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United States. Work Projects Administration. Kentucky
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The Civil Works Administration (CWA), created by executive order on November 9, 1933, was a short-term experiment in work relief. Its general goal was to provide temporary work for needy unemployed during the winter of 1933-1934. Four million people were employed by CWA work relief projects before its close in March, 1934. Partly due to the success of CWA, a Works Division was established in the Federal Emergency Relief Administration to guide states in administering additional work relief proje...
