Show DELAYS PAID FOR BY TAXPAYERS the washington post says efforts are arc to bo be made madd to havo have the muscle shoals report referred to the senate committee on agriculture apparently it Is ia hoped that the committee will report in favor of rejecting all bids and recommending that tho the government operate the muscle shoals plant the special committee of congress which received bids for ing Muscle shoals made a care careful ful inquiry into the subject and recommended the acceptance of a certain bid this thia action was taken after a committee of experts headed by gen jadwin chief of engineers had made an analysis of the bids and had reported in favor of the bid which the congressional committee finally approved the pigeon holding of the muscle shoals report would probably result in continued delay and dispute with loss lose to the government and the country agriculture is now being deprived of fertilizer and southern corn com mottles are being deprived of power because of the failure of congress to act now that an acceptable bid has been made which will insure the effective f e i active operation of the plant for both fertilizer and power production without any additional appropriation by bi congress there is no valid excuse for further delay the bid should be accepted by congress if congress cannot trust its own joint committee its chief of engineers un an dita best qualified scientific officials it Is ia eva evident dent that nothing will ever bo be done with muscle shoals the plant will fall into ruins and millions of public pu balc money will be lost no better illustration could be offered than the muscle shoals situation to show why political ownership or operation is ruinous to an industry and tremendously costly to taxpayers |