The first order of business in the reconvened Senate was the settlement of the perdurable question: "What shall we do with Muscle Shoals?"
Of the suggested answers, one of the most prominent—'"Sell it to Henry Ford"—was largely out of the question because Henry Ford withdrew his bid for the plant last October.
There remained a substitute answer: "Let the Government run it," offered by Senator Norris of Nebraska.
In his message to Congress, President Coolidge called attention to the question thus: "The production of nitrogen for...
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