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THE TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY WAS ONE OF THE PACKAGE OF INSTITUTIONS AND LEGISLATION PUT TOGETHER UNDER THE GENERAL NAME OF THE NEW DEAL BY PRESIDENT FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT IN ORDER TO RESCUE AMERICA FROM THE DEPRESSION OF 1931. DURING HIS PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN ROOSEVELT HAD ADVOCATED THE VALUE OF REGIONAL PLANNING AS A CONTRIBUTION TO THE REHABILITATION OF DERELICT AREAS AND, IF THE CHOICE OF THE TENNESSEE VALLEY WAS SOMEWHAT FORTUITOUS, IT WAS CERTAINLY A DERELICT AREA. THE VALLEY, WHICH IS FOUR-FIFTHS THE SIZE OF ENGLAND, LIES BETWEEN THE SMOKY MOUNTAINS ON THE EAST (CONTAINING THE HIGHEST PASS EAST OF THE ROCKIES) AND THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER ON THE WEST. THE WATERSHED COVERS 40,910 SQUARE MILES. THE AREAS SERVED WITH TVA POWER COVER ABOUT 80,000 SQUARE MILES. THE TWO OVERLAP. THE VALLEY REGION COVERS THE STATE OF TENNESSEE AND PORTIONS OF SIX OTHER STATES. THE DERELICTION OF THE VALLEY AND THE CRICUMSTANCES LEADING TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY WERE SET OUT IN AN ARTICLE BY MYSELF IN THE POLITICAL QUARTERLY IN 1935, BASED ON A VISIT I HAD MADE THE PREVIOUS YEAR; THIS ARTICLE WILL NOT BE REPRODUCED HERE. TWENTY YEARS AFTER, IN 1954, ASA BRIGGS (NOW LORD BRIGGS) VISITED THE VALLEY AND WROTE TWO ARTICLES IN THE FORTNIGHTLY REVIEW TO WHICH SOME REFERENCES WILL BE MADE LATER. ITS FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY (ON MAY 18, 1983), SEEMS A GOOD MOMENT TO ATTEMPT A REVIEW OF ITS ACHIEVEMENT, TO CONSIDER PRESENT PROBLEMS AND FUTURE PROSPECTS. THIS INVOLVES TWO LINKED PY: 1983