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<br />which accompanied its postwar revival in industrial strength by
<br />tripling its power supply in 9 years, as shown in the listing following:
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<br />TABLE B.-Installed eleotrio-generating oapaoity-West European otYUntries
<br />[In thousands of kilowatts]
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<br />Year Austria France Germany Great Italy Norway Sweden
<br /> (West) Britain
<br />1948____________________________ 1,151 10,910 6,175 13, 300 6,190 3,000 3,780
<br />1949________________m_________ 1,248 11, 340 7,500 14,125 6, 700 3,040 3,850
<br />1950___ __ __ __ __ m___ ___________ 1,800 13,680 7,940 15,730 8,105 3-,070 4,130
<br />195L_m____________________>__ 2,200 14,800 12,700 16,250 8,925 3,395 4,295
<br />1952____________________________ 2,200 15,000 13,000 17,295 9,135 3,475 4,000
<br />1968_______m__________________ 2,340 15,500 13,500 19,500 10,355 3,500 4,755
<br />1954____________________________ 2,713 15,736 14,430 20,300 10, 805 3,900 4,800
<br />1950.._ ______ __ ____________m__ 2,827 16,240 17,150 24, 000 12,587 4,534 5,940
<br />1956____________________________ 3,054 17,070 18, 900 27,450 13,593 4,869 6,630
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<br />The basic capacity figures, alluded to earlier with percentage
<br />change, for the U. S. A. and U. S. S. R. over a 16-year period (with
<br />Canada and Latin America added to round out the Western Hemi-
<br />sphere) supplied by the FPC follow:
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<br />TABLE C,-Installed, eleotric generating oapoity, 1,000 kilowatts
<br />[In thousands of kilowatts]
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<br />Year U. s. A. Canada Latin U, S. S. R,
<br /> America. t
<br />1940___._nn___.___._______.___________________ 50,962 -----.-------- -------------- 11,000
<br />194Lm____.___>__m__________________________ 68,995 -------------- -------------- 7,600
<br />1942_m__________m_m_____._____m_.____.__ 57, 237 -------------- -------------- 6,200
<br />1943..________________>______________>_______.__ 60,539 -------------- .------------- 7,000
<br />1944________.___________________________________ 62,066 -------------- -------------- 9,000
<br />1940.._.___.____________________________________ 62,868 -------------- -------------- 10, 700
<br />1946_______._._______.___m____________________ 63,066 -------------- -------------- 10, 700
<br />1947_>_______>_____m____________________._.__- 65,151 --------9;404- --------6,-834- 10,700
<br />1948_____________.__._____>m____.n___________ 69,615 18,000
<br />1949_________>__________________._.__>__._______ 76, <570 9,948 7,514 20, 000
<br />1901L_____________.__m___nh________________ 82,850 10, 500 7, 764 22,400
<br />195L______________________________________>___ 90,127 11,470 8,517 23, 500
<br />1952_______________________m______________>___ 97,312 12,200 8,967 25,250
<br />1953..___._ > _____ _________.____.__.__m________ 107, 354 12, 750 9,426 28,602
<br />195L_._________>._________>..______>______>___ 118,878 12,964 10,633 32,810
<br />195L___________________..>____________________ 130;414 13,971 10,690 37,231
<br />195D..__________________________h______________ 136, 996 15,280 12,299 42, 795
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<br />t Mexico, Central America, South America, Cuba, and Puerto Rico.
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<br />Reduced to graph form in the committee files the lines showing rate
<br />of increase ne. arly parallel but not (in lat.est 1. 956) convergent. There
<br />factual reporting must stop and the accuracy of Soviet prophecies be-
<br />come dependent On the fulfillment of their proclaimed and identified
<br />plans, as contrasted with future United States development. With
<br />an assumption the Soviets do what they say they will, and the United
<br />States continues to increase generating capacity at current rates, Mr.
<br />Khrushchev could beright.in his premature boast about surpassing
<br />the United States in power production in 15 years.
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<br />IRRIGATION IN SOVIET RUSSIA
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<br />The U. S. S. R. has a vast and accelerating irrigation program
<br />which, with the exception of the arid regions of the Mid-Asian Re-
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