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	Federal Emergency Relief Administration - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Federal Emergency Relief Act was one of the first relief operations under the New Deal by president Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
		The chair of FERA was Harry L. Hopkins, a New York social worker who was one of Roosevelt's most influential advisers.
		The Federal Emergency Relief Administration was terminated in 1935 and its work taken over by the WPA and the Social Security Board.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Federal_Emergency_Relief_Administration (266 words)

	1933-35. 2001. The Encyclopedia of World History
		The Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of April 8, 1935, was designed to provide relief and work relief and to increase employment by providing for useful projects; it appropriated $4 billion to be used nominally at the president's discretion.
		The Wagner-Connery Labor Relations Act of July 5, 1935, was designed to satisfy the complaints of labor organizations against provisions of the Recovery Act of 1933 as it affected them, and also to remedy their disappointment at losing the advantage of these provisions by the invalidation of that act.
		The Beer-Wine Revenue Act (approved March 22, 1933) levied a tax of $5 on every barrel of beer and wine manufactured; reenacted portions of the Webb-Kenyon Act as a protection to states whose laws prohibited liquors with alcoholic content in excess of 3.2 percent.
	www.bartleby.com /67/2203.html (399 words)

	FEMA: Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, as amended by Public Law 106-390, October 30, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Federal agencies may be reimbursed for expenditures under this Act from funds appropriated for the purposes of this Act.
		The Federal Government shall not be liable for any claim based upon the exercise or performance of or the failure to exercise or perform a discretionary function or duty on the part of a Federal agency or an employee of the Federal Government in carrying out the provisions of this Act.
		Federal major disaster and emergency assistance provided to individuals and families under this Act, and comparable disaster assistance provided by States, local governments, and disaster assistance organizations, shall not be considered as income or a resource when determining eligibility for or benefit levels under federally funded income assistance or resource-tested benefit programs.
	www.fema.gov /library/stafact.shtm (10796 words)

	::: Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA) Collection :::
		FERA accepted as elementary that all needy persons and their dependents should receive sufficient relief to prevent physical suffering and to maintain a minimum standard of living." (Williams p.
		The Transient Division of FERA was established in July 1933, volunteering to furnish all the necessary funds for a transient program in those states that drew up an approved plan for dealing with transients.
		FERA defined as a transient one who had lived less than the twelve preceding months in the state in which he was applying for aid.
	content.lib.washington.edu /feraweb/essay.html (2116 words)

	Federal Emergency Relief Act - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Federal Emergency Relief Act was one of the first New Deal acts by president Franklin Delano Roosevelt when he convened with the Hundred Days Congress.
		This act was enacted on May 22, 1933, and its main function was to create the Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA).
		FERA distributed more than 20 million dllars in direct aid to the unemployed.
	en.wikipedia.org /?title=Federal_Emergency_Relief_Act (151 words)

	North Carolina Emergency Relief Administration. Emergency Relief in North Carolina. A Record of the Development and the ...
		This authority was the Federal Emergency Relief Administration, which assumed, under the act, responsibility for the distribution of Federal relief funds and for the coördination of relief activities in the various states.
		Compensation on emergency public projects should be in the form of security payments which should be larger than the amount now received as a relief dole, but at the same time not so large as to encourage the rejection of opportunities for private employment or the leaving of private employment to engage in government work.
		The relief activities in North Carolina were continued under the direction of the Governor's Office of Relief until the reorganization of the administration of relief as the North Carolina Emergency Relief Administration on August 8, 1933, to conform with the Federal organization.
	docsouth.unc.edu /nc/emergencyrelief/emergencyrelief.html (15647 words)

	1993-105 \| 8/4/1993 \| Kansas Attorney General Opinion
		At the request of the federal emergency relief administration, the by-laws of the homestead corporation were amended to reflect that the homestead corporation was an agency of the federal emergency relief administration.
		John G. Stutz, acting as president of the homestead corporation, balked at transferring the assets of the corporation to the federal emergency relief administration, and sought the assistance of the Kansas Attorney General.
		When the federal court determined that the federal government did not have the authority to continue to control the assets of the corporation, officers of the corporation, rather than the state, filed the application requesting return of the assets of the corporation.
	www.kscourts.org /ksag/opinions/1993/1993-105.htm (2100 words)

	The Federal Writers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		One of the institutions set up to address this demand was the Federal Writers' Project; though the official purpose of the FWP was to attempt to ease the economic despair of destitute workers, it also helped to bring a needed sense of unity and optimism to Americans.
		Therefore, the Federal Emergency Relief Administration was replaced by the Works Progress Administration in 1935 (whose name would be changed to the Works Projects Administration after 1939) to try to improve the employment situation.
		Similar problems in the Federal Arts Project made for the 1940 Relief Act which "required all WPA workers to sign affidavits that they were not Communists, Bund members, or aliens" (Browder 181).
	www.accd.edu /sac/honors/main/papers02/Yeager.htm (3617 words)

