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TVA - the First Fifteen Years
Kirschten, Ernest | June 12, 1948 issue

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Under the chairmanship of David Lilienthal, Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), Tennessee has shown that the corporation device can be as useful in the public service as for private gain. TVA today provides the standing answer to the contention that whenever the people try to do something for themselves, the undertaking bogs down in legislative delays, bureaucratic rivalries, extravagance and graft. While properly subject to ultimate Congressional control, TVA is largely divorced from Washington D.C. TVA now is an assured moneymaker. With its construction program virtually completed, the time is in sight when, instead of asking Congress for money, it will make a steady and substantial contribution to the treasury.

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TENNESSEE Valley Authority; LILIENTHAL, David; MUNICIPAL services; FEDERAL aid; WETLANDS; TENNESSEE; UNITED States
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