Missouri River Basin Development

gated the task of recommending a solution to the problem. The Hoover Commission in 1949 and the President's Water Resources Policy Commission in 1950 were assigned to study the problem. In 1947 a nonpolitical group the Engineers Joint Council undertook an investigation of the development of the water resources of the country. The group's purpose was to make recommendations for legislation and administrative organization. The present development program in the Missouri Basin dates back about ten years. In 1944, under threat of a Missouri Valley Authority proposal, the US Army Corps of Engineers and th Bureau of Reclamation combined