The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-04-10
GREAT DEVELOPMENT
Scheme PRESENTED
in SPECIAL MESSAGE
Would Provide Tennessee Val
ley Authority to Supervise
Proposed Work
WIDE PLANNING IS NEEDED
President Asserts Many States
in River Basin Will Be
Benefited
WIDE PLANNING IS NEEDED

washington. April 1O.-(H1-FTeQ-
dent Roosevelt put his Tennessee val
ley program before congress Monday
in . message asking rehabilitation Of
the Muscle Shoals, Ala, power and
nitrate plant.
He asked creation Of Tennessee
valley authority to supervise the de-
velopment Of power, flood control.
forest conservation and improvement
Of agriculture.
1T Is time" the president wrote,
ito extend planning to . wider field,
In this instance comprehending In
one great project many states d.
rectly concerned with the basin Of
one Of our greatest rivers.
IT we are successful here We can
march on, step by step, In like de-
velopment Of other great natural
territorial units within our borders"
Text o. Message
The text follows:
ITO the congress:
THE continued idleness Of q great
national investment in the Tennessee
valley leads me to ask congress for
legislation necessary to enlist this
project In the service Of the people.
TT Is clear that the Muscle Shoals
development Is but . small part Of
the potential public usefulness Of the
entire Tennessee river.
such use. II envisioned in it, en-
tirety. transcends mere power de-
velopment.
1T enters the wide field Of flood
control, soil erosion, affogeetation,
elimination from agricultural use q
marginal lands, and distribution and
diversification Of industry.
I'm short. this power development
Of war days leads logically to ma
tional planning for complete river
watershed involving many states and
the future lives and welfare Of mil
lions.
1T touches and gives life to III
forms Of human concerns.
II, therefore, suggest to the con.
gress legislation to create Tennes-
see valley authority corporation
clothed with the power Of govern
ment but possessed Of the nexibdlity
and initiative Of private ENTERPRISE.
Would Have Wide Powers
1T should be charged with the
broadest duty Of planning for tho
proper use, conservation and devel-
opment OF the natural resources Of
the Tennessee river drainage basin
and its adjoining territory for the
general social and economic welfare
Of the nation.
This authority should also be
clothed with the necessary power e
carry these plans into effect. Its duty
should be the rehabilitation Of the
Muscle Shoals development and the
coordination Of it with the wider
plan.
Many hard lessons have taught us
the human waste that results from
lack Of planning. Here and there q
few wise cities and counties have
looked ahead and planned. But our
nation has lust grown
1T Is time to extend planning to
wider field In this instance compre-
bending In one great project many
states directly concerned with the
basin Of one Of our greatest rivers.
This, In q true sense. Is q return
to the spirit and vision Of the pio-
neer. II We are successful here We
can march on, step by step, In like
development Of other great natural
territorial units within our borders.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT.
1.-THE White House.
April 10, 1893.
Norris to Offer Bill
Senator Norris Rep.. Neb.) told re-
porters he would introduce Z bill to
carry out the presidential recon-
mendation either late Monday or
Tuesday.
Informing inQuirers that the bill
viii reach the house also tomorrow.
Chairman Mcewain Of the military
CONTINUED IN page seven.