TVA after 40 Years.

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  • Additional Information
    • Subject Terms:
      UNITED States
    • Subject Terms:
      TENNESSEE Valley Authority TVC
    • Subject Terms:
      ROOSEVELT, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945
    • Abstract:
      Focuses on the working of U.S. Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) which was established to revitalize an eroded and impoverished region in 1933. Responsibilities entrusted to the TVA; Reference to the TVA Act which established a three-man board that former U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt filled with dedicated progressives; Information on the power production capacity of the TVA; Discussion of the economic development brought about by the TVA; Appreciation of the TVA for proving that public agencies clothed with certain powers of private corporations can perform valuable public functions.