Word: pwa
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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This week WPA and PWA investigators were swarming all over the State. The Federal attorney for western Louisiana was tracking down complaints of other diversion of WPA materials and labor. Postal inspectors were seeking evidence of mail fraud. Agents of the FBI were looking into various charges of graft and corruption, and the Treasury Department was checking the income tax reports of Dr. Smith and several politicians. There were reports that Governor Long would call a special session of the Legislature to fire a few officials who were reluctant to resign. Earl Long, worrying about getting elected for a full...
Meantime, WPA, PWA, Congress and the U. S. Department of Justice peered more intently than ever into the use of Federal funds and the status of certain income taxes in Louisiana. Attorney Gen eral Frank Murphy in Washington intimated that he had known for weeks of matters amiss in Baton Rouge. Recently Mr. Murphy accepted an honorary de gree from...
...fiscal year began last week, Reorganization took effect and PWA merged with WPA, which now means Works Projects Administration. A last act of Harold Ickes before turning his PWA over to its new big boss, John Carmody, was to rescind a $21,600 grant to the University of Georgia because he had learned the "dormitory" it would build was a new lodge for Sigma Nu, fraternity of Lawrence Wood ("Chip") Robert, secretary of the National Democratic Committee and adroit wangler of Federal grants & contracts. Mr. Ickes had previously raised Cain over commissions claimed by Mr. Robert's construction firm...
...Restored to WPA $125,000,000 which the House wished to divert to PWA...
...subject calling for action before June 30, when WPA's appropriations would run out. Last fortnight the House, with fair speed, passed a measure granting as much money ($1,735,000,000) as Franklin Roosevelt asked for but switching $125,000,000 from WPA's share to PWA, for continuance of heavy construction projects (TIME, June 26). The measure also killed the Federal Theatre and crippled other white-collar projects, called for a three-man, bipartisan WPAdministration, limited WPA building projects to $50,000. As the Senate settled down to ponder this bill, Actress Tallulah Bankhead and other...