<P> Prominent projects were the Lincoln Tunnel, the Triborough Bridge, the LaGuardia Airport, the Overseas Highway and the San Francisco--Oakland Bay Bridge . The Rural Electrification Administration used co-ops to bring electricity to rural areas, many of which still operate . The National Youth Administration was another the semi-autonomous WPA program for youth . Its Texas director, Lyndon B. Johnson, later used the NYA as a model for some of his Great Society programs in the 1960s . The WPA was organized by states, but New York City had its own branch Federal One, which created jobs for writers, musicians, artists and theater personnel . It became a hunting ground for conservatives searching for communist employees . </P> <P> The Federal Writers' Project operated in every state, where it created a famous guide book--it also catalogued local archives and hired many writers, including Margaret Walker, Zora Neale Hurston and Anzia Yezierska, to document folklore . Other writers interviewed elderly ex-slaves and recorded their stories . Under the Federal Theater Project, headed by charismatic Hallie Flanagan, actresses and actors, technicians, writers and directors put on stage productions . The tickets were inexpensive or sometimes free, making theater available to audiences unaccustomed to attending plays . </P> <P> One Federal Art Project paid 162 trained woman artists on relief to paint murals or create statues for newly built post offices and courthouses . Many of these works of art can still be seen in public buildings around the country, along with murals sponsored by the Treasury Relief Art Project of the Treasury Department . During its existence, the Federal Theatre Project provided jobs for circus people, musicians, actors, artists and playwrights, together with increasing public appreciation of the arts . </P> <P> In 1935, Roosevelt called for a tax program called the Wealth Tax Act (Revenue Act of 1935) to redistribute wealth . The bill imposed an income tax of 79% on incomes over $5 million . Since that was an extraordinary high income in the 1930s, the highest tax rate actually covered just one individual--John D. Rockefeller . The bill was expected to raise only about $250 million in additional funds, so revenue was not the primary goal . Morgenthau called it "more or less a campaign document". In a private conversation with Raymond Moley, Roosevelt admitted that the purpose of the bill was "stealing Huey Long's thunder" by making Long's supporters his own . At the same time, it raised the bitterness of the rich who called Roosevelt "a traitor to his class" and the wealth tax act a "soak the rich tax". </P>

Difference between the new deal and the second new deal