 0 53
2,' s:.,
" 11,' 2'1 5
1-- ······3·s·,·.,,·o·4-2··I-····· ··2·1·3·,·s·4·0-- I
1
:
tiO.f,m
--j _____ l______
2 39 2 50
2', ~" 24', 8'1 8
I
i
WarDepartmcnt. .... -·-··-·······-··-·-······==5=2=.,=7=9.428 --52-;-4M~086T-,52.0fi3,055-,---34,000
Corps of En~ineers ........... _............ I
QuartNma.sl<•r Corps ...... _. . .. ....... 1
Feclcral Works A!!ency: Puhlir BuildinKs
Administration . _
2, 3H, 490
50,434,029
I
7,872
·' C'oversrunds appropriated hy th,• ERA Acts of 1035, J03f,, 1037, Hl38,
In footnote I, p, 3-1.
2. zis.szi
50,242, lt\.1
7,872
I
l~l. 052 '
52, tl4.5
j======
260,190
34,000 :====15,2:13
2, 2:J8,823 ····-
·1\1,XJ.5, 1:12
I
7,872 ··-
rn:m, ancl fiscal y,•ars 1041 and 1042, and by the deficiency appropriations listPcl
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Total allocations do not include $11\,486,530 or 193~, 10ao, and fisml year 1!141 act funcls whit'h continued to t,,, availahle for ohll~a!ion on Federal
con.o:;trurtion proJ<'rts throuJ?h provisions orthP flsral yN1.r HH2nrt. Of this amount, $12,741i,fi(iX wns nvnilahll' for projpc•ts oprrnt(•d hy \YPA and $:l,73U,002
for WP.\ projects operated by otlwr Ft•<i,•rnl aiwncies, Also excludes funds a,·ailable upon trnnskr lo the Em,•rg,•1iry Heli,•f Appropriation .\ct, fisC'al
year 1942.
c Allocations or WPA funds to these other Federal a!!<•ndes were made under the ERA A,•ts of Hlll8, W:!9, ancl flsrai yen rs 1041 and 1042 nncl the In.st
three of the deficiency appro)lriations referr,•d to in footnoh• A.
0 The Const Guard was trnnsrl'rred from the DeJJartnwnt of the Treasury to the n,,parln•Pnt of tlw Xnvy ns or Xovemh,,r I, 1941.
E For the use• or the Btm•nu or Internal H,•vpnm• ,me! tlw Division or Tax Hl'scarch.
Source: Da...o;;c<l on reports of the t:. S. Treasury l>l~purtnll'nt an<l the \Vork Prukt•ls .A1ln:i11lsl rotiou.
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REPORT ON PROGRESS OF 'l'HE WPA PROGRAM
TABLE v.-AMouNT oF WPA FuNDs ExPENDED FoR PRoGRAMs OPERATED BY WPA AND BY OTHER
FEDERAL AGENCIES, BY OPERATING AGENCY AND BY FISCAL YEAR
THROUGH JUNE 30, 1942
Year Anding June 30
A-
Total, flsrnl
years 193&-42
Agency
1940
1939
1042
1941
Tot.aL.. _________ .. __ .. _____________ -···············
$1, 520, 106, 078
$1, 326, 110, 531
$10, 468, 249, 193
$2, 230, 749, 993
$887, M7, 1132
1======1======1,======i=======I======
10, 286, 653, 697
2, 157, 200, 362
l, 461. 790, 340
l, 284, 780, 435
879, 247, 501
1======1======1'======1=======1======
181,
505,
406
73,549,631
58,315,
738
41,330,096
8,400,03:1,
Other Federal agencies B ____ ---·-·-········ · · · · · · · · · · · · I======
2-1, 003, 792
56,751,632
17,931,893
11,290,026
3,525,921
Department of Agiiculture_ .... __ .. -.. ··-···--·····-
Work Projects Administration._ ... ···- ........ ·········-
1-------1-------1
290,857
110,811
Agricultural Adjustment Administration .. ··-···
Agricultural Chemistry and Engineering_ ...... .
3,898
3,898
205,477 -----------------Agricultural Economics .... _____ --·-·-----·······
Agricultural Marketing Service ................. .
211,260 -----------------Dairy Industry ..... ······- _____ ................ .
33,063 ---------- - ------19,234, 175
7,098,045
Entomology and Plant Quarantine •.............
18,179,808
6,186,581
Forest Scrvlcc ....... _______ -· ···-···············
882, 377
500, 44fl
Home Economics.-·•·-·-··-·--·-················
I, 194, 324
445,891
Nationttl Agricultural Research Center.·-·······
Rural Electrification Administration_._ ........ _
362,219
158,014
14,457, 380
8,512,298
Soil Conservation Service .. ----------·--·-······
Undistributed ... _............ ________ .......... .
I, 695,894
988,808
l======I
Department of Commerce .. _.............. _.....••..
,'81. 107
------------
106,329
2,79'
70,923
-------------97,130
---- - ------------------ ----------- --- -- -104, 152
4,195
35,037
618
175,005
32,256
----------------5,695, 794
1,7a,
2,026,~
1,232,
3,679
4,413, 98'
4,443,187
6,318,835
230,869
571,624
196,632
4,581,800
97,843
71,319
147,383
175, 753
7,573
1,280,565
438,645
-------------82,717
-- ---
79,926
429,862
1,056
170,598
1-------1
Coast and Geodetic SurwY---·-·-···-···•·······
Foreign and Domestic Commerce .............. .
Weather Bureau ...•.. __ ---------·······---···-Executive Office of the President: National Re•
sources Planning Boar<\. __ .. _-········ ........ Department of the Interior ................. ____ ·-_. __
Fish and Wildlife Service. __ ... -·_ .............. .
Indian Affairs ... ···---···-·-··-·················
General Land Office ____ . _________ .........•.....
National Park Service __ ._ ---·----··············
Reclamation._. _________ -·-- __ -·-···············
Territories anrl lsl!lnd Possessions .............. .
Alaska Railroad ... ________ . __ ---·· •·····-···
Alaska Road Commissio11 . . __ . ............ .
Alnska-miscellaneous
_. . --•-········--Virgin Islands._····-·--_. __ --···········-·-Undistrlbuted .•.... __ -···- __ -·-···-········•--
80,032 - - ---------------342, 750 -----------------157,425 ------------------
1======1
9,553
3,596
10,514,893
7,310,560
5,023,195
823,592
976,296
42,891
62,391
5,619, 787
10,960
5i9,Ml
471,391
48,510
42,119
126,013
,-------,
3,440,168
l, 866,468
91,810 --------- --- -----105, 737 ----------------17,936,954
7,674,885
29,235 ----------------1,738,238
662,626
232, 762
192,959
2,299 - -------------- -307,833
108,250
1,195,344
361,417
330,098
310,914
-------1--------
Department of Labor: Labor Statistics.·--·· ..... _._
Library of Congress.·····-·--·-·-·-· __ --······•··•·Department of the Navy_ . ········-················
Coast Guard c. ________ -·-- -·-· -·· ·············Yards and Docks ___ --··-·····--·----•-········-Federal Security Agency.····-·····················Office of Education_. __ --· ____ --·· ............. .
Public Health Service. ______ . ______ .......... ·Department of tho Treasury: Office or the Secretlll'y D .• -·· ···-····· - --·••- -- - - - - - - . -··-···· - -- - - .
Veterans' Administration .. --.---·-·-_-··-···- ___ _
Wer Department.-·-•···-··-·--···-·-. •··-··Corps of Engineers .. --·- ___ --·-_-·-- ____ _
Quartermaster Corps _________ ·- ________ _
Federal Works Agency: Public Buildings Admin
!strntlon .... ·- ·- __ ... ___ ·-. _______ . ___ _
•
----------------- - -----------------
13, 149
23,672,240
1======1======
Department of Justice ... ___ ·-·- .................. __ _
49, 311
55,439
Attomcy General's Office .. -·················••Bureau of Prisons_ ·---------------------------·
32,R16
342,750
M,296
19,799
28,317
- - -- - - -------- - - - - ----------------51,520
51,609
409
1, 2'Z1
834,373
4,007,909
18,275
434,991
61,570
----------------1,163 -- ---------------65,826
160
368,002
61,410
- - - --------- - - - -- - - - -------------- -
39,803
1,136
133,597
404, 516
19,184
-
----------------------------------------------------
6,128 -----------------·---------- --- --- . ----------6,128
---- ------
3,465
51,974
3,465
45,846
4,660,995
417,997
755,920
132,600
1,843, 104
115,462
I. i29,683
109,421
33Z 288
36, 538, 451
14,138,565
10,266.149
10. 361,312
1, 772,425
538,417
36,000,034
275,991
13,862, 574
110,759
JO, 155,390
100,712
10,260,600
50,955
I, 721,470
1======
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60,51'
-------1--------:·-------1------- I
I, 492,391
i28, 648
478,578
I. 251,313
241,078
540,092
IRS, 556
478,578
2,839,053
2,511.215
1,502,563
508,649
979,460
905,855
740,234
220,434
. -- 220,434.1
356,273
I
64,731
12,209
ft2,522
;57
356,477
21, 197, 3,,a
18,403,546
11,419, 592
I
1,033,464
2,238, 8231
49, SJ.5, 132
681,299
20, 51G, OM
1,086,156
17,317,300
464,773
10, 9M, 819
I
6,595
1,026,869
7,8721
7,784
8s
52, os3, 955
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A Expenditures during the flscal year Include, in addition to the amounts expended under the eurrPnt ERA act, the liquidation of obligations Jn.
curred under previous ERA acts.
B Expenditures of WP A funds by these other Fe<lerni agencies b.ei,:an in the fiscal year 1939.
c The Coast Guard was transferred from the Department of the Treasury to the Department of the Navy as or November 1, lMl.
D For tho use of the Bureau of Internal Revenue and the Di\'ision of Tax Resc•arch.
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TABLE VJ.-AMOUNT OF WPA FUNDS EXPENDED FOR PROGRAMS OPERATED BY WPA AND BY OTHER FEDERAL AGENCIES, BY STATE AND BY FISCAL YEAR A
1942
Year ending June 30
1942
State
Total
1936
1037
1938
1939
B
1940
B
1941
B
Total
Programs
operated
byWPAB
Programs
operated
by other
Federal
agencies B
'rota]
$887, 647, 532
$879,247,501
$8,400,031
-------- · -- · ------------ $10, 468, 249, 193 $1, 258,130,249 $1, 818, 130, 501 $1,427,374,309 $2,230,749,993 $1,520,106,078 $1,326,110,531
Alabama ___ . ___________________________
141,826,329
13,643,540
17,529,282
26,124
13,874,917
26,467,926
17,940,492
17,914,368
28,829,353
23,540,819
Arizona ________________________________
41,269,649
4,812,888
6,515,009
5,544,932
5,775,738
4,284,130
4,277,029
- 7,101
8,271,599
6,065,353
23,821
119,814, 158
10,924,407
14,726,096
12,248,023
25,198,835
22,594,946
19,751,698
14,370, 153
14,346,332
529, 953, 996
70,803,041
100, 570, 770
71,180,906
44,340,544
43,953,617
386,927
97,785, 785
75,171,498
70,100,552
118, 499, 234
16,505,995
15, 190, 717
166,306
20,295, 120
10,018, 241
23,470, 100
17,807,916
15,044,839
10,184,547
10.,, 645, 561
13,545,902
18,730,517
16,102,842
4,820,253
66,996
25,018,
751
15,683,547
11,676,
753
4,887,249
Delaware_._. ___________________________
12,051,316
), 311,868
42
1,617,706
1,162,373
1,590,628
2,510,944
1,865,347
1,902,408
1,162,415
District of Columbia ___________________
201,892
47,988, 724
4,015,017
5,563,830
4,714,345
4,512,453
4,904,026
10,247,562
8,861,368
9,681,676
Florida __________________________ _______
138,397
140, 504, 697
11,404,337
15,721,399
20,723,116
20,584,719
15,242,704
28,763,917
24,862,318
23,786,906
Georgia _________________________ . .. _____
149, 584, 354
14,486,291
18,494,971
17,542,788
329,330
14,956,532
31,989,572
26,933,303
24,851,567
17,872,118
Idaho __________________________________
4,787,498
84,146
41,221,428
4,871,644
4,432,015
5,275,395
5,123,830
i. 847,065
7,256,620
6,414,859
158,589
763,908,875
56,893,686
56,735,097
126, 562, 973
81,651, 766
107,039,012
179, 554, 122
120, 868, 327
91,338,989
18,617,101
91,264
18,708,365
296, 493, 581
40,322,363
51,848,690
67,444,904
42,047,839
31,498,278
44,623, 142
111,774,475
33,915
11,366,609
11,964,365
11,930,450
li, 671, 795
15,454,634
21,993, 713
17,156,249
16,167,110
127,214,612
26,021,699
11,775,626
11,551,560
224,066
15,005, 150
17,903,452
22,487,389
17,528,065
16,492,631
18,217,067
45,601
167,810,077
13,394,225
27,847,378
24,275,148
18,262,668
23,929,419
21,202, 749
38. 898,490
52,105
137,224,294
16, 724,698
16,672,593
15,937, 716
21,0ll, 902
16,435,938
20,635,355
19,345,317
27,133,368
50, 752
39,043,976
5,978,470
5,927,
718
3,986,076
5,900,647
3,831,634
5,532,208
6,992,013
6,822,928
Maryland _________________________ . ____
305,044
67,185,710
5,722,735
10,725,496
10,105, 759
6,027, 779
8,571,859
11,954,008
12. 610, 711
7,190,098
Massachusetts _______ ._. __. ________ __. _.
292,504
483, 454, 150
37,938,633
OJ, 365,070
38,231, 137
53,925,003
68,765,431
103,029,061
70,389,064
57,749,384
Michigan _____________________ --··-- ____
111,921
431,351, 185
29,995, lU
50,483,221
30,107,062
57,249,028
122. 791, 220
67,969,058
43,633,076
59,118,520
Minnesota ____________________________
24,336,227
140, 767
250, 975, 211
30,040,015
41,534,755
34,817,009
24,476,994
35,144,147
31,795,914
53. 166,377
Mississippi__ ___________________________
14,670,343
8,830
110,607,630
9,002,
125
14,402,992
14,679,173
10,977,009
20.
385,764
19,663,600
21.
496.
967
Missouri.. _______________ ______________
182,697
315, 953, 977
30,652,292
28,833,825
28,651,128
52,340,893
41,134,690
68,047,427
51,784,359
43,160,491
Montana _______________________________
6,252,051
1,632
70,246,610
6,739,540
6,253,683
11,580,244
10. 813,255
16, C.52, 033
9,985,969
8,221,886
Nebraska _______________________________
11,357,624
195,448
107, 349, 390
8,688, 746
11,553,072
15,682,574
15,405, 637
21,112,484
18,249, 774
16,657, 103
Nevada ___________________ .. _. . ________
865, 748
5,660
9,630, 726
1,112,879
1,598,374
871,408
1,443,885
1,826,285
1,358, lil
1,419,724
New Hampshire __________ _______ _______
3,515,008
33,577
34,043, 713
3,188,419
4,944,239
3,548,585
5,948.188
4,442,942
7,250,519
4,720,821
26,853,452
394, 736, 257
45,354, 739
27,083,809
230,357
Nf'W J<'rS('Y----------------- -----------74,032,323
60,464,376
83,548,544
56,608,048
47,644,418
New Mexico ___________________________
58,387
7,579,285
7,520,898
51,000, 121
4,970,656
7,098,142
8,740,379
8,665,689
8,388,790
5,557, 180
80,115,223
603,457
1, 358, 078, 431
253, 927, 669
313,719,647
140,341.848
119,915,417
80,808,680
209, 965, 930
239, 399, 240
17,504,183
134,
660
125,
008,
030
10,164,282
13,091,023
11,253,453
24,223,302
24,826,916
17,638,843
23,810,151
m~{g~~lt~a:·---------------- _- ---•
4,422,219
138,297
59,077,058
4,569,073
15,033,231
8,170,254
4,560,516
8,354,161
10,329,835
8,059,988
Ohio __________________________________
42,767,035
143,831
42,910,866
738, 912, 212
87,571,816
116,949, 136
103,
409,
490
106,851,773
202, 091, 629
79,127,502
Oklahoma __________________ . ________ .
185,691
19,163,089
25,965,484
23,674,044
19,348, 780
180, 775, 787
21,488,219
JI, 648,497
21. 603,922
37,046,841
Oregon ______________________________
7,737,831
7,702,963
34,808
11,375. 719
8,556,038
12,951, 136
10,545,803
76,630, 104
11,007,484
14,456,093
l'rnnsylvanio. __________
646,637
980, 434, 907
126, 825, 387
116, 387, 217
58,507,015
57,860,378
207. 832,412
154. 449, 788
209, 181, 294
107,251, 794
Rhode Island ____________ :::::::::: · :::
3,995,805
3,981,365
14,440
58,966,992
6,307,858
8,303,210
8,718,379
9,374,695
7,991,804
14,275, 241
Scuth Carolina ________________________
16. 502, 724
16,267, 780
234,914
22,227,484
116,273,436
7,633,473
12,138,468
10, 798, 137
23,742,768
23,230,382
South Dakota ________________________
4,939,162
168,227
5,107,389
65,376,803
5,114,421
17,581,006
9,877,852
10,944,574
9,013, 741
7. 737,820
Tennessee _____________
15,276,020
133,838
123,484,914
15,409,858
12,588,079
16,675, 779
11,473, 769
22,427,864
20,710,735
24,198,830
Texas _________________ . ::::: ::. : : : :
244,924
42,626,896
42,381,072
295,180,557
28,114.195
3b, 866,467
28,687,939
55,262,108
53,172,459
50,450,493
Utah _________________________________
5,427,445
59,026
5,486,471
51,308,588
6,173,405
7,297,181
8,213,995
7,888,024
6,282,974
9,966,538
Vermont_ ______________
I, 681,606
35,947
1,717,553
19,133,966
1,934,320
2,463,860
3,108,625
2,714,807
2,268,289
4,926,452
Virginia _______________ ........ . . . _____
233,689
9,086,036
8,852,347
88,014,373
9,694,190
12, 104, 778
9,901,452
15,186,908
15,233,815
16. 807, 194
Washington ___________ . _____________
125,364
11. 268,385
11,393, 749
159, 920, 786
16,501,804
24,156,684
22. 939,938
20,915,672
24,209,416
39,803,523
West Virginia __________
17,591,156
17,645,834
54,678
155, 938, 049
18,490,335
27,335, 179
22,275,860
21. 405,460
19,872,105
28,913,276
--------Wisconsin ______________
126,321
18,393,659
18,267,338
260, 418, 038
30,501,877
44,588,854
38,381,308
32, 126.384
36,751,813
59,674,143
Wyoming ____________________________
1,333,290
7,911
1,341,201
2,388,486
2,638,907
2,093,026
16,917,657
2,969,489
2,170,970
3,315,578
Alaska ___ . _____________ . _______________
159 ---------------159
641,755 ---------------201,943
76,870
2,392
18,469
341,922
Hawaii. ___ .. _.. __ . _____________________
669,384
660,384
9,894,873 ---------------144
1,216,315
1,277,
2,523,902
2,192,592
2,015,536
-------------Puerto Rico _____ . ______________________
14,641,291
14,520,849
120,442
29. 887,695 ---------------- ---------------3,658.662
10,717,375
870.
367
Virgin Islands __ .. ______________________
729,911
480,185
249, 726
2. 428, 762 ---------------854, 187
3,993
372. 447
468,202
22
Undistributed by state ________________
6,482,638
5,523,882
958, 756
6,154,967
13,882,883
77.181, 404
9,120,366
24,286,953
9,320, 709
7,932.888
A Includes programs of other Federal agencies financed by allocation-of W°I-'A funds under the ERA Acts of 1938, 1939,and fiscal years 1941 and i942.
Expenditures on these programs began in July
1938. Includes NY A administrative expenses incurred prior to July 1939, when the WP A and NY A programs were administered jointly.
n Separate data on WP A and other Federal agency expenditures are given by state for the fiscal years 1939 and 1940 on p, 123 of the Report on Progress of the WPA Program, June 30, 1940, and for the
fiscal year 1941 on p. 110 of the Report on Proures, of the W PA Program, June 30, 1941.
Sourc·,·: Based on reports of the U.S. Treasury Department and the Work Projects Administration.
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TABLE VII.-AMouNT oF WPA AND SPoNsoRs' FuNDs ExPENDED FOR NoNLABOR PuRPOsEs ON PROJECTS OPERATED BY WPA, BY TYPE oF PuRcHAsE oR
RENTAL AND BY SOURCE OF FUNDS
Cu:anJLATIVIC THBOUGH AND YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1942
I
Sponsors' funds
I
I Percent
Amount
of total I
Year ending June 30, 1942
Cumulative through June 30, 1942
Typo
Total funds
WPA funds
Amount
Percent
funds
Total funds
I
WPA funds
Amount
Sponsors' funds
I
Percent
Percent
of total
funds
Amount
----~--Tote.I __________________________________________________ $3, 368, 602, 865
CD
a.
