Public Works Administration

noun

1. the U.S. federal agency (1933–44) that instituted and administered projects for the construction of public works. PWA, P.W.A.

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The Works Progress Administration and the Public Works Administration provided men with work building things like roads, bridges, and schools.

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The Grand Coulee Dam and the Bonneville Dam projects, funded by the federal Public Works Administration, hired 3,000 workers during the Depression.

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They buy their coca and have become the chief employer, the unofficial police force and even the public works administration.

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His approach differed from that of Ickes, who as head of the Public Works Administration demanded that its projects pass rigorous scrutiny for financial efficiency and lasting public value.

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Mr. Zakaria might also have noted that the Rural Electrification Administration was designed by Morris Cooke, that the Tennessee Valley Authority’s principal advocate in Congress was Sen. George Norris of Nebraska and that the Public Works Administration was administered by Interior Secretary Harold Ickes.

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