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Biography"The Works Progress Administration (WPA; renamed in 1939 as the Work Projects Administration) was an American New Deal agency, employing millions of job-seekers (mostly unskilled men) to carry out public works projects, including the construction of public buildings and roads. It was established on May 6, 1935, by presidential order, as a key part of the Second New Deal. (...) Roosevelt directed the Federal Works Administrator to end the WPA in a letter December 4, 1942. " -- Wikipedia
