Mississippi River, local flood protection at Sny Island Levee drainage District, Ill. Letter from the Secretary of the Army transmitting a letter from the Chief of Engineers, United States Army, dated January 2, 1953, submitting a report, together with accompanying papers and an illustration, on a survey of the Mississippi River between Coon Rapids Dam, Minn., and Mouth of the Missouri River for local flood protection at Sny Island levee drainage District, Ill. this interim report is submitted in response to the resolutions of the Committee on Flood Control, House of Representatives, adopted on September 18, 1944, requesting a review of the report on the Mississippi River between Coon Rapids Dam, and the Mouth of the Ohio River, with a view to determining the advisability of providing flood protection along the Mississippi River above the Mouth of the Missouri River