The
Federal Emergency Relief Act passed by Congress in May, 1933, was
the first step in the program of relief at the beginning of the New
Deal. It created the Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA)
which was allocated an initial fund of $500,000,000 to help those
in need. Harry Hopkins was appointed
director of FERA. Over the next two years a total of $3,000,000,000
was distributed. Most of this money went to Home Relief Bureaus and
Departments of Welfare for Poor Relief. The work of FERA was taken
over by the Social Security Board in
1935.
Columbus Dispatch (1935)
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