The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-06-25

II FROM EDITORIAL COLUMNS
Power: The Voice of iva
The production of electricity is the heart of American
dusral production Power shortage looming before
Who responsible? Many newspapers have played the
drouh of the shortage the Tennessee
Valley They have charged the engineers of the IVA with
incompetence and criminal negligence the hour of the
TONS Mr. David Lientha director of the Tennessee
Valley Authority spoke recently before the Rotary Club of
Knoxville and his full address reprinted the Congress
sona of June 11th 194 Answering these charges
he sad n spite of the drouh the IVA able to fulfill to
the last kowahour of its contracts for continuous
power IVA could meet of these contracts this
should continue and make this bad for
recorded history For TWAS sales of around
power all based the amount of in the river in
the kind of water shortage known But Mr..
entha SAYS further present
power without expansion gives the
lack of expansion of IVA The New American has
selected part of this address as important material which we
want pass readers The following excerpts
taken from the first part of his address)
By DAVID LILIENTHAL
Director of the Tennessee Valley Authority
Eight years ago T. " A. started building dams the Ten
River big went that the dams waste
that there much electricity there surplus there
couldn't possibly be shortage of Right down the
years these of md that there would be too much
electricity has held back this valley held back the whole coun
try's power supply.
Today we the midst the defense program
The mdv the counsel of the scared minds that held
T. " A. putting the brakes national defense
The country has appropriated billions and billions of dollars
yet every candid will that the
production not in high high
haven't yet been permitted to to the utmost
without stint the glorious strength that God Almighty
to the United States of America.
months ago told not worry about produc
on-hat plenty of capacity for STEEL that there
would be shortage Yet everybody knows that
there are shortages
Why Shortages?
Why the of should there be short
country that hasn't yet begun to do the
iohi do opd VIM
that trying to defend these shores with
right hand tied behind us.
.. Why in heavens does the United States of
America have to have shortage of aluminium we who can
build aluminium plants where months there
cornfed Who have have shortage of power?
Not here for have Cherokee DAM not SO miles
from have what American engineers do
to produce in the speed of that job
Who says have to have steel shortage when one
you knows that in the Birmingham district alone there are
iron limestone and sks that send capacity way
up?
Let's get straight There be shortages Of de-
materaof the materials essential to build the planes
the bombs and warshps get this further fact
straight that we guns
electricity We have and electricity, will use
our strength throttle in mdity and doubt
Expand Production
49, But the shortages that have and the curtail
asked to into effect will be nothing unless
permitted to begin at oncea once, without the loss
the energy to the that have
if we billions of klowatthor of energy in our
streams if we couldn't produce aluminium in almost
imitless quantities. textiles and and coal oil and
clothing and Shoes and all the things that needed both
our troops and our civilian populatonf we mpover
had to fight like invalid nation that would be
thing would make the best of disabilities But
strong and do have the We do have the
sks not using them. Think of it. it is almost
that this hour of destiny not using
the strength of hills and waters and
Power Production
Whv? The eectric-power situation illustrates what has
been happening in field after another Electric power
great quantities is absolutely essential to this in which
we are the "arsenal of democracy"
ateu month in 1885 that Germany told the world for
the first and mighty the march,
A. was appearing before the Military Affairs Committee
the of Representatives Representing the T. AS
views called the Committees notice to the head
lines and strong plea could that T. V. A.
greatly needed defense that should be
slowed up years later when the to Europe
again pressed home the point that vast quantities of power
were needed example, the 29th of February l94O
told an audience of distinguished businessmen of view
would be shortage of for defense production
in 194 power supply greatly increased at