In Orwell's novel 1984, there is no difference between perpetual war and perpetual peace. For members of the inner party, perpetual war - which is everlasting by definition - does not allow for any changes in society. The inner party changes or alters historical records of the past for a particular reason: people often make decisions about their present based upon incidents from the past. By controlling the past, and the records and narratives related to it, the inner-party can control the way people thinking about the past, they can control how people think about the current day and the future.
WPA stands for works progress administration. It was part of the new deal. It's purpose was to help more people get jobs. During the WPA time period people got more jobs. Franklin D Roosevelt contributed to it. Businessmen opposed the new deal.
