The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-30
Although Alabama Delegates Objected and May Defeat Action Today, Little Hope
 Held for Shoals Action
Fly HUGH ". ROBERTS Washington Bureau. The Axe-HsrnId.
 800 DayIson Building.

to 105, last Saturday postponed the availability of an appropriation oi $7 500, 900 for the completion of Will. son dam until October 1, in order that pressure might be exerted tc the end that the offer of Henry Forc for Muscle Shoals might be acted upon this session of Congress, was insincere.
 The Alabama delegation voted against, but made no fight against adjournment. There was no appeal to the Ford sentiment. which Repre- sentative E. B. Almon of the Muscle Shoals district declared in state- ment issued yesterday represented the majority strength of the House.
 Little Anxiety
 The Alabama delegation, as a mat ter of fact. displayed no real anxie- ty lest the House adjourn. Tester day Senator Underwood held up a resolution offered in the Senate pro- viding sanction of the Senate for the adjournment of the House in or der that the Alabama delegation might inform him of it's desire.
 This afternoon the resolution
 was again presented Senator
 Underwood declared on the floor
 that while any sugsesticn from
 the House was preferential and
 demanded immediate attention,
 he was opposed to the plan of
 adjournment because the House
 had not acted on important mat
 ters, including Muscle Shoals.
 When the vote WAS put, he voted
 against adjournment Those who
 voted with him on the vive voce
 call, however, were very few and
 excluded entirely to the demo-
 arutie side
 Following the vote Senator Under wood was asked if during the day any member of the House delegation had interposed objection to the con templated action of the House to ad- journ. He declared that no member had approached him until after the Senate had Voted to give the House permission to adjourn. Following that vote, he said. Representative AL mon consulted with him as to the ad- visibility of interposing objection in the Senate. By that time, however the horse had been stolen, and the locking of the stable door would have been entirely superfluous.
 Alnbamians object
 It Is highly probable that the Ala bama delegation will yet make figh, against adjournment. To adjourn. a quorum of the House must vote. To- morrow, the rules committee. it is anticipated. will report resolution providing that when the House ad- journs Saturday afternoon, it Will adjourn until August lb 1T the Alabama delegation objects, roll call will follow. If it develops that a quorum is not present. there can be no adjournment
 The adjournment of the House for six weeks. beginning July l and end ing August IS, will make ridiculous the action of the House in post poning the availability of the ap- propriation for Wilson Dam. Post ponement was sanctioned by the Alabama delegation, which assumes responsibility for that postponement because of it's intention to force the House to act on Muscle Shoals be- fore the conclusion of the session The majority of the members of the House which supported the Alabama delegation was understood to DC actuated by the same enterprise. Il the House now adjourns and spends in idlenes six of the eight weeks re- < maining of this session, 1t will have made itself amenable to the charge brought by one of it's members against the Senate, when voted for the immediate availability of the Wilson Dam appropriation, namely that it was "hypocritical.'
 Take Up Subsidy
 When the House returns in August for two weeks business session it will be in honor bound to take up ship subsidy. And then. Chairman Fordney of the ways and means com mittee will have much to complain of the Senate In that it will have changed the basis of valuation In his tariff bill from American to Euro pen valuation. It appears impossible that the House will be able to take action on Muscle Shoals. And yet Representatiev Almon had made the unequivocal statement that the House will SO do and favorably tc the Ford offer. when 1t reconyenes in August
 But even should the Alabama dele gation defeat adjournment by mak- ing the point of no quorum, If there should be no quorum tomorrow. Il is regarded as doubtful that il would have made friends for Henry Ford. The members are anxious tc go home to look after their own political fences. They voted for a postponement of the availability oi Wilson Dam funds to please the Ala bama delegation and square them selves with the farmers of their dis tricts. 1t ik indicated. rather than with any intention of remaining on the job and forcing an unwilling House to act on the Ford offer.
 Ford Abandoned
 This fact is receiving the recog nition of some members of the Ala bama delegation. For even some states contiguous to Alabama have already left Washington and to that extent abandoned MT. Ford. If south ern members will not remain by the guns. members from other sections cannot we'll be expected to.
 At any rate. work on Wilson Dam will be renewed October 1. In tho meanwhile, 1000 men will remain out of employment and the districts in which Muscle Shoals ehterprises are situated. will be denied of ar additional payroll of $2oo,00o pei month during the lean summer.