Federal water power commission news

At the recent session of Congress, Public Law 412, Senate Bill 3619, was enacted which gave the President authority to appoint five commissioners to serve instead of the old commission which was composed of the Secretaries of Agriculture, Interior and War. Prior to the adjournment of the Senate on July 21, President Hoover nominated Marcel Garsaud, New Orleans engineer, for the three-year term; Ralph D. Williamson, attorney of Yakima, Washington, for the two-year term; and Claude L. Draper of Cheyenne, Wyoming, Chairman of the Public Service Commission of Wyoming, for the one-year term. Although these names were reported favorably by the Senate Committee on Interstate Commerce, due to the objection of Senate Walsh of Montana, the Senate adjourned without confirming them.