A portion of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936

ID: 720 | This file appears in: Sam Rayburn and Rural Electrification
FDR’s Executive Order establishing the REA proved to be ineffective. Intended as a work relief measure working primarily through existing utility companies, the order created little rural electric service. Twenty five percent of the $100 million appropriated for it was earmarked for wages and 90% of that was to be dedicated to workers taken from relief rolls. Rayburn and the other sponsors to the Act changed the focus to the building of rural electric lines. It authorized loans to rural electric cooperatives and loans to individuals for wiring houses and buying electric appliances. | Creator: Paul E. Anderson | Source: Image: National Archives http://media.nara.gov/media/images/28/22/28-2106a.jpg http://research.archives.gov/description/299845
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Image: National Archives http://media.nara.gov/media/images/28/22/28-2106a.jpg http://research.archives.gov/description/299845
Description: Description: Anthony Champagne, Congressman Sam Rayburn (New Brunswick, New Jersey: Rutgers University Press, 1984), 131.
"A portion of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936" appears in: Sam Rayburn and Rural Electrification