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<br />. <br /> <br />0028::1 <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />A good foundation for tbts effort has already been laili- - much of it here <br />in tbe Missouri Baain. For many years YOI1 here have been solving problems. <br />developing techniques of coordination. and finding ways .of reconciling the COD- <br />alets that inevitably adse in this complex field. One recent fruit of your en- <br />deavors is the agreement between the Oepartmenta of tbe Army and the Interior <br />to condllct joint investigations in tbe field in the upper Baain. We regard this <br />agreement not only as an achievement in itself. bllt also aa a stage in long-range <br />progresa toward greater and closer cooperation in.tbe future. <br /> <br />Elsewhere. too. people cODcerned with water-resources development have <br /> <br /> <br />been striving for ways to carry out tbe comprehensive concepta that have been <br /> <br /> <br />known as an ideal. or goal. for the past 50 years or more. Tbe "308" surveys <br /> <br /> <br />begun by tbe Army Engineers almost Z5 years ago; the TV A: the Pick-Sloan <br />plan bere in tbe Missouri Basin; the Arkansas-White-Red survey. which waa <br />perhaps the first effort at comprehensive planning in the modern sense; the <br /> <br />New England-New York survey: the Southeast and tbe Texas BasiM studiea; and <br /> <br />tbe Delaware River study--these have aU made important contributions to tecbn- <br /> <br />iques and concepts of comprehensive planning. <br /> <br />Now we believe tbe time has come to beii~ harvesting tbe fruits of our <br /> <br /> <br />bard-won experience. It Ie time to move from sporadic efforts on a regional <br /> <br /> <br />or e.ngle-baein basis. to a national planning effort in which tbe best lessons from <br /> <br /> <br />tbe past can be used as guidelines for accelerated progresa in the future. <br /> <br />Z <br />