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Show . wo::d control, then flood j Washington, D. C President Coolidge has already made plain his belief that if we are to have real 1 l'lood control, Congressional word j control is a first necessity. When 1 the statesmen, real and near, were insistent, even while the flood was at its crest, that they be allowed to reassemble and talk it over, he re- ! fused. He saw inevitably what their I talk would amount to. It would fat-i fat-i ten the pages of the Congressional 1 Record, but leave the levees broken and flat. To the credit of Senator Jim Reed of Missouri, the quiet, but effective "No-No" of the President to all demands for an extra session, has been assayed at its true value, and Reed agrees that an extra ses- - x. 1 ' sion as suggested would have been actually harmful. I The delay has been most valuable because it has been utilized by the President in the forwarding of careful, care-ful, systematic engineering, agricultural agricul-tural and financial surveys of the flood swept area. The substance of these investigations will be incorporated incor-porated in the President's message to Congress and it is the opinion of those who are acquainted with al conditions that while even in February Febru-ary next, the exact line of procedure may not be clearly evident, that there will be enough actual facts and conclusions con-clusions in hand, so that definite legislation can be put under way. Once again the President has proved that haste makes waste, and that in many cases, to use the old saying, the longest way 'round is the shortest way home. o . |