The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-09
IT WOULD CRIPPLE SEAPORT DEVELOPMENT

IT WOULD CRIPPLE SEAPORT DEVELOPMENT Any lingering doubt that the substitute seaport measure feed by he senate committee appointed by Lieutenant Gov Mcdowell is na to the project dispeed by careful analysis of the substitute The document raeis nhbens and Instructions would hastrng and cripple Che undertaking in it's very beginning. difficulty would be to find three five of outstanding ability and integrity who could be prevailed upon to subordinate their perience and good Judgment te such menstresity.
 In the first place although this undertaking demands men of the highest type and established capacity the places restrictions upon the appointments leaving entirely to the whm of whether he select men merely for their political importance ambitions The character of the membership further mpered by the provision that the governor governor may commissioner at pleasure any time words, the senate committee provides deliberately that job shall political plum which it shall be within gift governor to extend revoke at pleasure It invites every to replace each existing commission with his creaures What of successful experience and demonstrated capacity would accept such job knowing that it's continuance depends his merits and achievements but the political complexion of the changing administrations? Are million dollars public funds to be exposed to such trickery?
 The substitute would up board of censors" who would twice yearly check operations docks board and report to the This provision jobs somebody but 1t will not advance the public seaport Lousanas dock board up xpend lures by the state auditor but it's public themselves check ndrance that boards except the authority the which leg saure The senate committees substitute would make the consent trivial intention of the board the being given authority nufy each and e With such plan the board would
 
 word an efficient responsible body of The board could just we'll be body of stenographers office
 The of condemnation of property port de- veopmen given not to the board proper the gov erno The gravest and most reprehenb provision the that indicates that the committee dominance of invisible government the exempng from condemnation any operated port unless be shown that said development properly be made without the acquiring of property means that the docks board must be continually hampeed by Instructions and delays that will be inevitably injected by railroads which
 
 portions of the waterfront by the owes her backward condition port throttng by the railroads The appointed by Mr. Mcdowell would nresaa this throttling process
 The substitute provides that the expended on the prior to October 927 shall million dollars also provides that other unit development may begun until each unit under construction has completed
 ene cost o such uns totals less than three million dollars Here the committee njecs arbitrary condition that may we'll delay and nu the entire port for least years to come Who would not leave the wisdom of time rather to the short vision of body decision as to the sum needed for seaport construction by given date? provision un the committee not know that units inerlockng often coming into full use until the others operating? committee not know that economies of construction possible through smult neous consrucon How shall inexperienced sortsghed committee seek to establish for advance policy only the closest study advice of exper can successfully determine7
 There other items equally objectionable may be dscov cred by reading the act printed this issue but those cited above sufficient either the enmv of the senate committee it's lack of vision what the the disaster to the state would be the same cious should be adopted either wholly part the senate learn from Lousianas how umphanty established and let the senate realize gravity it's responsibility and seek to discharge it conformity with the dictates of the public welfare reject the substitute measure and enact simple provision is made for board composed of of right stamp That one thing being accomplished all these items will be caly cared for
 
 oi 0a protection lis by Chattanooga Times: "Th eo .ie numbng tragedy impress preparedness