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$434, 539, 111
100.0
$317,979,580
$116,559,531
73. 2
56. 3
679, 266, 516
I, 215, 860, 817
64. 2
241, 976, 643
163, 659, 041
67. 6
19.3
253, 446, 302
307, 935, 448
61.1
81,490.281
55. 71
18. 8
78,317,602
651,381, 750
32,164,096
49,326,185
60. 5
171,493,382
77,059,857
101, 636, 184
115,997,629
128, 491, 580
56,703,118
5. 1
2.3
3.0
3. 4
3. 8
1.7
96,168,350
26,130,805
38,386, 731
43,050,452
36,228,401
13,481,563
75,325,032
50,929,052
63,249,453
72,947, 177
92,263, 170
43,221,555
43. 9
66.1
62. 2
62. 9
71. 8
76. 2
20,402,840
6,820, 172
16,415,304
16,172,030
16,732,306
4,947,629
4. 7
1.6
3. 8
3. 7
3.9
I.I
10,805,298
1,605,550
5,693,985
6,792,914
6,146, 720
I. 119,629
9,597,542
5,214,622
10,721,319
9,379,116
10,585,586
3,828,000
47. 0
76. 5
65. 3
58. 0
63. 3
77. 4
265, 219, 046
11.1
108,211,114
I
71.0
44,424,915
10. 2
9,127,492
35,297,423
79. 5
Caslrlron pipe and fittings __________________ ________
Structural and reinforcing steel. _____________________
Iron and steel products A ___________________________
Other ______________________________________________
90,155, 799
77,075,041
lll, 803,566
94,395, 754
2. 7
2.3
3. 3
2.8
22,511,371
28,797,431
31,055,890
25,846,422
67,644, 4281
48,277,610
80,747,676
68,549,332
75. 0
62.6
72. 2
72. 6
9,025,394
7,526,468
13,954,301
13,018, 752
2.1
I. 7
3.2
3. 2
1,360, 109
2,111,337
3,050,683
2,605,363
7,665,285
5,415, 131
10,903,618
11,313,389
84. 9
71. 9
78. 1
81. 3
Lumber and its products, excluding furniture and fixtures_
Bituminous mixtures, paving and other _____ . __________
Textiles ________________________________ ._. _______________
182, 990, 271
169, 405, 658
123, 915, 336
5. 4
5. 0
3. 7
47,287.655
63,023, 754
71,218,575
135, 702, 6161
106,471,904
52,696, 761
74. 2
62.8
42. 5
18,664,547
25,027,146
14,720,935
4.31
5.
8
3. 4
4,383,497
9,155,622
5,234, 777
14,281,050
15,871,524
9,486, 158
76. 5
63. 4
64. 4
Machinery and equipment_ ______________________________
93,576, 740
2. 8
44,703,104
48, 873, 636
I
52. 2
11,762,660
2. 7
5,260, 769
6,501,900
55. 3
Eleetrleal machinery, supplies, and equipment_ ______
Paving,
other_______________________________________
construction, and transportation
equipment
Other________________________________________________
37,340,019
1.1
10,677,258
26,662, 761
71. 4
3.147, 907
o. 7
840,663
2,298,244
73. 0
21,550,497
34,686,224
0. 7
1.0
16, ll3, 864
17,911,982
5,436,633
16,774,242
25. 2
48. 4
2,782,213
5,832,549
o. 6
I. 4
1,894,212
2,516,804
888,001
3,315,655
31. 9
Chemicals and allied products ___________________________
Petroleum products ______________________________________
Miscellaneous ____________________________________________
56,280,048
53,787,251
190, 270, ll9
1. 7
1.6
5. 7
17,455,908
24,646,034
49,274,070
38,824,140
29,141,217
140,996,049
69.0
54. 2
74.1
6,205,461
8,761,852
30,918,837
1.4
2.0
7.1
4,303,295
4,567,464
23,934,042
70. 8
52. 1
77. 4
1, 130, 586, 623
33. 5
352, 016, 431
778, 570, rn2
I
68.9
130, 650, 002
30.1
29, 056, m
I
101,593,291
77. 8
18.
0.921
12. 9
1.5
24 7, 260, 6371
21,173,895
79,633, 749
3,948, 150
368, 428, 5881
II, 798,252
354,173,467
46,169,885
59. 8
31.6
81. 6
92.1
58, 743, 163
601,482
59,124,627
12, 180, 730
13. 5
0.2
13. 6
2.8
14, 138, 9361
72,923
14,424,811
420,041
44,604,227
528,559
44,699,816
11,760,689
75. 9
87. 11
75. 6
96. 6
10.21
73, 603, 948
78.5
01. 912,466
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~
67.2
1, 895, 127, 333
~
0
$2, 263,715,970
Stone, clay, and glass products_ _________________________
Metal products, excluding machinery ____________________
0
$1, 104,886,895
Purchase of materials, supplies, and equipment_ _____________
Cement_ ____ . __________________ . ____________________
Clay products_________________ ____________________
Concrete products _______________________ . __________
Crushed stone ____________________________ . _________
!'-and and graveL ___________________________________
Other ____________ -------------- ___________________
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N.
100. 0
Rent of equipment_ __________________________________________
Motor vehicles ___________________________________________
Teams and wagons ______________________________________
Construction equipment_________________________________
Other ________________________ ------------------ . -------Other B ______________________________________________________
373, 430, 160
615,689,225
30,972, 147
433, 807, 216
50,118,035
342, 888, 909
I
I
269, 284, 961
I
Not elsewhere classftled.
Includes space rent, contractual services such as light and telephone, land losses and easements, and other miscellaneous expenditures,
Source: Work Project Administration.
A
8
I
I
14. 21
1,812,166
4,104,388
6,984,795
9, 185, 218
I
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52, 727, 248
56. 8
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VIII.-AuouNT
oF
WPA
AND SPoNi;oRs' FuNDs ExPENDED oN PROJECTS OPERATED BY WPA, BY TYPE oF PROJECT, BY SouRcE oF FuNDs, AND
BY ODJE<:T OF EXPENDITURE
Ct'Ml'LATIVE THROUOH JUNE 30, 1942
··-I
WPA funds
Total funds
Lahor
--------- - ---
Type of project
Percent
Amount
Percent
Total
Amount
total
I orWPA
funds
----· --------------Total
$12, 591, 157, 053 1
.1
Division or O1)('rolions ..
AlrJ?<!rts and airways ... .... ... ... .. . .
Bmldings . . ......... .
Conservation ...... ..... .
Eni:inecring surveys.... . . . . .. . . .... ........ .. ..... .
Highways, roads, and streets ... .. .. ................... .
Recreational faclllties (excluding buildings) ............. _
Sonitatlon ... ............. .... ...... ... ....... ... .. . . . . _ _. . . .
Water and sewer systems and other utUlties ...... . . . ... . . .. ... .
Other ..•••••................••••••............... . .... .. .......
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376, 457, 549
I, 329, 850, 874
448. 343,326
52,049,374
4,812, 348, 988
982, 106, 556
233,007, 180
I, 277, l!0, 209
227, 561, IOI
Scrvkc Division .... .............. • ••............... .. . .. ... ......
2, 780, 779, 857
Public activities ............••••••............. • . .............
905, 772, 205
Art and museum .........•.•........... .
Education ....
Library ................ •••. ••••... .. •. _.
Music . •••.... . ...... .. ..••••........... . . ..
Recreation ......... . ....•. . •....... .... .. _
Workers' service .... .
Writing ...... .. . ... .. .. . ...... .. ....... .
Other •............. . . . .. ••. . ........... . . . . ........ ..
Research and records ... .. .. .•. •. ........... . . _. . .. .. . . .
78,808, 701
252, 901, 371
134,506, 510
83, 4ii, 960
260, 386,212
I, 506,238
27,050,913
67,044,300
511,367,557
·-
--- -33,798,835
Historical records survey . . . .. . . .... . ..... .. .. _.
Public records...... ... .... . .... .......... ... .
R esearch and surveys ... . . . . ........... _. .. _..
Other ........•.••........•. ....... .... ... .... ..
Welfare ............ ..... .......••........• . . . . . . . . . .
(Q.
9, 738, 835, 157
196, 671, 630
253,507,666
27,389.426
I, 363, 640, 095
. . . . . .. . .... ....... .
f'eeding .............
Production (excluding sewing) ..... .. .
Public health and hospital work .... _ .
Sewing . . ..... ........ .... . .• ............ ... . .
Training of nonprofessional personnel In hospitals .
.
Other. .. ..............................
385, 263, 378
Division of Training and Reemployment ............. .. ... .. ...... .
62,988,251
56,212,233
89,094,756
788, 602, 069
1,033,961
43. 433,698
Ilousohold workers' training . . .. . .... ......... . . .. . •. ... . . ......
National defense vocational training .......... . . . .. . ... . . . .
l'uhlle Work Reserve ...•..... . .. . .
;\I ise<•llaneous
::1
4, 648,102
58,340,1(9
943,463
7,6ll, 225
I
100. 0,
$9, 868, 640, 306
.~~I
3. 0
1. 473, 911, 111
='
$8. 763. 753. 411
I
I
Sponsors' funds
Total
I
I
88.8
Amount
I
21. 6
$2, 263, 715, 970
83. l
1,915,241, 820
84.6
92,725,328
344,639,097
76,545,591
8,461,908
1,177,475,450
151,000,688
50,564.695
312, 308,431
51,142. 192
24.6
25. 9
17. 1
16, 3
24. 5
15. 3
21. 7
24. 5
22. 5
83,895,683
290, 532, 221
61,233,445
4,707,559
1,004, 951, 530
122, 568, 533
47, 0i9, 663
259, 790, 091
40, 384,095
00.5
84.3
80.0
56. 7
85. 3
81. 2
93. 1
8a. 2
79.0
10. 5
3.6
o. 4
38. 2
7. 8
1.9
10. I
1.8
67. 2
88. 2
88.1
96.3
86.6
87. 5
94.6
88. 7
00.0
22.1
2,356, 135, 728
2, 216, 510, 221
94.1
7.18, 211, 446
727, 887, 841
96.0
211, 712, 62S
108, 826, 442
76,369,778
202, 026, 791
1, 126,344
25,685, 756
62. 885,655
434, 754. 971
201, 336, 662
106, 168, 230
74, 232, 121
106,207,055
J, 071,191
24,305,441
58,309,670
421, 296, 091
95. 1
97.6
97. 2
97. l
95.1
95.0
92. 7
96.9
29,904,461
164, 513, 754
204,258,819
22,619,057
1, 067,335,280
95. 8
08. 4
96.0
05. 0
91.8
9,230,646
41,278, 746
25,680,068
7,108, 182
58,350,421
379,894
1,365, 157
4,158,645
76,612, 586
-·
2,589,078
29,440,704
40,777,406
3,805,308
200, 470, 784
292, 225, 603
49,535, 745
70,561,235
712, 612, 226
869,926
37,364,576
282. 675, 624
47,852,100
69,430,652
629, 577, 171
866, 2i8
36,933,374
06. 7
96. 6
98.4
88. 3
90. 6
98. 8
49,356,519
47,675,075
836
230. ,,,
167,
"· ""·
212, 730, 260
23, 584, 118
o. 2
~ ~ 3 , 169,311
I. 6
..
2. 0
3.1
0.4
o. 7
6.3
(A)
0. 3
=
0. 5
(• )
0. 5
(A)
O. 1
3, 803, 746
45, 552, i73
I
«, 201,633
943, 463 1
-11, 767, 181
750,322
6,803,791
-
96.6
97.0
79.5
---------
15. 3
323, 308, 407
i9. l
16.3
115, 098, 828
78.0
11. 7
16. 3
19.1
8. 5
22. 4
25. 2
5.0
6. 2
15. 0
6,835,270
34,300,144
19,476,169
6,096,104
44,221, 165
326, 094
966,882
2,877,000
30,215,280
74. 0
83.1
75. 8
85.8
7fi.8
85. 8
70. 8
69. 2
51. 2
7. 7
15. 0
16. 1
13. 9
14. 7
I, 985,398
16,707,627
18,588. 758
1,933,497
168,994,290
76. 7
56. 7
45. 6
50.8
84 . 3
93,037, 775
6,676,488
18,533,521
75,989,843
164,035
6,069,122
24.1
11. 9
20.8
9.6
15. 9
14.0
76,300, 716
5,887,394
9,530.766
73,059,004
115,679
4,100,740
82.0
88. 2
51.4
96.1
70. 5
67.6
13, 631, 732 1
21.6
5,787,558
18.2
21.9
532,847
5. 254,711
424,644, 129
- -91.-3 I
---3, 473,442
!
1
==
~=
147,560, 759
-
of total
sponsors'
funds
23.3
190,600,534
869, 032, 700
327, 604, 630
41,965,361
3, 148,166,622
727. 261,736
172, 677, IOI
855, 853, 403
158, 752, 825
---- - -
PC"rC<1 nt
Amount
2, 264, 863, 380
283, 732, 221
985, 211, 777
371,797,735
43,587,466
3, 634, 873. 538
831, 105, 868
182, 442, 485
964, 801 , 778
176,418,000
2.0
I.I
o. 7
2. 1
(A)
0.2
0. 5
4. 1
of total
funds
'---
86. 0
--- - - 95.1
----··---,-------66,167,462
69,578.055
0. 6
I"·~··;
$2,122.511. 647
6. 491,915,002
7. 2 :
Nonlabor
844,356
12,787,376
..
i
·········· -················· =
I·•····........ ····'I··········
10. 378,4f6
I>
"d
"d
t:_,,j
~
~
42. 5
63. 1
41.1
19, a18, 18s
·-------· ----
• Less than 0.05 percent.
n Includes adjustments for excess of deposits In the supply fund over payments out of the supply fund and for items in transit to control accounts, and sponsors' expondltures for land, land leases,
nisrments, and rights-of-way.
Ronr..c : Work ProJeels A<lrninlslrnlion.
~
co
TABJ,E IX.-AMOUNT OF WPA AND S1•0Ns0Rs' FUNDS EXPENDED ON PROJErTs OPERATED BY \VPA, BY TYPE OF PROJECT, BY SouRCE OF FuNDS AND DY
OBJECT OF EXPENDITURE
'
YEAR F.NDING Jl'NE
Total funds
Type• of project
Amount
I
Pl'rccnt
30. 1042
I
W PA funds
I
,----
Sponsors' funds
Labor
Total
Total
l'l'rcent
cl total
\\'PA
funds
Tutal_ __ ····-······ . ... .. . ...
. ..... ......... ...
······ ········ - · · · · · ··
.·\ir_Porlsandainrnys ... . .... . . .. . ..
.. .. .. .. . ·-··· · · ·-···
llu1ldtn~s . . ·-·. ..
_... ... _. . . ..... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
C:onSt·n·a_tion . _
. . . . . . . . .. .. . _..... . ........ .. .. .
l•.11~1m·erm~ sun·,,ys
. ..... . .. .. .. .......... .. .. . . . .. ...
1!1~hwnys,roods, 1111<lslrn•ls . . .... .. .. ··········-· -··· ·· --··
H,•,·r,•u1ionnlfneiliti<-s(,•xdudingbuildin~s) ._ ... . .. . . .. . . .......
~11nllntlon . . . . __ . ...... . . .. .. .. ····--··· ···- ·· ······
W nh•r an,I Se\h'r syst,•ms anti other ulilil ies .. _. . .. . . .. . . .. ..
0!lwr. ................ ·· ·· ····· · ···········- ······ · · · ·· ·· ·
S<"ni,·,· Di,·ision_ - -········ · ·-···· · ··· ·· · · •·····--·-· · · - · · - · · · ·
l'uhlicortidtirs
Ari nnd
o
;::;;
N.
CD
O.
O"
'<
I""'\
J
0
Q
,....,,,...,
""""1
"""""'
(i)
.. . ..
· ···-··········· ···· ···
• ••• .
·· · · · ·· • · · -·· ··· ··· · · ··
Education
. .. . . .
· · · - · · · ·· ·· ·· · · ·
Library . . . _
.. . ... . ... _.
l\lusic . ... _
.....
.. .. .. .. ... . .
H~•m•ati~n . .
.. . . .. . . ... . .. .. ... . ..
\\orkC'rs scrncr -·· · - · · ··· ..... ... . . .. . . . . . ..... .. .
Writing . . _....
.. ........
0tlwr. .. .....
.. .. ... .
. .. .. ...... . . _
R,•s,•arc-hnn<lrecords
········ · ····• ·· ·· · · · ······· · ·· · -• · ···
ci:i.
1,.j
llltlS<"tllll
.. . .... .
llistorical records sun·cy .... .. .... _... .. ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
l "uhlicrcconls
. .. ..... . .. . .. . ······ ·· ·• ··- ··-··· ·
HcsC'nrcnnn<lsurveys ... . . .... .. __.. .. . . .. .. ..... . . . _... .
Other. ... ·---···· .. . ........ ··· - · · . . .. .. . ....... . ........ _
WeHnrc . . . _.-·----·---··-·-· ··· ·· · · ·- ··········· ··· · ········~/ccllng,_ .......... . .. . - · · ··· · ·· ·····-·· · · · ······- -- ·······
Iroduct1on(cxcludlngscwlng) ._ .. __ ........ _. . .. ____ .....
Publlchcnlthandhospitalwork. __ ....... . . ...... . . _.....
SC'wing .. ......... ____ .. .. ·- . ........... . ·-· .. .. . ······--··
Training of nonprolesslonnl pcrsonm•lln hospitals.·- ... _._..
Other. _______ .. . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . __ ........ . . · -······ ··-Dl,·lsiono!Tralningand Reemployment .. ..... --········-··•··•·-
$1,225,648,251
I
100.0
Nonlabor
1----------.----1--·
Amount
l)j\"i,ionofOpC'rntions ...... _....... .
Amount
,- - - - - --
~
I
P cc 11 t
er
of total
Amount
Percent
of total
sponsors'
fuacls
,_ _ _ _ _ _ _
lunds
$844,498,229 1
$727,038,098
870,070,294 ~
571,863,714
463,700,081
81.I
298,212,580 ~
252,052,678 ~
102,415,437
144, 153,927
25,728,581
G,441,615
393, 410,623
40,880,833
10, 508,785
116,645,079
20,801,414
8.4
11. 8
2. I
0.5
32. l
3. 3
0.9
9. 5
2. 4
76,88~.014
94,496,838
16, 1~5, 554
~.I,2,154
24, ,395,607
28,008,295
7,719,306
75, 208, 435
20,778,421
41,154,868
81,515,364
14,663,549
4, 950,618
204,387,984
25,313,992
7,041,209
66,762, 017
17,901,180
53.5
86. 3
90. 9
95.9
82.6
90.2
01.2
88. 8
86. 2
25,526,423
49,657,080
9, 5~3, 0~7
1,209,461
146,014,926
12,812,538
2,870,479
O, 436,644
9,022,993
22,509,981
88.5
41,873,033
84. 3
7, ~13, 223
iO. 4
126,022
57. 2
124, 536,680
85. 3
10,644,181
83.1
2,547,202
88.5
34,492, 701
83. 2
7,010,655 ~
328, 508,595
2f..8
247,740, .,01
233,708,937
94. 3
80.858, 004
104,417,530
8.5
77,530,436
73,963,200
05.4
26,887,094 ~
10,379,486
24,743. 162
16,944,082
9,040,595
31,307,440
1, 339,265
2.625,618
8, 037,882
51,445,787
0.8
2. 0
1. 4
o. 7
2. 6
0.1
0.2
0. i
4.2
8, 212,8M
19,075,246
11,455, 792
7,245,775
22,437,401
996,524
2,213,500
5,893,334
41,804,219
7, 766, 717
17,994, 162
10,065,101
7,021,895
21.154, 984
947,466
2,130,066
.,, 681,816
40,067,242
94.6
94.3
95. 7
96. O
05. 6
95.1
96.3
96. 4
95.8
2,166,622
5,667, 916
5,488,290
I, 704, 820
8,870,039
342,741
412,118
2, 144,548
9,641, 568
05. 7
96. 2
05.4
96. 2
93.2
704,517
3,996, 270
4,881 , 772
50,009
44, 329.342
97.1
97.0
98.4
85. 7
99. 6
93.1
27,173.683
659,234
4. 167, 929
11,871 , 858
161,243
295. 395
- - · -- - - 1·- - · - 4,147,985
25,100,030
21.794,836
402, 927
172.735,278
O. 3
2.1
1.8
( ')
11. 1
05,175,692
3,052,851
15,529,340
56,660,469
992,223
l, 315,690
--:i
0
- - -- - -- -- · 3, 443,468
21.103,769
16,913,064
343,918
128,405,936
3,295,826
20, 300,236
16,131,188
330,692
119,678,105
7.8
0.2
1.3
4. 6
0. I
0. I
68,002,007
2.393,623
11,361,411
44,797,611
830,980
1,020,304
66,032,2~
2,320,921
11,177,426
38,370,514
827,576
049, 824
$381,150.02,
31.1
24.9
34. 4
37. 3
10.i
37.1
31.3
27.2
35. 5
30.3
~
- -- -
$317,979,580
83. 4
~
O
Z
"d
~
0
c;)
80. 2
~
~
1,759,518
4,912, 170
4,644,028
1,553,915
6,813,586
303,779
273,979
I, 556,044
5,676,052
17. 0
15.9
22.4
14. 6
25.7
565, 731
2,399,366
2, 670,916
40,039
37,353,227
----
81.2
86.7
84. 6
86. 6
76. 8
88.6
66.5
72. 6
58.9
- - - - - - - -1- - - - - - - - - - -
21.6
26.8
20. 9
16. 3
22. 6
;g
21,817,019 ___8_1._l
64,846,298
20.9
22.9
32. 4
19. 9
28. 3
25.6
15.7
26. 7
18.7
~
~
22,487,893
569,513
2,605,926
11,336,374
114,068
240,453
80. 3
60.0
54 . 7
67. 9
84.3
~
86.4
62.5
95. 5
70. 7
81. 4
20, 031,162
2.3
27,484,231
W,353,089
06.91
1,546,931
5.~
548,097
35.4
llouscholdworkers'trainlng .. ... _... --·-····-· · · · · · ···· ·-· -··
Nntionaldclensevocationaltrnlnlng __.... ___ ... . ....... ....
