The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-04-30
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 M sl7ING4ON, Apfll 21s*.I'hs ssn- sle commits on asritsiltufes which for tsfo weeks had run rou<|. xhod over the Henry Ford offer fof Muscle sboeIs: tllis morning encountered tartnf n lhs person of Major T. | slahIman of Nashville.
 The witness told his story in q bold ana dsterninea manner, and the cr6s@ exafaination, which was reckoned to confuse, hs brusIs@ 2 aside as wind blows away tlse chaif
 Iaese was 6ps feature af hiaiof Ssfahlmans taasifnpfx eagculated to put fo resk the anxiety in the boson, # Senator Norris. He insieted that tfe Ford offer he enacted without als,ends m6nt, and IeKislation wlich n the flls xslye might De fesArded as pseessafy.
 Assnfis Fewer GompaSsy
 Sfahinan was severe ln his cfif fiflaha Of tIie Alabama Power company aud it's assoeisfes, the SertiIi1eF md AIatni- siiafil trusts which on46Se tile Ford pr1posifion md Dan A<E{ziikip. e wifs ness from N 6slzpille, sflso sofls days aEe apbssres x {le a}sornsS of tis Tea nszAx6 Nfanlif { sifars slsaotia tipn
 nofafdine fil4 ltittf ie said Re act deeeifed kIe is set af aneei. In fhs referendum MI coil<IBeted tp aeceFs t4iii flfe sentiment of EenisesseHntie res Shsxtink ffe lispositi8a of Muscle Shs6la he Mzs fife bid renresefl. Hfi1e N fhe power e9HNNny 8. lateis .den1al}H. Me yeaIi ue1sEonStxAie $unef row that he dId not sei rf ssn bef0te this sohmittes the nsanaIac actpfdES lesls
 Major stakimaf, ulo feE \ Iens time 1lobbisdH fhfoNeh Co1ftess epoch
 Lobby Ruuior Befnted
 .Bribery.n he said, lis most often knfffa1 to the bribe givers 1 know. For I was in the service of the Louis vile and Nashville railroad for g xears." He then refuted A,rtain .whis- nering" to the effect thSt Ford main fained a lobby in Washington.
 Sometime ago" he said, Nashville raised $50,000. In the last seven years we have paid Prof. w. c. Waldo, engi- neer in the service of the Tennessee River Improvement association, about &3O.O0O. He is one of the most capable and practical engineers in the United States"
 Major Stahlman in reply to ques- tions propounded by Senators Norris and Ralston, agreed that the govern meft should be protected in any con tract it might make, and declared in favor of circulation of surplus power to be generated at Muscle Shoals. He insisted. however, that the govern ment would be protecetd in the Ford offer, and declared positive convic- tion that Ford, although his offer does not so provide, would circulate surplus power.
 Warns Against Amendment
 But do not amend the offer" he exclaimed with heat Do not do as the Alabama Power company and the fertilizer trust would have you do. Tell Ford to operate Muscle Shoals according to his judgment. Remember lie made his money by giving the farm CTS what they wanted. He will give the farmers what they want at Muscle Shoals.
 If in the future, it is demonstrated that Ford is not carrying out the con tract to the letter, or that the con tract should be made more specific, proceed to remedy defects. Railroads, after running wild for so many years, have been made to realize by recent legislation, that the people have rights that must be respected.
 Norris at this point declared that the contract, once entered into, could not be changed for 100 years. Stahlman smiled away the contention as if he thought that Norris, straining at gnats, would eventually swallow a camel.
 Tells Of South's Despair
 Stahlman very effectively told the story of the despair of the people of the South following the apparent de- termination of republican politicians to scrap Muscle Shoals.
 ."And then Ford made his offer" he said. 1t was at that time that we first realized that we had an asset of national importance. And then others for the purpose of defeating the Ford offer, entered the field with obstructing tactics. Ford knew that secret work
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