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Federal Project Number One
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<p>Federal Project Number One, also referred to as Federal One (Fed One), is the collective name for a group of projects under the <a href="/facts/Works_Progress_Administration/BTnBat98">Works Progress Administration</a>, a <a href="/facts/New_Deal/R33TXQFB">New Deal</a> program in the <a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5">United States</a>. Of the <a href="/facts/United_States_Dollar/naEEDUhC">$</a>4.88 billion allocated by the <a href="/facts/Emergency_Relief_Appropriation_Act_of_1935/UBQsjdws">Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1935</a>, $27 million was approved for the employment of artists, musicians, actors and writers under the WPA's Federal Project Number One.: 44 In its prime, Federal Project Number One employed up to 40,000 writers, musicians, artists and actors because, as Secretary of Commerce <a href="/facts/Harry_Hopkins/4AkQ3Yth">Harry Hopkins</a> put it, "Hell, they’ve got to eat, too". This project had two main principles: 1) that in time of need the artist, no less than the manual worker, is entitled to employment as an artist at the public expense and 2) that the arts, no less than business, agriculture, and labor, are and should be the immediate concern of the ideal commonwealth. </p><p>The five divisions of Federal One were these: </p> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Federal_Art_Project/HjwBaC5J">Federal Art Project</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Federal_Music_Project/K62tqEq4">Federal Music Project</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Federal_Theatre_Project/wYV2g0zP">Federal Theatre Project</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Federal_Writers%2527_Project/RlMAjNfh">Federal Writers' Project</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Historical_Records_Survey/eENa7gvt">Historical Records Survey</a> (originally part of the Federal Writers' Project)</li></ul> <p>All projects were supposed to operate without discrimination regarding race, creed, color, religion, or political affiliation.: 44 </p><p>Federal Project Number One ended in 1939 when, under pressure from Congress, the theater project was cancelled and the other projects were required to rely on state funding and local sponsorship. </p>