The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-02


 ment of Muscle Shoals for the bene1 mer Governor Emmet 0'Neal declal rather give Henry Ford the Muscle than to sell it to the Alabama Pow and then in one great chorus which answered "aye" to a memorial ca Congress of the United States to Muscle Shoals.
 It was organized as a state wide pro-Ford and anti-Alabama Power company mass meeting-and it was. The meeting began at 2:50 o'clock and continued until long after Inc hour of ,, the entire time being de- voted to addresses in favor of Henty F'ord's proposal and the adoption of resolutions urging Congress to ac- cept the offer.
 Among the resolutions adopted was one crenting "the Alabama
 Muscle shoals association" and providing for the appointment of n committee to make n general inv estignhon of the Alabama Power company and its activities in Alabama
 Among the specific duties en- joined upon the committee by the resolution were,
 To determine when and where the Alabama Power company was organized and who were the original stockholders.
 To determine what other cor porations or organizations, if any, were connected with the or sanization-
 To determine what Legislation has been secured for the company and by whom.
 To determine by whnt agency
 section 3S5 of the constitution was changed as 10 provide for condemnation of private property for power development.
 To determine whnt members of the legislature have been agents, employees and attorneys for the Alabama Power company.
 To determine what charges are made for electricity in towns in which the Alabama Power com
 pAny operates.
 To investigate means used in
 obtaining increases in electric ratre d~srits> cunersets regar'ilas
 rates for electricity.
 A great majority or the countle; were represented at the meeting, ac' cording to the Ford boosters commit. tee which made preliminary arrange ments for the meeting. The first Dig delegation arrived during the earl5 morning from Mobile. IL was com posed of about 50 business men oi D.. [ t.. Ia nd f,r f ba Todd Ship Yard corporation whict was sent from Brooklyn, N. Y.. tc Mobile for Mardi Gras festivities Anc which was ordered by William H Todd, president of the corporation to proceed to Montgomery with the Mobile delegation. This band was the center of interest throughout the day. It led the Mobile boosters from the terminal station to the hotel anc later in the day met the special trai1 from North Alabama, carrying more than three hundred citizens of the Tennessee valley and Muscle Shoals section.
 Parade to Capital
 On the arrival of the special train the various delegations joined in a parade up Commerce street, through Historic Court Square and to Dexter avenue, proceeding to the capitol There the Todd band serenaded tho capitol and state departments anc returning to the city visited the court house, city hall and newspaper offices.
 The music of the band was the signal for the beginning of the mass meeting at the city auditorium. The building had been comfortably filled before the hour for the meeting ar rived. Mrs. o. c. Manor. president oi the League of Women Voters, which called the meeting first as Mont gomery affair in the interest oi Henry Ford. but which merged witt the Muscle Shoals boosters into a campaign for state wide meeting which was intended to protest against the bid of the Alabama Power company, made the opening talk during which she introduced B Nj. Allen of Birmingham. who ha( been selected in advance for perma. nent chairman. Mrs. Manor declared that the Montgomery League O. Women Voters could afford to cal the state mass meeting and take th. lead in favor of Henry Ford becaus, it's members are not stockholders 1T the Alabama Power company, but arc stockholders of the state of Ala. bama The remark was the sigma for great cheering from the audience
 Introduces Allen
 When Mrs. Manor had introduced Chairman Allen, A. C. Patterson O Albany, as the representative of tn, boosters of the Muscle Shoals dis trict, presented Mrs. Manor with z bouquet Of carnations in recognition of the interest shown by her in ths development of plans for the mas meeting.
 In his address Mir. Allen declared that the plan for the construction of Muscle Shoals from the beginning had been for the manufacture of nj trates for war during time of wal and for the manufacture of fertilizers during time of peace. He mentioned that experts consulted by the gov
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