The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-02-17
U. s. WINS IVA POWER CASE IN
 SUPREME COURT
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IVA, NRA and AAA were rated at that time as the big three" among the many alphabetical agencies de- signed to bring about recovery and better economic balance" in the nation.
 Not only was the program of sig nificance because of the govern ment's plan to supply cheap power to Southern consumers and reha- bilitate a vast area, but it was of nationwide import owing to the Administrations expressed intention to apply the Tennessee experiment as a yardstick for determining fair electric rates throughout the country.
 L Supplies Electricity L
 Under IVA, the war time Wilson dam of Muscle Shoals fame has been supplying electricity for sev- eral cities and communities in the Tennessee Valley. The challenge of the governments right to pro- duce this power for sale in compe- tition with privately-owned com panies brought IVA before the Su- preme Court.
 In addition to it's output of power, IVA is carrying on great flood control, reforestation and soil ero- sion program in the vast territory extending from the mountains of East Tennessee to thke low flatlands of Alabama. Some time ago, more than 16,G00 persons were employed on the a..y-- l'ity's various projects
 The $34,000.000 Norris dam, named in honor of Senator Norris who was the father of the act creating the agency, is almost completed and is partly in operation. Spanning the tiny Clinch river in eastern Ten nessee, the 253-foot high dam cre- ates finger like lake in the noun tains. Four miles from the dam is the TWAS model town, Norris, in- haoited by workers on the project.
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 The $20,000.e00 Joe wheeler dam is being built across the Tennessee river in North Alabama and the $22 100000 Piekwick Landing dam, which will span the same river in southwestern Tennessee, also is un- der construction. A super phosphate fertilizer is being produced at Mus cle Shoals by the government and tested on 2,o00 demonstration farms.
 President Roosevelt, when he an- nounced the Tennessee power de- velopment and reclamation plan, designated it as the "forerunner' of similar gigantic projects in other sections of the country If success ful. he said, it would be followed by like developments particularly in the Ohio and Arkansas valleys and in the Columbia river basin in the northwest. The Bonneville dam on the Columbia river is now one of the governments big power pro- jects. s ~
 4 Controversial Mope
 Supporters of the IVA experiment contend that it promotes higher liv- ing standards among thousands of people, cheaper power, the conser- vation of lands and forests and many things that lead to human betterment." They say that the dams, which the agency is build- ing, could be duplicated on large streams in all parts of the country and that low-cost power could be made available throughout the na- ton.
 Opponents have assailed it as a revolutionary invasion by the gov- ernment of the d o m a i n of pri- vate business" and an attempt by the Administration 'through a board of three men. subject to none of the traditional checks, standards or restraints. to establish the gov ernment permanently in absolute control of the power of a vast re- gion.'