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Seven Per Cent Of Yearly Tobacco Bill Would Prevent Future Floods
In May 1927 Washington, Major General Edgar Jadwin proposed that 7 percent of the yearly tobacco outlay could finance Mississippi Valley flood control. He argues redirecting about 125 million dollars annually to levee construction would reduce flood losses, with costs spanning a decade plus maintenance. Hoover supported levee plans as the viable solution amid huge flood damage and homelessness.
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