Evening star., 1934-03-25
waterway GROUP
TO MEET APRIL 50
National Rivers and HarborS
Congress to Hold 29th
Convention Here.

The National Rivers and Harbors
Congress, which has campaigned for
three decades for development of
Americas waterways, will hold its
twenty-ninth annual convention here
April 80 and May /.
Representative Frank r. Reid of
| Illinois. president of the congress.
said the convention will probably
be the most important in the history
Of the organization because of the
! fact that it comes at a time when
President Roosevelt and members of
| his cabinet and the United States
Senate and House of Representatives
are giving close attention and study
to the use, control, development and
| conservation of the waterways of the
| Nation"
The sessions will be held in the
Mayhower Hotel. Resolutions are to
be adopted and presented to President
| Roosevelt, Vice President Garner and
Speaker Rainey.
Commission Is Urged.
Reid has written Mr.. Roosevelt,
pledging the active cooperation of the
Rivers and Harbors Congress in the
development and execution of the
Administrations plans for waterway
Development. This action followed
adoption by Congress of resolution
requesting the President to set up a
planning commission for a Nation
wide report and recommendation on
the subject of waterway control and
the appointment by Mr. Roosevelt of
committee of cabinet officers to
make a preliminary study of such
projects.
Every organization in the United
States identified with questions of
navigation. food control. irrigation,
hydro-electric power, reforestation,
prevention of soil erosion and the
protection of life and property from
floods has been requested to complete
plans on their respective projects at
once" said Reid. lin order that they
may be presented to the National
Rivers and Harbors Congress for pos
sible future attention and action by
the national administration"
Six Delegates Named.
Three District officials and three
Washington citizens we're named yes
terday by the District Commissioners as
delegates to the meeting The Of
ficials are Maj. Paul A. Hodgson, Capt.
Howard F. Clark and Lieut.. Robert E.
York, assistant engineer commits
sioners The other delegates are E.
c. Graham, w. w. Spaid and DR.. G.
Bache Gill
Reid said each Governor and mayor
of leading cities had been asked to
appoint delegates. Representatives
also will attend in behalf of waterway
associations. industrial. commercial
and agricultural organizations.
Serves Second Term.
It is the belief of the executive Of
ficers of the Rivers and Harbors Cong
ress that more men can be put to
work in a shorter space of time on
needed, useful, beneficial and per-
manent waterway improvement prof.
ects than in any other manner, and
that construction should begin i'm
mediately to relieve unemployment.
Reid, formerly chairman OF the
House Flood Control Committee, is
serving his second term as president
of the congress. He has done much
to create and hold an increased pub
lic interest in waterway and flood con-
troll development throughout the
country. In June, 1882, he called
special meeting of the congress in
Chicago and succeeded in obtaining
aggressive planks in the platform of
both political parties advocating the
continued improvement and develop
ment of rivers and harbors and flood
control projects.