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<br />. . <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />Onj20r,c:: <br />l 0 ~ . <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. We are now engaged in an effoctt to .build up our planning 8taffe by recruiting. <br /> <br />trainl~ _nd encOuraging planning pereonnel. At the moment: we are placing emphaele <br /> <br />On recruiting economl8te, but we aleo ae.ek people with many other typee of epecialized <br /> <br />traint~. Some of them are glven graduate couraea at eelected :univereitiea. At the <br /> <br />aame time, we al'e adapting model'll concepta of ol'aanbation and admlniatrative <br /> <br />management to the new neede of our civil works progl'am. and especially to the <br /> <br />planalns taske. <br /> <br />We feel a great senae of ul'gency In tb.is work. Our river-basin plana mllSt be <br /> <br />aound and efficient, fol' they will involve not only .reat awna of money, but alao <br /> <br />the wlee management of the priceleea hedtage of ut:1lral reaourcea on wblch our <br /> <br />future gr9Wth, 8trength. and proepedty must be bas.d. But they mllSt alao be timely. <br /> <br />A lack of water, or of the services which water can provide. for want: of development. <br /> <br />programs undertaken in time, could constitute a draa upon our nation's growth. <br /> <br />Conatruction must keep abreast 01' ahead of needs; and planning mllSt come befol'e <br /> <br />cOllatruction. We in the Army feel that the organbatlOn and carrytns out of <br /> <br />compl'ehensive river-baaln planning pl'ogl'ama. under the auldeltnea aet fOl'th by <br /> <br />the Conaresa and tbe Admlnlatration, la a t:aak,whleb ratea blab In importance <br /> <br />amons Ie'.e domestic activities of our Fel!leralgovernment. All In all It is a <br /> <br />faaclutlng job and an abaol'blng subject. <br /> <br />It has been a gl'eat temptation for me to dwell even more than I have On the <br /> <br />wonderful blatory and accompliehments of the Corpa of Engineers. The Army is <br /> <br />very proud of the Corpe and the only reason I havenft talked <br /> <br />8 <br />