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...river basins, and has authorized partial appropriations for the accomplishment of these plans. The projects in these plans form the backbone of the flood- control program and it is vital to our progress in water resource development that these programs continue. It has been the custom of the Congress to include additions to the monetary authorizations for these river basins in each flood-control act enacted in recent years. Whether or not additions should be included in any bill con- sidered during the current Congress, or whether this subject should be taken up next year, is a matter which the committee may desire to consider. The flood-control program authorized by Congress is paying big dividends to the American people. The program is not complete. Many authorized projects remain to be constructed, and many more not yet authorized are needed. Until our ultimate goal of controlling flood waters, wherever such control can be economically justified, is definitely in sight, I believe...