Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-01-04
WILSON DAM DEBATE
HALTs CONGRESS- WORK
Stopped by Sectional Fight
Over Muscle Shoals.
a CUE AGAIN ToDA Y
Fourth of Big appropriation Meas
urc Disposed Of Rapidly Until
Item for Govcrnincnt-Owncd Nj
tratc Plant Is Reached.
TBy Associatcd prcs.


the House tonight was halted by an.
other debate over the amendment pro.
viding Sl0.0On.00O for work on IN,
Wilson Dam. part Of the Muscle Shoal,
nitrate plant project in Alabama
There were insistcnt demands 70,
time, Southern members especially
desiring 10 spcak In behalf OF IN,
amendment offered by Rcprcscntatiy.
bErncs, Tennessee ranking Dcmocra
OF the appropriations committee. II
hnaIly was agreed To limit debate to.
morrow 10 an hour and u half.
Republicans, ready TO make a point
OF order against the arncndu.cu, with
every assurance that !, would be sus-
tanned. declined to press IL so that
everybody could talk and then bring
the question squarely TO Il vote.
In taking up the bill item by item
before reaching the Muscle shoals
question. the House approved 1t win
Few changes
Defense Council I'unhIc.s
IN appropriation OF $4,000 for the
Council OF National Defense was
stricken out; - to -. with the resul,
mat this war-crcaicd agency Will be
left without funds July l.
III" expected light on the Shippiny
board Item fcll down. although tn.
paragraph directing the board TO sell
its ships and build no NOR. wax
ordered on, on TIA" ground thai II,
Was covered by existing law. chair
man Good. OF The appropriation com.
mittcc. said the paragraph had been
put there because f; Was desired TO
20 10 any length 10 compel the board
|" do what Congress already had
directed
II was explained later that the
House action in eliminating the nara
graph would leave tn. Shipping R,,ra
without funds after July !. cxc.,,
FOR $4,000 FOR salaries OF commits.
s!oncrs and FOR expenses OF The board
IN the District OF Columbia and of an
investigation OF foreign dIscr!nina
ton against American vessels and
shippers.
The board originally asked for AN
appropriation OF $4,000. 600 Instead
OF allowing this amount. the .pnro
Pr'aiohs committee inserted para
s" me hSara 10 use !T funhi!l on hanh
July l. The amount received during
the coming fiscal year from operation
,f, , -, -, >, ia. ,,;,,
t,
shippin. Hoard scored.
by striking out this paragraph. II
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u,s nrodIr,.d ina, an annronrIa,ion
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-. ~ ,yi,.o, NJ, I'm cans.
,,,loss norc NANCY f.,
-, r.snn,,,,y. yvr,o. lie.
,aa ,rtis to .daod womb caus.
,.cr,,io, Of the nr.sen, force
,ono ,,,,or.r loss ~ ov,r
80 los. ~ money already invested
,,., mr., of tho work which is
ed
&, ,,co,vo,vahia that Congress
,ds ., .,,rdo, mis- n,an, the
,,,.sso. m.mhcr asserted Every
ON. 10 agreed that II should he re.
,,ined AS a war emergency TIL.
n,,io,,, defense act. he continued
,onr,,,,d re,cu,iop NJ the plaut il
80 ,;,.s and water mower wa:
o..,so ,r,nuf,r.ur, a.
fertilizer by steam power was too eN
s,.a
al. or ,nv more funds. he said
Ill, rne,n the living idle of IN
$1,000, 900 invested and the denial t
,ho corners of "chcapcr fcrtiliZc
,h.v cxncct TO receive from the oper
..;or NJ This plant."
Farmers. Friends Sneak Up.
supnort Of the proposition wa
r,c.d bv representatives of farmers
organizations, in a joint letter rea
by Representative Byrncs. These in
Guided the American Farm Burea
roaera.ioa. the National Farmers
Union and the National Board OF Far,
Organization. This plant was nece:
sarv. they said. to carry out tho farm
ers. program in the interest OF II
nroduccrs and consumers.
".rhis is Il c,can-cut issue" declare
Mr.. Byrncs. whether you are Eoin
IN grant the demands OF the farmc
mr. weld to the demands of the ferti
tor trust"
Mr. Byrncs. facing the Rcpublica
side. declared: This is going To
your answer to tho recognition whi'
Tonncsscc gave you in the last Gle