Harry Truman: “The full range of powers included in the Defense Production Act will be needed-and needed badly--until we are 'over the…”

I feel the Committee has done a thorough job of investigation and I wish to call your attention to these suggestions, some of which, I am sure, would be helpful.

They should be strong enough to see that unified multiple-purpose development is planned for, and works operated harmoniously in each basin-wide comprehensive system.

We have learned that the mark of a well-managed land lies in the care a Nation gives to its rivers.

The Constitution belongs to no one group of people and to no single branch of the Government.