The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-05
ATLANTA ID HOLD
 MONSTER MEETING
 AS BOOST ID FORD
Former Governor O'NeaI will Be Chief Speaker at so Is1 cIe Shoals We }. i
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Atlanta, " 4.-(Special.) ] Plans for g, at public mass meet ing at the Auditorium next Sun day afternoon to organize citizens of Atlanta and Georgia behind the offer of Henry Ford to lease and develop Muscle Shoals were laid at meeting in Mayor Keys office Saturday afternoon.
 Governor Emmet o'Neal of Ala bama, leading spirit in the Alabama fight in behalf of the Ford proposal. will be the principal speaker. having accepted an invitation wired Satur- day by the committee arranging a program for the meeting.
 It is planned to invite to the next Sunday rally. in addition to the gen eral public of Atlanta Georgia rep resentatives in the national Congress, national and state presidents Of farm and other organizations and the mayors or their representatives from every Georgia city and town. The Atlanta gathering is proposed as preliminary to statewide mass meeting to solidify sentiment from boundary to boundary of the state back of the Ford offer.
 Committee ArranEes Details
 The Ford movement was launch cd and an executive committee appoint ed at a meeting held Saturday at noon at the city hall. The committee arr ranged Saturday afternoon numerous details of the next Sunday rally and is composed of Mayor Key, chairman Frank P Rice, James P. Nevil. T. J. Ripley, Marvin Roane. Mrs. B. M. Boykin, G. c. Whipple, R. N. Thomp- son, and c. W. Mcclure, chairman of the preliminary meeting, as ex off cio member.
 Georgia Techs band will be invited to play, and a concert on the big audi torium instrument will be rendered by Charles Sheldon, city organist.
 Jeffers Attends Meeting
 Congressman Lamar Jeffers, of the Fourth Alabama district who changed to be in Atlanta on special business from Washington Saturday, attended the meeting, and made strong speech in which he charged that the fertilizer, aluminium, water de~elop- ment and other powerful interests are backing the offer of the Alabama Power company to defeat Ford" He declared that the Alabama company should 1t gain control of the proper ties, would throttle the power deyei- opment of the state.
 The people of my state don't want the Alabama Power company to get Muscle Shoals" he said. 'They be- lieve that Ford has the genius, the money and the ability to develop the plant; they believe he will pay em- pIoyes a fairer wage. and they be- lieve he will sell his output of power fertilizer and other commodities at a fair price,
 Screws Being Applied
 He asserted that the screws are being put on members of Congress by the giant interests opposed to Ford and declared that If Ford's contract is approved it will be because of the weight of public sen ntiment bearing on Congress.
 Mayor Key said Tt has come now to a fight between Henry Ford and the Alabama Power company, but If it is no better than the power com pany here, then 1t ought not to get anything.
 The acceptance of the offer ot Henry Ford would put Atlanta in the position to compete with any manu- featuring communities In the coun- try. It would place thousands of un- employed in profitable work. I only wish there were 10000 Henry Fords Tn this country. Georgians should not allow an opportunity to indorse thls movement to pass"