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' drops dropsplan dropsplan plan to make engines engmes for forwar forivar forivar war ivar planes Declares heiwll he heHll hemil Hll iwll Hllmal iwllmal ! maJ mal male mala c e a tJiem them only for de defense defenso defense fense fenso of the United Unzted StatesBell StatesBeli States StatesBell ( Bell Beli Syndleale-WNU Syndleale WNU Syndicate-WNU Syndicate Syndicate - WNU Senlee Service Sen Ice ) ) WASHINGTON - If II H Savannah SavannahI Savannahdoesn Savannahdoesn Savannahdoesn I I doesn t get one dam TV TVA A can t tI thave thave I have another damThat damThat dam damThat That . irgument .rgument rgument lrgument made by Sen SenRIchard SenRichard SenRichard RIchard B Russell of Georgia de defeated defeated defeated feated the $65000 65000 $65 65 $ 000 000 authonzat authorlzat authorizat on onand onand onand and $ $25 25 $ 000 000 appropnat approprlat appropriat on item In Inthe inthe inthe the subcommittee of the senate ap approprlat appropriat appropnat proprlat propriat ons committee A lot of ofother ofother otother other senators agreed w th Senator SenatorRussell SenatorRussell SenatorRussell Russell In fact only Kenneth D DMcKellar DMcKellar DMcKellar McKellar of Tennessee voted for the theItem theitem theitem theitemThe Item ItemThe The story behind behmd this ep sode IS ISs iss iss s gniflcant gmflcant of a lot of things thmgs that thatarc thatare thatarc arc are going gomg on in m Washington Washmgton There Therehas Therehas Therehas has been a bad drouth in the Ten Tennessee Tennessee Tennessee nessee valley vallcy for more than a year yearnow yearnow yearnow now As a a result the nroduct on of power by the TVA power plants is isnot isnot isnot not what its officials vrould would like Re Recently Recently Recently cently TV TVA A not fled the Alummum Aluminum AlummumCompany AluminumCompany AluminumCompany Company of America that it would wouldnot wouldnot wouldnot not be able to supply it with dump dumppower dumppower dumppower power in the quantity desired and andunder andunder andunder under the contract would have bave to tocharge tocharge tocharge charge a higher rateThe rateThe rate rateThe The Aluminum Alummum company is mak makIng making making Ing sheetings sheetmgs for : airplanes urplanes It laId laIdthe laidthe laidthe the situat sltuat on before Edward R Stet StettmlUs Stettinius Stettimus tmlUs tinius of the national defense com corn commJttee cornmittee cornmittee mJttee mittee pointing pomtmg to the Importance importanceof of the work it was doing domg from the thenatIonal thenational thenational natIonal defense standpoint standpomt Stettl Stetti Stettlmus Stettinius Stcttimus mus nius consulted with various experts expertsincluding e expertsincluding perts pertsmcIudmg I pertsI mcIudmg including Gano Gana Dunn and Charles CharlesW CharlesW , W Kellogg head of the Ed son Elec ElecI Electrlcal Electrical Electncal trlcal trical mst inst tute In h s recommend recommenda recommendaLion recommendation a atIon I tIon Lion to congress he mentioned that thatboth thatboth thatI , both Dunn and Kellogg had beenconsulted beenconsulted been beenconsulted consulted ( Stettmius Stettullus Stettinius has neverI neverbeen never I | been accused of lacking lackmg a sense ofhumor ofhumor of [ humor ) ACTUALLY SOLD IDEAThIs IDEAThis IDEA IDEAThis I IACTUALLY This recommendat on . was .as as sas actual actually actually actually ly sold to the defense comm ttee ttce tteemember ttcemember ttcemember member by Dav Day d E Lilicnthal LIlIenthal of ofTVA ofTVA ofTVA TVA It wa was for authorization of ofthe ofthe ofthe the Holston rver r ver dam to cost cost$36 cost36 $36 36 $ 000 000 a steam plant at $10 10 $10500 10500 $ 500 000 and various incidentals mCldentals In IncIud indud indud cIud dud ng transmiss transmlss on 1 I nesThis nesThis nes nesThis This writer wnter has never been becn ac accused accused accused cused of boosting boostmg Lilienthal but In Inall inall inall all fairness it might be po pa nted out outr r ght here hcre that back when the Naz s smarched smarched smarched marched into mto the Rhmeland Rhineland when whenBrltam whenBritain whenBritain Brltam Britain and France were enJoymg enjoying enjoyinga enJoymga a resp te to from war s cares whIch whIchthey whichthey whichthey they have had occasion to bItterly bItterlyregret bitterlyregret bitterlyregret regret m In the last few months L Lili Lilienthal Lilienthal I Ienthal