To Create Muscle Shoals Corporation of the United States: Hearings Before ..., 72-1 on A.J. Res. 15 ..., and S. 2164 ..., February 16, 19, and 24, 1932 |
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... thing : Isn't it true that the phsophate rock of Florida is much easier to mine than the phosphate rock of Tennessee ? Mr. FIES . Yes , sir . It is hydraulic mining , open cut mining in Florida , as against underground mining in ...
... thing : Isn't it true that the phsophate rock of Florida is much easier to mine than the phosphate rock of Tennessee ? Mr. FIES . Yes , sir . It is hydraulic mining , open cut mining in Florida , as against underground mining in ...
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... thing to have , and that was the ex- pensive part of getting nitrogen out of the air . Now , that was the condition of things we were in when the World War broke out . We did not know anything about the Haber process , but the Germans ...
... thing to have , and that was the ex- pensive part of getting nitrogen out of the air . Now , that was the condition of things we were in when the World War broke out . We did not know anything about the Haber process , but the Germans ...
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... thing that you are trying to get out of the air . It is identically the same thing . One is in the unreduced ammoniated form and the other is in the pure nitrogenous form . Mr. FIES . Well , I understand that- Senator SMITH ( continuing ) ...
... thing that you are trying to get out of the air . It is identically the same thing . One is in the unreduced ammoniated form and the other is in the pure nitrogenous form . Mr. FIES . Well , I understand that- Senator SMITH ( continuing ) ...
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... things occur that is going to make that necessary . Mr. FIES . All right . I will point them out . Senator NORRIS . Let me say to you while you are looking it up that those provisions in the bill were prepared not by me but by the ...
... things occur that is going to make that necessary . Mr. FIES . All right . I will point them out . Senator NORRIS . Let me say to you while you are looking it up that those provisions in the bill were prepared not by me but by the ...
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... thing . They are evidently going to get nitro- gen down there . Let me read you some more of their recommenda- tions- Mr. FIES ( interposing ) . I want to try to answer some of the ques- tions you have brought up if you will give me the ...
... thing . They are evidently going to get nitro- gen down there . Let me read you some more of their recommenda- tions- Mr. FIES ( interposing ) . I want to try to answer some of the ques- tions you have brought up if you will give me the ...
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15 per cent agriculture Alabama Power Alabama Power Co amount average analysis bill by-product calcium cyanamide capacity CHAIRMAN cheaper fertilizer chemical chemist chemistry coal committee complete fertilizer concentrated fertilizer consumed consumption corporation cost of fertilizer Cove Creek Dam cyanamide process economically electric furnace Farm Bureau farmers fertilizer ingredients fertilizer materials fertilizer or fertilizer FIES FITTS fixed nitrogen Florence freight going Haber process high analysis interest kilowatt-hours lease lessee manufacture of fertilizer MCFARLAND ment miles mixed fertilizers Muscle Shoals Commission Niagara Falls nitrate of soda nitrate plant phosphate rock phosphoric acid pounds present President price per unit private parties production of fertilizer proposition question raw materials REYNOLDS Senator BANKHEAD Senator NORRIS Senator SMITH Senator TOWNSEND sold statement steam plant sulphate of ammonia superphosphate synthetic process Tennessee River THOMAS of Idaho tion tons of nitrogen Total transmission lines
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Page 4 - Shall have such powers as may be necessary or appropriate for the exercise of the powers herein specifically conferred upon the Corporation.
Page 3 - Two of the members in office shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of the business of the Board.
Page 4 - States, appoint such managers, assistant managers, officers, employees, attorneys, and agents, as are necessary for the transaction of its business, fix their compensation, define their duties, require bonds of such of them as the board may designate, and provide a system of organization to fix responsibility and promote Efficiency.
Page 3 - ... occurring prior to the expiration of the term for which his predecessor was appointed, shall be appointed for the remainder of such term.
Page 3 - ... any member appointed to fill a vacancy occurring prior to the expiration of the term for which his predecessor was appointed, shall be appointed for the remainder of...
Page 2 - That for the purpose of maintaining and operating the properties now owned by the United States in the vicinity of Muscle Shoals, Alabama, in the interest of the national defense and for agricultural and industrial development, and to improve navigation in the Tennessee River and to control the destructive flood waters in the Tennessee River and Mississippi River Basins, there is hereby created a body corporate by the name of the "Tennessee Valley Authority" (hereinafter referred to as the "Corporation").
Page 7 - ... is hereby authorized and empowered in the exercise of the powers of national defense in aid of navigation, and in the control of the flood waters of the Tennessee and Mississippi Rivers, constituting channels of interstate commerce, to exercise the right of eminent domain...
Page 5 - States, counties, municipalities, corporations, partnerships, or individuals, according to the policies hereinafter set forth; and to carry out said authority, the board is authorized to enter into contracts for such sale for a term not exceeding twenty years, and in the sale of such current by the board it shall give preference to States, counties, municipalities, and cooperative organizations of citizens or farmers, not organized or doing business for profit, but primarily for the purpose of supplying...
Page 4 - To cooperate with National, State, district, or county experimental stations or demonstration farms, for the use of new forms of fertilizer or fertilizer practices during the initial or experimental period of their introduction.