The Chen Hsin Hsin Wen Pao (now the China Times) reported at the time how Chiang Meng-lin, chairman of the Joint Commission on Rural Reconstruction (the forerunner of the Council of Agriculture), followed the progress of the dam's construction closely even on his deathbed.
中國時報前身「徵信新聞社」記載，當時農復會主委蔣夢麟先生臨終前念念不忘石門水庫的落成。