years, constructed and improved more than 900 landing fields; built and improved more than 1,100 miles of runways; and constructed and improved taxi strips, aprons, and turning circles. Drainage ditches and pipes were installed and repaired, and floodlights and boundary lights were erected. In addition to the work on landing fields, almost 1,200 airport buildings were constructed, and more than 3,000 were enlarged or improved.

Work Projects Administration workers participated in the Nationwide scrap collection project sponsored by the War Production Board. Through the program of removal of abandoned streetcar rail, Work Projects Administration workers collected 148,000 tons of rail, in addition to 2,500 miles of car and railroad track removed incidental to work in improving roads and streets. In the period from April 21, 1942, to March 2, 1943, Work Projects Administration workers collected from agricultural and urban sources more than 376,000 tons of scrap metal and 10,000 tons of rubber.

Through nonconstruction projects, Work Projects Administration workers, many with training and experience in professional and clerical fields, provided educational, health, and recreational services to communities all over the country. In the last year of the Work Projects Administration program, many of the services previously offered were discontinued in favor of services which contributed directly to the war program.

Unemployed teachers on Work Projects Administration service. projects in January 1942 taught literacy and naturalization classes which enrolled more than 98,000 persons, vocational training classes which enrolled 55,000, and homemaking and parent education classes which enrolled 87,000 persons. In the same period, 35,000 children were enrolled in more than 1,200 Work Projects Administration nursery schools.

Some 1,600 independent libraries were operated by the Work Projects Administration and 4,300 libraries were given assistance by Work Projects Administration workers during the 3-month period ending June 30, 1942. During the 8 years of the Work Projects Administration program, Work Projects Administration workers repaired or renovated nearly 95,000,000 books.

Work Projects Administration art and music activities provided entertainment and instruction for the general public. In January 1942, 175,000 persons were enrolled in music instruction classes and 25,000 in art instruction classes. Work Projects Administration workers in that month gave 6,000 concerts, at which there was a total attendance of more than 2,400,000 persons. In the 8-year period of the Work Projects Administration program, artists working on Work Projects Administration projects produced nearly 22,000 plates for an Index of American Design, 108,000 easel works, about 11,000 fine print designs, nearly 18,000 pieces of sculpture, and more than 2,500 murals. Work Projects Administration workers on sewing projects produced 383,000,000 garments for distribution to needy men, women, and children, and 118,000,000 other articles, including hospital supplies and household articles, for distribution as needed. Women on sewing projects mended and reclaimed army clothing and equipage at the request of the Army. Work Projects Administration workers. serving as housekeeping aides made more than 32,000,000 visits to the homes of needy families to help out in emergencies. Through

June 30, 1943, Work Projects Administration workers served more than 1,237,000,000 hot lunches to school children.

Work Projects Administration workers assisted public-health agencies and public hospitals in administering physical examinations, treatments, tests of various kinds, and immunizations against communicable diseases. In January 1942 more than 73,000 tests and immunizations were made.

SPONSORS' PARTICIPATION

The cost of operating projects was shared by the State or local public agencies which sponsored the projects. Sponsors' contributions were used chiefly to pay for materials, supplies, and equipment, and other nonlabor items incurred in project operations. As shown in table No. 3, sponsors contributed 30 percent of project costs, or $115,196,000, during fiscal year 1943. This is only a slightly smaller amount than was contributed in the previous fiscal year. Although certified war projects were exempt from the usual 25 percent requirement of sponsors' funds, sponsors' contributions remained high. Nearly $92,390,000, or about 80 percent of sponsors' funds, was expended for nonlabor items such as materials and equipment; the balance was expended for the wages of skilled and technical workers necessary for project operations but not available on the Work Projects Administration rolls.

TABLE 1.-Average number of persons employed on Work Projects Administration projects, by program-monthly, August 1935-June 1943

1 Data represent averages of weekly employment counts made during the months. Financed by allocation of Work Projects Administration funds.

'Average for last 3 weeks

TABLE 1.-Average number of persons employed on Work Projects Administration projects, by program-monthly, August 1935-June 1943-Continued

TABLE 2.-Physical accomplishments and public participation on projects operated by the Work Projects Administration,1 Continental United States, cumulative through June 30, 1943

1 Does not include accomplishment on Work Projects Administration projects operated by other Federal agencies and financed by allocation of Work Projects Administration funds.

TABLE 2.-Physical accomplishments and public participation on projects operated by the Work Projects Administration, Continental United States, cumulative through June 30, 1943-Continued

TABLE 2.-Physical accomplishments and public participation on projects operated by the Work Projects Administration, Continental United States, cumulative through June 30, 1943-Continued.