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BEST BROADCASTS OF 1938-39
Second Selectman. — By golly, you fellers think of everything.
Music. — Indefinite.
Narrator. — Thus, in nearly every community in America, local officials sat down with the WPA administrators and drafted a works program to suit the needs of the community and the aptitudes of the unemployed.
Second Narrator. — The entire plan of the WPA was unheard of, new, and revolutionary, and there were many who cried . . .
Voice. — Un-American! Communistic!
Narrator. — Because for the first time in the history of the nation, the skill of the worker was being considered as part of the national wealth.
Yet, to protect private wage levels the WPA maintains established hourly minimum scales, but limits total monthly earnings to a family security income.
Second Narrator. — And does not compete with private industry. . . .
Voice. — The WPA encourages its workers to return to private industry when the opportunity appears. . . .
Second Voice. — The worker who refuses to accept a fair offer in private industry faces immediate dismissal from WPA.
Third Voice. — Yet WPA re-employs any worker within 90 days of his employment in private industry, should his job end through no fault of his own.
Narrator. — Thus does the WPA work.
Second Narrator. — Good. But what has it accomplished ?
Voice. — This!
Music. — Chord.
Fourth Voice. — Roads and bridges.
Narrator. — Over one-third of the entire WPA program is devoted to roads, streets, and bridges. The mileage of roads and streets newly built would reach ten times around the globe.
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