Franklin Roosevelt actually said...

The Works Progress Administration feels that their first responsibility...must necessarily be toward those unemployed persons who cannot qualify for assistance under other Federal programs.

Context

Letter on Employment by the WPA of Social Security Recipients

12/05/1938

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