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Show 413 from the Administration of Public Works.106 Among the bet- ter-known projects which were authorized in this manner are Fort Peck,107 Bonneville, 108 Central Valley,109 Grand Coulee,110 and Parker Dam.111 Also, the timing of the construction of Wheeler Dam by the Tennessee Valley Authority was fixed in the interest of relieving unemployment.112 Mississippi Valley' Committee.-Concurrently, the Mis- sissippi Valley Committee of the Public Works Administration was engaged in working on water problems of that two-thirds of the Nation in the Mississippi drainage area. Its report added further recognition of the broad problem of social and economic policy inherent in water planning:113 Engineering does not exist for its own sake. It is of little use to control rivers if we cannot thereby improve the quality of human living. Therefore, the final and most significant element which the Committee has con- sidered is neither land nor water, but the people who live on the land and are dependent on the water. National Resources Board.-Appointed by the President in June 1934, the National Resources Board was directed to prepare a program and plan of procedure dealing with the "physical, social, governmental and economic aspects of public policies for the development and use of land, water, and other national resources."114 This Board also recommended a pro- 106 H. Rep. No. 1816, p. 6. 107 § 1, 49 Stat. 1034; H. Rep. No. 1816, pp. 14-15. 108 § 1, 49 Stat. 1038; Sen. Rep. No. 893, pp. 7, 80. 109 § 1, 49 Stat. 1038, Sen. Rep. No. 893, pp. 53-54; see also Act of August 26,1937, § 2, 50 Stat. 844, 850. 110 § 2, 49 Stat. 1039; H. Rep. No. 1816, p. 21. 112 See H. Doc. No. 82, 74th Cong., 1st sess., p. 18 (1935). 118 Report of the Mississippi Valley Committee op the Public Woeks Ad- ministration, p. 3; see also p. 24 (1934). 114 Ex. O. No. 6777, June 30, 1934. The program was to include coordina- tion of projects of federal, state, and local governments with proper division of responsibility. The Mississippi Valley Committee became the Water Planning Committee of the National Resources Board. See Water Plan- ning, National Resources Committee, p. 3 (1938). |