Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-10-04
FLOOD PLANS HELD
NATIONAL PROBLEM
Special Committee Urges
Matter Be Kept Out of
Partisan Politics.

Zig business" agrees with Govern
r,ent authorities that Mississippi! Hood
control is national propiem I" he
dealt with by Congress apart from
any other waterways rr"lecf an" \"
hs kent out of rho realm Of parusa
politics.
Its attitude was made known YES
ter,iav when special food contro'
committee of The Uni ed States cham
bar of Commerce presented Secretary
nj War Davis with a preliminary, IN
formal report on its Thongs during q
recent trin 10 The Mississippi Valley.
Frederic 4. Dplano nf this city, Wto
Is chairman Of The special committees
Gid it's complete report will he made
october IS 10 the directors OF The
rational chamber.
Conclusions ON Survey.
Among conclusions reached on the
e,irvev were. The States ana com
,run.ties along the river ami in the
f,od area already have exhausted
themselves in dealing with the menace
nf GOODS The flood control problem
,nust he tackled by Congress as a
separate and distinct legislative
project, unassncia ed with any other
rational problem, however meritorlouS
any other project may he.
The following statement was issued
IT the War Department by agreement
with members of the committee at
line conclusion of The visit:
The flood control committee of the
Chambe, Of Commerce OF the United
States called on Secretary Of War
Davis to tel him OF the committee
visit through the recently Hooded
srcas in Arkansas, Louisiana and
Mississippi.
The committee, accompanied by
Lewis r. Pierson, president of the
chamber. left Washington. September
20 via St. Louis, going by train ana
automobile down the west bank of
the Mississippi River to New Orleans
and up The east bank Of the river.
ending trip AT Memphis on Septem'
Der -. The committee met in Wash
,ngtou today and will recOnveDe to-
morrow To write its report for the
chambers board of directors which
ciil meet at West Baden. Ind. October
Is 10 Is.
Report 10 Secretary.
Members of the committee told The
Secretary OF War that it was not
their purpose To attempt To formulate
ANY plan for flood control. leaving that
n the engineers and others who are
row studying the question with a
view to bringing forward scheme.
The committee is dealing only with
fundamentals. hoping ii can offer
some suggestions dealing with genera
bolicies which should be kept in view
in the approach to the flood control
hro..'em.
1.-THE committee. the Secretary was
told, was impressed in its contact
s,ith business men End others in the
flooded Sareas that the people OF the
three States have reached the end of
lneir resources in !evee construction
Ind other measures of food control.
The United States Government, the
committee believed. should now take
over Mississippi flood control. giving
} central direction to the problem and
itself taking the financial burden of
the States affected.
with reference TO carrying out the
work of food control. once Congress
authorizes it and appropriates the
money, the committee has no specific
suggestions except that it's general
thought is that the effort must be &C
scmplished in the most effective and
sficient way possible.
THE committee was strongly OF the
opinion that Mississippi flood control
"a so important in itself that it should
- considered by Congress entirely az
separate and distinct legislative
measure. in no way associated with
thy other project. however meritori-
bus. The committee expressed the
hope that the legislation would be
tept on a high plane and that parti-
ian politics would he left completely
,ut of the situati
Members of Committee.
Members of the committee who call
I'd on Secretary Davis. in addition TO
Mr.. Delano, We're: Robert r. Lamont
chicago. vice chairman: William But
terworth, president. Deere & Co.. Mo-
line. ILL.,: Jacob M. Dickinson. Chicago.
former Secretary of War: Daniel W.
lead, University of Wisconsin; John
H. Parker, New Orleans; Alfred RI.
stone. vice president. Staple Cotton
cooperative Association. Dunleigh,
Miss: M. s. Sloan, president, Brook
Hn, n. Y, Edison Co.: II. G. Couch.
president, Arkansas Light & Power
70, Pine Bluff: Walker d. Hines,
president. Cotton Textile Institute,
New York, and w. d. Brookings.
limited States Chamber of Commerce,
tecretary Of the committee. In addi-
lion, Judge Edwin p. Parker, chair
man of the directors of the National
i'hamber OF Commerce. accompa MED
he committee on it's visit to hte War
Department.