mud“ Agra 12‘ 1945
Ea... Mitchell Defines Meaning
of Columbia Valley Authority
By 8061-! MITCHELL.
y. 3, senator from Washington
“I“. l. the second of a series of
article. in which Senator Hugh ‘
litcbcll explains why the situation 1
in an Pacific Northwest requires an. 3
m coordinating organization. and 1
.... ...-c of OVA is proposed in the \
m be may introduced in Con-' ‘
guns.) 1
In the first article of this series}
it was made clear that we must
have some organization to cope
with our immediate post-war
problans, as well as with our
Long-rm future. Some plan
must be ready to keep the econ
:mic machinery going, when de
fense industries begin to shut
gown; to keep the increased pop
ulation working and eating; to
nake provision for them and for
heir children in the future econ
)mic development of the region.
1 Columbia Valley Authority, it
was stated, would do all this.
In a later article there will be
given a detailed analysis of the
:‘olumbia Valley Authority that
would be set up by Senate Bill
[6O. But before that it may be
well to understand just what .1
Valley Authority is, what it can
{O, and what it has done, in other
dam.
For an Authority is not a new
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mmg in our national history.
Nearly twenty-five years ago, in
1921 to be exact, Congress, by
special act, established the Port
of New York Authority. A six
man commission was set up in
order to do away with the wrang
ling and' political quarrels that
had impeded the activities in the
district for almost a century. This
commission has control over a de
fined area, part of which is in
New York State and part in New
Jersey, and over all facilities for
transportation and communication
in that territory. The six men
represent these two States and the
Federal Government in their ac
tivities; and let it be noted that
this union of State and Federal
Governments in a project is a
happy and effective marriage.
In 1933 Congress established a
second Authority, the Tennessee
Valley Authority, which is public
corporation occupied with the all
over development of the valley of
the Tennessee River. A great deal
has been written lately about the
TVA, and its amazing accomp
lishments have been quoted to
prove many points. The gist 01
what TVA has done is that it
took over a whole river basin, one
which had been ravaged by floods,
depressed by the exploitatsion 01
its forests and the gradual im-
poverishment of its soil, and has
made of this area a happy and
prosperous region. It is a change
which, as was recently stated in
Collier’s Weekly, “couldn’t have
been wrought by private enter
prise or by a single state govern
ment.” From this job that the
VIVA has done has emerged what
is now called the TVA principle,
a principle which brings about
unified development, with the
Government doing what only the
Federal Government can do, but
with abundant opportunity left
for States, local communities, and
private individuals; a principle
which, the New York Times has
declared, “has proved its worth.”
It is perhaps unfortunate that‘
the word “Authority” has become
attached to these corporate yen
tures of the Federal Government.i
The very sound of the word
“authority” puts the back up of
the average normal American. It
would not be surprising if some
of the opposition to the notion of
Regional Authority has its roots
in a subconscious ‘dislike of the
mere word. Perhaps we should
seriously consider them Commis
sions. Columbia Valley Commis
sion would perhaps incur less an
tagonism than Columbia Valley
Authority. ' .
Whatever it is called, it is well
for us to have clearly in mind
what a Valley Authority is, before
we decide either for or against it.
In its largest aspects such an
Authority is an overall organiza-,
tion, set up by the Federal Gov
ernment in a given region, to co
ordinate all the phases of regional
development. It operates on a level j
above particular interests, par-1
ticular ambitions, or particular;
politics. Its aim is the greatest
good far the greatest number of‘
people within its region. . 1
This does not mean that all the‘
agencies—Federal, state, and local
—already operating and ex
perienced, should be sponged off.
On the-contrary the activities of
such agencies must remain large
ly what they are; indeed they may
even be extended, But these ac
tivities and.all the planningbe
hind them, are coordinated, cen
tralised in the Valley Authority,
which assures that energies. will
not be dispersed, that activities
will neither duplicate nor cancel
each other, and that all roads
will lead to one end—the effective
and coniplete development of the
region.
The exact form of such an
Authority must be worked out to
suit the particular region, or River
Valley, in which it is established.
Varying conditions or interests
may dictate variations in the
structure of the Authority. In the
Tennessee Valley it has ’been
found that the most effective or
ganization of the Authority is an
autonomous one—a free-acting
corporation headed by three
Directors, with headquarters in
the Valley, responsible to the
President, and dependent on Con
gress for funds whose expendi
tures are subject to annual Fed
eral audit. This Authority, free of
politics, cooperating with all the
m KENNEWICK COURIER-REPORTER
States, and with all business, pub‘
lie or private, within its territory
has establihed a record in the
past ten" years which is now i
model of what such an organiza
tion can accomplish.
