Investigation and Study of the Works Progress Administration: Hearings Before the Subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations, House of Representatives, Seventy-sixth Congress, First[-third] Session, Acting Under House Resolution 130, Directing the Committee on Appropriations of the House to Conduct an Investigation and Study of the Works Progress Administration as a Basis for Legislation, Part 1U.S. Government Printing Office, 1939 |
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... West Virginia . Have you kept in touch with the relief investigation in Washington ? Colonel HARRINGTON . I personally have not . Mr. JOHNSON of West Virginia . Have you been in touch with that investigation ? Mr. RAUCH . Not personally ...
... West Virginia . Have you kept in touch with the relief investigation in Washington ? Colonel HARRINGTON . I personally have not . Mr. JOHNSON of West Virginia . Have you been in touch with that investigation ? Mr. RAUCH . Not personally ...
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... West Virginia . Mr. WOODRUM . West Virginia ? Colonel HARRINGTON . Yes - no ; I did West Virginia an injustice there . West Virginia's percentage is 26 , and New York State , out- side of New York City , is 27.8 percent . That seems to ...
... West Virginia . Mr. WOODRUM . West Virginia ? Colonel HARRINGTON . Yes - no ; I did West Virginia an injustice there . West Virginia's percentage is 26 , and New York State , out- side of New York City , is 27.8 percent . That seems to ...
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... West Virginia . Did you take it up with the Budget ? Mr. LASSER . With the Bureau of the Budget ? Mr. JOHNSON of West Virginia . Yes . Mr. LASSER . It is presumed that the Bureau of the Budget in all of this was acting in a technical ...
... West Virginia . Did you take it up with the Budget ? Mr. LASSER . With the Bureau of the Budget ? Mr. JOHNSON of West Virginia . Yes . Mr. LASSER . It is presumed that the Bureau of the Budget in all of this was acting in a technical ...
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... West Virginia . Who would you say should deter- mine whether they were in need or employable ? Mr. LASSER . At the present time , that is left to the local relief agencies . Mr. JOHNSON of West Virginia . What would you say as to that ...
... West Virginia . Who would you say should deter- mine whether they were in need or employable ? Mr. LASSER . At the present time , that is left to the local relief agencies . Mr. JOHNSON of West Virginia . What would you say as to that ...
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... West Virginia . How many do you figure , in num- ber , that would include , or how many would be included in the groups you have named ? Mr. LASSER . That is , our total membership ? Mr. JOHNSON of West Virginia . Getting at it in that ...
... West Virginia . How many do you figure , in num- ber , that would include , or how many would be included in the groups you have named ? Mr. LASSER . That is , our total membership ? Mr. JOHNSON of West Virginia . Getting at it in that ...
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American answer April April 12 April 21 assistant project supervisor BARGER BARRETT believe BENJAMIN building CANNON certified Chairman charge Colonel HARRINGTON committee Communist Party Congress construction contribution convention cost Daily Worker direct relief director DITTER Doose employables employed employees employment ENGLEHORN estimate Federal Art Project Federal Project Federal Theater Project foreman funds GOLL Government grade 9 investigation JOHNSON of West labor LASSER LUDLOW Mayor BURTON Mayor HOAN Mayor KELLY Mayor LAGUARDIA Mayor READING Mayor ROGERS Mayor SCHOLTZ Mayor TOBIN membership ment month O'NEAL organization percent percentage person political question RAUCH record reference relief rolls ROBERTS SOLA sponsored statement STEPHENS Street TABER Theater Project tion unem unemployed W. P. A. projects W. P. A. workers wage Washington West Virginia WIGGLESWORTH WOODRUM Workers Alliance Writers Project York City
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