370,865
28,600,297
( ·')
2.3
316,227
27,169 004
271,139
26,081,950
86.0
96.0
65,638
l,491,21l3
15.0
5.2·
46,915
501,182
84.3
33.6
rn~~~1~!~~~~e_s_e_r_~~:::::::::::::::::::::::::: :: : : : : :: : :: ::: : :: : :· ·
-3, git~~
_g: t
-3, :t ~~i
a. I~:~~
·--··'.~:~- (·-······-·5a2:5io-(:::::::::: ·····-·-·-532;00n::::::::::
A Less than 0.05 percent.
a Includes &.djustments ror excess or deposits In the supply rund over pa.yments out or tbe supply fund and ror !toms In tr&.nBlt to control accounts, and sponsors' expenditures for land, land•-•
easements, and rlghts-of•way.
Source: Work Projects Administration.
0
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t,,,j
~
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"d
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c;)
~
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71
APPENDIX
TABLE x.-AMouNT oF wPA AND SPoNsoRs' FuNDs ExPENDED oN PRoJEcTs OPERATED BY WPA, BY STATE,
BY SOURCE OF FUNDS, AND BY OBJECT OF EXPENDITURE
CUMULATIVE THROUGH JUNE 30, 1042
WPA runds
Sponsors' runds
Labor
State
Nonlabor
Total funds
Total
Amount
Total_ _______________________ ·------ $12, 591, 157,953
$9, 868, 640, 306
Percent
or total
WPA
funds
Total
Amount
Percent
or total
sponsors'
funds
$8. 763. 753, 411
88.8
$2,722,617,647
$2, 203, 715, 070
83.1
115,682,148
52,660,484
17,063,536
33,900,378
134, 635, 545
32,897,960
45,554,152
13,475,571
28,706,249
104,357,417
28,205,352
86.5
32,663,466
95,836,595
442, 879, 139
96,340,676
85.5
86.2
84. 8
88. 9
88. 3
99,679,101
11, 194,987
41,635,410
131,132,997
137, 812, 905
91,262,908
10,357, 774
36. 837,671
110. 484, 181
118,004,066
91.6
92. 5
88.5
84. 3
85.6
27,928,052
2,881,264
9,988, 760
41,343,526
46,588,525
24,647,411
2,251, 786
6,828,711
35,507,776
41,895,322
87.9
78. 2
G8.4
53,493,449
944, 597, 742
362, 040, 098
152,899, 788
157, 920, 661
36,915,830
740, 088, 069
285, 789, 384
106,899, 126
118,696,423
32,305,498
6,53. 955, 780
256, 699, 262
95, 083,355
102,869,633
87. 5
88.4
89. 8
88. 9
86. 7
16,577,619
76,250, 714
46,000,662
39,224,238
13,895,056
146, 736, I 44
66,271,489
38,557,385
34,710,623
83.8
88.5
t~~~~::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
203, 028, 517
169, 288, 130
43,871, 171
76,179,690
567,897,660
156, 655, 750
130, 273, 145
35,436, 793
58,491,257
462, 569, 787
133. 387,660
113,056, 470
26,668, 051
48,706,018
4-33, 206, 77;
85. 1
86.8
75. 3
83. 3
93. 7
47,272,767
39,014,985
8,434,378
17,688,433
105,327,873
39,421,889
32,631,967
6,056,658
13,162,395
00, 657,681
83.4
83. 6
82. 5
74.4
86. 1
Michigan_ •. ----------------------------Minnesota. _--------------------. -- ----- -
530, 389, 550
311,787,302
147,739,821
375, 497, 870
84,383, !Si
417, 125, 652
241, 095, 266
104, 475, 724
303, 340, 752
64,335,200
375, 120, 757
214, 783, 869
85,594,563
269,483,312
57,623,265
89. 9
80.1
81.9
88.8
89. 6
113, 263, 898
70,692,126
43,264,097
72,167,118
20,047,987
86,120,846
59,052,260
37,763,357
61,491,023
16,971,442
76.0
83.5
87.3
86. 2
137, 201, 923
12,798,515
41, 340,001
482,910,836
61,710,158
JOI, 213, 037
8,666,353
32,246, 167
376, 889, 156
47,051.640
89,392,239
i, 611,974
28,806,424
346, 764, 049
39,824,847
88. 3
87. 8
89. 3
92.0
84. 6
35,988,886
4,132,162
9,093,894
106, 021, 680
14,658,618
31,153, 762
3,399,244
7,551,473
89,983,297
12,896, 747
I, 299, 620, 545
~h~~-~~~-t~::::::~:::::::::::::::::::::
Oklahoma .. _... _.. __ .. _. - .. -- .. - . - --· - . - -
1. 592, 727, 709
166, 091, 125
72,764, 440
872, 442, 205
225, 068, 703
115, 736, 639
54, 401,422
718, 605, 388
168, 202, 362
1,151 , 153, 741
98. 367,803
47, 196, 150
649, 078, 706
142, 492, 546
88. 6
&5. 0
86. 6
90. 3
84. 7
203, 098, 164
50,354,486
18,273,018
153, 836, 877
56,806,341
256, 802, 762
45,967,636
16,164, 703
123, 261, 788
46,220,561
81.4
Oregon .. _...... -·-------·-----·· -- --- -- -Pennsylvania .. .. ___ . ___________ . --- .. __ _
Rhode Island ___ -- --·-------- -- --- -- --- - South
Carolina.. ___________________ -- -- . . .
South Dakota _____________________ ---· · · -
93,476,902
l . ll3, 397, 766
72,608, 800
141. 702,477
79,738,220
71,628,923
942, 199, 235
56,050,343
107, 149,640
60,466, 186
63,372, 639
861,333, 225
53,879, 105
94, 265, !l33
,52, 225, 343
88. 5
01. 4
96. l
88.0
86. 4
21,848,069
171, 108, 531
16,558,556
34,552,837
19,272,034
18, 405,993
147,933, 214
13,923,508
20,342,420
16,024,621
84.2
Tennessee . .. ________ ------------- - .. --- • Texas . .•. • . _______________ . _______ ._. __ ._
Utah . ... . . __ ____________________________ _
Vermont • . __. ___ ... ___ __._. _______ ._ .. __ .
Virginia. ____ . _________ ______________ .. . _.
l 60, 338, 162
381. 016,063
67. 59i, 325
23. 070. 960
10.3. 820,468
115, 580, 240
273, 631, 208
46,786,925
17,143,341
76,526,295
98,227,945
230, 103, 398
42,410, 186
15,976, 712
60,109,584
85. 0
84. I
90. 6
93. 2
86.4
53,757,922
107, 384, 855
20,810,400
5,936,619
27,303.173
40,382, 133
91,537,666
17,643,770
4,770,000
22,236,929
81.4
~HE:!!~o~!~:::=:::::::===========:
: :::
Wyoming .. __ .... ____ . ________ . ___ ._ .. _. _
191,657,025
IO I, 243, 566
327, 324, 273
21,602,056
146,210,569
149,344,428
250. 552. mo
15,044, 190
132, 222. 733
I 32, 582, 44 7
226,399, 718
13, 070. 424
90. 4
46,447,356
41,899,138
76, 772, 114
6,557,866
36,008,503
36,968,220
63,870, 164
6,520, IOI
81.2
8/i. 8
83.2
84. 2
Alaska._. _________________________ .. _. _._
Hawaii..._ .• . . __ __ _____ _. - --· .. ---- --• • - •
Puerto Rico .. ... -· - ------------·-- .. .. _
Virgin Islands. _.. . . --- ------·--·------ ---
20, 743
13. 930. 518
30,727,207
oSO. 994
20. 743
9, 203, 728
24, 144. 128
500,400
10, 208
7,645, 710
19,015, 236
377,976
49. 2
82.5
78. 8
74. 0
4,675, 790
3,467,012
5, 582, 212
61, 564
74. I
84. 8
76. 4
Undistributed by state• ---------------·-
6. ~-1:l. 078
6,343,078
4,941.650
1 - - - - - -1- - - - - - t -
Alabama ________________________________ _
Arizona _________________ ... _. ___ -- -- _- . -.
Arkansas ____________ ._ .. _._ . ___ ... _____ __
California. ____ ... ----- --- --- .. - .. --- - .. -Colorado ___ ._ . . ___ -------- --- --- -- .. - ... .
187,892, 177
54,958,249
146,878,517
633, 083, 701
141,958,539
135,231,693
37,894, 713
i12, 978, 139
498, 448, 156
109, 060, 579
Connecticut . . -------------··------- - -- .. .
Delaware . . . . .. __.------ .. - . -- --- - . -- -- .. .
District of Columbia __________________ ___
Florida ___ • ____ ._. _____ . - -- ---- -- -- --- -- . Georgia . • _______ ------------ -- -------- ---
127,607, 153
14,076.251
51,624.170
172, 476. 523
184, 401, 430
Idaho _____ -------------------------- -- -- Illinois ______ . _________ . - -- . -- ... ------- ..
Indiana_._ · --------------- ---- --------- -Iowa . -·---------------· - --- -------- - -- -- Kansas ________ . ___ ----. -- . - . -- . --- --- . . ..
Maine ..... · -··· · -----·-·-------------- -- Maryland. __. . - - . --- -- - -. --- --- --- -- -- . -Massachusetts._.-------------------- - --.
~i:~r~':::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
Montana______ . __________ ---- - --- -- --- . - .
Nebraska . _._---------------------------Nevada .. ___ .... ------ ----- -- ------------
m: ~;11ct~
0
:-:::::::::::::::::::::::::
New York_ .. -------·--------- --- -- -- ... .
North Carolina. __________ . _____ ........ __
-·1
88. 8
90. 4
86. 0
204, 509, 673
6, 583, 160
80, 594
79. 0
84. 9
77. 5
85. 7
85.9
89.9
83.8
71.8
86.9
84. 7
86.6
82.3
83.0
84.9
88.0
87. 6
91.3
88.5
80.1
86.4
84.1
84.9
87.8
75. I
85.2
84.8
80.4
• Includes supply fund adjustment and central office projects.
Source: WPA expenditures based on U. S. 'l' reasury Department and Work Projects Administration reports: sponsors' cxp1•ndlt.ures based on
WPA reports.
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REPORT ON PROGRESS OF THE WPA PROGRAM
TABLE XL-AMOUNT OF WPA AND SPONSORS' FUNDS EXPENDED ON PROJECTS OPERATED BY
BY SOURCE OF FUNDS, AND BY OBJECT OF EXPENDITURE
WPA,
BY STATE,
YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1942
WPA funds
State
Sponsors' funds
Labor
Total funds
Total
Amount
Nonlabor
Percent of
total WPA
funds
Total
Amount
Percent.of
total sponsors' fonds
I. 22,5, 648, 254
844, 498, 229
7'/:l,938,698
86. 2
381, 150, 025
317,979,580
83.4
Alabama ................... ·····-···-··.
Arizona ............................... .
Arkansas_ .............. . ................ .
California._ ............................. .
Colorado_..
. ......................... .
28,275,223
6,710,865
20,277,252
61,415, 727
13,445,358
17,234,691
4,089,633
13,732,089
42,799,889
9,640,270
15,015,611
3,238, 722
11,909,521
35,569,933
8,437, 790
87.1
79. 2
86. 7
83.1
87. 5
11,040,532
2,621,232
6,545,163
18,615,838
3,805,079
9,598,336
2,182,066
5,357,480
15,560,168
3,252,367
86.9
83.2
81. 9
83.6
85.S
Connecticut_ ........................... .
Delaware·-·--·._ ....................... .
District of Columbia_··-····•···········
- Florida ___ ......................... ... . . .
Georgia .. ·-······ .................... . . _
6,189,903
1,497,782
5. 915, 153
27. 412,854
24,610,390
4,601,986
1,154,842
4,493,974
19,989,324
16,869,940
3,518,070
1,034, 726
3,491.837
15,287, 772
13,994,240
76. 4
89.6
i7. 7
76. 5
83.0
1,587,917
342,940
I, 421, 179
7,423,530
7,740,450
1,376,920
275,294
1,204,048
6,216,895
6,828,980
118. 7
80.3
M. 7
83. 7
88.2
Idaho.··-········· •···· ................. .
Illinois ....... - ...... . .... . .............. .
Indiana ................................ .
Iowa.•····-················ ... .
Kansas __ ..................... . ...... . . .. .
6,710,000
81,126,429
27,688,370
18,007, 782
16,253, 196
4,539,405
54,987,638
17,784,505
11,527,293
II, 148,944
3,905,572
49,462,967
15,784,371
10,272,819
JO, 057, 989
86.0
90.0
88.8
89.1
90. 2
2,170,595
26,138,791
9,903,874
6,480,489
5,104,252
1,878,929
20,234,998
8,040,896
5,400,709
4,475,178
86.6
77.4
81.2
84.9
87. 7
fiifs~~[~:::
:: :::: :: ::::·:::::::
:: :::::.
Maine ____ .......... .
. ............. .
2.5, 465, 611
23,169,639
6. 358, 128
8,038, 767
49,838,071
17,564, 6CO
16,045,670
5,771,304
5,371, 106
37,032,896
15,529,557
13,678,814
2,290,676
3. 913,436
31,477,438
88.4
85. 2
39. 7
72. 9
85.0
7,900,951
7,123,969
586,824
2,667,661
12,805,175
6,759,015
5,793,919
491,265
2,156,648
11,423,712
85.5
81.3
83. 7
80.8
89.2
43,925, 139
34,252,519
21,708,947
39,118,845
8,755,480
28,890,586
23,640,856
14,053, 194
27,606, 704
5,965,620
26,113,523
20,444,668
11,419,277
24,905,966
5,153,547
90. 4
86. 5
81. 3
90.5
86.4
15,034,553
10,611,663
7,655, 753
11,512,081
2,789,860
11,805,082
8,571,853
6,468,007
10,238,709
2,236,811
80. 8
84.5
88.9
80.2
~:: ~1;:d~o: ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
i
16,532,983
I, 126,365
4,520, 706
38,057,487
10,345, 778
10,967,300
839,629
3,394,049
25,971, 711
7,226, 170
9,807,234
708,345
2,495,004
23,056,473
5,744,042
89.4
84. 4
73.5
88.8
79. 5
5,565,683
286,736
1, 125, 757
12,085,776
3,119,608
4,841,468
232,843
979,316
9,742,233
2,781,957
87.0
81. 2
87.0
80,6
89.2
New York ... ·-·· ........................ 1
North Carolina.--•·····• •· .............. .
North Dakota.. _.............. . ........ .
Ohio ....................... .
Oklahoma.. ......... .. ....... .
108, 851, 137
26,807,358
6,374,829
58. 078, 643
27,741,287
77,819,606
16,817,621
4, 171, 773
41,337,981
18,471,229
70,198,620
13,642,681
3,603.001
36,415.095
15,037,595
90. 2
81.1
86. 4
88.1
SI. 4
31,031,531
10,079, 737
2,203,056
17,640,662
9,270,058
25,626,866
9,068,028
1,888, 712
13,388, 773
7,667,551
82. 6
90.0
85. i
75. 9
82. 7
Oregon ........ .
Pennsylvania.....
. ......... .
Rhode Island .. __ .
. ......... .
South Carolina·--···•·· . .... . .......... .
South Dakota.......................... .
JO, 193,634
78. 591,203
5,590,308
20,831,365
7,095,352
7,391,847
56,203,892
3,843,785
15,665,225
4,685,486
4,979.977
51,683,207
3,316,886
13, 794, 139
4, 155, 722
67. 4
92.0
86.3
88.1
88. 7
2,801, 787
22,387,311
I, 746,523
5, 166, 140
2,409,866
2,357,197
19,026,691
I, 287,357
3,858,811
2, 152,970
85.0
73. 7
74. 7
89.3
Tennessee ••......................
Texas .... •-····--····· ... . ... . •····· · ··· ·
Utah ............... ······ · ·· · · · · · ······ ·
Vermont ............................... .
V!rginia ... •··-·········· .............. . .
21,466,444
63,258, 161
8. 552,356
2. 254,573
12. 090, 408
14,657,605
40,836,613
5,155,041
I, 578,689
8,435,800
12,800, 762
34,465,698
4,712,851
I. 380, 730
6,960,957
87.3
84. 4
91.4
Bi. 5
82. 5
6,808,839
22,421,548
3,397,315
675,884
3,654,608
5,269,879
19,889, 748
3,043, 766
529,012
2,981,363
77.4
88. 7
89.6
78. 4
81.6
Washington ............... . ..... .. ..... . .
West Virginia ........... .
Wisconsin ................ . . . . .......... ".
Wyoming ................ .
15,440,622
24. 869,848
28,438,287
I, 689,922
10, 90i, 055
16,956,056
17. 663,378
1,227,905
9,037,946
14,851, 46i
15,920,452
1,140,182
82. 9
Bi. 6
90.1
92.9
4,533,567
7,913, 792
10,774,909
462,017
3,814,140
6,642,182
9, liO, 042
395, 715
84.1
83.9
85.2
&'I. 6
HawaiL ................................ .
Puerto Rico ............................. .
Virgin Islands.... . ..................... .
758,429
17,887,601
560, 780
653,325
14, 116,335
480, 186
164,080
11,059,109
352,548
25.1
i8. 3
73. 4
105, 104
3,771,266
80,594
64,288
3,282,923
61,564
61.2
87.1
76.4
Undistributed by state • ................. .
484,949
484,949
453, JR3
93. 4
------------
Tota'------· .. _.. . -· .. ... .
Maryland_.........
Massachusetts ... ·-·
. .......... .
............... .
Michigan _____ ...... ... ................. .
Minnesota .............................. .
~l:~~~i:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
Montana.._ •..............................
Nebraska ............................ .' .. .
Nevada._....
. .......... . .. .
New Hampshire .... _.................. .
78.5
Ml
··············!•- - - -
Includes supply .fund adjustment and centrni office projects.
Source: WPA expenditures based on U.S. Treasury Department and Work Projects Administration reports; sponsors' expenditures based on
WPA reports.
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APPENDIX
TABLE XIL-AMOUNT OF WPA AXD SPOXSORS' FUNDS EXPENDED ON PROJECTS OPERATED BY WPA, BY STATE AND
BY l\IAJOR TYPE OF PROJECT
CUMULATIVE THROUGH JUNE
30, 1942
Division of Operations
Grand
Total
State
!
Airports and airways I
I
Buildings
Conservation
Enginet~ring: surveys
Total
I
Amount
Peroont
Amount
Percent
Amount
Percent
Amount
Peroont
I
Total _________ ------ $12,591, 15;, 953 $9, i38, 835, 157 $376,457,549
3.0
$1, 329, 8li0, 874
10.6
$448, 343, 326
3.6
$52, 049, 374
5. 8
5. 5
20,530,871
8,379, 159
17,758,357
78,488,655
16,720,888
10.9
15.3
12. I
12. 4
II. i
1,875,987
677, 5i7
2, 5M, 613
41,165,876
8,990,720
1.0
1. 3
1.8
6. 5
6. 3
749,966
7,745
I, 006, 463
3,418,036
383,362
0.1
11. 8
11.5
3.1
15,830,827
2, 4M, 717
7,170,050
30,645,592
19,201,468
12. 4
17. 4
13. 9
17.8
10. 5
4,347,641
665,841
380. 757
3,069,689
930,007
1,448,969
19,602,959
5,632,353
3,055,291
2,946,824
2. 7
2.1
1.5
2.0
1.9
5,394,083
59,145,132
32,451,110
12,409, 759
14,145,365
10.1
6. 3
9.0
8.1
9.0
13,876,074
23,819, 752
25,524, 108
6,846, 165
13,025, Iii
25. 9
2. 5
7. 0
4. 5
8. 2
34,999
2, 4M, 264
271,313
I, 386,083
337,019
0. 1
0.3
0.1
0.9
0. 2
167,642,423
133, 367, 180
37,123,356
63,070,272
397, 376, 033
I, 662,832
3,984,977
9,079,624
4. 417,660
11,857,100
0.8
2. 4
20. 7
5.8
2.1
24,931,973
19,806, 7M
2,181,144
8,812,923
74,081,167
12. 2
II. 7
5.0
11.6
13.0
613,392
3,298,632
962, 789
3,879, MS
27,414,295
0.3
1.9
2.2
4. 8
57,216
I, 294,037
116,397
99,885
6,144,914
(A)
0.8
0.3
0.1
I.I
M ISSOurL ••••.•• ___ ••••
M ontana......... _--···.
