Abstract :
Under the instructions of President Coolidge and at the request of Senator McNary, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, a study of the legal problem of the relation of Federal and State ownership rights at Muscle Shoals is being made b y the Department of Justice. The opinion of the Department is desired preparatory to bringing the subject before Congress early in the next session. This action is taking a view in the state of Alabama contention that it is the owner of all rights subject only to Federal use for navigation and national defense. The contentions of the state are set forth in a letter from the Governor of Alabama in which it is announced that the matter will be submitted to the summer session of the Alabama Legislature for the purpose of safeguarding the State´s interest.
