<oai_dc:dc xmlns:oai_dc="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/ http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc.xsd"><dc:title>Taking Action for Flood Control: A Call to Arms</dc:title><dc:date>1951-09-12</dc:date><dc:creator>unknown</dc:creator><dc:rights>http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NKC/1.0/</dc:rights><dc:language>eng</dc:language><dc:identifier>http://congressarchives.org/record/CAC_CC_047_3_27_38_0005</dc:identifier><dc:description>The document  discusses the importance of flood prevention and control, highlighting the need to focus on water shed management and reservoir construction to minimize flood damage. It urges readers to write to their congressmen to support flood control plans in the Marais des Cygnes valley and emphasizes the necessity of reservoirs in preventing floods. The document  also mentions the limited effectiveness of soil conservation in flood control and asks for support in the form of letters to senators and representatives.</dc:description></oai_dc:dc>