The United States Public Works Administration, a New Deal government agency headed by Secretary of the Interior Harold L. Ickes, was created by the National Industrial Recovery Act in June 1933 during the Great Depression.1 It allowed $3.3 billion to be spent on the construction of public works to provide employment, stabilize purchasing power, improve public welfare, and contribute to a revival of American industry.1 When President Franklin D. Roosevelt moved industry toward war production and abandoned his opposition to deficit spending, the PWA became irrelevant and was abolished in June 1941.
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