The water-power resources of the nation must be protected from private monopoly and used for the benefit of the people.
FDR: “The water-power resources of the nation must be protected from private monopoly and used for the benefit of the people.”
On the recordJune 2, 1937
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Message to Congress on National Planning and Development of Natural Resources
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