federal emergency relief act
President Roosevelt wanted to give more to the people when he was in office than Hoover did when he was in office. He chose a man named Harry L. Hopkins to help him in succeeding. The goal and purpose of the FERA was to have all of the unemployed be employed again or for the first time. Hopkins was a forty-three-year-old social worker whose colorful, outgoing personality made him very known to the people and press. When congress created the FERA, to help the people, the Reconstruction Finance Corporation provided five hundred million dollars. When the project was underway Roosevelt asked Hopkins to come to Washington to run it. On Hopkins first day of his job, May 22, 1933, before he had an office, he sat out in the hallway and handed out work relief forms. Also, by the end of Hopkins first day on he had pleased himself and several states with grants adding up to about five million dollars. From then on, Hopkins spent the money blindly. The law required that each state set up a local FERA office and raise money
through taxes, bond issues, borrowing or any thing else to raise money. Some states like Ohio, and West Virginia refused to make those allegations. Even thought this all happened Hopkins was very committed to satisfying people, he would get comments like "I have a suggestion that will benefit the people- in the long run" Hopkins would come back with the comment "people don't eat in the long run- the eat everyday." A lot of people wanted to work, and were willing to anything just for money to call their own. "It's very hard for me to ask for help," said one. "I don't want charity. I want work- any kind of work. I'll do work or anything..." said another: "I'll do anything, got to have a job..." and still another: "Maybe you think I like to come up here beggin'! I don't want no God-damn relief orders! I want to work, I tell you! Work! Work! I got to have a job!" The thing was is the CWA was just temporary ant it did eventually close down after the winter was over like Hopkins promised. It ended on March 31, 1934. So with that closing down, the business for the FERA boomed. They had more people than ever. Both Roosevelt and Hopkins were very happy of there work. The head of the National Emergency Council, Frank Walker said he had seen "men I had been to school with-digging ditches and laying sewer pipe." He also said that one of his friends pulled him as
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