Judge Daniel Thomas Tillman died July 23, 2014 at the Life Care Centers of America nursing facility in St. Louis from complications of Alzheimerâs disease, his family said. He was 86 and a longtime resident of the Central West End. He grew up in North Carolina, never planning on living in St. Louis.
How did the Reconstruction Finance Corporation (RFC) help jump-start the economy? The RFC provided mortgage loans for families who lost their homes to foreclosure. The RFC increased the amount of money allocated to construction projects across the country.
The most famous was the Hoover (Boulder) Dam. Congress established the Reconstruction Finance Corporation (continued by FDR) which created an agency to help banks, railroads, and other key businesses to stay in business thus helping the economy. All of these things could not stem the tide of the economic collapse.