Division of Investigation case files, 1935-1943.

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Division of Investigation case files, 1935-1943.

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This series contains the primary documentation relating to individual investigations, including reports, letters, depositions and other correspondence between local and national Work Projects Administration (WPA) officials, field investigations, and Justice Department personnel. Narrative reports prepared by an investigator are generally present in each case file folder and include the name and address of subjects of the investigation, summary of charges and statements of witnesses, and conclusions of investigators. Correspondence with the Justice Department U.S. Attorney's office indicates whether or not the complaint was referred and accepted for prosecution in Federal court. The case files concern such matters as the falsification of WPA time reports, padding of WPA payrolls, fraudulent contract practices, and violations of the Hatch Act.

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United States. Works Progress Administration

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Organizational History President Franklin D. Roosevelt established the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in 1935 as a part of his New Deal to curtail the Depression's effects on the United States. The WPA attempted to provide the unemployed with jobs that allowed individuals to preserve skills or talents. The Federal Writers' Project (FWP), one branch of the WPA, provided work for over 6,600 unemployed writers, journalists, edit...

United States. Department of Justice

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The United States Department of Justice (DOJ), also known as the Justice Department, is a federal executive department of the United States government responsible for the enforcement of the law and administration of justice in the United States, and is equivalent to the justice or interior ministries of other countries. The department was formed in 1870 during the Ulysses S. Grant administration, and administers several federal law enforcement agencies, including the Federal Bureau of Investigat...

United States. Work Projects Administration. Division of Investigation.

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United States. Federal Works Agency

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United States. Work Projects Administration

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