New-York tribune., 1922-02-15
" Wallacc Favors
Ford Proposal,
WithCondition
Secretary Contends vo
Should Definitely B;ns
+" Continuous opera,;""" ""
in Fertilizer Produc,;""" "
Value in War Suggested
Take Ii or Leave It," s..
Detroit Mans Ady;.s.
After Tiff in Commit

WASHINGTON, Feb l4--Tr.
Wallace, Secretary u Arr;s','' ' L
ls'ks +. Nth favor" upon Henry ,-.' Fs-t''
offer for pnrchsse and lca.s =. ',a'
governments nitrate and ,va,.. ''s
projects At Muscle Sboals. Al, -. p.'s'
terms are sufficiently desn;.o -
binding TO make sHae tho plan. viii '.o
operated continuously for tbs n 's
facturc OF fertilizer. A'"s
DR.. Richard E. To.asn. d;r.,.
the fixed nitroeen rezsarch labo,,,. ,, "
Of the department. announced ~. W
retsry's position with regard ~
Ford offer IN al suthorized ..s,s.. .a'
which he read to-day befor. -. 'y'''H'
Military Committee. Tn. sns mouse
views. as expressed BY II. tb~~Nfyn
were that If the terms were \, "..,ass' mes
outlined the propossl would 1rs,.,' as0
making available 2 consid.r,h.' u II
creased supply 81 fertilizer IN s;.. IL,
peace and give us assuranc. ~ i"s 80 .
quate supple Of q Dlosives IN cssa.. a's
need 's o
Ford Expert Closely Question,d
The statement va Tesd by Dr.. Tai
man after the coamittee rad comnl....
an examination lasting NOR. than r'ssv. A..
hours of ". 3 Mayo. chief .nv,ns.. Az.
and personal repsesen tative of Es-sr
Ford Mr.. Mayo's testimony jncIsS.s
repeated statements that MI Ford 1.
tended 10 manufacture fertilizer, !,
their completed :orms at the marimrr
production capacity Of the Nu,ci.
Shoals plant and would make sv,rv
effort 70 manufacture them a. min.
mum cost 70 the farmers. using ever
known formula and aeeking 10 have
his chemists meanwhile discover IN.
proved method.
Mr.. Mayo took iss'.s several timu
With tae committee members who
called attention u TIE section Of n.
offer regarding fertilizer nanufac.ur.
saying there vas 70 provision in the
offer to compel the manufacture Q.
fertilizers. bat only Of some necssssrv
ingredients. In each instance the vii.
ness declared II VAS Mr.. Ford's inter.
tion 20 execute tae contract, In the
event Congress accepted il. in gooa
faith, and that included the p-odus-
llON OF iertl-tIelS-
Miller's Comment Resented
At one poln. N Mayo said the d.
troit manufactured mad been invited b.
the government 70 make the offer and
Congress could take it or leave itr
it's face value This anaouncsnsn.
followed q heated exchange be.vsr
the witness and Representative Nilsr
Republican, o. Washington, regam1s
the snancis, obligations the ss7srr-
ment would assume under the agree
ment. The Washington member in
sisted that the financial burden OF IT,
country would exceed by severn
millions that assumed by Mr.. Ford.
Chairman Kahn announced at she
conclusion g the hearing to-day thai
\. ". Wog.hington, another Of NJ.
ford's advisers, would be asked 20 tes
tify tomorrow As yhe hearings pro-
gressed Mr. Kahn said II appeared ths
the committee would not De able to cor
clu0e its Investigations this week and
probably the meetings would be con
tinued over another week.
Another event scheduled for tc-lnor
row was the hearing to be held at the
War Department By Secretary Weeks
on the oi4er o' Frederick c. Engstrun.
OF Wilmington. y. C., for Muscle
Shoals IL vas considered probable thsE
Secretary Weeks would submit the pre-
posal to Congress before the Senate
and House committees had disposed O
the Ford otrer