Evening star., 1928-11-28
DAWES TO DIRECT
WATERWAYS DRIVE
Mississippi Valley Association
Elects Officers and Asks
for Appropriation.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
ST. LOUIS, November 28.-With the
election of William R. Dawes, Chicago
f1nancier, as president, and adoption
Of a resolution asking Congress for
money for the early completion of the
Mississippi Valley waterway system, the
tenth annual convention of the MiSsiSs-
ippi Valley Association closed here late
yesterday.
Dawes succeeds James E. Smith, st.
Louis, who resigned after a fifth of a
century of activity in the inland water
way movement. The convention paid
tribute to Smith in resolution ex-
pressing gratitude of the association
for his work.
The convention, in resolution, point
ed out that $452,270,217 has already
been expended or allotted for compile
ton of various waterway projects, and
called on Congress to make available
annually whatever money is needed to
complete the projects.
Urges Standardized System.
The association held that the system
should be standardized as to channel
depths. locks, terminals and floating
equipment and that the main trunk
lines should have channels feet deep.
The main trunk lines were specified as
the Mississippi, Missouri and Ohio
Rivers and the Illinois waterway and
intracostal canal in Louisiana and
Texas.
The right to divert water from Lake
Michigan for the Illinois waterway
was upheld in the resolutions The
association praised the Denison barge
line bill and requested Congress to
appropriate $l0,000,000 for added equip
ment and barges for the inland water
ways corporation. The sum has already
been authorized.
while reaff1rming adherence to the
principle of private ownership and
operation Of transportation facilities, we
assert that no part of the operations
of the United States Inland Waterway
Corporation should be relinquished or
disposed of by the Federal Government
until the obstacles and handicapS which
now impede private operation of COM
mon carriers have been removed"
Need of Terminals Cited.
Calling attention to the need of
proper terminals on the rivers, the as
sociation urged all river cities to con-
Struct docks and port equipment. APP
proval was given to flood control legis-
lation by the association, which urged
prompt completion of new survey for
additional flood legislation. The associ-
alton also came out against curtail-
ment of the authority of the Army en-
gineers in rivers and harbor activity.
Smith Lauded for Service.
The Smith resolution expressed
deepest gratitude" to him for the in
valuable service he has rendered so un-
self1shly and patriotically through the
long years of his most useful life, for
the loyalty, fidelity and devotion of his
splendid leadership which has brought
us to the realization of the great pur-
pose we have sought to accomplish and
for the inspiration of his example of
self-sacrificing public service, extended
always without thought of personal
gain or material reward.
Other officers elected were: T. F.
Cunningham, New Orleans, vice presi-
dent at large, and Lachlan MacLeay,
st. Louis, secretary.
Memphis and Chicago presented for
NAL invitations to hold the convention
in those cities next year. The eXecu-
tive committee will pass on the bids.