Harry Truman actually said...

The productive capacity of the entire free world should be drawn on to provide the necessary equipment.

Letter to the Speaker Transmitting Supplemental Estimate of Appropriations for Military Assistance.

07/31/1950

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I therefore urge that this Congress undertake a program which will provide for the substantial completion within ten years of the flood cont...

The economy of controlling floods as compared with the cost of continuing under the handicap of their disruptive force has been amply demons...

An orderly program of appropriations for prosecution of this work on a sustained and comprehensive basis is essential.

A comprehensive program for flood control in the entire Mississippi River Basin is essential.