The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-15
MEASURE GOES ID
 HOUSE WHERE ITS
 FATE IS UNCERTAIN
30 Democrats Are Joined By Four Republicans In Vote on Final Passage of Hard
 Fought Bill
By Associated Pres.

Dy d vote Ol o4 LO IJ the DeIdLt
 late today passed the nitrate
 bill for permanent federal op-
 eration of the nitrate plants built by the government dur ; ing the war at Muscle Shoals. | The measure. which had been fought vigorously for about two weeks and been made the subject of charges and counter charges of lobbying and wastefulness, finally was put through, with the aid If a few republican votes, and now goes to the House where it's future is uncer- tain. Radical changes were made by ths Senate in the measure as reported orig-
 rally from the agricultural committed ! In todays vote on final passage, 70 democrats were Joined by four repuo- lcans, Senators Capper of Kansas, Gron- na of North Dakota, LaFollette of Wis consin, and McNary of Oregon. Twenty seven republicans and two democrats. Senators Gore of Oklahoma and King of
 Utah, voted in Composition.
 BITTERLY FOUGHT ! The bill was advocated as a measurs both for the farmers aid, and as a pro tection in case of war the nitrate pro- perties being designed for manufacture Of fertilizer in times of peace and for l nitrates, used in powder making, in case O. war Opponents declared that ths plea of agricultural assistance was 'can- ouflage.' that the cost of making ferti- l lizer would be excessive and that It was proposed to commit the government | to developing and selling hydraulic power frcm the Wilson dam at Muscle Shoals. now partially completed. | Charges were. tfrequently made during the Senate debate, that the "fertilizet trust" manufacturing commercial ferti- lizers with which nitrates would con-
 pete, was lobbying against the bill and l ttat interests near Muscle Shoals which {, benefit from power development were equally active for the measure. The
 ssstion was also injected in the fight
 as completing tue Wilson dam, without
 Itch, opponents of the bill declMr9d,
 nitrate pisha cosiid neF be { oa-s
 stcallv operated. A. amendment to the sundry civil bill, appropria;ing sie,- i 0,s.00O for work on the Wilson dam was defeated in the House but now is pend- ing before Senate committee CREATES CORPORATION As passed by the Senate the nitrate bill would create government corpora | ton with SIP. .500.0D0 capital stock owned 1 by the government and managed by lboard appointed by the President, under l Jurisdiction of the treasury department. l The Senate today adopted amendments 1 by Senator Wausworth. republican, New
 York. placing the board under the treas- Jury instead of the war department, bee cslse, Senator Wadsworth said, 1t cou'l {, he operated better by civilians than by l army officers. The bill also would n ffOO iSslIa bonds UT, to half of the expenditures ot
 the government in construction of the nitrate plants and for full value of hy- ldroelectric installation at Muscle Shoals, l if taken over by tiie corporation Tho corporation also would be required to 1 earn per cent interest on these seeur- tiles under penalty of eeasins operation to await further dispensation from Con- | gress.
 Properties which the corporation s l authorized in the Senate bill to take over
 are said to have cost the government about s1000oo.O00. during the war. They 1 include nitrate fixation plants. Nos. < and 2 at Sheffield and Muscle Shoals, Ala. an electric power unit on tho Warrior river and transmission lines a limestone quarry at Waco Ma. and th, 1 nitrogen reeaa,-ch iate~s eo,',. s,, his city. l AMENDMENT KILLED
 The senate today adDpted m amend ment by Senate. Wadsworth, strilSits
 out provisions ssii to give the corpors- tion power 10 condemn property for is use by right Of eminent doniair. Before the vote on passage of the hiil. {, the Senate twice defeated attempts lc ire-commit the measure. lt rejected aS !, to 96. by q motion by Senator Polndex.sr, republican,. Washington. to returp the bill to tue military eoainlttee far cpis-
 sderation of the arguments thatit would aid the government in time os war. \ ] similar motion by Senator Townsend, republican. Michigan. for recominlitsrcnt to ehe agricultural committee was lost. a5 to %.
 During final debate senator Snoot, rs- 1 publican Utah, read from testimony 1 given recently before a Senate commit 1 tee with reference to the Muscle shoals
 power project. by Hugh l.. Cooper. the governments engineer. Mr Cooper said I that it was Ia great mistake" to have the government turn over the nitrate l plant to manufacture of fertilizer and also said that the bil was not iustlsi-A as war measure.
 J senator Underwood of Nlabana ders- { ocratic leader replied with quotations 1 from MT. Cooper's testimony that the 1 Muscle shoals power project would be 1 the largest in the world. Senator Un- derwood said that MT. Cooper strongly advocated completion of the power plant
 HARDEST FOUGHT BATTLE Washington, January f4.-tSpeciall
 No harder fought hattie was ever won ! in the Senate than that which con> lciuded this afternoon in victory for
 Muscle Shoals. Senators Underwood il and Hefln. who bore the brunt of the { battle. were congratulated even by some of the. opponents of the bill upon the masterly manner in which they had iconducted themselves,
 i The opposition resorted to every artifice known to the legislative mind, but were met at every angle by the l IAlabamians.
 1 The bill, which authorizes the forma- tion of corporation for the manufac- I ture at Muscle Shoals of explosives for 1 war and fertilizer for peace. now goes to the House, where Representative Al I mon of the Eighth distyict will taks charge.
 The opposition of highly paid lobby ists is expected to be redoubled. l Galli-Curci Weeds Today | M By Associated Press
 | St Louis Park, Minn.. January H.~An l American flag. which saw service in tho W orld war, will be used as a canopy un- der which Madame Amelita Galli- Curci. prma donna. will be married here tonaor-