Editing Public Works Administration (section)

==Origins==
The Administration created the PWA in an attempt to help the U.S.'s economy recover after the Great Depression. Its major objective was to reduce unemployment, which was up to 24% of the work force. Furthermore, the PWA also aimed at increasing purchase power by constructing new public buildings and roads. [[Frances Perkins]] had first suggested a federally financed public works program, and the idea received considerable support from [[Harold L. Ickes]], [[James Farley]], and [[Henry A. Wallace|Henry Wallace]]. After having scaled back the initial cost of the PWA, [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt]] agreed to include the PWA as part of his [[New Deal]] proposals in the "Hundred Days" of spring 1933.