The Ely miner., 1928-04-13
BY william L. carrs. Represent

March 3Oth, 1928.
Without q dissenting vote the SEN
| ate bill for flood control passed the
Senate on March 28th, carrying an
| appropriation of s325,O00.0O0 for the
project, and providing for the crea-
ton of Board to plan and carry
| out the work. The vote, 70 to y. con-
cluded a debate of less than one hour
and twenty minutes. The speed with
which this legislation was sent thru
| the Senate was astonishing. In ord
er to avoid q long fight on the floor
of the Senate, the Committee had
| considered the whole question, and
decided to put all the cost on the
| Federal Government in spite of the
proposal of President Coolidge that a
commission be appointed to study and
determine the question Of costs as be-
tween the Federal and local govern
ments.
The Board is to consist of the Sec
| retary of War, the Chief of Army
Engineers, and President Of the Mis-
| sissippi River Commission, and two
civil engineers to be appointed by the
President.
The bill recognizes that control OF
| the Mississippi and its tributaries
| from floods is a national problem,
and provides that mo additional local
| contribution to the project herein
| adopted is required"
MIR. Reid, Chairman of the House
committee on Flood Control, COM
| menting on the Senate action said:
1.-The passage by the Senate, March
28th, of the flood control bill provid-
i ing for the control of the flood waters
of the Mississippi river from Cape
Girardeau to the Gulf, at Govern
ment expense and without local con-
tributions, is a swooping victory for
the thing for which I have fought
since the great flood of 1927. The
Senate is to be congratulated, and
speedy action oy the House should
follow, saving this country from the
danger of a repetition of such ois-
as:cr as thai which staggered Our
nation last spring"
The House Oil was reported from
the Committee on March 2etn. auth
oriding the appropriation OF $437,-
100000 to be administered by the MIS-
sssippi Valley Flooc CCntro! Conf
mission, oody of seven members to
be appointed by the President
The House on March 29th agreed to
postpone for another year the So
called National origins provision of
the Immigration Act OF 1924, by adop-
ton of resolution, 8. j. 113, to that
effect. The Senate had previously
taken the same action.
Representative johnson of Wash
ington, Chairman of the House COM
mittee on Immigration, is endeavor-
ing to secure rule on bill to raise
the salaries of immigration inspect
ors. He also stated his intention Of
presenting q bill in the near future
providing for an increased border
patrol and more immigration in
spectors. He stated further he would
at a later date call for q rule on his
deportation bill, II. r. 10078
President Coolidge signed the radio
bill on March 28th. The measure
contains the following provisions
l. It extends the authority of the
Federal Radio Commission for one
more year, after which control will
pass to the Secretary of Commerce,
| as In the Radio Act of 1927, with the
Commission acting as an appeal body.
e. It terminates the present terms
of the Members Of the Commission af-
ter one year, requiring re-appoint-
| ments Of 2, 8, 4, 5 and 6 year terms
as provided In the Radio Act Of 1927.
g. It limits the terms of all broad
| casting licenses to three months, and
those of all other classes of stations
| to six months.
4 It directs the Commission to
make an equal ALLEGATION Of broad
casting assignments to each of the
| five zones into which the country has
been divided for radio purposes.
The House on March 9th passed
the appropriation bill for the De-
partment of the Navy, carrying ap-
proximately $360,000.000 As passed,
the measure carried $48,0OOO0O for
new ship construction in 1929. One
section of the bill provided for $780,
900 for beginning work on two rigid
airships.
Colonel Lindbergh appeared before
the committe on Accounts in sup
port of q bill which would authorize
the use of the air-mail service by
Members of Congress and officials of
the United States Government for Of
lcial correspondence requiring expedi-
tious service. He predicted that ev-
cry city in the country will be con-
nected or inter-connected by air-mail
in the not distant future. He said
the industry is constantly improving
types Of aircrft to withstand adverse
weather conditions, and that 'in time
to come, the operation Of air mail
will not be hampered by weather con-
ditionS."
The Committee on World War
Veterans Legislation is contemplating
an amendment to the World War
Veterans Act of 1924, to provide a
definition Of permanent and total