The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1921-11-23
CAMPAIGN PLANS
FOR BOND ISSUE
ARE COMPLETED
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lightened electorate. ana an electo-
rate would put good men and women
in office, and good men and women
in office would give the state bet
ter government.
Lieut.. Gov. N. L. Miller declared
that the settled policy of the federal
government is to appropriate funds
for the construction of roads and that
it is necessary for this state to
match the federal funds with bond
issue if other states are not to bene-
fit by the funds which rightfully be-
long to Alabama. He said the va
rious states will continue to send to
Congress men who will favor further
road appropriations, that the automo-
bile license tax Will care for the in
terest and create a sinking fund, that
roads constructed in the future must
be maintained or the states viii get
no further federal funds.
Governor Miller predicted that the
bond issue, when properly presented
to the voters. will be ratified in the
election January so by vote of at
least eight to one.
Judge w. w. Brandon, unop-
posed candidate for governor in
the primary next August, was the
final speaker. He told the audi
enee that he favored the bond
issue in 1920, that no change had
come now and that he intended to
do every thing I'm his power I'm this
campaign to have his people vote
for ratification. He said the
urgent need of this state is for a
contented rural population I'm
rural homes and that this can
come only when the state hns
provided system of roads which
VIII carry the people of the
rural sections to the centers
where they may obtain the pleas
ures now denied them.
Judge Brandon said the bond is
sue should be ratified so that the
state can build the highways and can
stop talking about building them. He
said the state can do no greater thing
with the taxes obtained from the
people than to use them in develop
ing the human race.
He also declared that the national
Congress should let Henry Ford have
Muscle Shoals in order that the po-
tential power at that point may be
developed concurrently with the de-
velopment of the states road sys-
TEN.
Senator J.. Thomas Heflin was on
the program for an address, but at
the last moment was forced to wire
Fred ]. Cramtotn OF Montgomery,
president of the association, that he
could not attend. He was detained
in Washington because of the import
ance of matters pending in the Senate.
Hold Experience Meeting
The afternoon session was turned
into an old-time experience meeting
during which persons from various
sections of the state told the associa-
ton what problems they have faced
in good roads campaigns of the past
what difficulties they anticipate In
the future and what should be done
to create interest in the proposal.
A. e. Loder. federal engineer for
the Sixth district, with headquarters
in Montgomery, delivered an address
on the progress of road work in his
district, and stated that Alabama was
about two years behind because of
the decision of the supreme court
invalidating the road bond issue. Mr..
Loder said it would be necessary for
the state to make up the time and
must prepare to take up future fed
eral appropriations as they are made
by the national Congress.
John H Bankhead, Jr., of Jasper,
delivered an address. in which he
thanked the convention for it's ac-
ton earlier in the day in adopting
resolution of coincidence for the
death of Senator John Hollis Bank
head of Alabama, father of the move
ment which resulted in the appro-
priation of an annual sum by Con-
gress for road construction work.
Mr.. Bankhead said his father
thought by day and dreamed by
night of plans for the construction
of good roads in his state and
throughout the country followed
every step in the movement for the