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Nixon veto sparks WPA debate on jobs and welfare
In a reflection on the 1970 manpower veto and WPA history, the piece contrasts WPA era public works with modern jobs programs. It notes WPA achievements from Central Park Zoo to vast art and sewing projects, while acknowledging critics’ views and the shift in unemployment context. A New Haven juror selection report follows, detailing Jessie Wynne, a 33 year old North Haven mother of two, as the fifth juror in the Black Panthers trial.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
WPA
Harry L. Hopkins
Central Park Zoo
New York
San Francisco
Herbert Hoover
United States
Roosevelt
Hopkins
State of the Union
Urban Coalition
City
Lois Craig
Orson Welles
Jackson Pollock
Stuart Davis
Willem de Kooning
Mark Rothko
Richard Wright
America
New Haven