	Introduction to Theatre -- Federal Theatre Project (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The Federal Emergency Relief Act, or F. A., started in 1933, headed by Harry Hopkins, who was a friend and former campaign manager of FDR, put $500 million back into circulation.
		Hopkins hired Flanagan to be the head of the Federal Theatre Project, which was divided into five areas—New York City, the East, the South, the Midwest, and the West.
		The Federal Theatre Project had brought theatre to millions who had never seen theatre before, it employed millions of people, it introduced European epic theatre and Living Newspaper theatre techniques to the United States, and hence could be seen as a great success.
	novaonline.nv.cc.va.us /eli/spd130et/s2k/federaltheatre.htm (1899 words)

	Agency History for Utah's Emergency Relief Administration
		The primary function of the Governor's Central Committee on Emergency Relief for Utah was to assist the governor in obtaining and administering these loans for distribution to Utah's county relief agencies.
		Consequently, in addition to their primary role as state emergency relief administrators, the UERA director and State Advisory Committee members served as federal administrators for the CWA in Utah during its existence from November 19, 1933 to March 31, 1934.
		The main function of this committee was to set uniform rules and regulations and establish uniform accounting procedures to guide the counties in administering federal relief funds, and to supervise the counties' administration of such funds.
	historyresearch.utah.gov /agencyhistories/343.html (2981 words)

	National Park Service: Expansion of the NPS in the 1930s (Chapter 3)
		The monthly average of relief workers for the year was 11,500, of which 9,200 were employed locally and 2,300 were quartered in subsistence camps.
		With the threat of war looming on the horizon the funding and personnel for emergency relief projects was further reduced in 1941.
		The Service received $4,119,950 in emergency relief appropriations for operation of fifty-four projects, including forty-seven development projects in Park Service areas and recreational demonstration areas, on which were employed an average of 4,700 relief workers.
	www.cr.nps.gov /history/online_books/unrau-williss/adhi3f.htm (1002 words)

	Federal Emergengy Relief Administration in Colorado - Photograph Collection
		The foremen and supervisors made daily or weekly reports to the project engineer or administrator and the District Engineer visited the projects weekly or oftener to check on the quantity of the work to see that it was according to the plans or original outline and up to good construction or production standards.
		With this constant interchange of information the works division was constantly aware of the needs of communities and the available relief labor therein and the ability and willingness of sponsorship therein.
		If they would not or could not do a day’s work they were transferred from one project to another hoping that somewhere they would either wake up or that some supervisor might set them right or eventually they might find themselves in a place where they could or would make good.
	www.colorado.gov /dpa/doit/archives/fera/home.htm (798 words)

	Federal Theatre Project Collection: Melodrama, Social Protest, and Genius
		Relief for unemployed professional actors was first provided by private organizations such as the Actors' Fund, the Actors' Dinner Club, and the Stage Relief Fund.
		But even state and federal programs employed only a fraction of the unemployed actors, directors, stagehands, and technicians, and as the depression worsened, theatrical unions became unable to care for their own members.
		As deputy administrator of New York's FERA and later as head of the Federal Emergency Relief Administration, Harry Hopkins believed that society had an obligation to conserve the talents of men and women in the arts as well as of those in the factories.
	lcweb2.loc.gov /ammem/fedtp/ftbrwn00.html (806 words)

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	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Emergency Banking Act
		The Emergency Banking Act (also known as the Emergency Banking Relief Act) was an act of the United States Congress spearheaded by President Franklin D. Roosevelt during the Great Depression.
		This act provided for the re-opening of banks after federal inspectors had declared them to be financially secure.
		This act was a temporary emergency solution to a major problem.
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Emergency_Banking_Act (196 words)

	New Deal Timeline (text version)
		Emergency Relief Appropriation Act authorizing almost five billion for immediate relief and increased employment on "useful projects," one of which is the Works Progress Administration (WPA).
		The plan is ostensibly designed to "improve the efficiency of the entire system" by adding judges to all levels of the federal courts and adopting procedures to expedite the appeals process.
		Congress passes the Chandler Act, as an amendment to the Federal Bankruptcy Act of 1898, and sets forth procedures for settling debt through liquidation.
	xroads.virginia.edu /~MA02/volpe/newdeal/timeline_text.html (1463 words)

