Evening star., 1928-01-10
ENGINEERS APPOINT
FLOOD committee
TO HELP CONTROL
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empheral possessions must be vast in
deed. And yet there are not a few
economists and staid business men
who strongly advocate such mortSaS-
| ing OF the future while we also see IN
| dustrial prophets in other lands rails
| ing strident voices advocating that
these American methods. so called, be
adopted and prosperity invoked. The
sneaker is not advocating such meth
| ods as sound economics, hut simply
states the facts as they exist.
Sees Many. Influences.
"Without doubt there are also many
| influences within modern industry
that NAV best be described as social
wing" Dean Kimball continued.
Our modern factory legislation and
particularly our new compensation
laws indicates new views concerning
| the relation of industry itself as a
means. in general. of supporting hu-
| man life. How far we shall go in TINS
direction remains to be seem
Problems of government were
touched upon by Dean Kimball in this
wise: The outstanding problem or
democracy is to call TO its aid the
groups of specially trained men VINO
can assist in these matters. AT the
present time the tendency in govern
ment appears to be toward govern.
ment by sptcial interests or blocS.
Thus we hear much OF the organized
farmers. the merchants bureaus, the
lumber interests. the bankers. and 20
on The influence Of these groups. II
is true. is indirect, but 1t Is often
effective.
"Perhaps the most disheartening
ASPECT Of the situation is the wide
spread indifference of people at large
10 these changed conditions. The
average citizen is pleased to enjoy the
comforts of life that modern methods
have brought to him, but apparently
does not give much thought to the
difficult social and economic changes
that appear TO be inseparably con-
nected with the production of these
comforts. Or if he belongs to the
older school of thought. he deplores
the decadent age and mourns for the
good old days that existed some
where in the dim past, just where no
one knows When the danger of his
social organization becomes too ap.
parent he makes haste to pass law,
often with little or no scientific In.
uuiry as to reasons or results. An
excellent case of this kind is now
before US in the Mississippi flood. For
many years hydraulic engineers have
been advocating a national laboratory
for the study of just such problems.
of which they tell us we do not know
enough to predict proper solutions.
Urges Experts to Help.
"One OF our greatest problems
therefore is to bring to the aid OF the
81, l1rrfn q
vice and knowledge Of our professional
groups" Dean kimball insisted. This
will be no eahy matter. for obviously,
legislative bodies must be free TO work
out their own solutions"
Dean kimball appointed these mem.
bers on the food control committee
that will work with Congress: Maj.
Gardner s. Williams of Ann Arbor,
Mich. chairman; Baxter L. Brown, st.
Louis; John r. Freeman, Providence,
past president of the American Society
of Civil Engineers; Arthur Z. Morgan,
president OF Antioch College. and a
fifth member viii be named later. This
committe viii study the reports Of the
Engineer Corps of the Army. and the
Mississippi, River Commission.
William Green. president OF the
American Federation Of Labor. was
lI a SutiiLltca tHC
council by l.. W. Wallace. its executive
secretary. as saying that disputes be-
tween labor unions were exceedingly
wastefui and neither the public nor
the rank and file of labor would
them for any extended
time. and that Mr.. Green said he was
using his influence that labor might
set UP some means OF settling its own
disputes.
This report was made in con Injunction
with the National Board for Jurisdic.
tionai Awards in the building indus
try. designed to settle disputes. and
explained that with the council. serv-
ing as constituent members were the
American Institute Of Architects. the
Associated General Contractors of
America, the National Association of
Building Trade Employers and the
building trades section OF the Amer
lean Federation OF Labor The report
said the building trades section had
Withdrawn from the board and was
threatening to wreck IL.
Advocates Confidence.
Mr.. Green also was represented In
the report az expressing the view that
the first steps in this matter should
be taken by labor and that unless
confidence in arbitration osn be built
UP among the workers. there is not
much use in trying 10 bring other
groups into the picture
Foremost among the matters await
ing action before the council liz the
prop0sai to- establish a hydraulic lab.
oratory in Washington and the report
Of a Nationwide survey of traffic con
ditions submitted by William B. Pow
ell 0f Buffalo as the result OF work By
100 subcommittees over the Nation.
The council will favor a national In.
vent0ry of water resources OF the
country and will support the Newton
bill. with this In mind. IL was decided.
The council also will urge formation
Of an organized movement 10 promote
reforestaiion under Federal auspicef.
Sir Esme Howard. the British Am.
baseador. win be the principal speaker
tonight at the councils annual han.
quet at the Mayfower Hotel. Sec.
retary Hoover is expected 10 attend
and speak as In Representative Wyant
of Pennsylvania.
The council voted 10 support the
public works bill, which bears the
name OF Mr.. Wyant. 10 reorganize the
Interior Department and centraiize
the public works functions of the Gov.
eTnment. IL was pointed out thst the
engineers no longer desire 10 change
the name of the Department Of the
Interior and add that the measure has
the support ~ this time Of Secretaries
Hoover and Work. The council viii
also support the Woodrun. .McGary
bill dealing with forestry functions In
the Department of Agriculture and
providing for cooperation with other
bodies.