america painters to contribute their bit to making the works program a real and permanent accomplished these reproductions of the american scene of the day will make this one of the most fertile period of our countries  some of this work is done on can but much of it is created on the walls of our libraries and other public buildings in the form of mural takes a particular interest is a great hero in the mess hall of the military academy at west point depicting great many american museums have long been in need of highly skilled experts to restore valuable historical material such as the persian ceiling which is coming under the depth ingles but the fifty a artist and the philadelphia museum and many other museums fossils an for hundreds of miles along the flood area the w p a supplies the shock troops that hold the river within manmade walls levee workers transport material by hand by truck by boat working day and night they've built countless thousands of sandbags raising the levees above the record crest often working under the skill direction of army engineers relief workers fight the flood as the waters subside after the work of rescue is completed comes a new battle against the threat of disease the wreckage and a pretty left by the flood must be quickly removed proper conditions of sanitation mysterious deaths to prevent the epidemics but for one certain to take an additional toll of life from the first moment of danger to the day when life again takes up with even the blow the work program offers aid to those who need it to build up is blowing away in addition to their vital work of providing the necessities of life for refugees the w p a has found work for thousands of farmers with been deprived of a livelihood by the drought these men are working on projects important to the afflicted areas such as roads environment to them this work provides a means of carrying on in the face of the hardships inflicted by nat are now employed on projects designed for their own future benefit thus the work program answers the need of both the individual and the community  nation arcs playgrounds another recreation areas play an increasingly important part in the lives of our people the construction improvement and maintenance of thousands of such centers under the works program provides millions of people with telephone pleasant surroundings or relaxation and play in regions of congested population the w p a has cooperated with national and state park agencies in the improvement of recreational areas easily accessible to those who live in large city countless thousands of men women and children each year make use of the new facilities for play and relaxation in the cities themselves playgrounds have been opened in every conceivable ok employment has been provided for thousands of skilled and unskilled workers and gates in the preparation and equipment  playgrounds where children who formerly were forced to play in the street may find safe recreation many of these playgrounds are staffed by trained instructors drawn from the rea a new idea and bringing happiness to underprivileged children is the toy lending library established as an experiment and any chance that a large supply of toys is kept on hand and the youngsters are allowed to borrow one at a time hundreds of young children buy in their dreams brought to in these fine camps an abundance of good food is provided and medical attention and general supervision are ensured by staffs of train national monuments and regions of his direct involvement such as port niagara attract thousands of visitors from all parts of the country and the pleasure of which these visitors derive is an hands by the improvements and maintenance provided by the works program parts of several midwest states provided the background for abraham lincoln's early life the w p a has constructed all restored several historic friends the lincoln boys here in our cabins representing the store in which he works his early home  law office from which he bought a book and other reminders of the presence of this great americ in this picture we have seen a few of the one hundred twenty thousand projects that are embraced by the works program each of these projects has been planned to meet a real need in the community which a third to take out of the unemployed as well as to confer real and lasting benefits on the people of