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It wasn't terminated because of WWII, it was terminated because it was determined it was "no longer needed". Nobody in their right mind would have though WWII
by tw04 2y ago
It wasn't terminated because of WWII, it was terminated because it was determined it was "no longer needed". Nobody in their right mind would have though WWII would continue in perpetuity.
>Unemployment ended with war production for World War II, as millions of men joined the services, and cost-plus contracts made it attractive for companies to hire unemployed men and train them.[19][page needed][31]
>Concluding that a national relief program was no longer needed, Roosevelt directed the Federal Works Administrator to end the WPA in a letter December 4, 1942. "Seven years ago I was convinced that providing useful work is superior to any and every kind of dole. Experience had amply justified this policy,"
- spolitry 2y agoIt was no longer needed, because of the war effort. Roosevelt didn’t say it would never again be needed. Roosevelt created it, and in ending it he endorsed it. There’s no indication that he would be opposed to re creating it future, but he opposed having a (temporarily) useless agency operating when not needed.