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Federal Emergency Relief Administration


Subject History

Place Northern America » United States of America

DOI: 10.1111/b.9781577180999.1997.x


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(FERA) On 12 May 1933 the Federal Emergency Relief Act established this agency to operate under the R econstruction F inance C orporation . It broke with previous practice by funding direct relief to the states (as opposed to loans); it also subsidized state and municipal construction projects by paying 25 percent of their costs. Under Harry H opkins , it resettled farmers from lands that were hopelessly infertile, developed programs to employ migrant workers, and spent $2 billion putting 2,500,000 men to work on 235,000 projects. Because it became embroiled in acrimonious disputes over the political use of federal funds, FERA was replaced with the W orks P rogress A dministration in 1935. ... log in or subscribe to read full text

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A Dictionary of American History



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