530, 389, 550
311,787,392
147, 730, 821
375,497,870
84,383,187
440, 259, 688
241, 144,008
107, 295, I 25
301,717,848
65,771, 3M
6,667, 197
7,359,910
6,332,221
3,320,048
2,967,521
1.3
2.4
4. 3
0.9
3. 5
35,719,491
42,795,115
13,070,621
37,292,112
7,255,094
6.8
13. 7
8.8
9.9
8. 6
24,000,316
12,249,299
2,845,266
25,630,865
8,826,044
4.5
3.9
1. 9
6.8
10. 5
673,328
1,031,858
141,292
295,825
210,100
0. I
0.3
0.1
0. I
0. 2
N ebraska_ ..... __ .. _____
N evada. ·------ ..... ____ .
N ew Hampshire ___ ... __ .
N ew Jersey __ ·-··-·-----N ew Mexico·--·-----··
137,201,923
12,798,515
41,340,061
482, 910, 836
61,710,158
108, 988, 109
9,400,386
31,943,046
370, 049, 506
53,026,607
3,575,640
446, 135
2,497,574
7,872,652
2,751,913
2. 6
3. 5
6.0
1.6
4. 5
12,043,457
970,346
2,640,155
54,608,112
16,601,833
8.8
7. 6
6. 4
11.3
26.9
3,435,809
776,113
2,291,522
14,372, 706
6,859,501
2. 5
6.1
5. 5
3.0
11.1
90,601
4,037
93,050
3,307, 167
296,201
0.1
(A)
0.2
0. 7
0. 5
67,319,027 ;
7,255, 753 I
1,238, 7891
H, 167,175
4,539,693 i
4. 2
4.4
1. 7
1. 6
2.0
252, 050, 100
19,994,037
9,602,461
48,959,981
34,495,025
15. 8
12.0
13. 2
5.6
15. 3
7,871,103
2,055,572
6,962,978
17,310,051
8,376,221
0.5
1.2
9. 6
2.0
3. 7
14,954,897
368,833
2,126
I, 395,258
158,414
0.9
0.2
(A)
0.2
0.1
437,693
3,499,113
236, 705
0.5
0.3
0.3
I
A labama _________________
A rizona __________________
A rkansas ____________ . _. __
C alilornia __________ .
C olorado __________ ___ ::::
1s;, 892, 1;;
M, 958,249
146. 878, 51;
633,083. ;01
141,958,539
149, 869, 329
45,047,345
119,015,438
413,276, IOI
105, 938, 965
10,936,955
3,015, 722
2,081,860
31,009,729
7,226,467
4. 9
5.1
C onnectlcut ______________
D elaware _______________
D istrict of Columbia •.. _.
F lorlda..... __ ·-- -··---0 eorgla. -··-···--··-- _. _.
127,607, 153
14,076,251
51,624, 170
I 72, 476, 523
184; 401,430
104, 058, 273
9,003,267
33,072,643
127, 435, 069
136, 816, 435
5,708,049
15,618
6,084,824
19,008,974
5,639,022
I daho_. _ •..... ·- ----·-I llinois. _······-- __ --·-- __
I ndiana. ··-···------ _____
I owa _____________________
K ansas·-··-······--·-----
53,493,449
944,597, 742
362, 040, 098
152, 899, 788
157, 920, 661
45,889, 167
720,072,021
306,207,010
124, 025, 328
125,887,605
K entucky........... ___ - .
Lo uisiana ......... _. _____
M aine ____________________
M aryland_. ·-····. _______
M assachusetts. __ ···--- __
203, 928, 517
169, 288, 130
43,871,171
76,179,600
567,897,660
]\ijssisSIJ?pL_ .. ____ ···- _
M ichlgan ... _______ ·-·M innesota. _. ______ ·--·
N ew York·--------·-·--N orth Carolina __ ---··-N orth Dakota ____ •... ____
Ohio .... ---------··--·Oklahoma..... -•-·······-,
1, 592, 727, 709 1,193,447, 740
121,973,051
166,091, 125
;2, 764,440
58,443, 798
8;2, 442, 265 :
714, 765, 513
225, 068, 703 ,
181, 058, 787
1.4
4.5
5.1
74, 739, 110
897, 430, 242
56,300,922
105, 870, 043
62,294,521
6,769,082
19,510,984
928,017
3,656, 784
1,372,307
7. 2
1.8
1.3
2.6
I. 7
7, 7M, 506
81,772,602
6,718,919
26,470,870
8,089,115
8.3
7. 3
9. 2
18. 7
10. 2
5,767,075
30,151,349
4,697,816
1,045,085
8,205,678
6. 2
2. 7
6. 5
0. 7
10. 3
Tennessee.·-·-·-·------- . !
Texas·-----·····--···-- I
Utah ____ ·----·--------Vermont. .... _____ -····-·
Virglnla_···------- ---····
I 69, 338, 162
381,016,063
67,597,325
23. 070, 960
I 03, 829, 468
141,561,961
268, IM, 333
M,455, 193
17,201,648
68,4M, 621
6,034,957
9, 742, 731
3,024,476
670,159
2,994,052
3.6
2. 6
4. 5
2.9
2.9
10,346,439
41,406,002
9,750,852
072, 132
10,606,300
6. I
10. 9
14. 4
4. 2
10. 2
2,327,576
13, M9, 289
5,302,987
1, 152, 738
951,011
1.4
3. 6
Washlnr.on _____ ·-·······
West V ginla_ ... --···-··
Wisconsin __ -··-·._-·-··-Wyoming_ .. ·----·-···-. -
101,657,925
IOI, 243,566
327, 324, 273
21,602,056
153,903,476
158, 587, 00 I
260, 549, 455
15,709,823
12,513,610
5,140,980
3,758,226
557, 712
6. 5
2. 7
1.1
2.6
15,694,100
IO, 292, 792
31,018,639
2,026,831
Alaska ...... ·--·---·--· HawaiL ..... -.. -- ---·-··
Puerto Rico_ .. -------•--Virgin Islands .. ------··Undistrlbuterl by state
8•
'
20,743 --------------13,939,518
12,761,376
25,014,761
30,727,297
459,434
586,994
6,343,078
-------------- -i'i._s_
1,644,974
4,372,993
120,448
3,301,476
4,001,282
14.2
20. 5 -----------
8,~22 ------------- --------
0.4
(A)
0. 7
0. 5
0.3
3. 4
2,073,228
1.6
4. 7 ------------ ---------0. 8
---------- ---------1. 8
497,574
0.3
0. 5
908,855
0.5
Oregon.. ________ --·---·
93,476,992
Pennsylvania._. ___ ...... I, 113,397, 766
72,608,890
Rhode Island ...... ·-·--·
South Carolina.. ___ .... __ '
141,702,477
South Dakota __ ---- ·-----,
79,738,220
8.2
5. 4
0. 7
9. 4 ·
o. 4
---
7.8
5. 0
0.9
19,072,499
1,646, 144
24,889,638
1,431,308
110,803
---------0.1
572,214
105,321
645,845
33,486
107,991
0.3
0.1
I. 0
0.2
0.1
------------
10.0
680,308
0.9 -----------7. 6
949,133
6. 6
226,269
0.4
---------0.3
1.0
------------------------------ ---------344,934
2. 5 ------------ ---------26,293
0.1 ------------ ----------------- ------------ ----------------- ----------------
-
23. 7
13.0
-
---------- -- --- --------
-----------
.
-------- - - - - - - - - - - - -
• Less than 0.05 percent.
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REPORT ON PROGRESS OF THE WPA PROGRAM
TABLE XII.-AMOUNT OF WPA AND SPONSORS' FUNDS EXPENDED ON PROJEC'l'S OPERATED BY
AND BY MAJOR TYPE OF PROJECT-Continued ·
WPA,
BY BTATJ!I
CUKULATIVE THROUGH JUNE 30, 1942
Division of Operations-Concluded
Highways, roads, an<!
streets
State
Amount
Percent
Total. __ . _____ ··--- $4,812, 348, 988
Recreational facilities
(excluding buildings)
Amount
Percent
Water and sewer systerns and other utilities
Sanitation
Amount
Percent
Amount
Percent
Other
Amount
Percent
38.2
$982, 106, 556
7.8
$233, 007, 180
1.8
$1, 277, 110, 209
10.1
$227, 661, 101
LS
429,800
198,112
1,032,980
12,578,576
3,053, 719
1,311,181
715,952
0.2
0.4
0.7
2.0
2.2
Ll
11.1
1,913,500
1,683,290
3,618,914
8. 7
1.0
2.0
1,3
0.8
L4
LU
Alabama _________________
Arizona ____ -----·-·-····Arkansas .........•••.....
California. __ .. __ .•••... __
Colorado •.. _..•.•• ·-- __ ._
95,064,044
27,837,836
87,288,719
113, 413, 899
50,002,671
50.6
50. 7
59. 4
17. 9
35. 2
3,056,841
I, 137,434
3,123,941
50,614,254
6,094, 766
1.6
2.1
2.2
8.0
4.3
6,882,419
I, 394,605
2,412,657
I, 971,018
1,839,617
3. 7
2.4
1. 6
0.3
1.3
10,342,446
2,399,155
I, 755,848
80,616,059
11,626, 755
5. 5
4.4
1.2
12.8
8.2
Connecticut.·-- __ ... __ ...
Delaware.. ·--··· __ -····-.
District of Columbia.·--_
Florida ...................
Georgia .. -···-··---··--. -
41,805,270
I, 924,644
6,706,872
63,470,949
77,656,952
32.8
13. 7
13.0
31.0
42.1
IO, 821,928
1,204.319
!, Sfll, 213
4,821,108
4,246,659
8.5
8.6
3.6
2.8
2.3
3,413,939
305,871
222.128
4,042, 722
7,479,462
2. 7
2.2
0.4
2.3
4. I
18,656,210
2,616,305
8,733.299
9,295,171
16,954, 1116
14. 6
18. 6
16.9
5.4
9.2
Idaho .. _-··--···-···-···Illinois. ____ .--·_ ...• __ .. _
Indiana._----·-········-Iowa .......•....•••.••...
Kansas .............•.....
16,452,489
362, 302, 8.~9
180, 484, 443
72,119,730
63,609,352
30. 7
38.4
49. 9
47. 2
40.3
I, 706, 743
120,112,670
24,951,246
6,888,638
17,857,882
3.2
12. 7
6.9
4. 5
11. 3
I, 276,442
16,400.237
6,168, 732
749,292
3,904, 748
2.4
1. 7
1. 7
0. 5
2.5
4,975,670
108, 751. 186
25,695, 713
17,662, 737
9,331,292
9.3
11.5
7.1
11. 6
6.9
722,798
7,482,932
5,027,992
2,907,613
729,946
0.6
KentuckY----·-·····-·· __
Louisiana ....... -···-·--_
Maine ___ ·-·-····--··-·--Maryland_---·--·······._
Massachusetts .. -······--
114, 160, 156
68,303,575
17,852,917
26,272, 139
133, 767, 502
56.0
40. 4
40. 7
34. 5
23.6
3,245,550
19,442. 705
I, 730,903
4,256, 760
33,079,498
1.6
11.5
3.9
6.6
5.8
3, 10.i. 691
3,547,634
9,866
1,004,370
1,946,797
1. 5
2.1
(A)
12, 135, 141
11,638,888
4,343,884
IO, 239,397
78,808,097
6.0
6.9
9.9
13. 4
13.9
7,730,472
1,DM,978
845,832
4,087,581
30,276,663
8.8
1.2
LU
6.4
6.4
Michigan .....•.•.•.•.•..
Minnesota .... -········-Mississippi. ...•...•......
Missouri. ___ .-··········Montana ........••••.•...
261,930,881
106, 403, 208
66,150, 701
159, 092, 435
34,209,596
49. 4
3-1. 2
44.8
42.3
40. 5
26,060,388
32,453,947
I. 935. 062
20,079,104
4,797,241
4. 9
IO. 4
1.3
5.3
5. 7
640,454
12,009, 157
8, IOI, 157
I, 856,062
-------0.2
8.2
2.2
2.2
77,065,892
31,621,662
4,265, 767
38,210, 163
4,673,859
14. 5
10.1
2. 9
IO. 2
6.5
8,142,196
6,589,455
486,038
9,696,079
975, 747
LG
2.1
· 0.3
2.6
L2
Nebraska.--··--·-···-··Nevada. --------··-··-·New Hampshire ..•.•....
New Jersey ___ ·-·-···-- · _
New Mexico ......•. _____
61,266,351
3,866,539
9,274,578
169, 370, 980
17,552, 715
44. 7
30. 2
22. 4
35. 0
28.5
7,028,262
2,072,340
3,758,458
53,849,515
2,478.168
5. 1
16.2
9.1
11.l
4.0
2,596,070
335,651
40,804
0, 382,717
1,942,772
1.9
2.6
0.1
1.3
3.1
16,745,805
773,224
9, 3S4, 219
54,124,250
3,728,045
12. 2
6.1
22. 7
11. 2
6.1
2,206,114
165,001
1,962,686
7,061,407
815,M9
1.6
L3
4.8
1. 5
L3
New York ___ --··--···-·North Carolina...........
North Dakota ............
Ohio _________ .········-·Oklahoma. __ ----······· ..
324, 536, I 76
62,857,327
30,647,928
438,701,397
107, 012, 836
20. 4
37. 9
42.1
50. 2
47.6
242, 805, 532
8, 3M, 281
3,402. 721
81,625.996
5,386,091
15.3
5.0
4. 7
9.4
2.4
27,865,363
8,825, 713
2,432.426
6,356,481
7,506,216
1.8
5. 3
3. 4
0. 7
3. 4
214,121,946
IO, 917, 705
3,813,110
94,264,940
11,500,030
13.4
6.6
5.2
10.8
5.1
41,923,596
1,333,830
341,256
2,084,261
2.6
0.8
0.6
L4
0.9
Oregon ..... --·-·-·-·-···Pennsylvania ......•... __
Rhode Island_ ....•..... _
South Carollna.••..•... __
South Dakota .•....•.... _
37,783,555
616, 067, 677
15,112,371
44,113,887
34,681, 737
40. 4
55.3
20.8
31. l
43. 5
4,288,858
66,098.157
7,790,429
2,761.626
2,306,287
4.6
5.0
IO. 7
1.9
2.9
I, 467,906
13, 270, ,580
2,509,468
9,333. 777
2,258,606
1.6
1.2
3.5
6. 6
2.8
8,247,041
73,110,960
16,534,073
16,572,876
4,697,231
8.8
6.6
22.8
11. 7
5.8
2,223,394
3,939,820
1,863,124
1,916,038
672,757
2.4
0.4
2. 6
L4
0.8
Tennessee .....•..•••••••.
Texas ......... __ ··-·····Utah ..... - -- ---·-·······Vermont ....•..••••••••••
Virginia... _•..•••••••.•••
95,453, 710
154,710,084
18,547,934
10,438,582
33,721, 127
56. 3
40.6
27. 4
45. 2
32.5
4,143,314
13,099,776
2,124,282
571,996
3,113,000
2. 4
3.4
3.1
2. 5
3.0
16,022,593
8,555,831
2,496.658
2,966
6,121,575
9.5
2.2
3. 7
5.0
5,705,487
23,790,739
10,108,393
2,542,203
8,807,386
3.4
6.2
15.0
11.0
8.5
966,671
3,104,470
2,453, 766
817,386
8,032,089
0.6
0.8
3.6
3. 5
2.9
Washington ..•••••••••••.
West Virginl.!i ..••••••••••
Wisconsin .. __ •••..•••••••
Wyoming ......•••••••••.
62,138,669
118,306,821
82,358,803
7,451,375
32. 4
61.9
25. 2
34. 5
14,595.539
2. 918,321
49,904.005
I, 362,203
7.6
1.5
15. 3
6.3
1,184,588
12,358. 729
I, 987,545
571,964
0.6
6. 4
0.6
2.6
25,661,347
6,178,878
50,903,870
1,567,945
13.4
3. 2
15.6
7.3
2,362,766
1,645,336
13,819,596
514,216
L2
0.9
4.2
2. 4
Hawaii. ..••. ·-·······-·-Puerto Rico ......••.•.••.
Virgin Islands ......• _•. __
6,460,397
11,031, 709
329,854
68,089
4,079,661
9,132
0.6
13.3
1.6
8,622
0.1
U ndistrlbuted by state
B_
-----------
----
1. 3
0.3
(A)
3.6 -------- - - -- - --- -------445,648
3.2
0. 4
2. 7
548. 046
835,095
1.8
-------- ---------------- -------- ---------------- --------------- ---------------- -------- ---------------- -------· ---------------- -------46. 3
495,857
35. 9
120,682
56. 2 ----------------
11,984,234
--A
B
Less than 0.05 percent.
Includes supply fund adjustment and central office proj,·c·ts.
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APPENDIX
TABLE XII.-A~lOUNT OF WPA AND SPONSORS' FUNDS EXPENDED ON PROJECTS OPERATED BY WPA, BY STATE
AND BY l\IAJOR TYPE OF PRoJEcT--Concluded
C't'Ml'LATl\'E TIIROl'GII Jl'NE
I
S1•rvic1• Division
i
I
I
Puhlic activities \
State
I
I
Per•
cent
Amount
Total. ... _____ . __ $2, 780, i79, 8571$905, 7i2, 205
I
Per•
cent
Amount
Welfare
(including scwin~)
Division of
Training and
Reemployment
Public Work Miscellaneous A
Reserve
0, 958, 5f>I
3,810, 15()
,5. 136, 509,
86, 802, 3421
8,806,450
Connecticut--···-·-·-··
Delaware ___ --···-·
District of Columbia ___
Florida.·-···-·-·---··-·
Georgia_ - ·- ---· ·--· ----!
23, 046. 08-~
3,008. lll5
Ii, 984,828
44,560.043
46, 74i, 814
0, 326, 6i4
I. 3i9. 4!Hi
4,186,845
13,002, 0121
11,116, 032
I
Idaho.-·--··-··-·Illinois_-·· __ ._ .. __ -_-_.
Indiana.····-----·-.-·Iowa ........ -.. ---· --·
Kansss·--····-·---·· ..
7,235, 8361
222, 095, 276'
54,256, 9471
28,045. li4
31,514,636
2. 337, sos:
82, 278, 8iti1
19, 2fi2, 425
i, 866,424
7,964,902
Kentucky .... ------ ..
Louisiana_ ..... --- ___
Maine
Maryland.--·-··-----Massacbusetts.-.-- ___
35,837,317
34,643, 715
6,614,822
12,571,531
I f,8, 247, 639
9,967, 85()
11,981.462
I. M8, 534
4,352.122
46,253,371
30,887,627
~=~f~I~::::::::::::
Montana __ ._·····-·--_.
87,441,738
69,387,485
39, 3(i2, 318
i2, 558,986
18,538,131
Nebraska._-·-···-··-·Nevada._. __
New Hampshire ... ---New Jersey_·-·····--·New Mexico .. ·-·---·-·
27,959,324
3,371.839
9,0M,020
109, 442, 322
8,167,820
Amount
Per•
cent
Amount
Per• Amountl Per•
cent
cent
,
___ __
P<"r•
Amount c,rnt
----
--
$7,611,225
0.1
4.1 $1, 363,640,095
10. 8 $62, 988, 251
0.5 $943,463
(D)
5,354, 711
I, 778,800
5, 754, 50\1
26,381. 2(;2
3, 9il,4il1 1
2. 9
3. 2
3. 9
4. 2
2.8
21,580, 775
4, fiiO, 220
16,448, 141
102, 694, 842
22,543,480
11. 5
8. 5
11. 2
16.2
15. 9
704,679
227,126
350,208
4,518,658
73i, 651
0.4
18,231
0.4 --------19,473
0.2
o. 7 42,951
19,339
0.5
-584, 461 -I.I
154,149 0.1
-ti32,455 -0.1
(") ! -58,816 (B)
8.11
7. 9
4, 8i9, 259
413,3111
6, 16ti, 3\1:l
5. 24fi. 683
H.O
7,737,
3.8
2. 9
11.0
3.0
4.2
8,840,152
2,206,108
7,631,590
25,720,348
27,894,651
6.9
15. 7
14.8
14.0
15.1
6i7,558
170,057
523,355
1,011,001
1,012,437
0.5
I. 2
1.0 --------- 20,563 ( 8 )
0.6
36, 742 (II)
0.5
1.0
4. 7
8.2
IO. I
i.8
9.9
13. 2
350,275
4,809,245
1,395,074
14,503
38,253
11,457
13,366
17,3i9
(II)
3.668 (D)
(") 1-2,417,053 -0.3
(B)
169,610 0.1
(II)
432,Mi 0. 3
(D)
-117, 250 -0.1
i. 2\$511, 36i, 557
36.894.04il
10,21\8, z:w
27,339,249
215, 8i8, 446,
35,321,400,
·---i
Research and
records
-
Total
.Alabama _____ ._ ... -.-·.Arizona .. ·-· ...... -· ___
.Arkansas ... _.-· .. _. ____
California ...... _._. __ ._
Colorado.-.·-···_. _____
30, 1942
5-~I
ti.9
3. 5,
l~j
7.3
\1.8
'
mt
-------- -(D)
315,891 o. 2
(B)
(D)
- ~~~~~lI-(B)
-199,895
4,012
43,344
-559, 153
-211,008
-0. I
(D)
0.1
-0. 3
-0.1
0
5.ol
52(), 41181
44,650, 1167
6,656,484
5,072,444
2. 752,521
3.3
1. 7
4,377,740
95,165,433
28,338,038
15,106,306
20,797,213
~~:;t
0. 7
0,5
0.4
0.2
0.4
4. II
7. I
3.(i
5. i
8. l
6,918, 722
6,841,414
I, l:l6, 21\i
3,631, !i28
37, 12(), 123
3. 4
4.0
2. 6
4. 8
6.6
18, 95(), 745
15,820,839
3,920,021
4,587,781
84,874,145
9.3
9.3
8.9
6.0
14.9
882,421
1,016, ti40
181, l:l5
466,439
2,227,907
0.4
0.6
0.4
0.6
0.4
14,578
22,007
293
12,8411;
33,041
(D)
(II)
(II)
(B)
(II)
-448,222 -0, 2
238,588 0.1
-48,435 -0,]
58, ,5911 0.1
13,040 (B)
5.8
6.6
7. 4
3,9
5. 4
21,135,170
17,459,412
4,59i, 714
12,424, ti22
3,346,721
4.0
5.6
3.1
3. 3
4.0
35,418,932
31,362, 30,5
23, 8116, 233
45,452,690
10,675,828
6. 7
10.1
16.2
12.1
12.6
3,593,149
923,672
973,852
1,386,413
243, !6i
0. 7
0.3
0.6
0.4
o. 3
44,8151
22,0ti8·
26,503:
Ii, 928
12,120
(B)
20,565, 768
IO, 868,371
14,681,674
4,615,582
-949,840 -0. z
309,259 0, I
81,933 0.1
-183,305 (B)
-181, 504 -0. 2
9,201, l4i
9116, 171.