	The Agricultural Adjustment Act, approved May 12, 1933.
		And whereas, in order, effectively and efficiently, to carry out the provisions of said acts it is expedient and necessary that a corporation be organized with such powers and functions as may be necessary to accomplish the purposes of said acts.
		Now, therefore, under and by virtue of the authority vested in me by the National Industrial Recovery Act of June 16, 1933, it is hereby ordered that an agency, to wit, a corporation, under the laws of Delaware, be created, said corporation to be named the Commodity Credit Corporation.
		The board of directors (other than the initial board of directors elected by the incorporators) shall be elected, and any vacancies thereon shall be filled by the Secretary of Agriculture and the Governor of the Farm Credit Administration jointly, subject to the approval of the President of the United States.
	www.conservativeusa.org /eo/1933/eo6340.htm (559 words)

	National Park Service: Expansion of the NPS in the 1930s (Endnotes)
		The Civilian Conservation Corps Reforestation Act, passed by Congress on March 31, 1933, as an unemployment relief measure, established the Civilian Conservation Corps, which was authorized to provide work for 250,000 jobless male citizens between the ages of 18 and 25.
		FERA was based on a system of outright grants to states and municipalities, and the act left the establishment of work relief projects for employables to state and local bodies and authorized the Reconstruction Finance Corporation to supply the funds for distribution to the states through the Federal Relief Administator--Harry L. Hopkins.
		The Emergency Relief Appropriation Act signalized the withdrawal of the federal government from the arena of direct relief, which was left to state and local governmental bodies.
	www.cr.nps.gov /history/online_books/unrau-williss/adhie.htm (15718 words)

	The Daily Progress in the Depression
		In addition to this legislative piece, the newspaper addresses the concerns of others across the nation including a piece on farm strikes which were to begin in Chicago on May 13.
		It might prove significant to note that during the time of the Federal Emergency Relief Act and other legislation around May 12, 1933, there is very little effect in the advertising of the newspaper.
		During the time of the passage of the Federal Emergency Relief Act and other farming legislation around the time period of May 12, 1933, there was relatively little mention of how this might affect the enclosed community of Charlottesville.
	xroads.virginia.edu /~ug99/walters/relief.htm (642 words)

	SparkNotes: SAT U.S. History: Roosevelt’s New Deal
		Despite a vocal minority of dissenters, FDR remained a popular president because of his efforts at relief, his charismatic leadership, and his connection with the citizens symbolized by his frequent fireside chats—radio broadcasts that he used to rally the support of the people and to offer assurances of economic recovery.
		These plans included an enlarged unemployment relief program, assistance to the rural poor, support for organized labor, social welfare benefits for the elderly and disadvantaged, strict regulation of business and finance, and heavier taxes on the wealthy.
		To regulate the economy, FDR empowered the Federal Reserve Board to exert tighter control over the money supply, and called for strict enforcement of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, which required that a detailed and truthful prospectus be publicized for each company issuing stock on the U.S. market.
	www.sparknotes.com /testprep/books/sat2/history/chapter17section2.rhtml (2111 words)

	Federal Emergency Relief Administration
		The Federal Emergency Relief Act, passed at the outset of the New Deal by Congress on May 12, 1933, was the opening shot in the war against the Great Depression.
		It created the Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA), which was alloted a start-up fund of $500 million from the Reconstruction Finance Corporation to help the needy and unemployed.
		Harry Hopkins, a former social worker, was appointed director of FERA.
	www.u-s-history.com /pages/h1598.html (253 words)

	Federal Emergency Relief Administration, Harry Hopkins (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The Federal Emergency Relief Act passed by Congress in May, 1933, was the first step in the program of relief at the beginning of the New Deal.
		It created the Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA) which was allocated an initial fund of $500,000,000 to help those in need.
		The work of FERA was taken over by the Social Security Board in 1935.
	www.owlnet.rice.edu /~mwfriedm/terms/le23.html (340 words)

	Roosevelt University - Center for New Deal Studies - Topics on Chicago, the New Deal and Great Depression
		Examine the impact of the National Labor Relations Act on Chicago area workers and unions.
		Examine the effects of the banking crisis of 1932-33, bank holiday and Emergency Banking Relief act on the local banking industry.
		Assess the activities of federal relief efforts, such as the Federal Emergency Relief Act, the Civilian Conservation Corps, the Works Progress Administration and Emergency Relief Appropriations Act and/or the Social Security Act.
	www.roosevelt.edu /newdeal/metro-fair-topics.htm (1026 words)

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		For the relief of the parents of Theresa Marie Schiavo.
		Nothing in this Act shall be construed to create substantive rights not otherwise secured by the Constitution and laws of the United States or of the several States.
		It is the Sense of Congress that the 109th Congress should consider policies regarding the status and legal rights of incapacitated individuals who are incapable of making decisions concerning the provision, withholding, or withdrawal of foods, fluid, or medical care.
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		Emergency Banking Relief Act – Presidential power to oversee gold and international transactions of national banks
		Federal Emergency Relief Act - Provided federal funds to states to aid in relief efforts;
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