WPA provided employment for many painters, writers, directors, actors, etc.--many of them lefties. An enormous number of public buildings in America sport murals painted by WPA-sponsored artists. Archibald Macleish, a left-wing poet and playwright, was one of FDR's speechwriters and was his nominee for Librarian of Congress.


Ntra la porta tua lu sangu � sparsu,
E nun me mporta si ce muoru accisu...
E s'iddu muoru e vaju mparadisu
Si nun ce truovo a ttia, mancu ce trasu.