I, 7M, 255
33,821,274'
2,659, 595!
6. 7
7.8
4.3
7. 0
4. 3
4,003,248
5211, 080
I, 105, Oi6
33,676,092
619,801
3. 3
4.1
2. 7
7.0
1.0
14,154,920
I, 846,588
6,194,689
4
l:1::~:1
10. 3
14. 4
15. 0
8. 7
7. 9
362,369
17,789
30ti, 452
2,185,003
251, 4511
0.3
14,852 (D)
0.1 --------- -17,132 (ll)
0.8
24,957 (8)
0. 5
12, i64 (H)
0.4
New York_
North Carolina __ .·--·North Dakota __
-Ohio_ •....... -.-·::
Oklahoma ....... --
3ii, 314,738 I 73, 544, ,59:l
43,613,623 13,4-1:l,389
14,267,891
4,237, .~l·
l 56, 106, 144 49,525, 1561
43, 098, 8.59
9, 732, f>58
IO. 0
8.1
5. 8
5. 7
4. 3
f,8, 460, 7i9'
3,867,()]2
2,954, r,~s
20,934,789
4,220,882
4. 3
2.3
4.1
3. 4
1.0
135, 300, 3!Mi
26,303,222
7,075,752
76,646,190
20,145,310
8. 5
15. 9
9. i
8. 8
12. 0
7,648,044
521,420
104, 89,5
3,576,700
803,057
0.5
o. 3
0.1
0. 4
0. 4
45, 3lti:
21,350'
12,205
17,082
11,267
Oregon·-·-····--·- :::·1
Pennsylvania.. ___ .. .
Rhode Island_ .. __ .. .. .
South Carolina .. _ ·-·
South Dakota._._
·-
17,917,217
211,131,161
15,767,796
35, 33i, 886
17,341,200
5,962, Oli
56, ms,862
4,674. Ot)7
11, 11:i, 492,
3,487,074
6.4
5.1
6.4
i. 8
4. 4
3, 162, 18i
46, 72i, f,6()
2,162, JI()
I, 40:l, 751
2,164,804
3. 4
4. 2
3. 0
1.0
2. 7
8,703.013,
107,894,639
8, O:!O, 719'
22, 82(1, 643
II, 689,382
9. 4
9.;
12. 3
16.1
14. i
702,534
4,872,178
421, 75((
638,318
156, 4i6
0.8
0. 4
0.6
0. 5
0. 2
]5,30i
36,913
2i0,
11,589,
13,062,
(D)
12,824 (II)
-72, 7281 (II)
28, 1611 (11)
-156, 2.59,-0.1
-6i, 099 -0. I
Tennessee .. -.-·
Texas .. ·-···--·-·::::_
Utab_···-·-··--··--··-·
Vermont. _________ ----·
Virginia ... ________ . . __ _
26,530,884
110,813,985
12, 34.~. 416
5, 82i, :!39
:!4, il9, 510
5,957,208
24,052,341
4,456, 5(\4
I, 801,902
8,943,:!72
3. 5
6. 3
6.6
7.8
8.6
3,909,502
13,057, f,37
I. 540,408
l,(if,J,362
6,338,686
2. 4
3.4
2. 3
7. 2
6. I
16,574, 1741
73, 704,00i
6, :l48, 444
2, :JH4,075
19, 43i, 452
9. 8
19, 4
9. 4
IO. 3
18. 7
I, 485,730
2,056,252
781,741
44,214
617,201
0.9
o. 5
I. 2
0. 2
0.6
(D)
16.
45,856 (II)
23,MHi
B)
225
19,716 (D)
-257, 368,-0. 2
-54, 3f>l (ll)
-8, ,533 (")
6,534, (ll)
18,420: (B)
Washln~on ________ . -. _
West Virginia.·-··-·-·Wisconsin ............. _
Wyoming ............. _
37, 003, 344
31,744,700
64,340,391
5,672,508
10,888,010
5. 7
5. 7
7. 7
6.8
i, 973, lf,8
2, il:l, 896
20, 382, (l(',8
769,400
4. 2
6. 2
3. 6
18,142,If,ti
18, 169, 757
18, 7:14, Hil
3,436,902
9. 5
9.5
5, 7
15.9
858,743'
I, 130,824
2,846,387
216,654
o. 4
0.6
0.9
1.0
12,9.511 (D)
10, 9821 )D)
B)
13,781
-120, 589
-22!1,\Kll
-42.5, 741
3,071
Alaska ............. __ ._
HawaiL __ ·······-·-··Puerto Rico-····-----·Virgin Islands.··-·---·-
20,743
l,0i6, 352
4, 20ti, 680
127, 3i4
Undistributed by state c
6,058,064
!
Michigan_.·····-·--. I
Minnesota __ ···--·--- --
'
~~;~:~~~I
l, 4!Mi, 146!
4. 4
8. j
u,
1.8
1.4
(D)
(B)
(B)
(B)
(HJ
(HJ
(HJ
(11)
(II)
(B)
(B)
(B)
(H)
04f,I
t>
I
!
'
-122, 731 -0.1
-400 (II)
18,411 (B)
308,058 0.1
251. 418· 0. 4
14,271,871
-38,3lll
-64,439
-2,02:l,174
96, 733
0.9
(II)
-0, I
-0. 2
(II)
-0.1
-0.l
-0.1
(D)
--------- ----------- --------- ------ ---------- -------------------------------------------------265,349
1.9
474,395
31,762
3.4
o. 2 --------- -----70,020 o. &
3, 54.,, 24,, II, 5
228,858
0.8
543,287
1.8 --------- -----962,569 3. I
4,015
o. 7
00,912 16.51 ________
186, (D)
------ --------- -----!
I
I, 174,730 18. 4
4,883,334 76. 7 ----------- -3.8
1.0 -27,300,.
242, 2301
61,6521
:
i
I
--~-----
20,743 100.0
336,008
2.4
432, 57i
I. 4
26,44i
4. 5
A Includes adjustments for excess of deposits in the supply fund over payments out of the supply fund and for items in transit to control accounts
and sponsors' expenditures for Janel, land leas,•s, easements, and rights-of•way.
·
B Less than 0.05 percent.
c Includes supply fund adjustment ond cmt rnl office projects.
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REPORT ON PROGRESS OF THE WPA PROGRAM
TABLE XJTI.--AMOUNT OF WPA AND SPONSORS' FUNDS EXPENDED ON PROJECTS ◊PERA'fED BY WPA, BY STATE
AND BY MAJOR TYPE OF PROJECT
YEAR ENDING JUNE
Division of Operations
I______
State
Grand total
30, 1942
Airports and airways
Consrrvation
Buildings
Toto!
Amount
TotaL ______________ $1, 22,5, 648,254 $870,076, 294 $!02, 415,437
Percent
531,397
2,067.256
7,132,298
1,570,472
31.1
1.0
21.1
32.1
8. 7
522,895
668,390
596,527
6,262,632
2,282,295
8. 5
44. 6
JO. I
22. 8
9. 3
40,358
22,158
62
9,304
74,926
0.6
1.5
(B)
(B)
0.3
418,629
4,515,422
I, 239, 8IO
525, 735
698,671
6.2
5.6
4. 5
2. 9
4. 3
774. 816
6, 2IO, 896
3,709,075
2,256,080
2,826, 794
11. f.
7. (i
13. 4
12. 5
Ii. 4
1,448, 769
1,911,635
248, 107
324, 149
384,856
21.6
2. 4
0.9
1.8
2.4
20,790,311
I 7,640,435
5,481,365
6,834. ,572
35,453,853
623,667
I, 989,352
4,354,268
2,408, 271
4,309,029
2. 5
8.6
68. 5
30.0
8. 7
2,262,520
2,319,815
240. 084
I, 057, 264
JO, 404,262
8.9
10.0
3. 8
13. 2
20. 9
7,406
240,754
27. i15
!, 240,820
430,858
(B)
1.0
0.4
15. 4
o. 0
37
181,344
18,263
----------843,746
43,925, 139
34. 252,519
21,708,947
39, I 18, 84.5
8,755,480
31,020,670
23,655.079
15. 108. 919
28,276,332
5,075,027
1,871,159
2,803,840
2,687,901
808,037
I, 070, 489
4. 3
8. 2
12.4
2.1
12. 2
2,625, 754
4,6M. 782
1,669.483
5, 98,5, 144
910, ill
6.0
13.(l
329,881
941,947
412,834
580,088
884,174
0.8
2. 7
1.0
1.5
10.1
-----------6,838
12,225
(II)
0.1
16,532,983
I, 126, 3o5
4,520, i0(\
38,057,487
JO, 345, 7i8
12,547,544
660,949
3,361,640
25,577,482
8,401,643
I, 130, JOO
106,311
851,251
I, 236,810
I, 283,844
6.8
0. 5
18.8
3.3
12. 4
2,267,234
142. 207
725,054
5,692, .573
2,816.021
13. 7
12. ll
16.0
14. 9
27. 2
775. 678
20. 283
38. 519
1. 069. 272
I, 434,509
4. 7
1.8
0.0
2.8
13. 9
20,618
46
49,184
282,038
87,178
0.1
(B)
1.1
0.7
0.8
108,851, 137
26,897,358
6,374, 82!1
58,978, 64:J
27, i41, 287
75,387,443
18,507,273
4, i55, 99()
41,066,310
19,681,004
3,117,043
3,193, 63·1
368,453
2,926,869
2,890,491
2. 0
11. 7
5. 8
5.0
10. 5
17,658,832
2, 34.,, 177
I, 101, 254
1, 142,216
3,250,075
16. 2
8. 7
17. 3
1.0
11.i
386, 130
267,389
566,073
118,459
2. 621,983
0. 4
1.0
8.0
0. 2
0. 5
I, 961,809
26,777
1.8
0.1
IO, 193, 634 I 8,044, 29a
78, 591, 20:! ' 54,416.633
5,590,308
3,790,474
20,831, 3(ifi I 16,043,501
i, 095, 3.52
5,030,608
2,737,217
I, 328,967
609,974
629, 190
320,011
26.9
1.7
JO. 9
3.0
4. 5
847,683
9,940.970
5IO. 786
3,621, .525
1,418,829
8. 3
12. 6
9.1
17. 4
20.0
320,414
I, 028, 745
12. 51l8
97. 989
360,819
3.1
2. 5
0.2
, 0.5
5. I
419,840
5,807,210
I05, 747
363,910
780,218
2.0
9. 3
1.2
IH.1
6. 5
I, 508, 3fi7
6,65:l,Ml
I, 130. :l9o
104, %7
I, 854. 960
7.0
10. 5
13, 2
4. 7
15.3
268,521
!, 104,007
1.3
1.7
8.1
3.9
I. 4
1,671,844
1, 32,5, 457
3, 502, SHI
240,288
10.8
5. 3
12. 3
14. 2
680,784
28, 1008
I, 108. 842
84,428
4,572, 761
l,048,65(i
3,678, 788
21,867, 07.5
16,855,930
I, 927,407
15,618
I, 246,447
8, 798, 751
2.142,517
Idaho ___ ········-·--. - ...
Illinois _____________ .. _...
Indiana _____________ .....
Iowa _________________ ....
6,710,000
81,126,429
27,688,379
18,007, 782
16,253, 19C.
5,253,580
54,376,878
20,499,579
13,624,432
JI, 259,852
25,465,611
23, 169, 6.39
6,358,128
8,038, 7Gi
49,838, Oil
~~;
~~~~~.;:::::
-
.. .
New York _________ -North Corolina _______ __ . .
North Dakota ______ _____ .
Ohio _____________________ !
Oklahoma _______________ . i
Oregon _______________ -- ..
Pennsylvania
--------Rhode Island
South Caroliua .::::::::
South Dakota._ --------
I
Tennessee. ______________ .
Texas ____________________
Utah ____________________ _
Vermont.. ___________ .. . .
Virginia _____________ . ___
21,466,4441
63,258, 161
8, .552. :156
2. 254,573
12,090,408
15,640,940
44, 296, 0,58
6,206,403
I, 466,822
7,799,068
Washington _______________
West Virginia ___________ _
Wisconsin .. _. ____________
Wyoming ________________
15,440,622
24, 860, 848
28, 438. 287
I, 689,022
11,013,470
18,626, IO0
20,077,317
976,470
3,410,576
I, 556,408
1,070, i89
115,041
22.1
6.2
3.8
6.8
697,348
758, 4291
17,887,601
13,943,018
soo. 780 I 459,434
556, 702
2,391, I05
120,448
73. 4
13.3
21. 5
Hawaii .. ______________ ___
Puerto Rico ________ ._
Virgin Islands._
...
Undistributed by st.ate c __
o.s
158,743
6,189,903
I, 497, 782
5,915, 1531
27,412,854
24,610,390
Nehraska. ____________ . .
Nc•rnda. ___________ ...
New Ilnmpshirr __ -- • - ·-·-·-
Percent
$6,441,615
Connecticut _______________
Delaware ___________ .. _____
District of Columbia ______
Florida ______ --- _____ .... __
Georgia ______________ ....
11-!issouri_ _____ •. ---- -- - -Montana ______________ ._.
Amount
2.1
23. 6
21. 9
3.1
12. 3
15. 7
MinnC'sota _____ ______ ____
MississippL ____________ - - .
Percent
0.4
(B)
0.8
1. 9
1. 9
6,678,649
I, 467, 745
620,788
7,550,334
2,114.833
Michigan ____ . _____ ......
Amount
102,045
·'-69
162. 418
], 156.040
249.430
22,009,644
5,294,054
15,089,680
36,985,561
8,830,398
Maryland ____ ·-------·- · Massachusetts ___ .. ___ ..
Percent
6.2
7.9
10.2
11.6
11. 7
28,275,223
6. 710,865
20,277,252
61,415, 727
13,445,358
ti~ts~~~L:::::::::::::
·MainC' __________________
Amount
8.4 $144. 153. 927
Alabama ________________ ..
Arizona __________________ . :
Arkansas ________________ ..
Calilomia ________________
Colorado ___ ---·---- _______
Kansas __________________ .
Engineering surveys
I
I
I
484,949 ,
8,522
----•------
-
--
11.8 $25, 728, 581
I. 743. 552
7. 7
15. 3
10. 4
-
688,660
87,075
174,941
0.11
-------------------60, &21
0.3
265,014
81,273
o..-
160,311
2.6
0.6
-------------------------------
--·------
34,379
0.1
19,882
22,367
775
318, !1()3
48,854
0.3
~:l
1.8
0.3
(B)
0.8
0.3
--------1,7
(II)
4,653
124,071
0.4
----------232,992
2,195
0.4
(B)
45,216
788, 188
7,021
0.4
1.0
0.1
-----------19,759
0.3
113,082
62,167
192,306
o. Ii
0.1
2.3
------------
(B)
73
67,937
4. 4
1.1 -----------120,830
3.9
5.0 ------------
0.4
--------0.4
---------
------------ --------(B)
!
------------ -------------------- 1- -- ------- -- --- --. ---- -·--·····- ------------ ------------------------------- -------30. 593
I, 355,439
I
5. 2 -----------'-80
7.6
A Credit rlur to n•t.urn or material to sponsor ofter completion of project.
B Less than 0.05 1wrcPnt.
c Includes supply fund adjustment and central olllce proJrrts.
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APPENDIX
TABLE XIII.-AMOUNT OF WPA AND SPONSORS' FUNDS EXPENDED ON PROJECTS OPERATED BY WPA, BY STATE
AND BY i\lAJOR TYPE OF PROJECT-Continued
YEAR
ENDING
JUNE 30, 1942
Division of Operations-Concluded
State
Highways, roads, and
streets
Amount
Percent
Recreational facilities
(excluding buildings)
Amount
Percent
Water and sewer systerns and other utilities
Sanitation
Amount
Percent
Amount
Percent
Other
Amount
Percent
---TotaL ____________ $393, 410, 623
32.1
$40, 880, 833
3.3
$10, 598, 785
0.9
$116, 645, 079
9.5
$29,801,414
.Alabama _______ . ________
.Arizona _________________
.Arkansas ________________
California _______________
Colorado ________________
11,699,614
2,981,251
11,769,971
12,300,142
3,418,212
41. 4
44. 4
58. 0
20.0
25. 4
143,548
350
36,477
974,416
429,388
0.5
(A)
0. 2
1.6
3. 2
310,326
7,982
17,745
7,475
118,965
1.1
0.1
0.1
0.9
1,168,349
278,455
316,326
5,979,502
823,189
4.1
4.2
1. 5
9. 7
6.1
4,818
27,843
38,078
1,620,340
24,636
Connecticut_ ____________
Delaware _______________
District or Columuia ____
Florida _________ ----- ____
Georgia _________________
1,103,023
152,499
327,951
5,077,741
8,490,138
17. 8
10. 2
5. 5
18.5
34. 5
115,323
12,866
12,908
42,536
196, 142
1.9
0.9
o. 2
0. 2
0.8
12,244
78,846
8,164
466, 117
655,056
o. 2
5. 3
0.1
1.7
2. 7
651,046
91,623
671,484
635,667
2,584,230
10. 5
6.1
11. 4
2.3
10. 5
40,154
6,656
815,245
574,327
396,247
0.6
0. 4
13. 8
2.1
1.6
Idaho ____________ ---- -- Illinois __________________
Indiana _________________
Iowa ____________________
Kansas __________________
1,954,613
24,076,544
11,745,284
8,319,759
4,965,931
29.1
29. i
42. 4
46. 2
30. 6
92,064
7,252,034
458,420
215,428
1,040, 773
1.4
8. 9
I. 7
I. 2
6: 4
51,456
643,157
143,550
3,371
312,032
0. 8
0. 8
0. 5
425,345
8,796,247
2,916,828
1,594,635
947,562
6. 3
10. 8
10. 5
8.8
5.8
68,006
948,576
37,130
66,472
34,379
1.0
1.2
0.1
o. 4
0.2
Ei~iW;!!:::::::::::::::
Maine __________________
Maryland _______________
Massachusetts __________
12,989,439
10,211,327
646,834
919,083
9,124,042
51. 0
H. l
IO. 2
11. 4
18. 3
61.900
587,396
60, Ii!
51,297
1,598,466
0.2
143,922
2. 5
350, 161
1.0 --------0.6
5, 751
3. 2 --------------
!, 016, 692
1,601,864
92,818
685,688
5,932,860
4.0
6.9
1.4
8. 5
11. 9
3,684, 728
167,422
41,212
466,398
2,809,690
14. 5
o. 7
0.6
5.8
5.6
~::~i~r~i::::::::::::::
Montana ________________
17,781,002
9,316,334
8,090,351
13,415,042
2,498,337
40. 5
27. 2
37. 3
34. 3
28. 6
805,350
1,508,985
82, 6C.3
2,012,831
200,224
1.8
4. 4 -------------- ---------0. 4
1,444,696
6. 7
5.1
330,113
0. 8
2. 3
6,697
0.1
6,790,913
3,633,344
510, 193
3,980,853
334,874
15_ 4
10. 6
2.3
10. 2
3. 8
811,967
671, 776
210, 798
1,157,386
57,296
1.8
1.9
1.0
3. 0
o. 7
Nebraska _______________
Nevada _________________
New Hampshire ________
New Jersey _____________
New Mexico ____________
5,839,330
180,031
702,239
9,655,316
!, 946,466
35. 3
16. 0
1.5..5
2.5. 4
18. 8
314,.m
111,238
182,424
1,585,856
135,062
1.9
9. 9
4. 0
4. 2
.1.3
197,089
13, 54.5
3,451
8.55,684
58,843
1. 2
1. 2
0. l
2. 2
0.6
1,881,014
80,259
729,225
4,888,844
594, 726
11. 4
7.1
16.1
12. 8
5.8
121,910
7,029
80,293
311,089
134,994
o. 7
0.6
1.8
0.8
1.3
New York ______________
North Carolina _________
North Dakota __________ .
