The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-04-04
COMMUNITY CLUB REFUSES TO Q. K.
 ANTI-FORD PLAN
Debate Over Offer For Muscle Shoals Ends In
 Neutral Vote
THIRD RESOLUTION
 BRINGS STATUS QUO
Will H. Sadler Presents Case In Advocacy Of
 Detroit Mans Offer

At a spirited and interesting session of the Community club Thursday on the Muscle Shoals question the follow | ing stood out most prominently: 1. By rising vote the club tabled the Robertson resolution which would have put the club on record in opposition to the Ford bid for Muscle Shoals.
 ?. By rising vote tabled the Robert son resolution which favored leasing Muscle Shoals only in strict conformity with the federal water power act. f' 5. By vive voce adopted the Robert son resolution providing that the club decline to indorse officially any of the bids for development of Muscle Shoals. 4. Heard Mir. Robertson speak in de- fense of his original resolution and give an able exposition of the federal water power act, which was originally de- | signed to curb encroachments of the power trust.
 5. Heard W. H. Sadler defend the Ford bid under which he contended the government will get war nitrate pre- parednes for 100 years at a cost of $3,0O0,000 dollars.
 Debate Continues For Hour Decision was reached after an hours debate, carried over from the last week. ly luncheon of the organization, on the Robertson resolution, asking that the Senate not to be swayed by national hysteria" which advocated acceptance of the Ford bid.
 This resolution, as did a second. fos- tered by Mir. Robertson, Jr., to the eff feet that the Senate oppose granting power rights except under provisions of the federal water power act, was tabled by the club.
 The ultimate stand in the matter was adopted in the form of the following resolution, also put by MT. Robertson. It reads:
 "Whereas, it is the opinion of the members of the Community club that amity and friendship will best be pre- served by refraining from taking a stand on the Muscle Shoals question;
 Therefore, be it resolved, that the Community club go on record as refus- ing to indorse or condemn the Ford offer for Muscle Shoals, the associated power offer for Muscle Shoals, or any other offer which may be placed. Be it further resolved, that no ac- tion which has been taken on this ques- tiOn be considered as such indorsement or failure to indorse any offer in ques- tiOn."
 Resolution Tabled The tabling of Robertson's first res olutiUn, and around which most of the discussion Thursday centered, was q sequence to a debate between it's insti- gator and Will H. Sadler, attorney, who made plea in support of Ford. This debate was limited to 20 minutes for each man and with their arguments in, Will Moore stopped further discussion of the matter by a motion that the resolution be tabled
 Moore paid passing tribute to the eloquence of each speaker, but said he believed there were three sides to every question and most members favored the noncommittal one of the Muscle Shoals affair. The motion carried.
 Robertson immediately jumped to his feet with a second resolution embodying that the club should raise it's voice to the Senate, opposing ''any grant of water power rights to any individual, corporation or municipality, except un- der the provision and subject to the regulation of the federal water power act" This met with fate similar to the first one.
 Yet third resolution was introduced by Robertson, the one which was final ly indorsed by the club.
 Ed Bowron offered resolution for the club to indorse the Ford offer but this was ruled out of order by w. w. Wilkerson, president of the club. Will kerson said that such an action could not be considered while another reso- lutiOn had the floor.
 Previous to the RObertson-Sadler de- ta n table the resolution and discuss a sec ond resolution backing the Ford offer. In supporting this he stated that the Ford offer did not come under the fed eral water power act, a point which he said he would debate with Robertson at any time. This resolution was vetoed on the grounds that considerable time had been spent in preparation for dis cuSsiOn of the Robertson resolution.
 Attacks Age-Heraid
 Beginning his remarks Mir. Robert son made an attack on The Age-Herald, criticiZing the accuracy of this news papers report of the previous weeks meeting of the Community club with out stating wherein inaccuracy existed. He used such words as yellow journal ism," "hysteria," falsely and ma liciously," saying the story was the embodiment of all that is contemptible and cowardly in yellow journalism" Many other members of the club la mented the Outburst and told The Age Herald the attack was unwarranted and unjustified and that this news papers report of the meeting was a substantially accurate chronicle of what occurred. Among the members who expressed this attitude were Reese Adamson. J. Rowan Oden, Will liam Sadler and H. NJ. Fulenwider.
 Mir. Robertson said he did not launch "an offensive against Underwood" whom he considered Americas greatest statesman. What he had meant, he said, was that "a man like Underwood could be so situated politically in de-
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