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<br />WAR DEPARTMENT,
<br />OFFICE OF THE CHIE.F OF ENGINEERB,
<br />.,:~ . Washington, AugusU!8, 1943.
<br />Hon. LEi!~N'D OLDB, ' '
<br />Chaita1!, Federal Power Com,;"is8ton,
<br />""'" 11 ashwgton, D. C.
<br />:M y DEAR"1\iR. OLDB: In Rccordl1nce with our usual practice with
<br />respect to coopemtion in the investigation of,multiple,purpose projects,
<br />I am transmitting herewIth a folder contammg copies of the reports of
<br />the division engineer unt\ of the Board 01 Engineers for Rivers and
<br />Harbors on the Depu,rtmeni'Buuthorized slU"Vey of the Missouri River,
<br />Sioux City Iowa, to the mouth. It will be. appreciated if ,you will
<br />furnish ni~ with your comments thereou at the earliest prncticable
<br />date in order that the rcport of the Department may bc completed
<br />nnd submitted to CongresB.
<br />Very truly y~llrs,
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<br />E. REYBOLD,
<br />Major Gfneral, Ohie] oj Engineers.
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<br />COMMENTS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
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<br />DEPARTMENT OF AGRJCUl,TURE,
<br />Washington, N01lember 23, 1943.
<br />Maj. Gen. THOMAB M. ROBINS,
<br />Actill9 Chief (if Engineers, War D/Jpartment,
<br />. , trashing/on, D. C.
<br />DEAR Gll.l'!ERAL ROBINS: The opportunity afforded by your request
<br />of Novcml%r. 10 .for comment all thc proposed 'report of August 23,
<br />on the Miss9,w,;i)River from thc mouth to Sioux City, Iowa, is much
<br />appreciated: ' - ,
<br />Although reRponsibilities of this Department do not emLmce the
<br />construction 01 the typcs of flood control, irrigation, powcr, Rnd other
<br />major engineering works diseussed in the report, the prognuTI en-
<br />ljsaged. is of. great cancer? ~o th~ inter~sts of ilgri,?ul~ule .and rur~l
<br />people 1I1 tillS large and Jlnpi(rtant agncultuml arca,:>ocThe damage
<br />done by floods on tllC Missoul'i und its tributaries is Jiirgely agricul-
<br />tural in ehnract,cr; the be.eefits fronl power, navigat.ion, irrigation,
<br />wildlife, re,creation, and other lllU,ltiple-purpose developments .will
<br />accrue inc;Po smull mensure to farm people and rural interests, and ,~iI1
<br />ha ve Wau'ect LeafIng on the use of thc rural resources of the b.sm.
<br />In particular, the pot,cnti111ities of providing irrigation where economi-
<br />cally feasible to fl1r~11ing fireas of J<t>v or uncert,ain rllinfall are large.
<br />Both the droughts'Of recent years iand the disastrous floods of 1943
<br />demonstrate the' nccd 101' such a ibomprchensi,-e p\an of mult,ip!e-
<br />purp,?se rcgulation and devclopment of the upper Missouri River.,
<br />It IS our understandlllg that the plan prop1\sed IS not necessafIJy
<br />final, but a fral)lcwork arouild which the ultimate basin-wide plan
<br />can pro~rcsslvely be developed, wit,h full recogniLion given to the'
<br />best ntillzatiun of the waters of the main stream and its tributaries
<br />in accordance with the multiple-purpose principle.
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