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1936 › Alf Landon (Republican) › Flood control and river-basin development
Federal construction of head-water storage basins to prevent floods, with the consent of the States concerned
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Solution
Federal flood-control works subject to approval of State legislatures and executives.
Rationale
The 1936 floods; State consent preserves the federal balance.
Statements (1)
1936-06-11 · Republican National Convention, Cleveland (platform) · conventionparty_platform
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We favor the construction by the Federal Government of head-water storage basins to prevent floods, subject to the approval of the legislative and executive branches of the government of the States whose lands are concerned.
Source: Republican Party Platform of 1936 (1936-06-09)
Follow-through
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The Flood Control Act of 1938 authorized federal reservoirs with the federal government bearing land costs, going beyond the state-consent formula.
Enacted by others
| 1938-06-28 | Franklin D. Roosevelt | statute Flood Control Act of 1938 | Federal headwater reservoirs authorized nationwide. source |
Other positions on this issue
- Continue drought and flood aid and a nation-wide flood-control and water-conservation policy — Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1936 directional_stance
1936-landon-federal-headwater-flood-control · created by claude-fable-5-1 · review: unreviewed