For an entire week, the Senate struggled with Muscle Shoals and almost nothing else. And it was on this wise:
The bill before the Senate was the Norris Bill for Government ownership of Muscle Shoals—a bill drawn and supported by Senator Norris, Chairman of the Committee on Agriculture. But the bill discussed was the Underwood Bill for leasing the Shoals to private operators (TIME, Dec. 15)—a bill proposed and supported by Senator Underwood in whose domain (Alabama) the disputed project lies.
The Underwood Bill had the floor...
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