01/22/1947
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"A comprehensive program for flood control in the entire Mississippi River Basin is essential."
"the major opportunity of our generation to increase the wealth of the Nation lies in the development of our great river systems."
"I therefore urge that this Congress undertake a program which will provide for the substantial completion within ten years of the flood control projects necessary for the protection of the Mississippi..."
"I don't anticipate that there will be any necessity for it."