On the recordJuly 15, 1947
The economy of controlling floods as compared with the cost of continuing under the handicap of their disruptive force has been amply demonstrated.
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presidency.ucsb.eduHarry Truman: “The economy of controlling floods as compared with the cost of continuing under the handicap of their disruptive force…”
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Special Message to the Congress on Flood Control in the Mississippi River Basin.
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