From the August 8, 1936, issue

FOOD FOR THE LAND

TVA, in the minds of most people, symbolizes just two things: electric power, and a stand-up, knock-down, drag-out politico-legal fight about that power.

This is not at all an accurate picture, but it is the most widely apprehended one. Yet the spectacular struggle-aspect of the TVA could be subtracted from the situation, and still leave TVA as one of the most significant movements that has ever entered the pageant of American history.