The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-02-19
IVA VICTORY BRINGS
CARNIVAL REJOICING
By UNITED PRESS

/ Inc Z,OUU,UUO men, women and
children who live in the 100000
600 acres encompaSsed by the
Tennessee Valley authority plung-
ed into carnival Monday night to
celebrate Twas crushing victory
in the U. S. supreme court.
Supreme court valuation of
Twas power plans ended weeks
! of tension which had seen the
vast machinery of the New Deals
most monumental experiment
grind almost to complete halt.
Up the $50 meandering miles
of the Tennessee river from Pa
ducah, KY, to Knoxville, Tenn,
major cities hailed the decision
with blaring factory whistles. In
tiny mountain hamlets, villagers
gathered in the streets to shout
their jubilation when news wires
carried the flash of the decision.
The decision represented a go
ahead signal for six cities holding
tentative contracts to secure cheap
"yardStick" power and gave fresh
impetus TO efforts to consummate
the contracts.
The celebrations ranged from
enthusiastic radio programs, in
formal demonstrations in streets
and around newspape roffices, to
prayers of thanksgiving.
In Norris, Tenn, the "model
IVA city" which New Deal OPP
ponentS charged was Goddess"
because it has no formal church.
rs. virtually the entire popula-
ton joined Midday ma prayer
service of thanksgiving. The SER
vices were sponsored by the Nor
ris Religious Fellowship. After
prayers, the IVA workers heard
a speech by F. c. Schlemmer, as
SiStant IVA chief engineer, and
then celebrated with a dance.
Informal, spontaneous celebra-
tionS broke out at the $28,000,000
Pickwick Landing dam now under
construction below Muscle Shoals
and at the S29,000,000 Wheeler
dam, nearing completion Is miles
above the shoals.
In Knoxville, site of major
headquarters of iva where more
than 1900 men and women are
employed in offices of the auth
ority, 1000 people stormed news
paper offices to receive the flash.
They hailed it with thunderous
cheers as factory whistles shrek
ed jubilation.
Knoxville city officials inter
preted the decision as the next
to last hurdle in the way of the
city's efforts to secure cheap IVA
power. Eight municipalities :
chiefly in Mississippi and Alaba-
ma-now are being served direct
" by iva. Tentative contracts
have been made, however, with
Knoxville, Memphis, Tenn, and
Tuscumbia, Sheffield, Russellvllle
and Decatur, Ala. :. ..
W. T. Kenperly, Knoxville cher
city counsel, said: "This means
the city's contract with IVA is
constitutional and good and
means Knoxville will win its law
suit"
Efforts of Knoxville to secure
IVA power were blocked by an
Injunction restraining the city
from seeking a PWA loan to con-
struct a distribution system. The
Injunction now is in the Tennes-
see supreme court. and officials
were confident the court would
/ follow the precedent of Mondays
supreme court decision and rule
| in favor of IVA. ~
The ruling on the Knoxville
case is expected to form a preee-
dent, opening the door for dozens
of other major cities in the range
of the huge development to Sc
cure cheap power.
In North Alabama, citizens
tnrned out into the streets at De-
catur to celebrate. Mayor James
A Nelson of Decatur said 1t was
"a great and complete victory Tor
the valley. Pm delighted because
it means so much for our city;
IL believe now that the original
iva plan for buying city plants
and selling them back to the CIT
les can be carried out"