Word: ridder
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Christian M. Tauritzen, Stoughton 22, Chicago Latin School, Chicago, Ill.; Douglas Mercer, Wigglesworth A-31, Belmont Hill, Brookline; Walter Ridder, Straus B-31, Portsmouth Priory School, New York City; Phil Neal, Grays 33, Oak Park and River Forest High, Oak Park, Ill.; Herbert Scheinberg, Matthews 21, De Witt Clinton High School, New York City...
...achieving its purpose of relieving distress among the unemployed by giving them useful work of a public character to do, the Works Progress Administration is a definite success, stated Victor Ridder, director...
Although the majority on the W. P. A. rolls are unskilled workers, yet there are many technical and professional workers, for, states Ridder, "the depression chose its victims from no one class of the population...
...engineering projects which are being undertaken in New York," continued Ridder, "are renovating the entire city plant in all its ramifications, and they provide jobs for the laborer, for the worker in the skilled trades, and for large numbers of engineers and draftsmen...
...Ridder defended his work from the charge of "been-doggling" by stating that none of the projects come out of thin air. They are all, he said, carried out at the request and under the direction of some City, State, or Federal department, or of some non-profit institution such as university or museum. "We do not undertake silly projects, as this word, when applied to them, makes people believe...