INVESTIGATION OF THE
TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY

REPORT

OF THE

to

JOINT COMMITTEE (ON THE) INVESTIGATION)
OF THE TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY
CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES

PURSUANT TO

Public Resolution No. 83

(75th Congress)

CREATING A SPECIAL JOINT CONGRESSIONAL
COMMITTEE TO MAKE AN INVESTIGA-
TION OF THE TENNESSEE VALLEY
AUTHORITY

TOGETHER WITH

THE MINORITY VIEWS OF MR. DAVIS
MR. JENKINS, AND MR. WOLVERTON, AND THE
INDIVIDUAL VIEWS OF MR. JENKINS

APRIL 3, 1939.—Ordered to be printed with illustrations

UNITED STATES

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

WASHINGTON: 1939

JOINT COMMITTEE ON THE INVESTIGATION OF THE TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORIT

VIC DONAHEY, Senator from Ohio, Chairman

JAMES M. MEAD, Senator from New York, Vice Chairman

H. H. SCHWARTZ, Senator from Wyoming

LYNN J. FRAZIER, Senator from North Dakota

JAMES J. DAVIS, Senator from Pennsylvania

GRAHAM A. BARDEN, Representative from North Carolina

EWING THOMASON, Representative from Texas

THOMAS A. JENKINS, Representative from Ohio

CHARLES A. WOLVERTON, Representative from New Jersey
W. O. HEFFERNAN, Secretary

FRANCIS BIDDLE, General Counsel

T. A. PANTER, Chief Engineer

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LETTER OF SUBMITTAL

JOINT COMMITTEE ON THE INVESTIGATION
OF THE TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY,
April 1, 1939.

Hon. JOHN N. GARNER,

Vice President of the United States.

SIR: There is submitted herewith the final report of the Joint Com-
mittee to Investigate the Tennessee Valley Authority in accordance
with Public Resolution No. 83, Seventy-fifth Congress, and Public
Resolution No. 2, Seventy-sixth Congress.

The final report consists of the following:

1. Printed report with two appendixes approved by the Chairman,
Senators Frazier, Mead, and Schwartz, and Representatives Barden

and Thomason.

2. A minority report submitted and approved by the following:
Senator Davis, Representatives Jenkins and Wolverton, and a special
rority report by Representative Thomas A. Jenkins."

Respectfully submitted.

VIC DONAHEY, Chairman.

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