The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1945-01-26

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the past several years interest has the
Tennessee Valley Authority modern agency for the de-
veopment of entire region in unified To the Ten
sections of the United States and from other countries
to and study the results that have been achieved
In the few months concrete proposals for the de-
velopment of the Missouri basin along similar lines have
been advanced and debated
plain that the creation Missouri Valley Author
y being discussed the basis of the record Of the Ten
Valley Authority Those who look with dsfavor
record and its principles to be- On the other hand those who
the creation of regional agency MVA do the
basis of their understanding of Twas and achieve
ments.
An Experiment
Bear mind that the IVA up in the first place
experiment. what business scientist would
call pilot plant IVA not intended to be merely aid
to the development of river valley. clearly de-
signed to throw light OF actual experience on the development
of resources by new method and new principle.
AS President Roosevelt said in asking the original IVA
legislation in 1888
in the spirit and vision the
If successful here march by
STEP in like development of other natural territorial
units within our borders"
The job of the IVA, carefully defined by Congress-
broad IVA set up not bureau but a corpora
by stockhodersthe American people
told to develop to aid in the development of all the
natural valley region Not
source power forests two three but all of
hemthe river the land the forests and the minerals IVA
was to be kind of technical servant of valleys farmers
businessmen lumbeen workers. respect to all the inter-
related natural which that valleys life depends
Not An Inspiration
and its tributary streams which, operated in unson
would capture all the poenaies of the river SYSTEM
directed to curb destructive floods to make the nav
gable for modern freight craft from the mouth to the
waters distance $50 miles, to capture the
inherent in the fall of the river.
On the land, where water falls destructivey unpro-
tected Soils the IVA directed to the 1918 munitions
plant Muscle Shoals Aa for the experimental manufacture
of fertilizers to be widely tested and demonstrated by actual
farmers directed to advance reforesaton and modern
forestry methods help the forest which
cover more than onehalf the valley likewise
directed to activities for the agricultural and indus
trial development of the valley
This broad program sudden inspiration, as some
would have believe but logical outgrowh of the
of longtime federal interest and activities dealing with
natural And of Importance the
regarded national defense shown by the de-
veopment at Muscle Shoals.
The approach to development exempfied
by the IVA has borne results On the Tennessee river and
its tributaries the IVA has constructed 16 dams and
system of 26 dams which curb the desucvenes
flood waters and harness them for the useful purposes of
navigation and power.
Last August the huge Kentucky closed to cover
he last river link in the navigation channel with
rvo 1874 miles long With that event channel
brought into existence the entire distance of $50 miles
rom Paducah, KY, to Knoxville, Tenn
The harnessed of the Tennessee help produce
going into plants The Tennessee Valley
taken lead the nation whole in the of "
lectrcity the home make living and ri
njoyabe
been curbed and the land great
been made although the job of restoring the soil after
long The plant Muscle
hoa peaceme produced several hundred thousand tons
phosphate fertilizers which have been used
of farms all over the United States in
methods of agriculture Land has been strength
and has been able bear better the burden of food
rogram Better forestry practices are gaining Roadway
SO, IVA experiment. 1t something G.
ERE, for the first time American history public body
given unified responsibility that particular
the total job DONE to look at the opportunities of 81
alter soil and forests and problem
ted indivsble, unified-San Francisco Chronicle
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