Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1921-12-30
ssUES STRONG APPEAL FOR DEVELOP

q SSUES STRONG APPEAL FOR DEVELOP
VENT OF MUSSEL SHOALS Basiug bis ao-
), Gallon the interest 81 the unemployed and the pr.n-
! iples OF Christian huuaularanjsm, Rev. George
q Stanley Frazer pastor OF the First Methodist
t shureh Of Sheffield, Alabama, and General Sccre-
t ary OF the Methodist Mems Club. has sent re-
Inestto the Christian forces of America both Pro-
8estan and Caholic. seeking their active coopera-
! ion through their representatives in Congress in
bringing about early acceptance by the govern
j ncnt of the Ford offer for the Mussc Shoals pro-
4 perties and the pushing with the least possible de
/ lay every project Of federal aid in highway con
! siruction The appeal has been sent out to the
i religious press of the country and will be forwarded
giso to the federal councili of the Churches of
Christ in America and to the various denomina-
4 lonal boards and councils
/ The substance of DR. Frazer's appea1 &c as fol
i lows:
( At tbs Christmas season when our own hearts
rehearse the angels son of peace on earth and good
will to men, we cannot be unmindfu of that great
company who are experiencing the pangs of pov
fty arising out of unemployment Their name is
legion. Their step is faterng and the radiance
] OF Bethlehem's star is dimmed by the discourage
! ment that obscures the star of their hopes Many
! The problem of the unemployed is one sensational
proportions. The army of the unemployed NAV be-
Gene national peril. Given bread sufficient the
great masses OF people do not become agitated ov-
! Ter governmental policies When famine threatens
tine black despair that is prophetic of revolt sim
, fmers in the social cauIdron
In the spirit Of the Prince of Peace we are now
engaged in lessening ornaments In the spirit
NJ md III;
must give itself to the task of lessenng poverty
through employment in public industries and eco
nomic benefits of these masses who are not beg
CARS, but who simply ask chance to work
Mr. Ford's offer for the great Mussel Shoals
Il properties together with the Various federal aid
4 projects in highway construction. are beams Of
light on the farextending horizon of unempov
/ The Mussel Shoals project on which the govern
Ii ment mas already expended approximately one
hundred million dollars, is of greater consequence
i to the American people than sectional advantage
I'D should arise above party contentious Mr.. Ford
i has said that his securing these properties would
/ ultimately result in the employment of a million
persons. Mr.. Ford may be dreamer, but his re-
cord has marked him as a dreamer who turns i'm
B sgination intoreaty With the acceptance bv the /,
I government of Mr. Ford's offer, either in its nres
emf or IN modified form, thousands of idle work
cfs Will become active forces in unleashino This
vaststorehouse OF latent power on the Tennessee
Aver and busy partners in fastening period >of
prosperity and in production of national wealth
May suggest that the clergy and laitv of the
great religious body that you represent can at this
time render an incalculable service to humanity
and to the nation by requesting your representa-
tives IN Congress to urge speedy action in the ac-
:eptance and urhcrance of these projects that are
NOR ethan economic or political in their hope. They
are bigger and better than mere busincss-thev
are humanitarian, and therefore worthy of the
earnest consideration of the Christian forces Of
america