Index

INDEX Administrative agencies absolutism, 54 efficiency, 55 procedure, 55 types, 53 Allocation of costs, TVA, 14, 23, 39 Atomic Energy Commission, 49 Atomic plant, 30, 58 Authority, danger of, 47,51 B Board members of TVA, 47,49 Bonds, TVA, 97 Bonneville Administration, 72, 95 Capital, sources Russia, 98 TVA vs. private, 58 Wisconsin Valley Company, 68 Checks and balances, 45, 51 Civil Service, 49 Columbia River flood, 18 Compensation insurance, TVA, 39 Competition after TVA, 80, 84 among private companies, 81, 85 before TVA, 80 Competition (continued) from other forms of energy, 82 government's decision, 83 in England, 85 manufacturers vs. private power companies, 82 two ways to stop it, 79 Compromise, 76 Constitution of United States, how designed, 45, 51 Constitutionality of administrative agencies, 54 Constitutionality of TVA, 11, 59 Costs allocation of, 14, 23, 39 flood control, 14 freight, 24 Grand Coulee, 75 interest, 14, 33, 95 navigation, 23 TVA electricity, 39 total TVA project, 13,70 unseen or concealed, 9 Crop loss Douglas Dam, 15 Total TVA operations, 16 Deficits, TVA operating, 49, 96 Drainage laws, TVA, 54 106 INDEX Editors, influence of, 88 Electric power production federal, 62 manufacturers, 82 private vs. public, 62 Electricity, price of, 39, 57, 70, 80, 83 Eminent domain, 81 Employees, number in TVA, 39 England, development of electrical industry, 85 Exclusive franchise, utilities, 80 Federal agencies helping TVA, 47 Federal grants, 40 Flood control, other than TVA Columbia River, 18 Southern California Edison Company, 65 Wisconsin Valley Company, 66 Flood control, TVA amount of land involved, 15 benefits from, 13, 17 Cairo, Illinois, 17 Chattanooga problem, 14,16 conflict with electricity, 18 cost of program, 14 crop loss caused by, 15 interest costs, 14 land flooded, 15, 70 total damage before TVA, 13 tributaries of Tennessee River, 16 Freedom definition, 89 definition by Hamilton, 89 definition by Wilson, 93 Freight cost per tonmile, railroads, 24 cost per tonmile, TVA, 24, 70 tonnage on Tennessee River, 26 Government centralized, 43 checks and balances, 45, 51 cooperation with private enterprise, 49, 66 division of powers, 51, 56 negative nature of, 45 purpose of, 90 regulation of persons, 76 regulation of utilities, 83, 85 tradition broken by TVA, 45 Government officials, 50 Government ownership of press, 91 Government production, costs vs.

selling prices, 35 H Hoover Commission, 61 I Influence group, editors and teachers, 87 Insurance, TVA compensation, 39 Interest charged by TVA, 97 cost admitted by TVA, 97 on government projects, 95 on TVA flood control, 14 paid by taxpayers, 33 theory of, 97 total TVA costs for, 33, 96 why government rates are low, 34 J Justice, definition of, 56 Krock, Arthur, 91 Lilienthal, David, 43, 87 INDEX 107 Lobby, public and private power, 71 Loss concealed and unseen, 9 TVA operating, 96 M Marx, Karl, 85 Monopoly government's decision, 83 in Tennessee after TVA, 81,84 two ways to have it, 79 Morgan, Arthur, 51 Muscle Shoals, cost vs. value, 34 N National defense, 29 Navigation, TVA benefits from, 24 capital allocation, 23 cost estimate by Army Engineers, 23 cost for 1944, 24 cost for 1947, 24 cost, operating, 23 cost to Army, 23 cost to Coast Guard, 23 cost, who pays, 25 size of channel, 24 tolls (Wisconsin Valley Company), 68 tons of freight, 26 New York Times, 91, 93 Norris, George, 38 Opinion Research Corporation, 87 Pilot plant, TVA, 57 Political power, results of, 41 Politics, TVA, 44, 50 Pound, Roscoe, 53, 54 Price of electricity, 39, 57, 70, 80, 83 Private enterprise and TVA, compared, 39, 58 Production of electric power federal, 62 manufacturers, 82 private vs. public, 62 Profits, TVA alleged, 39 Public opinion, influence of, 57, 87 Publishers, influence of, 88 Purpose of TVA, primary and secondary, 11, 59, 74 Rates, electricity, 39, 57, 70, 80, 83 Regulation of industry by government, 83, 85, 88 Repayment of TVA investment, 13,40 River development, private, 65 Saturday Evening Post, 40 Seamless web, TVA, 46, 63 Southern California Edison Company, 65 States' rights, 46 Steam plant, TVA, 30, 60,72 Supreme Court decision against private companies, 80 TVA arguments before, 59 Taxes a cost of production, 38 not fully paid by TVA, 38 payment in lieu of, 37 per cent paid by private, 40 per cent paid by TVA, 40 why not paid by TVA, 39 Wisconsin Valley Company, 67 Teachers, influence of, 88 108 INDEX Traditions, United States government, 45 Transportation, private, 24, 26 u Unified approach of TVA, 45 United States General Accounting Office, 17,25,33, 95 Valley Authorities, 46, 61, 69, 87, 88 Vanport City flood, 19 wWall Street Journal, 72 Wilson Dam, cost vs. value, 34 Wilson, Woodrow, 93 Wisconsin Valley Company, 66 Yardstick claim by TVA on interest, 33 on operating efficiency, 34 on production, 30 on taxes, 37 "prosperity" comparison, 58