enthal actually advocated more morepower morepower morepower power in m the Tennessee valley vaHey be because because because cause of the nat onal defense sltua situa sltuatIon situation situation1 tIon ' He quoted that day shead sheadlmes s head headlines headlines lmes lines from Europe to the house mil milJtary milLtary military Jtary Ltary affairs committee committeet committeetUnfortunately ' Unfortunately for the record recordDave recordDave recordDave Dave s friends fnends in m the power group groupwere groupwere groupwere were so indignant mdlgnant at his 30 JO nmg Ring thewar thewar the thewar war mongers that they prevailed prevailedon on him to edit that pred ct on out of ofthe ofthe ofthe the stenographer s transcript of h s stest stest stest test mony many monyCARRICD manyCARRIED monyCARRIED CARRICD CARRIED CROWD ALONGThIs ALONGThis ALONG ALONGThis This is cited m in fairness to LIen L 1 1 en enthat enthai 1 1thaI thaI that because the convict on that thatmore thatmore thatmore more power for TV TVA A as a a m military militarymeasure militarymeasure ltary ltarymeasure measure is not new with hm hTh hTh h m mTh Th s merely happens to be the first firstt t me that he could carry h s crowd crowdalong crowdalong crowdalong along with h m m in us ng national nahonal fear fearas fearas fearas as an excuse e"ieuse eieuse ex " use to further the cause causeof causeof causeof of government o 0 vnersh pThe pThe p pThe The real po nt is 18 that all the sena senators senators senators tors on that committee had been beenvot beenvot beenvot vot ng rag the most amaz ng appropr a atons at at tons t ons for airplanes sh ps and other othernat otherflat othernat nat flat onal anal defense items Had they theyreally theyreally theyreally really believed that the construct on onof onof onof of another dam and steam plant plantin plantm m in the Tennessee valley vaHey wis W'lS WlS ' vital to tona tonat tonat na nat tonal onal defense they would not nothave nothave nothave have allowed aHowed the r petty d sappomt sappoint sappomtments sappointments sappomtments ments over their own lack of pork porkto porkto porkto to prevent the r going gomg along with the theadmInIstratIOn theadministration theadministration theadministrationThey admInIstratIOn admInIstratIOnThey They bel eved the national defense defensecIoak defensecloak defensecloak cIoak cloak for this appropnat appropriat on was the thebunk thebunk thebunk bunk ' As previously prevlOusl ) noted it is only the theadvocates theadvocates theadvocates advocates of extension eytensron of govern government government I Iment ment \ ownership O\vnershlp O vnershlp of the electric Indus industry industry I Itry try who are worried about a power powershortage powershortage powershortageFORD shortageFORD shortage FORD IS STUBBORN STUBBOR STUBBORV STUBBORVNegot STUBBORNNogot . Nogot Negot atlons ations bet veen Henry Ford Fordand Fordand Fordand and the army for mass product onof onof on _ of airplane engines enginescollapsed enginescollapsed . y m , . : - collapsed because of ofthe p- p ofp pthe ' ' < & the manufacturer s . ' , . . I refusal to make warmaterial warmaterial war warB \ material tor for foreigncountries foreigncountries foreign foreigngit B\ B Bmaterial git\ git gitcountries \ countries Ford rord cord a aI ap a1feIong af p / . I 1feIong l fe { c Ions long opponent ofwar of ofti ti - \ \ ' war took the pasl pose P0"t P0t paslt " + w . _ t on that he couldmake . Mould .ould ould could MouldmaKc .ouldmake maKc make a rplane mol mators mo ma ' " ' : tors only for ( or the detense de deI deSiK .d d . l I . ' AA AAfense tense fense of the Uruted Umted United-I United I - VOd'ZM VOdZM . StatesHenry StateslIeury States StatesHenry Henry lIeury Ford 1'ord 1ord FordPlans 1'ordplans ' Plans had beenformIng beenforming been beenforming employthe forming to employ the vast facil ties of his company companyto to prod ice 6 000 Rolls Royce motors motorsfor motorsfor motorsfor for Great Grcat Bnta Brita nand n and 3 000 for ( or the theUmted theUnited theUnited Umted United StatesIt States StatesIt It was indicated that as a result resultof resultof resultof of I k ord s 5 determinat determmat on to 1 m t h s swal swai swai wal wai efforts to ass sting h s o 0 vn vu coun country country country try he w will l not be g ven von a a cont Conti contractfor . ! act actfor actfor for airplane Illrplane motors so badly needed neededby neededby neededby by America Amcnca |