SummaryCaption: "Lawmakers thanked--John W. Hooper, president of Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce, right, clasps hand of Representative John. J. Rooney, at fete marking completion of Gowanus Creek channel dredging, which Federal appropriations made possible. Hooper declared the improved waterway will promote Brooklyn as the world ocean commerce center. The tiny creek actually carries more commerce now than port of Boston, he said. Looking on are Col. Alfred H. Davidson Jr., District Corps of Engineers chief, and Representative Emanuel Celler."
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