![]() ![]() ![]() Projects to be undertaken by the federal government can readily be “timed” to meet the requirements of the postwar employment situation. Some projects are “ready to go” as soon as men and materials become available, others have not advanced beyond the “idea” stage. Plans for postwar public works stand at various stages of completion. The projects range from street improvements in towns and villages to huge power-navigation-irrigation developments to be undertaken by the federal government. Estimates of the cost of needed public projects-projects that could be used to “take up the slack” in employment when the nation reconverts to a peacetime economy-run as high as $50 billion. Public works are assigned a place of greater or less importance in all plans for dealing with postwar unemployment. Public Works Construction After the War Lack of Centralized Planning for Public Works ![]()
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