The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-14
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 There never was lie' he declared. "that was more deliberate and mani fest than the utterance of this paper. There never has been a time in the 30 years that I have been in the con gress of the United States when have ever served, directly or indirect iy, the great corporations of Alabama or of the United States, and I chal- lenge any man to show that l have"
 Points Out Tariff Bill.
 To answer the statement in the edi- torial that he was yielding to the de- mands of great corporation Sena- tor Underwood pointed to the Under wood tariff bill. which he asserted put on the free list every single item in which his family and himself were in terested.' And asked;
 Was that yielding to the de.
 mands of a great corporation in
 terest, when I was putting the
 product of my own district in my own state on the free list? Not that
 was discriminating against them
 but I knew they did not need
 tariff"
 Reiterating he had never had any connection with the Alabama Power company "either as stockholder or an individual" Senator Underwood charged that these men who are be- hind the power trust that wants the power are trying to connect me and my bill with that interest to defeat !t by a damnable lie "The editorial" Senator Underwood said, challenges the bill as steal. "Offers Greater Scandal" He read further from the editorial "President Coolidge cannot afford ana does not want Teapot Dome scandal in his administration. He IS being offered greater scandal in this pro posal of Senator Oscar Underwood. Mark the lie that lay in the mouth of the editor of this paper, he ex claimed, when he wrote those words trying to hitch this matter up With q scandal such as the Teapot Dome scan dal. when there is limitation ot tht power of the president, requiring nm to make the lease with provision 1ol the production of nitrogen.
 "This adroit editor." the Alabama senator continued, tries to placate th' Prevident in his opening words by say ing he is n wise, courageous ana pa triotic leader as he is and then saying that because I put in the hands of tha wise, courageous and patriotic leader the power to make a lease to dispose o the property, that there IS greater scandal than the Teapot L me.
 Senator Underwood read as follows from the editorial:
 "The interests behind the Under wood bill are perfectly obvioua Il would be wrong to give the Muscle Shoals power away to private powel corporations under any condition. It \ crime to give it away for such ms erable pittance as a f per cent rental not f per cent on the entire Sl35,ooO, GOO, but f per cent only on the S4o, 100000 that the Wilson dam cost
 Explains Rental
 The Alabama senator declared tha the rental in the bill was made low tt try to induce some private citizen llk Henry Ford to make nitrogen for na tional defense and fertilizer for farm CTS. He explained that this bill tlxet 1 the minimum rental and not the maxi mum and that the President, If he car find bidder who will do the work car charge him twice or three times or foul times the minimum price as fixed II | the bill
 If there is any purpose ln puttlnt this provision in the bill, he said, it Il for the purpose of seeing that the pow CT is not given away entirely.
 Referring to the editorial writer,
 Senator Underwood declared listen
 to where he pleads guilty to the in
 fluence of the power trust himself.
 I do not know whether those in-
 fluences were gold, dinners or per
 sonal influence. but here is his plea
 of guilt: Muscle Shoals is purely
 power proposition, he quoted.
 Mark you, my bill is not purely power proposition" Senator Underwoo said. My bill is national defens and fertilizer proposition.
 He came down to his confesslo when he says Muscle Shoals is purel power proposition and all talk making cheap fertilizer for the farmer is pure bunco and the Underwood bl advocates know it.
 Claims Sincerity
 q do not know it. the Alabama ser ator continued "The efforts 1 hay made in that direction are earnest an honest and I hope they will be success full. But I do know that when this .pf per published that article and said tha the Muscle Shoals development IS pure power proposition it admitted had accepted a brief from the powe companies of America to trly to kl my bill"
 "That is all there is to it" he d' clared. "They want to wipe out tert lizer, they want to wipe out natloni II nEATHS