08/17/1937
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"Adequate credit upon reasonable terms must be assured."
"I think that is a matter of plain good citizenship."
"for the greatest benefit of its citizens both present and future, and for the greatest benefit to the United States."
"the Congress should recognize now the problem in its entirety as it affects the people of the Missouri basin and their economic destiny and that of the United States."