'One Third of a Nation', 1939, Oil and tempera on wood, 30 x 24 in. (76. 2 x 61 cm), Paintings, O. Louis Guglielmi (American (born Egypt) Cairo 1906?1956 Amagansett, New York), The title of this work references President Franklin D. Roosevelt?s 1937 inaugural address, in which he proclaimed, 'I see one-third of a nation ill-housed, ill-clad, ill-nourished. ' 'One Third of a Nation' is also the title of Arthur Arent?s 1938 play, which emphasized the plight of the poor and was funded by the WPA?s Federal Theatre Project