THE GROWING NEED FOR CVA.

Discusses various measures to overcome problem of floods, erosion, deforestation, and an inadequate power supply that threaten the economy of the Columbia River Basin. Proposal by U.S. President Harry S. Truman to create a Columbia Valley Authority (CVA); Need to find new jobs in the region; Discouragement to manufacturers in the Northwest with the power shortage; Task handled by CVA; Development of the region's vast sources of hydroelectric power; Preparation of nine million acres of sagebrush land for agricultural development.