Ohio ____________________
Oklahoma _______________
23,334,514
9,690,143
2,302,448
25,453,339
8,741,882
21. 4
36. 0
36. 1
43. 2
31. 5
9,696, 182
58i, 793
l 1.5, 882
2, 3ll, 815
365,038
8.9
2. 2
1.8
3. 9
1.3
623, Oil
534, .590
18, 2-57
53,699
285,038
0.6
2. 0
0. 3
0.1
1.0
15,626,772
!, 713,999
262,351
7,347,438
1, 167, 733
14. 4
6.4
4.1
12. 5
4. 2
2,983, 150
147, 771
20,378
!, 479,483
347,569
o. 6
0.3
2. 5
1.3
Oregon __________________
Pennsylvania ___________
Rhode Island ___________
South Carolina __________
South Dakota ___________
2,524,348
29, 72.5, 212
809, f,85
5,793,945
2,162,403
2•1. 8
37. 8
H . .5
27. 8
30. 5
111,752
2,fi6ll, !)]3
222,200
63,216
II 7,926
1. I
3. 4
4. 0
0. 3
1.7
8,166
465,935
0:1, 736
506,475
167,414
0.1
0.6
I. 2
2. 4
2. 4
I, 398,059
6,557, 571
I, 4G!i, 251
3,979,394
457, 544
13. 7
8. 3
26. 2
19.1
6. 4
51,440
1,014,132
89,253
1,351, 767
5,993
0 . .5
1. 3
1.6
6. 5
0.1
Tennessee __________ ----Texas ___________________
Utah ____________________
Vermont ________________
Virginia _________________
11,395,609
23,158,025
2,101,950
573,481
3,555,663
53. I
36. 6
24. 6
2.5. 4
29. 4
284,477
1,086,034
96,224
25, :105
61,372
1.3
550,418
2.6
249,487
0.4
1.7
1.1
36,613
0. 4
1.1 --- ---- ---- ---------46,579
0.4
o. 5
1,085,811
4,407, 196
1,591,042
88,286
1,243, 61.5
5.1
7.0
18. 6
3. 9
10. 3
23,806
1,678,391
263, 561
223,808
81,647
0.1
2. 7
3. I
9. 9
o. 7
Washington _____________
West Virginia ___________
Wisconsin _______________
Wyoming _______________
2,082,316
13,971,159
7,943,605
384,466
13. 5
56. 2
27. 9
22. 8
338,575
490,576
I, 907,811
3,574
2. 2
44,605
0.3
2.0
267,433
1.1
77, 743
6. 7
0.3
0. 2 -------------- ----------
2,673,476
717,090
3,815,342
143,667
17. 3
2. 9
13. 4
8. 5
43,357
16,969
529,494
5,015
0. 3
0.1
1.9
0.3
Hawaii.. _______________
Puerto Rico _____________
Virgin Islands ___________
79, 750
5,598,980
329,854
192
3, 989,6S9
9,132
0.1
22. 3
1.6
8,522
l. 3
Michigan _______________
Minnesota ______________
Undistributed by state B _ -------------A
B
(A)
(A)
1. 9
0.6
1. 5
---------0.1
----------------------- ----------
21, 111
2.8
-------------- ---------- 7,061 ---------(A)
247,676
353,148
2.0
l. 4
-------------- ---------- -------------- ---------- ------------- ------------------- -------------- ---------- -------------- ---------- -------------- ---------10. 5
31. 3
58.8
--
Less than 0.05 percent.
Includes supply fund adjustment and central office projects.
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(A)
0.4
0. 2
2. 6
0.2
2. 7
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REPORT ON PROGRESS OF THE WPA PROGRAM
TABLE XIII.-AMOUNT OF WPA AND SPONSORS' FUNDS EXPENDED ON PROJECTS OPERATED BY
AND BY MAJOR TYPE OF P:aoJECT--Concluded
WPA,
BY BTATlll
YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1042
Service Division
Public acti,·it!cs
State
Research and
records
Welfare (Including
sewing)
Division of Train- Public Work
Ing and ReemReserve
ployment
Miscellaneous A
Total
I
Amount
TotaL . ... . . . ... $328, 598, 595 $104,417,530
·------ -----Alabama ... ___ _______ .
1,868,510
5,861,254
Percent
Amount
Percent
Amount
Percent
PerPercent Amount cent
Amount
4. 2 $172, 735, 278
14.1 $29, 031, 162
2. 4 $943,463
658, 190
168, 342
1, 110,694
2,193,313
620,696
2. 3
2. 5
5. 5
3. 6
4. 6
3,334.554
670,263
3,079,031
II , 010, 188
2,678.403
11.8
10.1
15. 2
17. 9
19. 9
514,093
123,696
216,763
2,194,033
381,247
1.8
1.9
LI
3. 6
2.8
8. 5 $51,445, 787
18,231
Arkansas _______ ______ _ 4,954,336
Calilomia. _________ . __ 22,774, 730
Colorado ____ . . _____ ___ 4,506,271
597,993
763, 711
9,571,229
!, 207,272
6.6
8.9
3. 7
15. 6
9. 0
Connecticut. ___ __. __ . .
Delaware __ ._ . · · - --- ··
District of Columbia ..
Florida _________ _____ ..
Ocorgia _________ , ____ .
409,970
I, 9f,6, 037
5,422,830
7,669,430
570, 288
224,653
454,876
1,539,945
2,070,264
9. 2
15. 0
7. 7
5. 6
8. 4
234,706
78,805
516,664
580,869
1, 100, 120
3. 8
5. 3
8. 7
2.1
4. 5
927,291
106,512
994,497
3,302,016
4,499,046
15. 0
7. I
16.8
12. 1
18.3
82,223
39,158
166,642
519,611
653,513
I. 3
2. 6
2.8
1.9
2.3
Idaho _______ ___ . ____ . .
Illinois ________ __ _.. _..
-··· ····-· · _____
Indiana_-·
Iowa _____________
Kansas ________ ______ ..
I, 267, 423
25. 201,423
6, 6/i5, 542
4,313,956
4,628,361
397,589
9,028,812
2,807,500
I, 381,205
I, 246,071
5.0
JI.I
JO. 5
7. 7
7. 7
71,315
4,741,636
778,248
502,406
294, 709
I.I
5. 8
2.8
2. 8
1.8
798,519
11 , 430,975
2,979, 794
2,430,345
3,087,681
11.9
14. I
10. 8
13. 5
19.0
229,614
2,411,477
684,832
237,947
370, 755
3. 4
3.0
2. 6
1.3
2. 3
14,603
38,253
Kentucky. ________ . . . .
... .
· -··
Louisiana.--__ ·_____
Maine .. _____ ___
Maryland __ ______ _____
M BSSBChusctts . _.... . .
4,482,502
4,800,364
890,171
I, 213,395
12,781, 706
];055, 140
I, 501,931
162,643
425, 654
3,367,348
4. I
6.5
2. 6
5. 3
6. 7
875,260
1,070, 767
107,250
307,347
2, 749, 804
3. 4
4. 6
I. 7
3.8
5. 5
2,552,084
2,227,666
629,278
480,394
6,664, 554
10.0
9.6
9.9
6. 0
13. 4
428,344
593,117
72,490
79,501
996,450
1. 7
2.6
LI
14,578
22,007
293
1.0
2. 0
12,849
33,04.1
Michigan ____ ___ _.. . . .
Minnesota __ ........ .
II, 373,075
9,641,086
5,952,539
10,346,260
2,701,544
4,151,800
3,213,240
2,443,614
3,201, 797
024, 402
0. 5
9. 4
II. 2
8. 2
7.1
2,125,012
I, 873,280
74,861
I, 236, 725
645,978
4. 8
5. 5
0. 3
3.1
7. 4
5,097, 154
4,554,566
3,434,064
5,001, ns
I, 431, 164
11.6
13. 3
15.8
15. I
16. 4
I, 348,058
634,064
620, 128
780,486
169,594
3.1
1.8
2. 9
2.0
1.8
44,815
22,068
Nebraska ___ . __ . . . . . ..
3,881,560
Nevada. ______ __ ______
457,042
I, 005, 421
New Hampshire ......
New Jersey __ ______.. .. 11 ,742,623
I, 540, 744
New Mexico .. . . . . . . .
New York ____ ___ _____ 30,602,510
7,441,334
North Carolina _. _. ...
. _.... .
Dakota .. _______
1,608,842
North
Ohio ___________
16,747,471
Oklahoma _______ ______ 7,299,280
I, 432,562
136,246
205, 1411
3,868,841
406,443
8. 7
12. I
4. 5
10. 2
3. 9
555,208
68,255
111,817
3,223, 598
Ill, 602
3. 4
6.1
2. 5
8. 5
I.I
I, 893, 700
252,541
688,455
4,650, 184
1,022,699
II. 5
22. 4
15. 2
12. 2
11.9
281,001
3,62R
142,211
763,403
196,786
I. 7
0. 3
3.2
2. 0
1.9
9,882,673
2,709,486
617,495
5,733,165
I, 904,192
9.1
10.1
9. 7
9. 7
6.9
6,810,014
642, 761
231,406
2,811,924
649,506
6. 3
2. 4
3. 6
4. 8
2. 3
13,908,923
4,089,087
759,941
8,202,382
4,745,682
12. 8
15. 2
11. 9
13. 9
17. I
2,643,015
261,830
34,221
I, 483,446
572,373
Oregon ..... ________ __.
Pmnsylvania __ . ... .•.
Rhode Island _..... ...
Sou th Carolina .. . . . . . .
South Dakota .. . . . . . •.
2, 010,508
22,016, 367
I, 571 ,828
4,532, 700
1,960,134
720,537
6,494. 733
5i7, 150
I, 113,686
541,625
7. I
8. 3
10. 3
5. 3
7. 6
281,198
3, 950,220
205,884
160,008
332,227
2.8
5.0
3. 7
0. 8
4. 7
1,008,773
II, 571. 414
'788, 794
3,259,006
I, 076, 282
9.0
14. 7
14. I
15. 0
15.1
306,783
1, 8(,3, 705
149,721
273,931
Tennl'Ssee .. -- -- -... . - .
Texas.·-·--··-·--·
___
Utah _______________. ...
Vermont ______ ___ _____
Virginia .. ___ . __ ... · - •.
Washln~ton ___________
West Virginia. _.... ...
Wisconsin ______ . . ___ . .
Wyoming ______ ___ ____
5,194,954
17,832,683
I. 860,242
7i8, 377
4,248,931
I, 038, 420
4,456,218
640, 780
260, 730
I, 327, 697
4. 8
7. 0
7. 6
11.6
II. 0
620,643
1,606,006
174, 749
218,130
600,0bl
2. 9
2. 7
2. 0
9. 7
5.0
3,526,891
II, 680,459
I, 035, 704
299. 508
2,321, 183
16. 4
18. 5
12. l
13. 3
19. 2
874,978
1,319,494
200,442
1.6
4,060,666
5,765,523
7,163,488
001, 056
1,183,880
I, 980,534
2,488,333
191,458
7. 7
8.0
8. 7
II. 3
410, IOI
290,528
2,045, 765
71,601
2. 7
1.2
7. 2
4. 2
2,475,595
3. 488,461
2,629,390
427,997
16.0
14.0
9. 2
25. 3
346,067
444,077
1,381,072
51,549
2. 2
1.8
4. 9
3.1
Ilawali.. ___ __ . _...... .
Puerto Rico. ___ . ... . . .
Virgin Islands _... .•. _.
10,814
3,071, 789
IOI, 160
3,212
354,247
26,447
o. 4
4,687
180,510
0. 6
1.0
2,915
2,537,032
74, 713
0. 4
14. 2
13. 3
170
400,723
(B)
2.3
ted by
Und lstribu
statec _________ ___ ___
399,560
139,068
21. 6
Arizona ______________ .
m~::.r~i::: : : : ::: : : :
Montana ____ ___ _______
I, 445,598
I, 732,285
2.0
4. 7
-- -- --- ----- ---- -260,492
40. 4
-------------
------
83,566
400,068
24,533
Percent
0.1 -$3,001,260 -0.3
-127,999 -0.6
0. 1
0.1
2
o.
-163,283 -2.3
-3,000 (B)
-681,648 -0.9
-291,897 -2.2
26,132
0.4
-222,498 -3.5
20,563
0.1
0.1
103,686
1.8
-417,226 -1.6
-605,226 -2.l
0.2
0.1
(B)
0.1
0.1
-163,031 -0.6
-181,919 -1.0
-23, 151 -0.2
19,473
42,951
19,339
-----0.1
---------------------- -----36,742
11,457
13,366
17,379
-2
(B)
-55, 020 -0.8
-901,602 -1.1
-250, 124 -1.0
0.1
0.1
(B)
2
0. 1
104, 716
0.6
-95, 191 -1.5
-101, 660 -1.3
573,021
Ll
o.
26,693
17,928
12, 129
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
14,852
0.1
24,957
12,764
0.1
0.1
2. 3
1.0
0.6
2.5
2.1
46,316
21,360
12,295
17,082
II, 267
(B)
0.1
0.2
272,863
0.2
2. 5
665,671
-36,525 -0.6
-336,666 -0.6
3.0
2. 4
2. 7
1.3
I. 2
15,307
36,913
270
II, 689
0. 1
0.1
(B)
0.1
13,062
o. 2
-183, 269 -1. 8
267,686
0.3
1. 4
78,015
-30, 356 -0.1
17,892
0.2
4. I
2. 1
4. 7
I.I
16,946
45,856
23,508
225
19, 716
0.1
0.1
0.3
(B)
0. 2
-270,374 -1.3
-235,930 -0.4
o. 7
62,045
-15, 384 -0.7
-177, 749 -1.6
12,961
10, 982
13,781
0. 1
(B)
0.1
(B)
-1,532
0.1
23,166
-197,37) -0.7
-29, 162 -1.7
27. 2
137,612
300,222
768
--------61,652
9. 6
0.9
-191,974 -1.2
4,746
0.4
-6, 698 -0. 1
-61,068 -0.l
1.0
103,841
i:i
---
0.3
(B)
-311, 161 -0.8
-92, 814 -1.1
----- --------17,132
0. 4
·----- -------------- -------------- ----------------- ----------176,643
Amount
177,363
-·
0.6
60,097
466,071
186
0.1
-160, 428
-----
6-6
2. 6
A Includes adjustments for excess of deposits in the supply fund overpayments out of the supply fund and for Items In transit to control aeoounts
and sponsors' expenditures for land, lnnd leases, easements, and rights-of-way.
e Less than 0.05 percent.
c Includes supply fund adjustment and central office projects.
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TABLE XIV.-PuYs1cAL AccoMPLISBMENTS AND PUBLIC PARTICIPATION ON PROJECTS OPERATED BY
WPA
CONTINJINTAL UNITED STATES
CUIIULATIVII TDBOUOB JUNE 30, 1042
Item
Unit or measurement
Number
Item
Miles ___________
Miles _______ ·-··
Miles . . ·····-···
Miles ..... ·-····
Miles .. ···--····
Miles .. ·-··-·-·M~les. ·- ·-·-····
Miles ... ·····--·
Miles . .. . · - ·-·-Miles .. ...... -..
Miles. . .........
MIies···· - ·-····
Miles .. ·-··-·-··
Miles . .. ·-······
Miles .. . .... _...
Miles...........
56G, 322
64,626
33, 510
21, 116
511,696
66,392
29,067
18, 0!i6
11 , 0ll
i{Number. ______ _
Bridges and viaducts-total.. ....• - .. ---·--··, Linear feet_ ____ _
Number . . _____ _
Wood . . . ....... _·-·········-···········- { Linear fcet_····Number. _..... .
Stcel. ..••.......... ______ ··············-- {Linear reet- .... .
Number
_- .....
·-····.
Masonry .. . ............•..•.••.•......... { Linear
feet
0
N.
~
C")
0
~
"""""'
(v
l{
Number _. ·····Culverts .. . . .......... -- -- - . - -· •····---··-·· · Linear
feet_ ___ ·Roadside drainage ditch and pipe· --·-·····-- Miles .... •-·---·
Sidewalks and paths-total. .
New con·
struetlon
I
Addi•
tlons
Rcconstruc•
tion or Improvement
II
Miles . ........ _.
Reconstruction
or Improvement
~
2,563,467
45, 705
2,037,937
55,148
1,722,524
6, 416
339,367
15,489
501,576
25,277
815,353
15,777
1,026,485
4, 651
196,099
1==~1=
I, 036, 551
29,065, li4
77, 145
I
23. 006 \
i~~~~ed·.·:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::I mi:::::::::::: 19,3, 6151
391
1===1
24, 547
g~~tr.:::: :: :::::::::::: :: ::::::::::::::::::1 ~ll~t:: ::::::::
5,341
Guardrails and guard walls._-········-·--·-·· Miles .. · - .. ·-_-·
3,265
I
4, 59:_
5. 832
I
2,174
83,170
-------31,930
67
2,107
~38
31,092
Recrentlonol-totaL. .. -· . Number __ ··--·-· •··· · ····
8, 5i9
627
5,764
Auditoriums.·-······ Numhcr __ ·---······· · ····
Gymnasiums ___ ······ Number_·····-······ · ····
Otbcr· - ·-··-·------·· Number .. -- · -· -···· · ·····
406
I, 220
6,053
147
272
208
737
4, 574
l, 476
312
143
37
57
71
224
176
61
81
629
4,317
2,060
532
5,603
2,282
I, 992
3,635
470
4,133
20,443
3,420
788
I, 500
---
Omccs nnd ndministra•
tive .. ·- · · - ____ . ·- . . .
Hospitals. -.. ..... ·---·-· •
Penal institutions __ ·-···Dormitories ... -··--··-···
Firehouses .... ·····--·-· .
Gnragcs ... . ..............
Storage . ..................
Armories .- ___ _····--···· .
Barns nnd stablcs ______ . .
Other . ... • ·-··-··--·--···
Number·-···-··········· ·
Number·-·-·-· · ··········
Numbcr .. ·-·-············
Number·-··-··· · · · ······ ·
Number_-···-·- · · . .......
Number--······ · · . . ··•··Number_-···-·· · · · ······Number __ ··-···· ·· ·······
Number.-······ · ·········
Number.-···-············
202
172
1,382
316
2,458
2,312
328
1,018
9,081
Outdoor rtcrcntlonal facilities:
Stadiums, grandstands, and
blcnchers. ____ ··-··-···---··
Fairgrounds and rodeo grounds
·
Parks · ·· · ··- · ---·-·-····-· -· ·
Number .. ·-······· ·· ·····
{Num\)er - -·····-··· · ······
Area Ill acres .. ·-·-········
{Number._·--· •········ · ··
Areninacres_·-· · ·· · ······
2,272
51
1,737
1,650
74,831
School.. . .. . .. -.......... _ Numbcr._·-·-··········-Other.·· · ·······-····-- · · Number.-··············-.
6,930
5,124
1.806
1421
5,690
12i
6
46
184
6, 258
-453
==
>
"C
"C
l:i:J
z
t::,
~
793
278
13,723
6,287
455,645
Playgrounds-total.. __ .... . .. Number·-·-----······· · ·· _ _3_
, 0_3~1---1_06_ - - - - ~ 627
124. 830
3. 240,840
83,985
/Number of light
30,233
· __ ····•······-·······
69,157
standards
.....
R oa d an d stree tr1g h tmg
Miles
of road
equipped .. ___ ,
832
1,622
Traffic signs erected __ . .. ·-·--············-··· Number .. _-···912, 3,~9
Traffic control llne painted . _. _.. ·· ·······•··- Miles of line-....
6, 231 , ......... ·- -· . .••
Roadside landscapln~- _..... . .. . ·······-····- Miles of road .... -·· .. . . . .. -· .
46,205
Car and railroad track removal ..........••. _. Miles . .. . .. ·-·-·
...
1,807
1
34. 056
Educntional- total._ ..... Number.-······· · ········
Libraries ......... _..• Numh1•r __________________
Schools . . ·-···--•-·•·· Number __ --·--····-· - ····
1
37,325
11,263
2,803
I, 795
1,098
, 8,370
New con·
structlon
CD
0.
I
Public buildings, excluding utlJ.
ity plants anc nirport. buildings:
Public bulldlngs-totaL.. __ . . Number_.·--·-···········
643,077
1
;::;:
Unit or measurement
I
Highways, roads, streets, and related facilities:
Highways, roads, and streets-total.__ _______
Rurnl roads-total. __ ··---·-····--·-----High•type surface-total.·-········-New construction . ... . . . . . _......
Reconstruction or Improvement..
Low.type surface and unsurfaced_....
Urbanstreets-total · ··· · · · · ····-···-····
H1gh•typc surrac.,_total.. . . . ......•.
