Faced with continued high unemployment and concerns for public welfare during the coming winter of 1933–34, FERA instituted the Civil Works Administration (CWA) as a $400 million short-term measure to get people to work.
在1933-34年冬季，面对持续的高失业率和公共福利问题，联邦紧急救援署设立了土木工程署(CWA)，作为一个注资4亿美元的短期项目为人们提供工作。