THE NOME DAILY NUGGET
GEO. S MAYNARD. Editor
RUSSELL G MAYNARD. Manager
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THE TVA DECISION.
(N. Y. Times)
Because the Supreme
Court took its time about
deciding the Tennessee Val
ley Authority case,all kinds
of rumors sprang up, many
of them of the most doloros
character. The justices, it
was reported, were hope
lessly and bitterly divided
on the issue of the act’s con
stitutionality. There might
be another 5-to-4 decision,
with lamentable consequen
ces; we were even asked to
believe that a sort of twi
light of the gods was at
hand.
Instead, it proved to be
more like a sunrise, dispell
ing at least some of the
mists that have surrounded
this venture. By a decision
all but unanimous—one jus
tice alone dissenting—the
Government was support
ed and the activities of the
TVA centering about Mus
cle Shoals itself were given
judicial sanction. Further
than that the court did not
go.
The opposition tried to
make the “yardstick” the
issue,the “nation-wide pow
er policy,” the whole soar
ing venture in Government
competition with private
enterprise in the electric
light and power field. The
government’s lawyers were
unwilling to give battle on
ground so treacherous.Like
good generals they refused
to expose their Hanks.
“Petitioners asserted that
this case involves numer
ous and broad issues,” John
Lord O’Brian contended in
his brief. “We respectful
ly reiterated that the sole
substantive question is as
to whether the Federal gov
ernment may dispose of the
surp’us water power neces
sarily created by Wilson
Dam (at Muscle Shoals) &
may authorize generation
of electric energy and ac
quisition of transmission
lines as means of facilitat
ing this disposal.”
Forney Johnston and Jas.
M. Beck struggled desper
ately to enlarge the field of
controversy, knowing well
that if it were limited in
that fashion their case
might collapse. The govern
ment had built this partic
ular dam in the exercise of
its war powers, which are
as wide as the sky. In the
careful language of the ear
lier Boulder Dam decision,
its construction was surely
“not unrelated” to the con
trol of navigation, another
Federal function to which
the court long ago gave
such wide scope as to per
mit the purchase, under its
cloak, of lands for national
forests. From the instant
the court decided that, for
the present at least, it
would not pass on other is
sues raised by the activities
of the TVA, the act creat
ing it was in no immediate
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danger.
Some of these issues may
by raised later in justifia
ble form. Others relate to
questions of policy best left
to Congress to determine.
The court has not declared
the entire undertaking val
id. and it has naturally re
frained from discussing
whether it is either sound
ly conceived or wisely ad
ministered. Many will con
tinue to protest against
what they may regard as a
too towering adventure in
State socialism, or a too
ruthless expropriation of
private investments. It is
likely that among the cri
tics of the TVA would be
found, if their private opin
ions were known, more
than one of the justices
who joined in this historic
decision. Not the least of
its excellences is that it
may help to dispel the fool
ish notion that the court is
composed of nine old men
bent on imposing their will
on Congress and writing
their private prejudices in
to the Constitution.
The next time you feel
good put a five dollar bill
in the church collection for
the poor, and then, if you
still feel good, you are feel
ing good._
Dual personality is ap
parent when the man you
failed to sell comes over to
see if you will be a buyer.
PreEastcr Food Sale
A pre-Easter food sale is
being arranged by the wo
men of the Federated
church Ladies Aid. Sat
urday, April 11, is the date.;
Place to be announced lat
er. Mesdames John De
vine, Pete Sather, Hugh
O’Neill and Art Brown are
the committee. In their
solicitation, should anyone
wishing to contribute be ov
erlooked, see any member
of the committee, or deliv
er the food at the place de
signated.
NOTICE OF ELECTION
Notice is hereby given
that the annual Municipal
and School Board election
will be held on April 7th at
City Hall, Nome, Alaska,
for the purpose of electing
the following officers viz:
Mayor; three members
of the Common Council; a
City Treasurer; City Attor
ney; City Clerk and a mem
ber of the School Board.
Polls will open at 8 a.m.
and close at 6 p.m.
M. J. WALSH
City Clerk.
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