The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-01-22
CHAMPION PLEADS
 FOR FULL VOTE
 0N JANUARY 30
Declares Special Election the Most Important Which Will Be Held in
 Many Years
By FRED H. GoRMLEY Montgomery Bureau The Age-Herald, 22I-2 First National Bank Building nE L.

221-2 First National Bank Building
 Montgomery, January 21.-(Spe- cial.)-Declaring that the special ' election January 30 on the highway gebond amendment Is the most impor- tant which will be held in many years, F. J. Cramton. president of the Alabama Highway Improvement as- sociation, today appealed to tho voters of Alabama, men and women, to go to tho polls on that day. He said a majority in favor of the amendment will mean a compr ehensive road building program in every county as soon as the first issue of bonds is sold
 MT. Cramton pointed out again the majority of eight to one in favor Of the amendment two years ago dnd urged 8 greater majority this time than was given In the, last election. "Alabama cannot afford to have 1t said that the majority In this cleo ton was smaller than the majority in the previous election" he said. Alabama cannot afford to have it said that interes in road building is smaller now than before. Alabama cannot affSrd to cast any appreciable number of votes against proposal which means employment, prosperity and progress to the state"
 The appeal of MT. Cramton for full vote on the highway bond amendment follows:
 Text of Appeal
 "One week from Monday the voters of Alahaha will determine whether or not the highway bond amendment will become part of the constitution of Alabama. If majority vote in favor of the amendment the state highway department will be able to start a comprehensive road building program in every county when the first issue of the bonds has been sold. If majority vote against the amend ment years must go by before the state can have a system of permanent highways.
 This is the most important election any citizen of Alabama will partici pate in for many years. It is So far raching in effect one cannot enumer- ate the benefits to come from 1t. A favorable vote means, first and fore most, a system of roads constructed by federal funds and motor vehicle H. censeS funds without cost to the tax payers, and. second, the employment of thousands of men who are idle and have been unable to obtain employ ment since the depression came.
 Road building is receiving the best thought of the nation at this time. The federal appropriations have stim- ulated interest in every nook and cor ner of every state. One cannot go into any section and be unable to find discussions of means and meth ods for matching the federal appro- priations. A great majority of the states which are constructing roads now are doing it under the same method which we propose to use in Alabama. North Carolina only re- gently authorized an issue of $50, ,oO0.- 900 for road construction work. In Alabama we propose to issue only half of this amount in bonds and never to issue a greater amount in any one year than automobile licenses will meet the interest on. The Ala bama plan is definite plan and the only plan which can be used in this state. Unless we issue bonds we will lose some of the federal appropriation.
 Quotes Golfers Weekly
 Golfers Weekly only recently de-, voted much space to an editorial re- garding road building and the federal highway appropriation. It declared that the highway appropriations of the federal government furnished an example of good government. It in- sisted that good roads would be the most important issue before the peo- pie until there was a permanent road connecting each community in the nation. In showing how good roads