The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1944-10-13
Missouri Valley Authority
(MVA)

Editors the months THE VOICE will
Missouri Valley Authority write by many
years Mr. Locke peen iam,ar WIN ana ana Ill., uey g
emnved Chief Engineer Camp Obispo
and vicinity in is his
T.v.A.-Democracy the March, by Chairman David
Lilentha (Harper Bros-S250) is of the most in
formative thought provoking and widely circulated books Of
the past decade Information n and much Inspiration for
this article from this exciting book
IVA legally 1888. In 1910 its partial
y developed power and industrial plants took large
share critical production Seven of peaceme
had raised capita income 70 cent and
income payments correspondng Bank deposits bounced
up rs retail sales 81 per cent BARELY begun is Mr.
Lienthal's comment on these marks of progress
development must be governed by the unity of
nature itself people participate actively in that
development said the chairman Under such guiding rules
water land timber and plant life; animals fowls and fishes
Soils minerals and quarry products air. sunshine and
health education recreation and enjoyment everything n
or above the earth including people their constructive talents
traits emotions been regarded resources worthy
that could be devised for advancement An adj
that makes political and industrial democracy with
individual security conenmen and webeng goals of
less Importance than salary checks bank balance and other
material rewards Under such unified plan aided by the
complete and assorted technical and scientific staff that
could be assembled A has marched to completion
basic projects and to fair start the economic
cial and social progress that follows
IVA legal entity and governing body, did not build all
the of basic structures duties transportation
routes market terminals and farms that already returning
an overall increase OF thry TO Sixty per cent productivity
did decree and fos the public of the political
and social organization that followed IVA legal
entity governing body furnished funds for basic project
construction together passed of the
progress charts and cost and through its technical staff
researched investigated engineered experimental and crcu
lated developed information and facts With such aid the
people of valley did the job Within the unity of
grand plan, they did it in their &c. will they
tinue to do
Man not live by bread alone old axiom, says,
Mr.. Lilienthas book
"People the most important fact in de-
veopmen-ther genius their energies and spirits the
instruments wants to feel that he is important
know there things he decldes-that he is
useful part of something bigger than he is
"a world of science and great machines is still
world Of Resource development need not be held
the dehumanzng forces of modern life that whit
tie down the Importance the individual method of
organizing-that draw in the and make
him part of the great job of timewll tap riches
talent beyond reach of centralized, dctatora
mpersonal systems based remote control in the
hands of a business technical or political elite
Under conception Tennessee basin people have for
devastating floods and provided navigation
channel already shippers 100000 annually They
half billion of horsepower and
htching every development in their empire When
came in five had been electrified Soon most
of the will be- Silt transportation by streams has
stopped and the land is we'll under
way By application phosphate and proper
ping fertility coming back to soils and yields increase New
These and increased vegetation slow
y but surely restoring ground water supplies
Fish multiplied fifteen times in streams; forty fold
in reservoirs The catch in 1913 six million
goal twenty-five million pounds New to that region vast
developments of magnesium manganese aluminium and kaon
china Thousands of people have steady work. and
large percentage have acquired sks and know how
travelling libraries reaching hamlet and