"The need of a national plan for conservation becomes self-evident, and we review the story of this movement, with special reference to the work of the TVA and CCC. Our responsibility to future generations and the opportunity to solve, in part, our present unemployment problem are presented as an obligation to all Americans and one that rises above political considerations. It is a plea for Americans to remember that, whatever their industry may dictate, this is their homeland where they and their children must live. "--Dust jacket flap.