Works Project Administration Proposed by English, Boren

From: The Journal Record | Date: March 13, 1992 | Copyright information

WASHINGTON (AP) _ Two Oklahoma congressmen reached back to the era of the Great Depression to forge bills that would create a modern version of the Works Progress Administration.

Rep. Glenn English, D-Okla., and Sen. David Boren, D-Okla., said Thursday they would introduce bills in each house to create a modern version of the WPA, called the Community Works Project Administration.

The Works Progress Administration was part of Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal, which provided jobs ...

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