On the record
Quotes from current and former Vice Presidents.
Former vice presidents
Now I am reappointing the three members presently on the National Labor Relations Board, Mr. Paul Herzog whose term expires in 1950, Mr. John Houston whose term expires in 1948, Mr. James Reynolds whose term expires in 1951, and J…
I will take care of that when it comes up.
I imagine that they will follow the usual procedure of the Railway Labor Act.
I am going to appoint the Honorable James Forrestal, the Secretary of the Navy; the Honorable Arthur S. Flemming, Civil Service Commissioner; the Honorable Dean Acheson of Washington, D.C.; and the Honorable George H. Mead, Dayton, Ohio…
I can give you nothing in regard to it, because that is a part of the economic survey which is being made for the country now.
An orderly program of appropriations for prosecution of this work on a sustained and comprehensive basis is essential.
In the execution of a comprehensive program for the development of the Mississippi River Basin, protection from floods is of such urgency that it should be given first attention.
The most pressing problem is that of flood control.
The choice is ours. We can sit idly by--or almost as bad, resort to the false economy of feeble and inadequate measures--while these precious assets waste away.
The major opportunity of our generation to increase the wealth of the Nation lies in the development of our great river systems.
The economy of controlling floods as compared with the cost of continuing under the handicap of their disruptive force has been amply demonstrated.
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 River Basin.
Measures for flood control should be integrated with plans for the use and conservation of water resources for other purposes.
We must never forget that the conservation of our natural resources and their wise use are essential to our very existence as a nation.
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.