New construction _.•.... . .. --····
Reconstruction or lmpro,•cment ..
Low•type surface and unsurraced.....
Other.roads (In parks, etc.)-total.. ....•.
H1gb•type surface-total. _- - -···--···
New construction ...... .. . ___ ....
Reconstruction or Improvement ..
Low•type surface and unsurfaced ... __
cff
I
Number
II
Athletic flelds . ... -·-··-····· ·
Handball courts __ ········-···
Horseshoe courts .............
Tennis courts ...... ·--·······
·
·
Sw1mm111g
poo Is ···········- ·
fNumber._·-·· · ···· · ······
Number. __ - --- . . •·······Number ___ ·---· ··· ······ ·
Number
{Number
f
-- -· ·-- - ·q···rt· ··· ·-·
Surnccarco.ms • - - ---Wading pools _- - -····--······ {fu~~~:~rea.in sq_Ice skating areas __ ··-·-····-·· Number.-······ ·· -·• ·-···
Ski trails ..... •··-··-······- · · Milcs ........... ·-· ·· ·-···
Skijumps.-····-···--·----··- Number
Bandshells . • .•.. ·-·-------··· Number_-······-··· · ·····
Outdoor thcatres . ... ---······ Number __ .. . . -- ·- . • . .....
Number. ___.. .. . . .. ..... .
Golf courses.
{ Num\)er or holes ......... .
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1,827
85
8,182
I, 209
21
I, 345
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2, 080
Ii, 168
1,788
2, 221
9,9il
791
R, 344,000
837
2,528,003
I, 008
308
65
228
136
249
2, 743
18, 125
68
248
· ··· · ·-·-·
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· ········· ······•-·
•• •.......
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············-···-··
···--·····
••........
••........
• • ........
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•• . . . . . . . .
2, 441
14,421
157
153
3,085
336
5,411,000
81
344,000
84
59
15
74
31
375
4,933
37, 346
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CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES
CUMULATIVE THROUGH JUNE
30, 1942
Number
Number
Item
t;nit of mt•asurcment
New construction
Additions
I
Unit of measurement
Item
Reconstruc•
tion or im•
provrment
Reconstruc•
Additions[ tion or Im•
provoment
New construction
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 - - - - · ------11
Public utilities and sanitation:
Utility plants-total.. ..
Electric power plants.....
Incinerator plants .. .
Pumping stations .. .
Sewage treatment plants.
Water treatment plants .•
Number.
2,669
117
1, 151
Number ..
Number.
46
132
1,298
16
944
66
18
168
61
35i
407
158
Number_
Number.
Number ..
249
Water mains and distribu•
lion lines ....••............. Miles.....................
Water consumer connections. Number..................
Water wells.........
Number...
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795, 344
2,287,070
15,204
3,522
458,900
1,945
727
24,136, 73i,000
.1
3,347
I
42, 700
417,958
37,504
18,986
Miles.
3,824
2. 352
Miles of line .............. .
Miles
1,575
3,326
1,850
I, 243
Miles .................... .
701
124
15,758
413,998
3,944
m~~i~~ in ·gallo;;s·.~~~:::: 1,011,01Uti
Storage tanks, reservoirs, etc.
Storm and sanitary sewers . .
Sewerage service connections.
Manholes and catch basins...
Sanitary privies ...... _.......
Mosquito control drainage. . .
Telephone and telegraph
lines .......................
Police, fire-alarm, and traffic
signal systems.............
Electric power lines .. _.. _
Pipe lines, other than water
and sewer. ............ _ .
Flood and erosion control, irrlga.
Miles....
Number.
Number ...... _...........
Number. . .
.......
Miles of ditch and pipe....
tion, conservation:
Fish hatcheries .............. . Number. ................
161
131
158
Firebreaks.............. .
Miles.....................
6,309 ..........
913
Reforestation ........... .
Trees planted ............. ············- .......... 175,539,000
Planting oysters............ _. Bushels planted...........
8,190,117 .•.....................
Levees and embankments... . Miles... .................
580 ..........
1,082
Jetties and breakwaters..... . Miles.....................
192 ..........
O
Bulkheads.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. Miles.....................
108 ...•......
64
Retaining walls and revet•
133
men ts .. ·····---·····.
Miles ................... ··
I, 775
Riprap ....................... Sq. yd. of surface.......... 17,025,000
1,900,000
Riverbank and shore Im.
4,347
provement. ....•.....•..... Miles .................... .
Stream bod improvement. ... . Miles ..................... . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . .
8,199
5,301
Irrigation systems........... . Miles of pipe and flume... 1
1, 342
Airport and airway facilities:
415
285
108
Landing flelds ................ l{~:::-~racres······ ....... .
47,050
78,439
8,468,
====
1,024,000
Runways-total. ............. Linear feet. ....... ···-····
4,091,000
····--1
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High.type snrraee.. . . . . . . Linear feet................
Low-type surface......... Linear feet..·•·······•-···
Airport etc.-Continued.
Airport buildings-total ..
Number .............. .
--
134
227
778
~--Linear feet .............. .
814,000
Taxi strips-total.
Linear feet .............. .
Linear feet. .............. .
High.type surface ... .
Low.type surface.. .
Square yards ............ .
Aprons-total..
061, 000
153,000
2,776
29
106
361
2,309
15
12i
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3,825,000
171
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520,000
517,000
3,000
Turning circles ..
Airport drainage.. . . . . . . ...
Airport drainage ditdt and
pipe .................... .
Landing areas floodlighted ..
Boundary lights ..... .
Square yards .......... .
Number or airports ____ _
I, 125,000
199
----
136,000
67
Linear feet. ..
Number lighted ....... .
Number of light stand.
8,916,000 -- - ------82 ---- - -----
624. 000
20
--- ----
3,182
25 - - -------13,809 - - - - - - ---84 - -- . -----
3
3,772
18
Seaplane ramps and landing
Number.
platforms ........... - ..
Airway markers ............. . Number.
Airway beacons ............. . Number.
Miscellaneous:
Landscaping, other than
roadside and parks ....••. · 1 Acres ..
O~~f~~.~t.~l.!'.o~ls..~~~.foun~ Number ···············
Monuments and historic
markers____________________ Nun1ber _
Drainage (other than road,
airport, and mosquito con.
trol)... ....•.........•...... Miles of ditch and pipe_.
!::c~:!.:·:·:::::.:........ jl~!ete~i:::::::::::::::
Docks, wharves, and piers .... ~~t~1rusaliie.watei-iront
Area In sq. rt.. ......... .
Artificial channels,:other than
irrigation and drainage..... Miles ................. .
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0
35,000
14,000
Square yards ....... .
Square yards ........... .
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High.type surface ..
Low.type surface....
571,000
453,000
2. 920, 000
I, 171,000
1,139
Administrative and terminal. ....•.•.......... Number.
Hangars ................. . Number.
Number.
Other.
76
818
1,237 ·•····-···
147
6,477 ---------16,872 ---- - ----1.039 ---------429,182 ---------360 ---------131,000 ----- ----4,462,000 ----------
17,939
23,025
154
97,305
348
339,000
19,206,000
96 ········--
199
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CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES
CUl,ll'J.ATIVE TllRO UG ll J UNE 30, 1942
Item
Unit of meosurcm,•nt
Education actlvllies: A
Adult education:
Literacy and naturalization.... ...
. . . . . . . . . . Enrollees .... .. . ... . ... . .
Vocational training. ..... ...... ... . ....... . .. . ... Enrollees .... ...... .. . .. .
Correspondence work... .. .. .. .. .. ........... . ... Enrollees .... ... . .... . .. .
Homemaking and parent education. ......... . ... Enrollees .. . .. ...... . . .... .
Other .. . . . . . . . .. .... ...... ..... ... .. ... .. .. .. . .. Enrollees
... . . . .... .
Lectures and forums ........•.•..•............. . . . . . . Persons attending ... ..... .
Nursery schools . . .............•................. ·· ·· {i~r~1}~es::· ... . ... . .. .
Special Instruction:
Institutionalized and handicapped persons .
Enrollees ... .
Isolated persons ............. . .. .
Enrollees . . . .
Music activities: A
In. struction ..... ···········----···••········· ..... . .. , Enrollees ... . .. . . . . . . . . . . . .
('
,.
{Performances .. . .. . . .... . .
oncer....... ················----·-··············· · · · Persons attemling ........ .
Radio broadcasts............................. .. .... Number .. . . ... ..... .. .. .
Art activities :
Art instruction A •••••••••••••••••••............ . .
Enrollees .......... ....... .
Art items completed:
Index of American Design plates .. .... . ........ . . Number .... . . ....•.......
Easel works ......... . ..... . .. .... .............. . Number ..... . .. . . . . . .... .
Fine print designs ...... .... ................ ... . . Number .... ... ... . .... .
Murals ... . ..................................... . Number ..
Sculptures ..................••......•............ Number ........ . ....... . .
Welfare activities:
Sewing:
Garments produced-total. ••••..............•... I Number .............. ... .
l
A
11
Num~r
08, 646
M,412
8,700
87, 218
165, 746
59,985
I. 255
36, 220
0, 719
103
174,017
6, 9i4
2,423,217
112
25,068
21,763
107, 777
10,313
2,556
16,645
374,017,000
Men's .................•....... ......... .. . .. Number ................ .
75,056,000
:o~'!1•~~'.~:::::::::::::::::::::::::.:·.·.::·. :::: ~~~J:~::: ::::: :: ::: :::::
84, 797,000
65,772,000
II.cm _ __
JI _ _ _
Unit of measurement
\\. elfare activities-Continued.
Sewing-Continued.
Garments producccl - ConI,lnued.
Girls' .. . ........ ... . . ..... .. ............... . . Number ...•.•..•.. ......
Infants' . ............. . ........ ....... ...... . . Number ......... . ....... .
Diapers . .................................... . Number ................ . .
Number
76,299,000
44,364,000
28,629,000
111,655,000
Other articles produced.. . ................. ..... . Number.
Food preserving:
73,004,000
Quarts canned...... . ....... . .................... Number ..... ....... ..... .
9,176,000
Pounds dried................................... . Number ....... . ......... .
31,028,000
Housekeeping aide services: visits made............ . Number ... .
School lw1ch services:
24, 196
Th
th
d' J
serviced ..... . .... .
rec mon sen mg une 30 , 1042 ------- --- --- - {Schools
Luncbcsscrvcd _____ _____ _
75,560.000
Cumulative through June 30, 1042. . ......... . .. . Lunches served .... •. . . ... I , 003, ~3, 000
Public heallh acth-ities: •
Health and custodial institutions and health
agencies assisted:
225
Number ................. .
Health institutions ...
06
Custodial institutions . ......................... . Number. ..
314
Clinics .... .. ......... .... ... . ................. . Number .......•..........
501
Other health agencies .. ..... . .. .. . ............ . . . Number .......... ....... .
99
Health agencies opera led . .. . . . . . . ..... ........ .. .. . . Number .......... . . . .... .
73,570
Tests and immunizations .. . . ... ... ...........••. Number. ..
Library activities: e
270
Library sen·ice systems operated . ...... ......... •••• Number ..
1,253
Library service system units operated ............••. Number ..
1,669
Independent libraries operated••.•............... . . . Number .......... .... ... .
4,383
. Libraries assisted ................ ..... ......... .. ..•• Number ........ . ... .. .. .
nook repair:
93,865,000
Books repaired or renovated ..... •. .. ...............• ! Number ................. .
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TABLE XV.-SELECTED ACTIVITIES ON WPA SERVICE PROGRAMS, BY STATE
SELECTED PERIODS
Work in sewing rooms
State
or
Number or Number
other
garments
articles
produced
produced
Enrollment fn
education
Number of adult
activities B
visits
made by
houseNaturalNumber Number keeping
ization
Other
or quarts or r,;unds aides A
and
canned
ried
literacy
Food preserving
A
Number of
school
lunches
served A
A
Enrollment In
nursery
schools 8
Number
health
Attend- of
lnstituance at
tlonsand
music
perform- agencies
assisted
ances 8
or
operated•
--United States. ____ 374,917,435 Ill, 654,001 I, 093, 203, 103 73.003, 002 9, 176, 171 31,028,430
Alabama _______________ 4,380,457
18,784,661
573,496
215,869
87,743
911, 771
Arizona _________________ 1,342,499
59, 736
201,369
3,540,455
32,927 ---------Arkansas _______________ 3,217,227
14,340,574
1,932,566
424,082
275,791
805,496
Calllornia. _____________ 29,024,964
862,937
49,606,027
55,250
2,033,266
6,587.488
Colorado _______________ 6,560,529
21,259,133 5,305,894
32,798
438,328
609,831
Connecticut. ___________ 2,176,714
Delaware _______________
401,278
District or Columbia ___ 1,023,003
Florida_________________ 8,116,392
Georgia _________________ 11,283,824
Idaho ___________________
983,802
Illinois _________________ 21,511,661
Indiana_________________ 6,720,479
Iowa ___________________ 6,112,012
Kansas _________________
6,629,891
473,280
166,299
307,702
2,216,671
1,288,116
7,998,692
3,896,802
I, 899,527
Maryland ______________ 1,674,919
Massachusetts __________ 31,033,878
Michigan_ ______________ 5,596,235
Minnesota ______________ 7,599,948
M !SSissippL
- - - - - - - - - - - - 4,542,928
M1ssour1__
______________
8,646,021
Montana _______________ 2,610,578
Nebraska _______________ 3,980,078
Nevada _________________
3IO, 985
New Hampshire ________ 2,608,949
New Jersey _____________ 8,202,391
New Mexico ____________ 1,368,642
fg~~y~---~::::::::::::
Maine __________________
New York ______________ 29,894,557
North Carolina_________ 9,099,173
North Dakota __________
Ohio ____________________ 2,546,361
Oklahoma ______________ 16,007,361
9,072,563
Oregon _________________ 1,949,555
Pennsylvania___________ 35,699,615
Rhode Island ___________ 2, 706, 705
South Carolina _________ 4,681,251
South Dakot.~---------- 2,673,395
Tennessee. _____________ 3,468,321
Texas________ ----- ______ 30,308,838
Utah ___________________
1,005,443
809,601
Vermont__ -----------Virginia- _______________
5,099,788
Washington ____________
West Virginia __________
Wisconsin ______________
Wyoming ______________
A
B
6,032,406
4,979,089
6,913,619
914,400
98,646
308,376
35,229
2,423,217
1,210
5,422
22
2,421
1,072
I, 455
17,386
1,434
6,644
18,506
8,155
885
818
429
2,080
706
12,050
33,875
5,850
440,200
37,831
45
13
88
1,027
28
849
3,301
5,571
297
608
193
2,982
6,130
--------1.275
1,061
8,963
5,956
41,005
55,150
5,931
140,428
3,971,251
804,803
543,688
588,446
15
2,153
956
1,967
137
2,740
20,943
10,795
2,562
1,465
288
1,342
376
571
188
148,678
58,548
16,065
14,375
144
563,817
182,274
20,696
2,513
938, 140
2,865
6,596
284
697
416
89
613
2,142
4,550
54,482
3,780
9,700
187,783
61
--------748
2,612
6,034
599
566
5,102
IO, 800
139, 701
490,075
955,806
50
537,729
366,049
794,605
516,227
99,942
928
1,336
4,21!1
3,992
306
1,892
IO, 236
7.600
10,162
2,027
993
834
533
1,015
363
87,776
53.610
8,470
71,434
3,926
,. _________
328,744
25,683
2,672
21
1,475,981 ----------- --------------------------------- ---------9,136,888 ----------- ---------592, 759
23,552
19,636,251
51,975,551
837,525
219, 168
5,688,162
2,047,146
1,541,955
I, 217,652
6,833, 748
26,012,186
12,320,837
6,095,287
11,146,072
1,793.314
7. 148,711
4,777,042
261,186
404,881
2,219,578
703,697
262,101
199,526
2,627,452
8,215,457
10,646, 718
2,216,954
1,139,804
9,525,965
25,722,483
1,018,569
I, 169,009
2,791,833
320,711
24,248,393
22,200,249
40,874,056
21,329,828
4,156,864
459,995
337,883
3,174,812
1,791,021
12, 733
3,860,335
207, 139
622,096
2,153,081
80,705
4,480,286
1,331.060
355,614
8,694,435
6,370,664
750,755
4,518
14,882,935
I, 466,945
184,086
6,628,898
1,259,635
196, 385, 552
56,754,422
3,894,849
38,358,020
46,036,898
334, 157
247,256
65,916
---------984,971
1,069
44
4,022
30,109
1,399
----------- -------------------- ---------9,152,702 ----------
40,450
3,600
220,510
28,111
68, 773
249,492
967,230
---------
3,516
368
--------7,948
2,591
1,133
1,619
---------- -i, 299,222
---------16,470
---------2,794,528
---------543,792
549,105
000,000
1,301,322
570
341,857
431,884
19,750
2,132, 780 2,249,169
69,503
2,009,898
1,100,812
687,405
3,605,249
453, 724
1,209,585
467,526
9,744,683
100,519 ---------147,742
10,036,661
108,886
5,644 2,075,249
658, 191 ----------- ---------85,461
72,688,638 2,743,382
706,998
933, 197
11,806,237
164,291
154,006
5,318
3,006,047
1,745,474
506,074
204,869
1,007,649
55,700,511
52,223, 126
20,100,568
2,069,576
29,890,297
591,959
4,458, 176 2,264,535
9,133,991
141,479 1,956, 100
2,221,441 ---------- ----------3,384,510 ---------12, 716
1,008,639
20,738
494,506
1,175,626
1,100,441
1. 693. 834
121,508
28,395,865
24,301,762
13,823,818
2,385,341
4,013,011
970,092
631,388
Ill
I, 330
43,139
10,552
55
33
6
42
21
n
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s
119
1
16
1
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227,611
27
135, ~40
45
65
------44
----------- ----------
29,619
4,028
3,416
17,007
6,189
1,618
699
443
1,319
714
136
768
294
80
2,699
24,700
612
529
3,444
1,021
427
463
352
2,646
10, 121
546
193
2,656
1,600
12,422
2,863
3,798
4,943
718
2,739
387
320
742
14,760
----------21
2,869
2,445
595
55
11,936
II, 440
5,096
754
737
1,433
432
171
14,799
88,096
4
2
9
996
Cumulative through June 30, 1942.
During January 1942.
Digitized by
84
220
654
593
10
----------s
243
3,582
364
13,991
3,171
------ ---
379,592
255,918
54,856
77,832
130
----------56,731
----------2,850
43
61
3
Google
----------129,847
85,696
20, 198
178,173
21,317
--------------------7,900
68,834
4,304
-----------
34
12
3
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TABLE
XV!.-SELECTED
ITEMS
OF
PHYSICAL ACCOMPLISHMENT
BY WP A, BY STATE
ON
CONSTRCCTION
PROJECTS
OPERATED
CUMULATIVE TITROUGH JUNE 30, 1942
Highways, roads, and streets
snd related facilities
Numher of public buildings
Miles or
of Number of
highways, Numbersnd
culverts
roads, snd bridges
viaducts
(new and
streets
(new and improved)
(new and improved)
improved)
State
Schools
Outdoor recreational facilities
All other
Number of Number or
Number
playswimming
grounds and
or
wading
New eon- ReeonstrucNew
parks
and
athletic
Reconstrucpools
struction
tion or
fields
construe- tion or Im- (new and
(new
and
improvetion snd
improved) (new and Improved)
and
ment
additions provement
improved)
additions
--United St.ates ....
643,977
122, 758
1,161,381
7,797
31,092
30,851
52,078
7,937
17,984
2,045
Alabama...............
Arizona ....•...........
Arkansas ...............
California ......•.......
Colorado...............
20,627
2,442
10,892
11, 196
9,442
10,077
320
5,422
1,395
3,368
46,615
5,406
3i, 738
20,907
21,241
297
60
450
320
113
520
219
478
899
381
~46
299
746
2, 171
581
615
184
3IO
3,042
764
31
16
44
458
119
282
46
122
821
195
22
Connecticut .. -···--····
Delaware ........ _._ ....
District or Columbia ...
Florida .................
Georgia ............... _
4,804
203
152
7,332
8,939
317
41
1
1,473
2, 713
3,612
45
75
7,00II
35,379
13
3
411
51
15
204
71
60
708
498
490
440
515
367
1,499
156
23
97
155
131
156
17
118
206
390
mr~is: ::::::::::: ::::: !
I~!~.~~:::::::::::::::!
Ksnsas ................
4,322
44,634
24,287
35,471
19, 747
1,218
11,879
2,998
7, l02
1,504
.360
247
170
Kentucky ..............
Louislsna .........•... _
Maine ..................
Maryland ..............
Massachusetts ........ _
13,597
4,480
1,847
1,343
4,114
Michigan ..............
Minnesota ............
Mississippi.. .......... I
Missouri. ..............
Montsna ...............
-----------278
346
284
10,906
106,370
36,270
43,853
19,530
38
104
73
81
94
62
887
884
271
134
240
845
635
478
131
2,093
1,297
547
612
3,626
2, Ill
232
237
318
69,684
ll,315
4,361
5,136
3,567
348
96
18
18
12
800
1,363
599
680
51
191
508
1, 6li
014
376
1,908
2,470
22,275
28, 107
15,618
24,143
10,248
708
1,443
8,793
2,264
2,990
63,087
30,608
24,241
59,916
15,769
149
201
236
441
41
1,029
986
206
670
354
845
I, 325
565
448
441
Nebraska ..............
