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TVA Debate Mirrors Nation in March Era Controversy
As TVA nears its fifteenth year, supporters hail it as democracy in action and a boon to the Tennessee Valley, while critics call it creeping socialism. The piece traces funding, tax, and flood-control arguments, noting large investments, job gains, and vast hydroelectric power supplied to 98 cities and 1.46 million consumers with 15,460 employees and 30 dams.
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Tennessee
Senate
Tennessee Valley Authority
TVA
White House
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Congress
Roosevelt
Federal Project
Eisenhower
New England
the Aluminum Co. of America
Reynolds Metals
Ford Motors
E. I. du Pont
Wade Smith
Knox Tva
Tennessee Valley
Richard W. Smith
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Natural Resources Department
Treasury
Chamber
Chamber of Commerce
Federal Atomic
Federal Treasury
General Accounting Office
Eisenhower Ton Ane
United States
Rep. Coudert
New York
California
Illinois
Pennsylvania
Michigan
Frank G Clement
Norman Thomas
Socialist Party
England
Army Corps of Engineers
Herbert D. Vogel
Guntersville
Ala