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President Roosevelt announces the end of the Works Progress Administration (WPA), concluding the four-year run of one of the American government's most ambitious public works programs. It helped create jobs for roughly 8.5 million people during the Great Depression and left a legacy of highways and public buildings, among other public gains - 1943 UAW President Walter Reuther elected president of the Congress of Industrial Organizations - 1952 photo: WPA worker receiving paycheck (1939) Labor history courtesy Union Communication Services Comments are closed.
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