Muscle Shoals (March 05, 1928)

Senator Black speaks on why the federal government dam at Muscle Shoals, Alabama, built during World War I. should to be used to produce cheap fertilizer for Alabama farmers and not be used by the Alabama Power Company for its profits. This question was a major theme in Black’s 1926 campaign for the U.S. Senate.

Congressional Record, Session 70- 1 (1928), 4088-4095. Public domain via the Internet Archive.


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