Last to get them back. We struggled vainly to regain our bearings while depression, fear and failure took stock of the nation. A 10th of the population of the United States was unemployed. One out of every four of us was on relief. In vain, we looked for something to restore our confidence and hope and our courage. Without jobs we had no money and without money we could not purchase food for the hungry mouths at home. Our only hope lay in charity. Hunger drove people to the bread lines, anxiously waiting for a sign of better days. Then came the federal governments work program. One by one, it took us out of the bread line and gave us a new chance to take a normal place in the normal life of our community. It made us selfsupporting. It changed the haggard hopeless faces of the bread line to the faces filled with hope and happiness. For now, we work again unskilled laborers, the forgotten men of past generations, now work steadily at decent wages. They are building and repairing schools, public buildings to meet the changing needs of our modern world. In one project in the nations capital, 1200 men are employed in improving bowling field grading and constructing , runways, building hangers and administration buildings. In addition to the hundreds of unskilled laborers removed from relief rolls, many skilled workers were employed in this improvement project. Hundreds of homes have been freed from the bondage of poverty as their breadwinners find security and hope in their new jobs. [lively orchestra music] in new york city, a wpa housing demolition project is underway which will greatly improve the , Living Conditions of families of moderate means. In many other cities in the country, old tenements and fire traps are being torn down to make way for modern buildings containing comfortable, sanitary apartments. At Colonial Park in harlem, as in many other congested areas, wpa workers have constructed a huge Swimming Pool and are now completing a bathhouse which will accommodate 4100 persons. In this construction project, skilled workers are employed utilizing the knowledge of their , trades gained in the days before the depression. Swimming pools are particularly valuable to the community because they offer a haven of relaxation to young and old during the hot summer months. At the same time, Swimming Pools remove children from the crowded city streets, providing every safeguard to prevent such tragedies as were all too common to the old swimming holes. Typical of the Park Improvement projects underway all over the country is another feature of the Improvement Program at Colonial Park, a waiting pool has been built by wpa workers in which the junckers can splash theheir hearts in which can splash to their hearts content. New additions to the playground area have been made possible by the grading and improvement of the parks that were formerly merely decorative. Nursery schools have been established in many parts of the country where almost 10,000 children are provided meals, supervised play activities and excellent preschool training under competent instructors removed from relief rolls. In these projects, employment has been provided for 600 teachers, nurses, dietitians, and cooks. At the other extreme of age, more than 300,000 of those have learned to read and write for the first time in their lives. Eagerly they study, realizing how much a little knowledge can mean in our modern, workaday life. Teachers drawn from the knee grows instruct them in useful subjects such as Foreign Languages and arithmetic. In harlem, where a large part of the population is from puerto rico and south america a , knowledge of spanish is valuable to workers, shopkeepers and others. In this class, elementary instruction and the spoken language is given by native speakers. In cooperation with the National Youth administration 26,500 , young men are employed as instructors and clerical helpers. Thus they are able to continue their education. Clerical whitecollar workers find employment in filing and checking important records as well as typing and working on timeworn land records, so they may be available for use by future generations. As part of the program of rehabilitation and the conservation of human resources, a number of household training schools have been established by the wpa. In these schools, girls from relief families are prepared for Domestic Work which will make them selfsupporting. Others take the course in order to learn the art of homemaking for their own homes. In modern kitchens under competent instructors the girls , are taught to cook and prepare salads and other delicacies which add much to everyday meals. Here is where you may be able to learn something. This is the way the girls are taught to make beds, an art that few have mastered. These household training courses have already sent hundreds of girls out in the world, wellequipped to secure domestic positions and able to command a skilled workers wages. Health education is an important part of the wpa program, and a number of Health Centers ended a number of Health Centers in large cities, qualified workers teach first aid and the proper care of children. The care of the sick is also taught by trained instructors at Health Centers throughout the country. These projects which you have seen are part of a Broad NationalEducation Program to program through which wpa has helped millions of children and adults. In a number of communities, sewing rooms have been established in which are , employed women who are the breadwinners for their families. Garments are made for distribution to needy families. Musicians and singers also found employment in orchestral and vocal groups. These singers directed by William Lawrence have successfully presented a great many programs of classical music. [core out group singing] narrator one of our greatest contributions to the world of music is the spiritual, recognized the world over as a fine example of the folk music of america. This group directed by juanita hall presents the traditional music in all its beauty. [singing] under the works program, musicians, artists, writers, and actors contribute their share to the the Cultural Development of the community. Unit of the federal Theater Program in the works project administrate Works Project Administration produced , a highly successful version of macbeth and was later sent on a tour of the country. The country was changed to haiti, but the spirit remained. Fear not i grow weary of the sun and the state of the world were now undone. Ring the alarm bell [bell ringing] caesar was not born a woman. Let me find him fortune. Tyrant, show thy face my wife and children haunt this hill that my children and wifes ghosts will haunt thee still. My name is macbeth. [indiscernible] [wind howling] of all men else, i have avoided these. But get me back. Here may you see the tyrant. I will not yield. [thunder crashing] [witches laughing] [indiscernible] that be the tong that tells me so. [witches laughing] hail, king ]crashing sounds behold the time is free. All hail, malcolm. [applause] you are watching American History tv all weekend every weekend on cspan3. Up next on history bookshelf, ose talks about his book starspangled scandal sex, murder, and the trial tha