The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1921-12-11
FORD LETTER DAY
7 TO STIR CONGRESS
Suggestion Made to Impress
Lawmakers With South'S
EarneStneSs
40 the editor Of The Age-Herald:

To the Editor of The Age-Herald:
1 crave small space to express an
idea which II effectively and prompt
an, black and white, age 81 years or
over, throughout the entire south and
other sections of the United States.
will carry untold weight toward in
fluencing Congress to give its con-
sent to lease to Henry Ford the Will
son dam and government plants now
idle and sadly neglected and deterior-
ating at Muscle Shoals, thereby In
creasing thevalue of this property 10
the United States, besides adding sat
isfaction, happiness, comfort and
prosperity to the entire country, as
well as its immediate vicinity. This
property is going to ruin rapidly and
benefiting no one; hundreds and hun
dreds of nice residences erected under
stress of war are unoccupied, and
have been for months and months.
Neither does the government permit
these to be rented other than to en-
ployes, there being no employees other
than a few caretakers, consequently
these nice homes are hourly going 70
ruin. Hundreds and hundreds of fer
tile acres sadly neglected with tons
and tons of native hays which rotted,
as it Is impossible to rent even one
acre of it for grazing; thousands of
feet of building materials piled out in
the weather decaying. With these
conditions, it is criminal waste not to
lease this property to Henry Ford,
who, aside from improving it, II
would benefit humanity as well, in
stead of permitting 1t to remain in
it's present useless condition.
Henry Ford and Edison visited this
plant on December 4 and in about IL
days from that date, Ford's offer for
this property is to be presented to
Secretary of War Weeks for his de-
cision. The idea is this, let every
man and woman, age 81 or over, black
or white, rich or poor, educated or il
literate, who favors the government
leasing Muscle Shoals to Henry Ford
for development, thereby benefiting
millions and millions of people by the
goods and labor produced, should
demonstrate that desire by writing
to their representative in Washing
ton on certain day, say December
16. set aside and known as Ford Let
ter Day" expressing their wish that
Henry Ford be granted the use OF
this valuable property now going TO
waste. Make your letter brief and
to the point. Now. If every one really
wants this done, do it yourself, do
not depend on the other fellow, ana
when these millions and millions of
letters begin pouring into your rep
resentative or senator in Congress,
he must either vote your way or
know that he loses your vote for him
at the next election. This Is the way
to make your wish known in the mat
ter instead of depending on some few
committees from a handful of towns
to expires your wish, and you sit back
and say or do nothing, only hoping.
Do your bit" write your letter If
possible on that day. If not conven-
lent. and to also prevent congestion
of the mail, write it today, not tomor-
row. Civic bodies interested might
use some of the appropriated funds
for the purpose of directing the let
ters of the needy and illiterate.
Will the papers throughout the
land please lend this idea prompt and
bounteous publicity on and before
Ford Letter Day." December l6, 1921.
VIII you write your letter?
MRS. ROY NJ. COOPER.
Sheffield, December s, 1921.