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The Wpa and Federal Relief Policy

by Donald S. Howard,

Pages: 879

Contributors: Donald S. Howard,

Publisher: Russell Sage Foundation

Place of Publication: New York

Publication Year: 1943

Subjects: United States--Work Projects Administration,Unemployed--United States,Public Welfare--United States,Public Service Employment--United States

Table of Contents

Title Page

Statement Concerning Publications Of Russell Sage Foundation

Contents

List of Tables

Diagrams and Illustration Diagram Page

Foreword

Author's Preface

Part One The Setting

Chapter I "The Problem of Relief"

Chapter II General Relief

Chapter III Adequacy of General Relief Programs

Part Two The Wpa and Its Program

Chapter IV The Wpa: What It is and How It Works

Chapter V The Wpa: Work Authorized And Undertaken

Chapter VI Wpa Wage Policies

Chapter VII Earnings and Supplementary Income Of Wpa Workers

Chapter VIII Conditions of Employment

Chapter IX Conditions of Employment: Use Of Available Skills Versus Skill For the Job

Chapter X Conditions of Employment: Concluded

Part Three Eligibility

Chapter XI Eligibility: Age, Sex, and Race

Chapter XII Eligibility: Politics, Citizenship, And Subversive Activity

Chapter XIII Eligibility: Military Service, Residence, And Family Responsibility

Chapter XIV Eligibility: Need

Chapter XV Eligibility: Measuring Need

Chapter XVI Eligibility: Relative Need

Chapter XVII Eligibility: Social Security Benefits And Continued Need

Chapter XVIII Eligibility: Employability

Chapter XIX Eligibility: Unemployed, Seeking Work, And Available for Work

Chapter XX Eligibility: Unavailability of Other Work And Availability of Wpa Jobs

Chapter XXI Eligibility: Performance on the Job And Duration of Employment Performance on the Job

Part Four Numbers Employed

Chapter XXII Wpa Employment

Chapter XXIII Determinants of Volume of Wpa Employment

Chapter XXIV Determination of Monthly And State Employment Levels

Chapter XXV Measurements of Adequacy Of Wpa Employment

Part Five The Broader Issues

Chapter XXVI Federal Responsibility For Meeting Relief Needs

Chapter XXVII Federal Responsibility: More Equitable Spreading of the Cost

Chapter XXVIII Federal Responsibility (continued)

Chapter XXIX "Special" Federal Responsibility For Needs Arising from Unemployment

Chapter XXX Federal Versus State and Local Financing and Control

Chapter XXXI Federal Control And National Uniformity

Chapter XXXII Work Versus Unemployment

Chapter XXXIII Wpa Employment Versus Direct Relief

Chapter XXXIV Conclusions

Appendix

Index

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