FDR Launches Civil Works: Jobs for 4 Million
Franklin D. Roosevelt launches the Civil Works Administration to plunge millions of jobless Americans directly into public works projects. This massive hiring spree temporarily employed over four million people within months, injecting immediate cash into local economies and stabilizing communities on the brink of collapse.
November 8, 1933
93 years ago
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
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