Word: flooding
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Nine days has been set as the proverbial duration of a world wonder, but twelve days have elapsed since Captain Charles Lindbergh flew from New York to Paris, and still the tide of popular laudations is at flood. But praise and honor are becoming adulterated by that morbid interest which the public loves to take in its heroes. The old policy of sentimental advertising is followed: a popular song has appeared in his honor, and Parisian cafes have doubtless added a dash to absinthe to some drink and christened the concoction after the flyer...
...asserted that President Coolidge's reluctance to a special session sprang from political reasons. Summoned, Congress might make a flood appropriation; then open up the Vare scandal and the Smith scandal, consider an anti-third term resolution, in general prove embarrassing to the President...
...There is no need for the President to visit the flood area, efficiently patrolled by Mr. Hoover and other members of the presidential commission. President Coolidge, no spotlight-seeker, has dignifiedly remained in Washington, attended to the nation's business...
...President but anti-Administration Congressmen are the politics-players. At a special session, flood relief would be forgotten in wrangles over organization, in sniping at the Administration. By the time Congress assembled and got anything done the immediate emergency would long be over...
...December the President will stress flood prevention in his Congressional message. A sane, authoritative, carefully worked out plan of flood-prevention, prepared by U. S. army engineers, will be presented to Congress...