culminating with him as leader of the wpa, which was the works progress administration. the centerpiece of the new deal. the mission was to put americans back to work on public works and construction projects. he looked as if he had slept in the office at night, which he often did. harry achieved spectacular results as head of the wpa. they put 8.5 million people back to work. it also put $10 million back into the economy. once again, harry became one of the most visible members of the roosevelt administration and the new deal. he was on the cover of time magazine twice. he hung out with the kennedy family and other notable families of the time. in 1938 and 1939, the president's encouragement -- i have notes on us this -- harry began promoting himself as a presidential candidate. looking to the election in 1940. he leased a farm in iowa, of course. his hopes were dashed when hundreds were reporting a story about a comment that he allegedly made to a friend at the racetrack, which did not put the administration in a good light read the comment attributed to him was we sha

but also the wpa was one of the really good moments in american policy.economic disaster, hiring people, giving them jobs to do things that are good, much of which survives and is an important part of our physical planet today. this is great. and the fact that he thinks well of and admires what the wpa did, that's a very hopeful sign. >> what could jack lew do as treasury secretary that would make you think he's a kindred spirit? >> campaign against this austerity obsession. we're not going to get a big new stimulus package, much as i would like to see it. no, we're not going to get it this year, anyway. but i'd like to see him saying when somebody says, "well, we need to slash here, we need to slash there." and he would say "why would we want to be doing that now? that's actually going to hurt the economy." >> but hasn't our economy changed so much since franklin roosevelt simply put people on the government payroll? >> it's, economics, the underlying rules change a lot more slowly than people imagine. people look and they say, "oh, you know, back then t

opposite nights, which he often did, harry and his staff achieves the secular result as head of the wpa put a .5 million people back to work and pumped $10 billion into the economy. and then, once again, harry became one of the most visible members of the roosevelt administration and the new deal. he was on the cover of "time" magazine twice. he hung out with the kennedys and the harriman and this quote. and then, in 1838, 1939 but the president's encouragement. i have not done this. here he began promoting himself as a presidential candidate, looking to the election in 1940. the president did encourage him and he leased a farm in iowa a coors, but his hopes were dashed when hundreds of newspapers began reporting the story of a comments he allegedly made to a friend at the racetrack, which did not put the administration and the good life. the comment attributed to him was we shall tax and tax, spend and spend and elect any left. whether true or not, of course he denied it come is stuck with him the rest of his slaves and became a rallying cry for those who heeded this about in new deal.

the lower walls was actually billed as part of the wpa. the upper wall was built in 1991-'92. this is a concrete wall and it has rocked going through the wall that extends the distance of 80 feet beyond the wall. the next earthquake occurs, the wall is designed to resist and the movement of the sand and allowed it to move down hill. this is a classic example of the creek and degree flow and exists all the way the area. we might see the other evidence. we have done nothing to improve the quality and the strength of the dam. >> one of the things that has come up in the policy issue over and over is that people are concerned that construction of a new building or the upper story might exacerbate these kinds of soil problems. we have extra review where we might have extra problems. it does that construction have an impact? it is a good idea to come to a peer review or a geotechnical review process as part of determining. >> in january of this year, the california building code requires almost all of san francisco that we get geologist and a geotechnical engineer. it was a state bu

they're meant to be almost the great wpa murals of diego rivera's time. one directly behind me is history of jazz in san francisco. a lot of san francisco culture. the other is history of jazz in the nation. >> you know, sfjazz has always been about great performances, but you've also been very good about jazz education. >> well, we do a few different things education-wise. from middle school students, up through adults. in middle school, we have an innovative program called jazz in the middle where we go into san francisco public middle schools. the flagship program is poetry, and in our case, how the fundamentals they'll learn interact with jazz. at the end of their school year, they'll present their poems to music. >> i stay, but they go. just like a flash of lightning. >> and they do it in classrooms at their school or assembly halls. now they can come here and have a grand performance here. and then they'll get to see our high school all-star program. ♪ you listen to these kids play, and i cannot tell you how exciting it has been to hear professional

joined the wpa, but the very controversial farm bill passed. that is the legislation to completely get away with the remaining new deal protections. it deregulated what was our to begun in the 1950s, except all government intervention had eliminated all of the final vestiges of the programs like the grain reserve in the most immediate result after that bill passed, you might remember it, it was called freedom to farm. farmers quickly started calling it their bill. it was the dramatic increase in the production of commodities. because all of the programs that have kept them out of production were now being planned and so by 1999, the price of corn was 50% above 1996 levels. i'm sorry, 50% below 1996 levels. and corn was down 41%. farmers were in economic distress. it was all sorts of pressure on congress to do something. food industry lobbying meant that the policymakers reinstated some supply management and instead congress used taxpayer money to keep farmers afloat so they wouldn't be putting pressure in rural areas on the members of congress.

office at night, which he often did, harry and his staff received spectacular results, as head of the wpa, they put a tif money people back to work and pumped $10 billion into the economy. and then once again harry became one of the most visible members of the roosevelt administration and the new deal. he was on the cover of "time" magazine twice. he hung out with the kennedys and the hairy men's and others. in 1938-1939 with the president encouragement, i have notes on this, harry began promoting himself as a presidential candidate, looking to the election in 1940. the president gave encouraging and at least a farm in iowa, of course. but his hopes were dashed in hundreds of newspapers began reporting the story about a comment that he allegedly made to a friend at the racetrack, which did not put the administration in a good light, a comment attributed to him was, we shall tax and tax, spend and spend. whether true or not of course he denied it. it stuck with him for the rest of his life, and it became a rallying cry for those who hated the roosevelt and the new deal. and if that wasn't