NARRATOR: Morgan felt private companies should keep their share of the market. TVA should serve new customers only. To Morgan that seemed efficient, and fair. But Lilienthal regarded this as a sell-out. The charge stung Morgan deeply.
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Morgan: "My father never sold out to anyone. Let alone the power company. He was never for sale."
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Outside US supreme court, walking up steps, inside the building
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NARRATOR: The internal fight turned public as Wendell Willkie's case against public power pressed through the courts. It seemed the pressure was too much for Arthur Morgan to bear.
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Morgan newspaper article
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In two magazine articles, Morgan accused David Lilienthal of "dishonest" behavior at the TVA. Morgan said congress should investigate.
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Newspaper reporters footage
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The charge sparked a national scandal. President Roosevelt ordered Morgan to prove his allegations, at an event unparalleled in American history: a presidential court of inquisition.
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Footage of white house, FDR, Morgan
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