River Study

The men from whom Congress and the President will learn what had best be done to keep the Mississippi River an orderly stream in the future, are five boards of Army engineers. The separate provinces of these boards are apparent from their various titles--the Mississippi River Commission, the Spillways Board, the Reservoirs Board, the Navigation Board, the By-Path Board. Not until they all report finally can "the greatest rehabilitation measure," mentioned by Secretary Hoover (see above), be framed.

Last week, after conferring with Major General Edgar Jadwin, Chief of Army Engineers, Secretary of War Dwight Filley Davis told the President and the public that the five boards were rushing through "a two years' job in six months," would have their data ready for Congress "before it meets."'