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The American Revolution

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The American Revolution

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The American Revolution

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The American Revolution Only a few
years ago we were a discouraged people.

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Because we were the first to lose our jobs
when old men depression came along and

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the last to get them back, we struggled
vainly to regain our bearings while

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depression,
fear and failure stalked the nation.

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A tenth of the population of the
United States we formed as a

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race over a sixth of the unemployed.

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One out of every four of us was on relief.

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In vain we sought for something to restore
our confidence, our hope, our courage.

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Without jobs we had no money.

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Without money we could not purchase
food for the hungrubs at home.

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Our only hope lay in charity.

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Hunger drove our people to the bread lines.

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Anxiously we waited,
waited for some sign of better days.

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Then came the federal
government's work program.

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One by one it took us out of the bread line.

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It gave us a new chance to take a normal
place in the life of our community.

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It made us self-supporting.

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It changed the haggard hopeless
faces of the bread line into

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faces filled with hope and happiness.

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For now we work again.

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Music Unskilled laborers,
the forgotten men of past generations, now

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work steadily at decent wages.

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The nation over they are building and
repairing schools, public buildings,

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community centers and airports to meet
the changing needs of our modern world.

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In one project of the nation's capital,
1,200 men are employed in improving

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bowling fields, grading,
constructing runways, building

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hangers and administration buildings.

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In addition to the hundreds of unskilled
laborers who were removed from relief

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rolls, many skilled workers are employed
in this important improvement project.

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Hundreds of homes have been freed
from the bondage of poverty as their

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breadwinners find security
and hope in their new jobs.

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Music In New York City, a WPA housing
demolition project is underway which will

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greatly improve the living conditions
of families of moderate means.

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In many other cities of the country,
old tenements and fire traps are being torn

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down to make way for modern buildings
containing comfortable sanitary apartments.

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At Colonial Park in Harlem,
as in many other congested areas,

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WPA workers have constructed a huge
swimming pool and are now completing a bath

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house which will accommodate 4,100 persons.

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In this construction project,
skilled workers are employed, utilizing the

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knowledge of their trades gained
in the days before depression.

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Swimming pools are particularly valuable
to the community because they offer a

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haven of relaxation to young and
old during the hot summer months.

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Crowded city streets, providing every
safeguard to prevent such tragedies, as

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were all too common to the old swimming holes.

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Typical of the park improvement projects
underway all over the country is another

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feature of the improvement
program at Colonial Park.

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A wading pool has been built by WPA
workers in which the youngsters

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may splash to their hearts' content.

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New additions to the playground area have
been made possible by the grading and

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improvement of parts of the park which
were formerly merely decorative.

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Even the youngest children find
plenty of opportunities for

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play under watchful supervision.

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In many parts of the country, nursery
schools have been established where almost

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10,000 children of our needy families
are provided with hot meals, supervised

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play activities and excellent
preschool training.

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Under competent instructors
removed from relief rows.

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In these projects,
employment has been provided for 600 teachers,

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nurses, dieticians and cooks.

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At the other extreme of age, more than
300,000 adults have learned to read and

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write for the first time in their lives.

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Eagerly they study,
realizing how very much a little knowledge can

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mean in our modern workaday life.

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Teachers drawn from relief rows
instruct them in useful subjects such

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as arithmetic and foreign languages.

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In Harlem, where a large part of the
population is from Puerto Rico and Central

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and South America,
a knowledge of Spanish is valuable

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to workers, shopkeepers and others.

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In this class,
elementary instruction in the spoken

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language is given by native teachers.

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In cooperation with the National Youth
Administration, 26,500 young men and women

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are employed as instructors,
laboratory assistants and clerical helpers.

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Thus they are enabled to
continue their education.

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Clerical white collar workers find
employment at filing and checking important

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records, at typing and at such unusual
occupations as abstracting and filing time

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-worn land records so that
they may be available

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for the use of future generations.

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As part of the program of rehabilitation
and the conservation of human resources,

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a number of household training
schools have been established by WPA.

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In these schools, girls from relief
families are prepared for domestic

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work which will make themselves supportive.

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Others take the course in
order to learn the arts of

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homemaking for use in their own homes.

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In modern kitchens under competent instructors,
the girls are taught to cook and

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to prepare salads and other delicacies
which add much to everyday meals.

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Here's where you may be
able to learn something.

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This is the way the girls are taught to
make beds, an art which few masters.

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These household training courses have
already sent hundreds of girls out into the

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world, well equipped to secure
domestic positions and able to

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command skilled workers' wages.

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Health education is an important
part of the WPA program.

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At a number of health centers in large cities,
qualified instructors teach groups

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of women first aid methods and
the proper care of children.

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The care of the sick is also taught by trained

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instructors at health centers
throughout our country.

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These projects which you have seen are
part of a broad national educational

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program through which WPA has helped
millions of children and adults.

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In a number of communities,
sewing rooms have been established in which are

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employed women who are the
breadwinners for their families.

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Here garments are made for
distribution to needy families.

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Musicians and singers too found employment

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in orchestral and vocal groups.

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These art singers, organized and directed
by William Lawrence, have successfully

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presented a great many
programs of classical music.

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Music One of our greatest contributions
to the world of music is the spiritual.

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Recognize the world over as a fine
example of the folk music of America.

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This choir directed by
Juanita Hall presents our

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traditional music in all its beauty.

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