Nevada ............... _
New Hampshire .......
New Jersey .. __________
New Mexico ..........
14,048
2,031
1,472
5,946
4,123
7,763
154
248
650
1,740
27,234
74
1,194
6
4,344 -----------3,475
35
4, 185
355
269
54
67
1,010
277
New York
North Carolina_~::::::.
North Dakota ..........
Ohio ...................
Oklahoma ____ ..........
9,587
13,811
20,373
22,581
29,118
875
720
1, 723
7,580
3,692
16,553
20,633
16,733
51,802
52, 165
20
261
59
86
086
Oregon .................
Pennsy!Yania .. _.......
Rhode Island .........
South Carolina ___ ......
South Dakota ..........
4,934
18,283
670
9,948
18, 780
430
2,165
3,5
1,137
], 303
9,637
48, 729
110
11,423
11,103
55
122
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Tennessee ..............
Texas._-·- .............
Utah ...................
Vermont. __ ............
Virginia _____ ...........
34,610
31,240
4,796
1,628
7,523
5,100
7,457
1,206
584
645
53,891
33, 719
12,491
3,803
13,309
101
432
36
Washington _____ .......
West Virginia ..........
Wisconsin ..•... __ ......
Wyoming .•............
ll, 772
19,746
22,839
3,847
1.029
1,576
1,042
1,345
30,993
27,804
19,201
4,0f>O
67
96
83
21
106
11
161
544
12
21
78
31
14
3
4
22
25
41
58
560
8
1, 107
396
145
204
52
224
58
31
28
36
63
316
160
198
60
162
642
26
19
4
1, 4i0
1,348
162
655
644
323
345
29
102
100
402
497
113
840
240
609
164
08
961
401
1,298
93
126
2, 6fi5
123
187
29
42
367
34
132
43
69
586
131
7
24
74
1,055
1,129
1,473
1,609
1,933
1,415
777
505
1,129
1,282
5,086
461
707
3,954
523
5i6
97
139
558
124
988
534
249
844
2,163
261
33
23
153
52
197
3,146
190
1,460
198
404
1,183
54
1,242
3LJ:J
394
2, 795
325
], ;74
3i7
88
354
34
72
107
226
I, 212
53
334
89
14
138
541
310
209
107
838
354
1, ]9fi
385
39
343
96
I, 584
537
219
1,093
85
18S
30
15
34
318
570
161
30
231
49.5
i37
967
1,489
208
1,198
414
1,814
252
194
2R
451
35
608
15i
449
61
345
104
388
1,547
520
92
503
· - - - -!
73
9
55
50
29
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39
44
56
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TABLE XVI.-SELECTED ITEMS OF PHYSJC.~L ACCOMPLISHMENT ON CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS OPERATED BY
BY STATE-Concluded
WPA
CUMULATIVE THROUGH JUNE 30, 1942
Public Utilities and Sanitation
State
Number or
utility
plants
(new and
improved)
Miles or
Airport facilities
Miles or
Number or
sanitary
sanitary
privies
sewers (new (new
con•
construe- struction)
tion)
,vater mains storm and
and dlstri•
bution lines
(new con•
struction)
Number or landing
fields
Linear feet or runways
Number or airport
buildings
New con· ReconstrucRecon•
New con- Reconstruestruction tion or im- New con- structlon
struction tlon or Imand
struction
or
improve•
and
mentA
additions provement
additions provement
----United States ....
3,820
15,758
23,708
2,287,070
393
416
4,090,864
1,023, 771
1,310
2, 77&
Alabama ...............
184
160
56
I, 189
270
368
48
89
1,106
224
34,867
23,362
53,808
20,741
31,991
II
3
I
16
14
13
4
5
36
7
72,513
56,555
24,995
252,551
179,565
900
«
28,
Arizona ................
Arkansas ...............
Ca!Hornia ..............
Colorado ...............
33
23
24
182
75
Connecticut ......... ..
Delaware., .......
..
District or Columbia.
Florida.............. --Georgia ................
33
12
5
31
58
54
42
66
253
328
Idaho ................. Illinois .......... _.. _.. _
Indiana ................
Iowa ...................
Kansas .................
46
212
86
109
148
204
805
244
294
523
t~ls~~~~:::::::::::::
Maine ..... _............
Maryland ..............
Massachusetts, __ .····-
62
79
I
38
73
126
250
53
124
668
Montana ...............
181
172
50
96
33
6i4
348
117
668
132
1,467
769
260
905
148
Nebraska ..............
Nevada ................
New Hampshire- .•....
New Jersey ........•...
New Mexico ...........
130
10
12
138
41
291
33
46
256
113
New York .............
North Carolina ........
North Dakota ......... _
Ohio ...................
Oklahoma ..............
250
135
88
249
120
Oregon ..... __ ..........
Pennsylvania._·-······
Rhode Island._ ........
South Carolina .........
South Dakota __ ........
262
67
16
60
3,525 -----------123 -----------3
367
32,558
53
483
65,577
20
119
!, 792
566
298
150
------------
4
4
3
4
2
495
64,855
487
60,446
Bi -----------184
13,232
916
183
1
5
14
2
11
2
5
3
2
8
240
264
178,103
8,441
17,121
30
4
10
6
5
386
28
147
803
246
38,154
3,582
33
31,582
19,410
1,201
446
87
824
396
1,601
641
83
2,130
285
22
136
5
66
59
345
568
21
227
138
Tennessee ..............
Texas ......•...........
Utah ...................
Vermont ...............
Virginia ................
14
164
29
4
23
Washington ............
W~st Vi~glnia ..........
W1sconsm ........... _..
Wyoming ...•..........
66
24
151
22
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78,460
24,680
5
8
201
31
2
------------ -------------------------------- - 32,568
13,738
36
2
413,529
120,021
377
36
123,580
24,300
4
25
8
19,020
68,585
99,964
11,247
53,082
~l~1:i!:O~a~: :::::::::::
69,723
-----------------------
50,971
70,662
74,519
39,405
47,773
4,300
3,058
7,181
23,100
8
11&
111
-----------208431
-----------liOl
20------------i
------------
33
5
3
9
43,930 -----------36,855
10,913
155,205
25,500
17,685
2,200
67,185
12,100
4
4
1
12
2
14
1
2037
47
7
11
3
11
130,923
54,591
57,727
53,273
57,480
113
10
49,190
54
9
19
6
7
7
2
2
3
4
5
2
4
8
2
42,056
23,400
23,500
39,778
79,787
26,600
11,850
8,000
15,287
27,200
a
6
7
15
7
s
-------·----53
830
152, 706
32, IOI
69,796
93,257
17
7
I
20
8
I
10
6
288,844
81,420
24, 773
80,832
81,580
22,486
96
258
64,260
12,200
7,296
9,400
7
5
40
4
8
3
36
3
85
1,268
182
326
115
17,067
62,051
16
122, 714
38,818
7
18
I
8
3
10
93,910
31,300
173,161
33,684
2,300 -----------90,249 -----------90, 704
I, 355
2
43
1
4
411
1
13
6
170
618
487
47
357
161
964
343
57
331
230,428
74,498
28,775
4
135,056
10
14
(i
5
9
3
3,650
87,092
15,288
13,260
37,485
2li
6
2
7
70,506
195,678
77,130
48,040
32,062
15
111
7i6
i8
415
i8
370
292
1,044
48
18,258
241,572
19,606
6,288
14
1
6
2
14
2
7
4
127,053
27,750
81,999
20,590
15.950
7,300
42,809
12,200
25
8
2
6
3
4
3
6
8
3
8
6,700
31
38&
8
2
3
5
38
.
74,158
4,800
32,521
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(Excluding tables and charts, which are listed in table of contents and appendix)
Accessions to WP A projects, 20.
Accomplishments, physical, 2-3, 41-51.
War projects, 9-12.
Administrative employees, 37.
Administrative expenses, 4, 34, 36-37.
Adult education program, vocational training 11ndcr,
2, 3, 18, 45.
See also Educational services.
Advisory Commission to the C'ouncil of ~at.ional
Defense, 14.
Age of WP A workers, 31-32.
Agriculture, Department of:
Allocation of WP A funds to bureaus of, 34.
Cooperation of in survey of a11tomobilc graveyards, 11.
Employment on "\YPA projects operat.cd by bureaus
of, 21, 23.
See also individual b11rea11s of.
Agriculture Marketing Adminst.ration. 48.
Airport and airway projects:
Accomplishments on, 2, 8, 10, 43.
Employment on, 24.
Expenditures on, 13.
Airport servicemen training project, 17.
Albany, New York, ,Yashington An•m1c ext!'n~ion, 42.
Allocation of WP A funds, 33-34.
Appropriations, 33.
See also Emergency Relief Appropriation Act, 1042.
Arts program, 2, 12, 26, 50-51.
Assignments to WPA projects, number of, 20.
Auxiliary shop training, 16.
Barnard, Kansas, water system, 47.
Bedford, Indiana, hospital, 47.
Blind persons, provisions in ERA Act. fiscal ~-ear 1042,
concerning, 21.
Blind persons, training for, 16.
Bridges, viad11cts, and culvertR, 42.
Campau Park, Grand Rapids, Michigan, ~wimming
pool, 46.
Canning projects, 26, 48, 49.
Civil Aeronautics Administration, 3, 14, 17, 51.
Clackamas County, Oregon. Wichita school building 43.
C'lyde, North Carolina, school building, 43.
Columbia County, Arkansas, school building, 43.
Commerce, Department of, 21, 34.
Community service projects. (See Sen·ice projects.)
Conservation projects:
Accomplishments on, 2-3, 43, 49-50.
Employment, on, 24.
<'on~tr11ction projects, 1, 2, 8, 9, 12-13, 23-24, 26, 29,
41-43, 44, 45-46, 47, 49-50.
See also individual types of projects.
Costs. (See Expenditures.)
Danville, Kentucky, sewage disposal plant, 48.
Defense projects. (See War projects.)
Deficiency Appropriation Act, Second, 1940, 14.
De Kalb County, Georgia, water works system, 48.
Earnings of project workers:
Amount of, 4, 27, 28.
Exemptions from schedule, 4, 28.
Schedule of, 27.
Education, United StatcR Office of, 3, 14, 17.
Educational services, 2, 3, 11-12, 26, 44-45.
See also Library services; N urscry schools; Vocational training.
Eighteen-month employment prm·ision, 21.
Ellis County, Hays, Karums,' courthouse, 50.
Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1939, 27, 36.
Emergency Relief Appropriation Act, fiscal ~·car 1942:
BalanccR, unobligated, reappropriated under, 33.
Funds appropriated, 33.
Funds authorized for planning and reYiew of
Federal agency projects, 34.
RcRtrictions on use of funds, 34.
Statutory limitations on administrat iYc expenditures, 36-37.
Statutory limitations on fundR allocated to other
Federal agencies, 34.
Statutory limitations on non labor expcndit urcs, 37.
Statutory provisions for Rponsors' cont ribu t ious, 37.
Employment:
Of administrative personnel, 37.
By age of workers, 31-32.
ARsignments to WPA projects, number of, 20.
Average mont.hly, 19, 21.
Eighteen-month provision, 21.
Fiscal years, 4, 19.
Hours of work, 4, 27, 28.
In June 1942, 3-4.
Reductions in, 4, 19.
Relation to unemployment, 19.
Separations from WP A projeC'1 s, number of, 4,
20-21.
By size of c,ommunity, 19.
By states, 26.
Tot.al number of different workers RinrC' beginning
of WPA program, 19.
Turnover, 20-21.
By types of projects, 4, 8, 23--26.
On vocational training projects, 2, 14, 16, 17.
By wage clasR, 29-30.
On war projects, 1-2, 4, 7-8.
Of women, 17.
On WPA projects operated by other Federal
agencies, 21-23.
Equipment and materials, 38.
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Administrative, 4, 34. 36-37.
Labor costs, 4. 38.
Monthly, 35-36.
Nonlabor costs, 4, 38, 39-40.
Objects of, 34, 38.
Planning and review of Federal agency projects, 34.
Property damage claims, 34.
Sponsors', 4, 12, 33, 37-38, 39.
By states, 40.
Trend of, 35-36.
By types of projects, 38, 40.
On war projects, 12-13, 38.
On WP A projects operated by other Federal
agencies, 4, 12, 34.
Year ending June 30, 1942, 4, 12, 34.
Farm-to-market and other access roads, \YP A work
on, 10-11, 42.
Federal agencies:
Allocation of °"'PA funds to, 34.
Employment on WPA projects operated by, 21-23.
Expenditures of WP A funds, 4, 12, 34.
Federal Communications Commission, 7.
Federal Security Agency, 34.
Federal \Yorks Agency, 33.
Feeding projects, 26.
Fish and Wild Life Service, 23.
Foreign and Domestic Commerce, Bureau of, 21. 34.
Forest Service, 23, 43.
Funds:
Allocation of WPA funds, 33-34.
Appropriated under the ERA Act. fiscal ~-ear
1942, 33.
See also Appropriations, Expenditures.
General Accounting Office, funds for, 33.
Handicapped persons, training for, 17.
Highway, road, and street projects:
Accomplishments on, 41-42.
Employment on, 23, 29.
Expenditures on, 13, 38.
Of importance to the war effort, 2, 8. 10- 11.
Highland Park, Grand Rapids, Michigan, swimming
pool, 46.
Hospital building projects, 2, 3, 9, 47.
Hours worked on projects:
Exemptions from statutory provisions, 4, 27.
Number of, 4, 27.
Statutory provisions concerning, 27.
Household workers' training project, 3, 17.
Housekeeping aide projects, 48, 49.
Housekeeping clinic program, 49.
Immigration and Naturalization Service, 44.
In-plant preemployment training, 16.
Interior, Department of the, 21, 34.
Labor, Department of, 14, 34.
Labor, expenditures for, 4, 38.
Labor Statistics, Bureau of, 21.
Labor turn-over on WPA projects, 20-21.
Levering Hospital, Hannibal, Missouri, 47.
Lewis and Clark Highway, 42.
Library of Congress, 21.
Library projects, 2, 11, 26, 45.
Lincoln County. Arkansas, school building, 43.
Lincoln Park, Grand Rapids, Michigan, swimming
pool, 46.
Malaria control, 48.
Materials and equipment, 38.
Metals Reserve Company, 11.
l\Iilitary and naval establishments, projects at, 9--10.
l\I usic projects, 2, 12, 26, 51.
National defense projects. (See War projects.)
National Guard, 7.
National Park Service, 23.
National Youth Administration, 14, 17.
Navy, Department of the:
Allocation of WP A funds to, 34.
Employment on WPA r,rojects operated by, 21.
Projects undertaken for, 9, 10, 11.
Secretary's certification of war projects for operation by WPA, 1, 6-7, 51.
Konconstruction projects. (See Service projects: Vocational training: and individual types of projects.)
Kon labor expenditures:
Amounts of, 4, 38, 39-40.
Statutory provisions concerning, 6, 37, 52.
Konprofessional hospital workers training, 3, 18, 47.
Kursery schools, 2, 12, 26, 44, 45.
Paris, Illinois, gymnasium, 45--46.
Physical accomplishments. (See individual types of
projects: War projects.)
Procurement Division, Treasury Department, ERA act
funds for, 33.
Project procedures, 51-52.
Projects:
Accomplishments, physical, 2-3, 41-51.
Approval procedure, 51, 52.
Eligibility of, 51.
Expenditures on, fiscal year 1942, 4, 12, 114.
Federal agency, financed with WPA funds, 21-23.
Operation of, 51-52.
Sponsorship of, 37, 51.
War, priority of, 6-7.
See also Employment; Expenditures; individual
types of projects; Sponsors'; War projects.
Property damage claims, 34.
Public activity projects. ($ee Arts program; Educational services; Music projects; Recreational services;
\Yriters' program, etc.)
Public building projects:
Accomplishments on, 2, 50.
Employment on, 24, 30.
Expenditures on, 13, 38.
For war purposes, 2, 8, 9.
Statutory provisions concerning, 6.
Public health projects, 2, 12, 26, 47--48.
Public Health Service, United States, 7, 12, 5L
Public Roads Administration, 51.
Public utility projects:
Accomplishments on, 3, 47-·48.
Employment on. 24.
Expenditures on, 13, 39.
Of importance to the war effort, 2, 8, 9.
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Quartermaster Corps, 22.
Recreational facility projects:
Accomplishments on, 3, 45-46.
Employment on, 24.
Expenditures on, 39.
Recreational services, 12, 26, 46.
Research and records projects. 2. 12, 26. 39, 50.
Reserve Officers Training Corps, 7.
Salvage projects, 2, 11.
Sanitation proj ects:
Accomplishments on, 3, 47-48.
Employment on, 24.
E;.penditures on, 39.
Of importance to the war effort, 2, 9.
Schedule of monthly earnings, 27 .
School buildings, 2, 3, 43.
School lunch projects, 2, 3, 26, 48, 49.
Scrap collection. (See Salvage projects.)
Separations of workers from WPA projects, 4. 20-21.
Service projects, 1, 2, 3, 8, 11-12, 13, 23, 25. 30 , 39, 44,
46,47,48-49, 50-51.
See also Arts program; Educational services;
Public health projects; Recreational services;
Welfare projects ; etc.
Sewer system projects. (See Public utility proj ects.)
Sewing projects, 2, 3, 12, 26, 48, 49.
Sponsors:
Expenditures on projects operated by WP .-\ . -l . 33 ,
37, 39.
Participation in initiation and prosecution of projects, 51 , 52.
Statutory provisions on contributions of, 37. 5 1-52.
Twenty-five percent provision. 4. 37, 51.
States, variation in types of projects operated . 8, 26.
Surplus commodities, distribution of, 26, 48.
Survey projects, 43.
Training of workers for war industries. (See Vocational
training.)
Transportation and communication projects, 41-43.
Treasury, Department of the , funds for , 33.
Turnover, labor, on WPA projects, 20-21.
Unemployment , relation of WPA employment to, 19.
United States Employees' Compensation Commission,
funds for, 33.
United States Office of Education , a.<; cos pousor of
vocational training projects, 3, 14, 17.
United States Public Health Service, 7, 51.
Veterans, employment of, 21.
Veterans' Administration , 21 , 34.
Vocational training:
For airport seviccmcn, 3, 17.
In auxiliary shops, 3, 16.
Eligibility for, 14, 15.
Employment on projects for, 2. 14, 16, 17, 23, 26.
Expenditures for, 13, 39.
Hours and earnings of trainees, I fi.
For handicapped persons, 16-17.
For household workers, 3, 17.
In-plant preemployment training under, 3. 16.
For nonprofessional hospital worke rs, 3, 18.
Number of trainees, 3, 14, 16, 17.
Vocational training-Continued.
Occupations for which training is given, 15.
Sponsors, 3, 14-15.
Statutory provisions for, 14, 17, ·28.
Types of, 14.
Under adult education program, 2, 3, 18.
For women, 3, 16.
Wage rates:
Exemptions from regular schedule of monthly
earnings, 28.
Increases in, 27.
Monthly schedule, 27.
War Department:
Allocation of WP A funds to. 34.
Employment on WPA projects, operated by, 21.
Projects undertaken for , 9, 10.
Secretary's certification of war projects for ~peration by WPA, 1, 6-7, 51.
War Production Board:
As sponsor of salvage projects. 11.
As sponsor of vocational training projects, 3, 17.
War projects:
Accomplishments on, 9-12, 41.
Certification of by the War and Navy Departments, 7.
Employment on, 1-2, 7-8.
Exemptions from statutory provisions, 1, 6-7.
Expenditures on, 4, 12-13.
Noncertified, 7.
Previous to fiscal year 1942, 6.
Priority of, 6-7.
Statutory provisions concerning, 6-7.
Types of, 8-13.
For vocational training, 8, 14-17.
See also Airport and airway projects; Highway,
road, and street projects ; Service projects ; Vocational training projects.
Water supply system projects. (See Public utility
projects.)
Weather Bureau: 21.
Welfare pro]ects:
Accomplishments on, 12, 48.
Employment on. 25, 26.
Expendit.l1res on . 39.
See also Ca nning; Hou~ekeeping aide; School
lunch; Sewing projects.
Wilson River Highway, 42.
Wolf Creek Highway, 42.
Women:
Employment of, 30.
Vocational training for, 16.
Workers:
Administrative, number and salary of, 37.
Age of, 31-32.
Assignment of, 20.
Blind, 16, 21.
Earnings of, 4, 27, 28.
Effect of 18-month provision on, 21.
Hours of work, 4, 27, 28.
Number employed fiscal year 1942, 3, 19.
Professional and technical, 29.
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Workers-Continued.
Semiskilled, 29.
Skilled, 29.
Total number since beginning of WPA program, 19.
Training, vocat.ional, for war industries, 2, 14-16.
Training, vocational, other, 17-18.
Unskilled, 29.
Workers-Continued.
Veterans, employment provisions concerning, 21,:
Wage classes, 29-30.
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Women, 30-31.
See also Employment.
Writers' program, 51.
Yards and Docks, Bureau of, 22.
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