Executive Order establishing the Rural Electrification Administration.

ID: 640 | This file appears in: Sam Rayburn and Rural Electrification
President Roosevelt claimed he was inspired to create the REA after learning how much electricity cost for his Warm Springs, Georgia retreat. Sam Rayburn claimed that FDR was unaware of the magnitude of the problem until he brought it to his attention. | Creator: Paul E. Anderson | Source: Image: National Archives http://media.nara.gov/rediscovery/08145_2006.pdf http://research.archives.gov/description/300002
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Image: National Archives http://media.nara.gov/rediscovery/08145_2006.pdf http://research.archives.gov/description/300002
Description: Anthony Champagne, Congressman Sam Rayburn (New Brunswick, New Jersey: Rutgers University Press, 1984), 130.
"Executive Order establishing the Rural Electrification Administration." appears in: Sam Rayburn and Rural Electrification