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Advocates the establishment of a competing system of public ownership and operation in the United States electric power industry. Features of an ideal public yardstick for regulating the industry; Hybrid proposals that emerged from the debate between private operation under commission regulation and straight public ownership; Comparison in the amount of power that can be produced between public and private ownerships; Changes needed to improve the public distribution of power in the country.

The article reports on the agreement between private power companies and the Southwest Power Administration (SPA) related to electricity supply in the region from upcoming dams by the government. SPA has suggested to market power from dams built by the Army Engineers in areas like Kentucky, though only Public Service Co. and Oklahoma Gas & Electric Co have agreed. It mentions that U.S. Interior Secretary Oscar Chapman who has to approve the proposal has shown no inclination towards it.

The article reports on a double plant network system at the U.S. Navy's ordnance plant near Canton, Ohio that will insure a continuous electric supply to machines through the distribution of power from Ohio Power Co. via Westinghouse air-cooled transformers installed in 37 departments.

This section offers news briefs related to the business sectors outside the U.S. as of June 1937. The British government announces that it will sponsor a program to rationalize and improve the distribution of electricity in Great Britain. The French government is planning to implement tax increases and raise postal, freight as well as public utility rates. The barter plan between German goods and U.S. cotton put the quantities which are importable at 25,000 bales every month.

Focuses on the failure to adopt city ownership of electric distribution system in Berkeley, California. Need for models of local and regional control over natural resources in Berkeley; Information on study of the feasibility of municipal power, conducted by conservationist, Walter Packard; Reasons for the failure of the electric distribution policy.

The article discusses the influence of inexpensive electric power on industrial development in the United States. Expansion of private utility systems and government power projects contributed to America's industrial development. Electric power supply has been a key factor in selecting the geographic location for manufacturing industries. Topics include the historical development and economic contribution of water power, steam power, and long-distance transmission lines for electricity that spread across the U.S., statistics showing regional distribution differences in population for 1900-1940 and energy consumption for 1939-1942, data from the U.S. Census of Manufactures, and provisions of the TVA Act.

The article considers the use of atomic energy as source of electric power for industries in the U.S. It is suggested that measures should be implemented to bring the electric utility industry into closer contact with the field of atomic energy. The need for a fuller interchange of ideas and information between the utility industry and the government's atomic development program to promote further technological expansion is emphasized.

Presents news briefs, related to various socio-political issues. Completion of the conquest of Ethiopia by Italian dictator Benito Mussolini; Proposal of the Frazier-Lemke bill, refinance farm mortgages, passed in the U.S. Senate; Report of the U.S. Federal. Power Commission showing the extent of concentration of control in the electric-power industry; Legislative measures pending in the U.S. Congress; Information on the Walsh Bill providing that decent wages, hours and conditions and the other labor provisions including collective bargaining, shall be observed by concerns holding government contracts in the U.S.; Refusal of the American Federation of Labor to the offer of the Committee for Industrial Organization, to raise money to organize the steel industry; Restriction on African American members of the American Library Association; Efforts of writer Bruce Barton to help the National Republican Committee to win next November's elections in the U.S.; Successful completion of the ship "Hindenburg's" first trip to the United States in a new west-bound record time of sixty-one and a half hours; Reappointment of Morris U. Schappes to the tutorial staff of the College of the City of New York.

This month marks the completion of the deal by which the Knoxville, Tennessee district receives cheap electricity from the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA). Little Tupelo, Mississippi, was the first town to have TVA current. The Knoxville district, with a population of about 125,000, will be the first large area so supplied. Altogether eleven contracts to supply current have already been made by the TVA with municipalities. Applications for contracts number more than 300, some of them from districts too far away to be served. The Knoxville deal is of first importance, both to the TVA and to the country as a whole. It establishes a precedent for federal power projects generally. The consumer receives current at rates not duplicated by any private utility. In Knoxville the reduction in the rates for a use of 240 kilowatt hours a month is 34.1 per cent. Even over the "promotional rates" offered by the private company when met with the threat of municipal competition, the saving to consumers is 16.4 per cent. The TVA rates in Knoxville include a 10 per cent surcharge which in ten years will pay off all the debt incurred in buying out the private company's facilities.

No issue with more fascinating possibilities than the new St. Lawrence treaty has ever been presented to the American people as the basis of a nation-wide political campaign. Farmers in the northern block of Midwestern States look upon this treaty, which must be ratified by the United States Senate and the Canadian Parliament before becoming effective, with favor because they believe it will mean cheap transportation for their products. And then there is the question of hydroelectric power, a question full of ifs, ands, and buts. Cheap and plentiful power from the St. Lawrence would make possible electrification of the New York Central Railroad between Buffalo and New York, a contingency earnestly desired by that rail- road since its competitor, the Pennsylvania, has undertaken extensive electrification work.

The article focuses on the issue of whether electric utilities should be tied in the national grid and federal government to have more authority on private power companies following the massive power failure in the U.S. The national power survey attests that savings from a fully integrated nationwide system could reach to 11 billion dollars a year and by enlarging the grid would be economical. It mentions that massive interconnection on the system would bring great economies and flexibility.

The article provides news briefs about the politics and government conditions of the United States current for June 15, 1948. There are new efforts by congress to strengthen existing anti-trust legislation, government officials expect improvement in eliminating a power shortage, and the Federal Reserve has presented new statistics about consumer finances.

The article presents a comparison on the profitability of engineering firms Combustion Engineering Inc. (CE) and Babcock & Wilcox. Topics discussed include the expected sales and profits of Arthur J. Santry Jr.'s CE in 1965, response by Santry to the myth that Babcock is ahead in the business of making boilers for electric utility plants and smart diversification on the part of Babcock. Also mentioned is the diversification of CE into construction.

The article offers information on the plan of the Quebec provincial government for the semi-state development and distribution of electric power, under the power syndicate bill which is in the legislation.

The article discusses the growth of electric utility companies in the United States as of May 1953, focusing on increase in customer numbers, regulation by the U.S. Public Utility Commission, and fears of recession.

The article reports on the negotiation between Mexico's Federal Electricity Commission (CFE) and the Central Power and Light Co. of Corpus Christi, Texas for a contract of the supply of electricity in Monterrey, Mexico.