Yet there was a great deal 01
opposition to the TVA when 'il
began its existence, and we musl
recognize that there is, and wil
be, a great deal of opposition te
a Columbia Valley Authority, as
to all of the other seven Regions;
firthorities that are proposed
e TVA principle, no matter how
well its value is proved, will con
tinue to run up against the ob
stacles of old ways of thought, 01
entrenched interests that fee‘
themselves threatened, of the
established programs of existing
Federal agencies, and of the rabid
believers in states’ rights.
. But as Ear-Senator Norris said
shortly before his death: “When
'God made the Missouri Basin he
paid no attention to state lines
He made it as a whole, and as a
whole it must be approached. . .
Only by approaching the Basir
as a whole will human beings liv.
ing in it be able to develop to the
full its magnificent resources.”
Substitute Columbia Basin i!
this quotation, and you have a
concise answer to what a CVA i:
for—to develop the Basin as :
whole, transcending the man
made boundaries of states, an:
the man—made limitations 01
agency functions, for the good 01
all the people in the region.
(The next article will discuss: The
Aims of a. CVA.) ‘
County Agent's
by Walter 1... Click
TO All) 83me
. The County Extension Service
is building up quite a library 01
material which should be of as
sistance to the returning veteran
or the defense worker who mighi
be interested in agriculture- Thi:
information is being made avail
able and the veterans’ agricul
tural advisory committee, com
posed largely of farmers, will
have information so that they can
render the best assistance pos
sible. The primary aim of thii
committee is to tryto give the
person inquiring about agricul
tural possibilities the best, sound
est, and most realistic advice pos
sible. Factors which will be dis
cussed with the would-be farmer
are: crops grown, probable mar
kets, land and water costs, costs
of producing a particular crop,
probable yields, soils, wind and
water erosion, economic land clas
sification, and many other per
tinlenfi ”at; suggested that th
. as e
veterans’ committee write a small
two or three page circular on the
agricultural possibilities of Benton
county. A special subcommittee
will be appointed to make this
study and report to the entire
’committee before final printing.
{Gene Spaulding is chairman oi
the advisory committee-
BAISE cmcms
We have word from. the War
Food Administration on the food
situation and how the individual
tanner-may be able to adjust to
answer the nation’s needs. Since
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. e o mea supp y in
crease the number of chickens
raised, for meat, -farmers are be
ing urged to raise extra chickens
this spring to go to market before
marketing starts on the usual fall
supply of red meats. WFA has
conflicted hatcheries to encourage
them to expand their hatching
operations this spring to provide
the extra chicks needed.
The facts about meat illustrate
EX-SLAVES MUST BE CLAD
Forced into slave labor, tens of
thousands of European men, wom
ten and children are about to be
liberated by advancing Allied
armiisé Their intense suffering
can ', relieved by your contri
butions to the United 'National
Clothing Collection, April 1-30. .
Very Lillie
Why. not have com
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your home, household g
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al effects-‘.'“
Standard Form Policy
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the need for farmer-cooperation
in boosting the supply of chicken
meat. There haven’t been enough
chickens for some time to meet
the demand as a result of heavy
military purchases which cur
rently are taking practically all of
the broilers in the four largest
commercial producing areas and
all of the canned chicken. Civil
ians consumed 24 pounds of chic
en per capita in 1944. but the sup
ply in sight for civilians in 1945
is only 20 pounds unless farmers
produce more chcikens for meat.
The smaller amount of red meats*
that will be available far civilian;
tables will automatically boost the:
chicken demand even higher. The 1
supply bf red meats for civiliansj
in 1945 probabl will be no more‘
than 126 pound’s as contrasted to
the 147 pounds consumed in 1944.
And backyard city folks could
also keep a few chickens. Your
county agent plans on having a
couple dozen in the back lot.
The government subsidy rate of
payments to producers of milk
products will not change for April
as was originaly planned. The
rate of 70 cents per hundred
pounds milk will apply to April
as well as the winter months.
This decision was reached due
to the lateness of spring and big
hay and labor costs.
MORE POTATOES
Farmers are being urged to in
crease plantings of potatoes Sup
plies of potatoes may be smaller
for the year starting July 1 than
any 12 months on (record unless
farmers boost their present plant-‘
ing intentions. Short production\
of late ‘potatoes in 1944 has re
sulted in shortages of this im
portant food in some areas.
It is urged that farmers do not
plant heavily with early‘ potatoes,
and the grower may take a heavy
loss on early potatoes. The price
of early potatoes is not guaran
teedbytheWFAinthisstate.
Late potatoes, on the other hand.
are covered by a W FA price-sup
porting program- Late potatoes
appeartobeinamuchsafereco~
nomic position this year than do
the earlier.
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