Muscle Shoals: Hearings Before the Committee on Agriculture and Forestry, United States Senate, Sixty-eighth Congress, First Session, on S. 139, S. 2372, S. 2747, S. 3214, and H. R. 518U.S. Government Printing Office, 1924 - Muscle Shoals (Ala.) |
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... matter of fact , it amounts to 56 years , I think , because we allow for the time of building Dam No. 3 . The next point here is that this operation is carried on , as I said before , by men who have devoted their lives to the three ...
... matter of fact , it amounts to 56 years , I think , because we allow for the time of building Dam No. 3 . The next point here is that this operation is carried on , as I said before , by men who have devoted their lives to the three ...
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... matter of power , of course , we furnish for operating the dams . The next has to do with fertilizer , and I have expressed myself on that at length . Here is the matter of power- The CHAIRMAN . What section , now ? Mr. HOOKER . At the ...
... matter of power , of course , we furnish for operating the dams . The next has to do with fertilizer , and I have expressed myself on that at length . Here is the matter of power- The CHAIRMAN . What section , now ? Mr. HOOKER . At the ...
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... matter , and I just want to say that we have with us the men who know all the details , chemical and hydroelectric , in connection with the matter , and they will follow with their testimony . I just want to close with a reitera- tion ...
... matter , and I just want to say that we have with us the men who know all the details , chemical and hydroelectric , in connection with the matter , and they will follow with their testimony . I just want to close with a reitera- tion ...
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... matter who has Muscle Shoals , or whether it is done somewhere else , if the Government or a private individual anywhere should manufacture a whole lot of fertilizer that we do not have to manufacture it now , and that is put in ...
... matter who has Muscle Shoals , or whether it is done somewhere else , if the Government or a private individual anywhere should manufacture a whole lot of fertilizer that we do not have to manufacture it now , and that is put in ...
Page 109
... matter was disposed of in order to influence you to come here and fight Ford's offer ? Mr. GRAFF . We think that is a fact , that until this matter is settled it is hopeless , and we think that if it is settled on the basis contem ...
... matter was disposed of in order to influence you to come here and fight Ford's offer ? Mr. GRAFF . We think that is a fact , that until this matter is settled it is hopeless , and we think that if it is settled on the basis contem ...
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