European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 15, 1963, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 4 the stars and stripes wednesday May 15, 196j? Tva democracy on the March or creeping socialism editor s hots presiden Kennedy plans of Vinett Noah vile tcitn., and saturday to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Tenn use Valley Washington a fran la Len d. Roosevelt had t been inthe White House two months be fore he hiked Congress to approve a plan he had to develop the Tennessee Valley. He asked that the Job be handled by a Federal Agency clothe with the Power of and on May 18, 1933-just 30yflmri ago that month president Roosevelt signed a Bill which Congress had passed creating the Tennessee Valley authority Tva. Tva. Became one of the most admired and Root objected to of All the agencies born of the Mew la now world famous especially for its production of abundant Public Power cheap tothe consumer. More than 2,000 foreign represented let ranging from High government officials to students. Inspected it let Fis Cal year. The foreigners came from More than to countries and most of those who had anything to say publicly had words of Hain t been All that Way at Home. Bare Tva and in Public Power program have been praised and damned in equally fervent terms. Unfair Competition for free Enterprise Ito critics have shouted. Democracy on the much i its Faa Ken have pro calmed. One president Dwight d. Eisenhower called it creep song a place Whir few criticisms an heard to along the Tennessee hirer itself. There Ute people support such words a these Tom 8m. Utu hoi. Data who served on the Senate House conference committee which Putty Tva legislation in final shape in 1433 a unified plan Haa trans formed the River into a Chai cat Beautiful and productive lakes. It has promoted the Prosper Ity of the people added to their Security multiplied their re sources for enjoyment it has brought new Beauty Gotha Valley. It he brought strength to the is no question but that the rally people Are vastly bet Ter Oft think to Tva. The ques Tion critics raise la whether it by been proper to Nee Federal toes from set Over the nation to help build Tva there Haa Al mate Oftie Tennessee off tree Tva s Vader Consumers form self Steffi a Tiff js33& 236j\ 3o-Yea record it Teoff increase Fatima Arthyr Sararpe Rod been no end to the arguing Over that Here Are some of the growth figures Tva is Happy to report nearly 1.5 million Consumers use Tva Power five times a Many As had electricity in the same area in 1933. Ninety eight per cent of the Region s farms Are electrified As compared with 3.5 per cent in1933. Residential Consumers pay less than half a much per kilowatt hour As do those in the National a whole and they use twice As much Power. Tva s multiple purpose forestry and agricultural aids and its service to Industry have helped bring about a 74b per cent increase in the per Raplin income of the people in the Region since1933 in the nation the increase Haa been i93 per cent Tsee map in 2933 there were no atomic Energy plants in the Valley to Day these plants use much More electricity in a month than the entire area used for the whole Yeai 1933. About 1000 Miles of High Volt age transmission lines carry Tva Power to 385 substations which Supply 103 municipal electric systems 51 Rural electric cooperatives and two Small private utilities. Tva Power goes direct u a few industries and to such government installations As the atomic Energy plants at Oak Ridge Tenn., and Paducah by. Tva dams have created a series of Slack water lakes Navi Gable for 650 Miles from Padu Cah to Knoxville Tenn. River traffic ton mileage is by time what is was before Tva. Tva reservoirs have up to million acre feet of storage space which makes possible the reduction of floods in the Valley and helps control floods on the lower Ohio River and the has built or acquired 25 major dams nine of them on the Tennessee River and the rest on tributary streams. Sue other major dams privately owned Are tied into Tva operations. Supplementing the the dams is steam general de Power from 10 major planted producing electricity from coat Tva i the largest single Coa buyer in the nation. Luoman to Ilion d. Must mar. .m., it s businessman Norstad Voit new Tork rising ram Rod straight from his chair. Gen tenon no Sud. Former supreme aued commander in Europe apology lion for a few papers obis bread Walnut desk. To Only been on the Job a Short while he said so you see 1ft pretty the expanse of desk May have seemed disordered to a precise military Man. It would however pass inspection Tram any Busl Maji and Korstad is a Busi Nessman now. His office is on the 14th door of a fifth Avenue skyscraper where he preside As president of Owens Corning fiberglas International a business far re moved from military affairs i. said non lad As he talked his new Way of life that people successful in one area of life have worked out a system of doing things that is transferable to other the handsome 56-year-old com Bat and diplomatic Veteran. Is recent big name military Man to step untrained in corporate life. Into a top Industrial position. Before Hon marched Douglas to Macarthur Chester w. Nam Leanthony c. Mcauliffe Lucius d. Clay Omar n. Bradley James m. Gavin and other generals an admirals. Just As u it were another methodical step upward in their military careers Many of yester Day s military and naval lenders have become today s captains of Industry. Obviously despite their Lack of experience in the world of prof its and losses military men Are considered Good work said Nora Tad was not technically military. 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