What is the WPA and why won't mr. Cunningham work for it?
The WPA is the Workers Progress Administration(1937), and it was
changed into the Work Projects Administration(1939) several years
after. The WPA initiated many projects in the city for the public
such as building buildings, roads, and it ran several projects for
the arts, literacy, and media. It was used in the Great Depression
to help the unemployed, be employed.
Mr. Cunningham won't work for it because he was not willing to
let go of his farmland due to the attachment and dearness he had
for it. He was basically not willing to lose his farmland, even if
it means for his family to go hungry.