Show I i OPPOSE FORD SHOALS OFFER WASHINGTON VASI Feb The 9 9 The Ic t till ill authorizing accept accept- acceptance I ance anco of Henry Ford 0 offer for lor forthe the go governments s 5 war ar ar time project At Muscle Shoals Alabama I 1 em- em em emphatically I opposed In a I report submitted today by mem- mem memI mem-beis mem bel bets of the house houe military corn com committee com committee I Comparing Ih the rord Ford orr offer r with that of o the Southern Po Power er corn corn- companies I cornI panic s hut but without specifically n en- on any ny ot or o the tha four I which hae have been ben made for tor opera opera- operation operation operation tion of ot the Muscle Shoals Shoal plants plant the report declares declare that accept accept- acceptance acceptance ance of o the D Detroit manufacturers manufacturer er ers era bid amount to a gift of enormous property and indus indus- Indus 1 I trill tn-ti advantage to a private citi- citi I J yen en n from the Pta resources of the United States The Tho power com corn companies panics panic proposal as compared with I the lord bid it says sae otters offers u sa sav Ing ings to th the go government amounting to 34 34 for tor fifty years yeara and I sa 75 for tor years Mrs Representative e Hull full Republican can onn 10 lona Ion a n who ho ho consistently 11 0 itt opposed the Ford oUe presented the minority report In which he WM was Joined by e eq Morin an and l Ransle HUll Maryland larland and N New w York all nil Republicans The Ther r report port criticizes the majority for attempting to Justify the viola vlolA violation tion of o the tho Ford offer of o every safeguard and principle of the fed fed- federal federal fed federal eral water po power er act and de- de de declares clares dare that the McKenzie bill ghe gise gh e Mr r Ford a a loop hole to quit quit I the manufacture of o fertilizer If ir It should houM not prove prote pro e profitable Fur Fur- FurI Furthermore Fur Furthermore Jt contends no no one I is I lit In a position to know from any statement of Mr r Ford or any ac- ac accredited ac accredited credited representative e whether hether t hether he would accept the te properties on the terms offered him in the pending bill bill |