Show FLIRTING WITH nonessentials ESSENTIALS NON muscle shoals how many years has that name been batted around in congress boulder dam I 1 the newest football of public ownership advocates just as the war time nitrate plant at muscle shoals hasteen has been used as lever to try to force the government into the electric power business so will the need for a flood control dam on the colorado river be used for the same purpose president coolidge favors building the dam for flood control a legitimate function of government but if the proposition is kicked back and forth in congress as long as muscle shoals in an attempt to tack on power development the colorado can overflow many times before protection is given achy politics should be kept out of business it flirts with the nonessential while neglecting essential matters the manufacturer |