The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-02-02
ROOSEVELTAT
h Il)BCREATINC
IASKF0RU s.
Tennessee River
Watershed May
Be Rebuilt
STATE WOULD
Re BENEFITED
D. FREDERICK A. STORM
,,.3.d Press Staff Correspondent

~ FREDERICK A. STORM
r.;,.5 Press Staff Correspondent
WARM SPRINGS, Ga, Feb. ,.
rp,-Prssident-elect Roosevelt
,,;sy revealed the details Of Il
% W.: development prog L q M
S"S;,b he believes would put from
"a O0O 10 $4,000 men at work
immediately over the entire ma
~ Inscribed by him as something
- soyr,rv has ever attempted be-
.rs on 50 vast scale" the pro-
,,sm calls for the economic re-
SrTIDg Of the entire Tennessee
Tr.r watershed, embracing a half
i%,s1 states and affecting the
Iay lives of millions of citizens.
Ee embarked on his develop
rsr, scheme after viSualizing the
r0,sr,ial economic possibilities OF
h area from data obtained in
,arysyS and in looking ever the
ssld from Muscle Shoals, its
fountain head.
The states that would directly
benefit from the Roosevelt plan
would be Alabama, Tennessee, the
Carolinas, Georgia, Mississippi and
par, Of Kentucky.
As part of his sweeping pledge
Of new deal" for America, the
Presien:-elect hopes to initiate
within the year the first steps of
tie program which, among other
things. calls for the following:
Greater hand utilization.
2.-ReforeStatiOn and affOreS-
talon
Elimination Of marginal
aniS.
4-Greater hydro-electric pow
U utilization.
Reduction in unemployment
Roosevelt explained that the
tennessee river watershed was
picked for this experiment be-
cause more existing data is avail
able upon its resources than any
other place.
In this data ne listed land sur
veys, flOd control and certain
economic advantages.
Should this experiment prove q
success ne said, then it could be
uiet in the Arkansas and Column
oa yger valleys.
Asked if this was mis- answer to
democracy, he replied: 81 never
though; Of it in that light"
Discussing progressively I h e
steps ne outlined as essential to
successful completion of the pro-
!ec;, he said:
A great deal of thought has
ossa given land utilization. For
ne past 30 years, however, We
nave as states and as a nation,
oeen attacking the problem piece
neal. Governor Pinchot, of Penn
SyEania and the late President
Roosevelt were the first to arouse
ne nation to the Importance of
!o'estry. Before that time only
sporadic efforts were made.
RefOreStation and the elimina-
@on Of marginal lands would re-
nee the poor quality of crops and
F'lce the number OF families on
Marginal land that now cannot
make an economical success of it.
That IS just an example. But
As 1--we elements / have listed
1s'er have been co-ordinated.
Never before have they been tied
" IN a plan for any one given
Secretary of Agriculture Hyde
S'mated that 100, 500 men a year
~I1d be employed in the forests
yHned by the federal government.
u me Tennessee river project by
F9!ylng reforestation to t h e
mole "a Of the watershed, including
a. lands, $4,000 to $4,000 men
"l.d be used.
Iney would not be employed
:. ~ Tie strict sense of planting lit
~s Tees but in general scheme of
.@'ng Tor this vast acreage, such
= patroLlng, constructing fire pre-
i,I'on guards and in road build
roosevelt believes that such a
WW1eSt, definitely linked with the
, SIscIe Shoals cheap power poten-
G aiIeS, would eventually pay for
'' 81 through the sale of timber.
SGeStIoned as to how such a
10 's'Opment would be financed,
60. embarked that ne believed q
o-D',SIactory plan could be hit up
NJ ana suggested as an illustration
IN issuance of bonds against it.
y;.,I rom the financial point of
co. "' ne continued, ''it would be
M aiu 70 borrow to take care of
ma, and that would be leased or
ri,S s"ased. Europe has done that
"a great success"
r; AS soon as l get to Washington
6a b,U see if it is possible with the
na hon oi all agencies and depart
On ~" y concerned to get a report
rue rue possibility of asking con-
NCOntluued on naoa fourl