Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-28
POWER TO Be KEPT
FACTOR BY NORRIS
NebraSkan Declares Issue
Will Influence His Stand
in 1882 Campaign.
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to send anti-Norris literature into Ne
braska last Fall.
Senator Norris said he did not see
how 1t was possible to examine the EVIL
dence before the Nye Committee and
not reach a conclusion that 1t was the
intention of Lucas when he borrowed
the $4,000 and put up this account as
security that he intended the note
should be paid out Of the money he put
up as security"
Mr.. Lucas has declared emphatically
that this was a personal loan which he
intended to pay himself, and has al
ready sent his personal check to curtai1
the note by $500.
Assuming the Lucas story Is cor
rect" continued Senator Norris, which
I do not believe, then he is guilty of
misuse Of the National Committees
funds"
The statement issued by Mr.. Mutt was
the latest contribution from either side
to the controversy over the Lucas
Norris ruction, out Of which has come
an insistent demand by the progressive
Republicans for the separation of Mr..
Lucas from his present position as ex-
ecutive director OF the Republican Ma
tional Committee.
Conferees Called.
The water power issue is coming to
the fore again In Congress as soon as
that body meets after the Christmas
holidays. Senator McNary, chairman
of the Conference Committee of the two
houses, which has the Muscle Shoals
bill under consideration, is calling the
conferees together for a final effort to
obtain an agreement. If that fails, then
a disagreement will be reported first to
the House and then to the Senate. If
both houses stand pat, the Muscle
Shoals matter is likely to go over until
the new Congress meets December next.
In the present Congress, the House is
strongly backing President Hoover's po-
Sition that the Government should not
engage in the distribution of hydro
electric power generated at Muscle
Shoals. The Senate Is supporting the
Norris bill, which provides for just such
action by the Government.
A compromise proposal Is to be adj
vanced, which would have the Govern
ment provide for the installation of
four or more main trunk lines to cities
in the Southern States, for the trans
mission of power from Muscle Shoals.
ment would sell the electricity to
municipalities or to private companies
as the case might be, for distribution to
the ultimate consumer. Senator Norris
regards this as an improvement over
the House bill, but has not put his seal
of approval on it.
1t is understood that the conferees
on the Muscle Shoals bill have agreed,
TO all intentS and purposes, on the whole
measure except as it relates to the dis
tribution of power by the Government.
The House wants the power sold at the
switchboard, right at the plant. The
Senate wishes the board which will con-
troll the project to have the power to
build transmission lines and to dis
tribute the power to consumers. A sug-
geStion has come from the House that
it might agree to give the board such
power, but with the understanding that
it would have to come back to Congress
to get the money for constructing the
transmission lines and for distributing
the juice. The Senate, however, taking
the Norris view, insists that the board
shall be empowered to build the trans
mission lines out of funds received from
sale Of power and fertilizer, which
would obviate the need of coming back
to Congress for q specific appropriation
and thereby starting the fight all over
again, with Government operation again
an issue.