"I work for the public works program," he added.
That has risks for the public works program, which would have to compete as a priority with other programs.
Without those public works programs, things might have been much worse.
That is, the public works programs provide only temporary, symptomatic economic relief.
The public works programs of the New Deal then carried the country through the hardest times.
The percentage of Utahns employed in federal works programs was also far above the national average.
Some people tried to create public works programs for the unemployed, but this was unsuccessful.
The plan includes a short-term $31 billion public works programme to create jobs.
The estate's buildings are maintained by a regular works program.
He would like to see a public works program established to produce jobs.