... programs "on the novel theory that even intellectuals had to eat-enrolling musicians, actors, writers, artists, and even historians." (Link 299) The WPA, under the ambitious leadership of Harry Hopkins would continue with their theme of humanitarianism with additional programs such as the National Youth Administration (NYA) putting high school and college students to work, and the Rural Electrification ... ...

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... a "raid on the Social Security Trust Fund, in which surpluses generated by Social Security were spent on other programs" (Biggs, 2011). In 1990, over two decades ago, Senator Harry Reid is quoted stating, "Are we as a country violating a trust by spending Social Security trust fund monies for some purpose other than for which they were intended? The obvious ... ...

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... on Economic Security, which was composed of Frances Perkins, Secretary of Labor, Chairwoman; Henry Morgenthau, Jr., Secretary of the Treasury; Henry A. Wallace, Secretary of Agriculture; Homer S. Cummings, Attorney General; and Harry L. Hopkins, Federal Emergency Relief Administrator. The committee was instructed to study the entire problem of economic insecurity and to make recommendations that would serve as the basis for legislative consideration ... ...

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... . Local governments and states were granted federal aid to improve the conditions of residents suffering through the Depression. Other legislation, however, was devoted to improving the conditions of the worker. Harry Hopkins, head of the Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA) said, "Work relief helps men's morales" (Orr 10/17/02). Work relief was implemented as opposed to "the dole", or money ... ...

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