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<br />0019~3 <br /> <br />. <br />value to the people whom We serve <br /> <br />will "re0~ized only if <br /> <br />Their ul tiInD.te <br /> <br />they are put to the fullest use to stabilize our aGriculture, attract new in- <br /> <br />dustriul development, provide nore jobs and create better livinG conditions <br /> <br />for our Genera.tion and those to CODe. <br /> <br />In these 17 ~estern states we have provided sone siGnificant leadership <br /> <br />in our approach to solution of our water problems. Already we have oade sub- <br /> <br />sto.ntial proGress in bllildinc works to free our cities and aGricultural creaS <br /> <br />from destructive floods. We Th~ve provided lW2jor reservoir storace to capture <br /> <br />flood. waters nnel store them for TInny useful purposes. We are clevelopine hun- <br /> <br />dreds of thousands of acres of irrigation:!;" stabilize inCODe on the fams nnd <br /> <br />ranches. We have provided 0. large block of power so e8sential to the de- <br /> <br />velopnent of any region. Ife are c.1evelopin[!; new naviGation systems to o.ugoent <br /> <br />the country's transportation networks. .Ie e.re encaGed ill vital soil conserva- <br /> <br />tioD J.]ractices. And -VTe are providin~ ne,,, o..reas of public recreation, e.ugnent- <br /> <br />ill[l the public Water supply, assistinc in proGrcxls of pollution abatenent, am, <br /> <br />cooperating in the work of fish anC't. "Tilc11ife conservation. <br /> <br />Beyond our own borders we can see other developnents in the water re- <br /> <br />source field which will be of Great assistance in the developnent of our own <br /> <br />econony. Such ,mrl~s ""s the St. Lmrrence Secway which will be cOl1pleted next <br /> <br />year, and the Cel-Sag Cfu,cl linkinc the Great LeEes with the Illinois River <br /> <br />and the inland wcterway systeD of the MississjpJi and Missouri. These develop- <br /> <br />Dents will brine sen-Baine coonerce htUldreus of niles closer to our heartland <br /> <br />reGion. Ocean Goin8 vessels with Goods of world trade will dock at ChicaGO, <br /> <br />Duluth, Milwaul<:ee, Detroit, Cleveland and otl1er,.:}reat L[\kes port:;;. These <br /> <br />goods can then reach our inl[\nd. rmrkets [\t nuch Dore favore.ble rates throueh <br /> <br />transportation savings. tillG our exports of ~rnin, and processod Goods cnn be <br /> <br />e~~orted in closer coopetition with coastal ureus. <br /> <br />All of th~se developnents are ~-uid~posts to a new era of ~reater econonic <br /> <br />10 <br /> <br />