Harry Truman actually said...

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

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

In that way we shall save ourselves untold billions and pave the way for the wealth production that surely will flow from the integrated dev...

We must never forget that the conservation of our natural resources and their wise use are essential to our very existence as a nation.