Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-01-10
ENGINEERS APPOINT
FLOOD COMMITTEE
Council Experts win Coop.
crate With Congress in
Control Problems.

Prevention of food disasters In the
United States urged the American
Engineering Council at It's annual
convention at the Maydower Hotel to-
day to appoint a special flood con-
troll committee TO cooperate with Con.
gress and study the problems involved
over the Nation.
Preceding this, however. A. W
Berresford OF New York City was
elected the councils new president
Maj. Gardner Williams OF Ann Arbcr
Mich, was reelected a vice president
as was /. L. Moult.op OF Boston. DIR.
Fl. l.. Howe OF Washington was re
elected treasurer.
The council extended 10 Secretary
Hoover full privileges Of the floor In
a special vote.
The necessity for a close alliance be.
tween technology and Government was
emphasized by Dean Dexter ). Kim.
ball OF Cornell University. the coun.
ellis president. in the course OF his
address. which reviewed the Nations
wealth and progress from an engineer
ing standpoint.
Census figures indicate that our
national wealth is approaching $780,
600 900 900 and that our national in.
come is approaching $4,000, 600. .o0o."
Dean kimball said. Natural re-
sources. an inventive people with high
ly developed manufacturing ability.
large native population with free
internal trade. a willingness 10 pro-
duce upon the part OF the workers.
and willingness TO pay upon the
part OF employers all have been i'm
fnnfnr1 n ing CIVIL.
cation what IL Ia
III were asked. however. to name
the three most important caliin9s.
Dean kimbail said. II should name
agriculture. preventive medicine and
engineering. using the last term In
Its broadcast sense TO include the ap'
plications OF science TO the problem
OF productive industry. These fields
Of endeavor are more or less mutually
interdependent."
Electricity Greatest Slave.
Declaring that the ma ximum size
OF basic tools apparently will con.
tinue To grow an long as the demand
for growth In industrial machinery
continues" Dean kimball turned his
attention to power production.
the United States today ts sufficient. II
required. to give every man. woman
and child service equivalent 10 that
rendered by 1850 slaves. and the power
houses Of this country are doing more
work than could be accomplished hy
all the able'bodied men In tho world
working from sunriae til dark" Dean
ktmbail pointed out. again one
wonders where tho end will he. for
at present this growth shows no sign
or abatement The latest develop
ment IN the direction OF furnishing
ample power To those who tiil the
soil IN filled with vast possibilities.
Communication next engaged Dean
kimbali In the course Of HIS address.
and tracing the development Of this
branch OF human endeavor To tha
threshold or the present, he asked;
What next: shah each OF us carry
around our own portable radio receiv or
that we can tune In and listen 10 tho
worlds happeningay Or. more inter.
sstinE stiil. shall We iisten to msssas ses
from other planets through these
mysterious vibrations OF the ether
who can say what the ruturs holdss'
citing the great industrial changes
that ARE reshapina many of our
ideas" Dean ktmhail observed, "ro,
day No see ~ .0nn. 900 900 wmth al
automobiles alone heing hu,isht on Ia,
staiment plans that muytgaga the
earnings ot millions af patpls and the
amount af such debt that is involved
IN the deferred payment' az rnaloa,
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