The Public Works of Art Program was the first national effort by the United States government to support artists.

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The Public Works of Art Program only lasted six months.

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While he's a fan of infrastructure spending, he hasn't, as far as I know, called for a Roosevelt-style public works program.

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Mr. LAITHUM: I'm thinking maybe something along the line of what they did during the Depression, when they made the Public Works program where the government put people to work.

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Why would an environmentally oriented public-works program be any different?

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