Evening star., 1934-08-05
ROOSEVELT SEES
GREAT MIGRATION
FORCHEAP POWER
Movement to Northwest Is
Predicted in Address
al COuIee Darn.
PRESIDENT lNSPECTS
WORK ON BIG PROJECT
Prophecy in Speech ID Years Ago
iH Recalled-Train Passes
Through Spokane.
~ the Associated Press.

~ the Associated Press.
GRAND coULEE DAM, Wash,
August 4--Development OF the North
west into a more heavily populated
area using cheap electric power from
great dams such as the Government
Is building was predicted by PreSi-
dent Roosevelt In an address here
today.
Before 10000 cheering persons who
gathered at Coulee Dam site, center
OF q S63,000,00O water and pow0
project fostered by the Government.
the Chief Executive said these Fed
eral undertakings concerned not only
the States directly involved, but also
the Nation as a whole.
I'VE are going to see, believe, with
our own eyes, electricity and power
made so cheap that they will become
q standard article OF use, not only
for agriculture and manufacturing,
but also for every nome within reach
of an electric light line" said the
Chief Executive.
Welcomed TumuItously.
The speech, Mr.. Roosevelt's sec
ond since returning TO the continent
yesterday from a sea vacation, was
delivered after he had been welcomed
tumultousIy by assembled citizens OF
idaho and Washington and after he
had inspected the work already done
on the big dam. This dam Will con-
troll an upper section Of the Colum-
bla River and make possible the
reclamation of surrounding land.
AS the day advanced, the sun shone
more industriously and the spectators
began to wish they had left their
coats at home.
Recalling that he had spoken of
the opportunity for development of
the Columbia Basin in Spokane ad-
dress IA years ago, the President
quoted q few sentences from 1t and
said:
well, that is the text of what we
are trying TO do in this country to-
day"
''It took IA years for that prophecy
TO come true" he continued. but 1t
is on It's way. And most Of us here
today are going TO be alive when this
dam is finished and the Bonneville
Dam 1881 100000 project. which he
visited yesterday is finished and a
lot OF other dams are finished"
Power VIII Be Doubled.
Mr.. Roosevelt quoted an engineer
as saying the eventual completion
of the Grand Coulee project would
double the potential power of every
city in its distribution area.
1T is going to affect not only the
Columbia River Basin, but it is going
to affect all mountain States and
the Pacific Coast territory ="
The President explained that of
the money made available to him tE
Congress there had been allotted ain
these States of the Coast a much
larger proportion of that fund than
the population of the three States
1ustifles."
I'VE did 1t in my Judgment with
perfect propriety," he said. land with
the knowledge that those States which
did not get quite as much as the
Coast got would understand and ap-
prove it.
I'VE did II because out here in the
mountain States and in the Coast
States you have unlimited natural re-
sources. You have acreage capable
OF supporting a much larger popula-
tion than you now have. And We be-
lieYe that by proceeding with these
great projects it viii not only develop
the well-being Of the Far West and
the Coast. but will also give an oppor-
tunity to many individuals and many
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