The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-10-16

they should not only keep In mind
the astounding record Of both parties
in the last congress In wing with
each other in subservience to big
: business and in their eagerness to re-
1ect any measures Of beneflt to the
worker and the poor farmer, but they
must also keep in mind what the next
congress proposes to do to them If
the same balance Of forces prevails.
There need be no guess work as TO
the program Of the next congress be-
cause It has already been frankly
stated and no worker or farmer who
supports the old parties need complain
Of being taken by surprise when the
next session OF congress begins its
work.
A few days ago, Mr.. Smell, chair
man Of the powerful house committee
on rules, after a friendly chat with
President Coolidge made a frank and
fairly complete statement as to what
the next congress proposes TO do to
the workers and farmers and the re-
sources Of the country II the present
servants Of big business continue to
represent" the people In the next
sessions.
According to Mr.. Smell, Number One
on the order Of business Is 1.-THE dis
position of Muscle Shoals" 'Disposi-
ton" in this connection is a tremen-
dously polite word. The Muscle
Shoals power development cost the
American government over $3.50, O0O,-
900. 1t Is such a gigantic power cen
ter that former secretary OF war of
the q. S. government declared: ,"f
I were greedy for power over my fell
low men, would rather control
Muscle Shoals than be elected presi-
dent Of the U. S." But congress has
safely tucked away In its archives the
recommendation Of the majority of
the Muscle Shoals Joint Congressional
Committee proposing to give this
enormous development into private
hands-into the hands Of the Muscle
Shoals Power Distributing company
which is controlled by the Electric
Bond & Share Co. Now the Electric
Bond & Share is a modest little COM
pany, which controls 1,700 power com
panies In 40 states Of the United
States (that was in last April, they
may have covered the other eight
states by now). And Electric Bond
& Share in turn is controlled by the
General Electric Co.. And the General
Electric Co. is controlled by ]. P.
Morgan G. Co. And incidentally the
Muscle Shoals Power Distributing Co.
Is made up of IL associated South
Eastern companies that sweep from
Kentucky to - the gulf including
Georgia and Florida. Still incidental
ly it Is interesting to note that one of
these 13 companies is the Tennessee
Electric Power Co., which according
to Pour's Public Utility Manuel is
linked with the Aluminium Co. of
America owned by the master mind"
of the Coolidge administration, An
drew W. Mellon.
The second order OF business for
the next congress, according to Mr..
Smell, is the passage of bills increas-
ing salaries of judges"
The third order of business is the
"Radio Control Bill" What that will
mean in the matter Of thought control
and in the matter Of insuring the sue
cess OF another monopoly we can
Judge from the practices Of Mr.. Hoo
yer so far, from the difficulties already
put In the way of the Chicago Fedora
ton of Labor's establishing a broad
casting station of its own (even be-
fore Mr.. Hoover had the power to
stop them and in the refusal to per
init GItlow and Norman Thomas to
broadcast speeches after they had
been invited by broadcasting com
panies in New York City.
Next in line comes the River and