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Show 486 The value of the Authority lies in providing the only method by which all the uses of the river can be brought within reach of the public. TVA's operating divisions are organized into four principal groupings: those having to do with water control in the chan- nel; those dealing with land rehabilitation and water control on the land; those dealing with power transmission and utiliza- tion; and those dealing with health, recreation, and community relations.448 TVA represents a unique type of governmental organization for resource development. Its former Chairman, David Lilien- thal, has stated that the three essential features of the TVA idea are:449 A federal autonomous agency, with authority to make its decisions in the region. Responsibility to deal with resources, as a unified whole, clearly fixed in the regional agency, not divided among several centralized federal agencies. A policy, fixed by law, that the federal regional agency work cooperatively with and through local and state agencies. Judicial Views on Comprehensive Development by the United States We have previously discussed numerous cases which have affirmed federal authority to regulate or control many aspects of water-resource development.450 Among them, two recent decisions of the Supreme Court merit particular note here. ""United States Government Organization Manual, p. 528 (1950). Under the Office of Chief Engineer are the divisions of Water Control Plan- ning, Design, and Construction. Under the Office of Manager of Power are the divisions of Power Utilization, Power Operations, and Power Engineering and Construction. The Office of Chief Conservation Engineer controls the divisions of Chemical Engineering, Agricultural Relations, and Forestry Re- lations. The Office of Manager of Reservoir and Community Relations has charge of the divisions of Regional Studies, Health and Safety, and Reser- voir Properties. *40 Lilienthal, TVA-Democracy on the March, p. 153 (1944). 450 See supra, pp. 5-72. |