Franklin Roosevelt actually said...

I am taking steps to coordinate the great power resources of the Columbia River available for the requirements of national defense.

Statement on Executive Order 8526 Coordinating the Power Resources of the Columbia River

08/23/1940

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Today brings back many memories.

And so with the larger lumbering operations.

Those men who served in the War were thinking of the future of their Nation.

There is no reason why either Government or private banking industry should not consider trees just as much of an asset as houses or barns.