Index 



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Powell, John Wesley, 5n, 50, 210 



Power. See Energy resources; Water 

 power 



Pratt, Robert W., Win 



Presidential Advisory Committee on 

 Water Resources Policy, 236-37 



Presidential attitudes toward conserva- 

 tion, 4; see also under Conservation 

 movement 



President's Materials Policy Commis- 

 sion, 18,21, 37, 111, \lln, 180, 181; 

 and U.S. consumption, 89, 93-95 



President's Water Policy Commission, 

 111 



Price support benefits, farmer's share 

 in, 230, 230rt 



Prices: of lead, 181; of oil, effect of 

 foreign trade policy on, 183; see also 

 Competitive price system and under 

 Raw materials 



Private interests: in forest lands, 9, 19, 

 25, 31; improved practices of, 31-32; 

 in land use, as obstacle to govern- 

 ment intervention, 198; in power, 

 8-9, 12, 14, 18-19, 80; and public 

 interests, struggle between, 18-19, 

 22, 30-31, 44-45; public restraint on 

 activities of, 209; Theodore Roose- 

 velt's attitude toward, 22, 80; see also 

 under Resource management 



Providence, Rhode Island, trend in sub- 

 urban settlement, 117 



Public domain: future of unreserved 

 lands in, 27; government control 

 over reserved lands in, 3 1 



Public interest: as criterion of resource 

 policies, 10, 12, 24, 25, 28, 32, 40, 

 43-45; and doctrine of laissez faire, 

 199, 200; and private property rights, 

 197-98, 209; term, 24-25 



Public vs. private power. See under 

 Water power 



Putnam, H. St. Clair, 52« 



Rare earths, 57, 59 



Rauber, Earle, 106 



Raw materials: and inelasticities of 

 supply and demand, 159, 167-68, 

 168/j, 169; price instabilities, and 

 public intervention, 159, 167-71, 

 186, 199-200; and variation in in- 

 come, 168-69 



Raynal, Abbe, 76 



Recreational resources, 19-20; expan- 

 sion of, need for, 125-26, 141, 145, 



149; government intervention in, 



184; open spaces, planning for, 141, 



147-48; urban use of, 124-26, 141; 



watersheds as, 127 

 Regional Factors in National Planning 



and Development, 37 

 Reiss, Albert J., Jr., \21n 

 Renshaw, Edward P., 230/i 

 Report on the World Social Situation 



(United Nations), 74, 76 

 Research and technology: 



adjustment of resource policy to ad- 

 vances in, 188-89; 



in agriculture, 63; 



and the balance of nature, 110, 137; 



benefits of technology, limitation of, 

 72; 



and costs, 70, 79-84, 107; 



crops, nutritional requirements of, 

 64-65; 



early developments, 50; 



forest research, 10, 19, 29, 63; 



and future resource availabilities, 

 179; 



legislation supporting, 10, 29; 



and manpower requirements, 69; 



on metallic and non-metallic mineral 

 resources, 56-57; 



on pest and disease control, 63; 



on petroleum reserves, 55-56; 



on pollution, 140; 



and population growth, 72-78; 



role in conservation, 29, 49-66; 



on soils and soil products, 63-64, 

 67-71; 



on synthetic or substitute materials, 

 59,90-91,98; 



on trace elements, 57-59; 



on water resources, 60-62 

 Resource management: 



aims of, 208-11; 



capital outlay for resource programs, 

 forecast of, 237; 



co-operation on all levels, impor- 

 tance of, 237-39; 



decision-making, and need for ap- 

 praisal at the national level, 221- 

 25; 



department of resources develop- 

 ment, need of, 243; 



