The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-09-11
LETTERS TO EDITOR
OPPOSES LAW ENFORCEMENT DRIVE

To the Editor of The Age-Herald:
 The following article was read Friday to the regular daily mass meeting of the Railway Carmen of America, and indorsed, and re- quest made to have The Age-Herald publish in Monday mornings issue
 l read with much disgust the article which was so conspicuous and prominent on the first page of Wednesdays issue of The Age Herald, under the very plain heading Law Enforcement Drive Is Launched to Stop Flog- gings.' It does seem that natural intelligence, without any additional school or college educa- tion, would convince men of mature age If the folly of such an organization and under taking. Why, the people that we call heathens have more sense than to waste their time and efforts over such fruitless and impossible tasks.
 This law enforcement drive if ever organ ized, might as well attempt to govern the sun in the heavens and order the sea to be calm in a storm and demand of God Almighty the surrender of His seat and power nd great au- thority to undertake the impossible and foolish task of stopping crime and abolishing sin in this land of hell with old Satan enthroned as prince and ruler.
 If this contemplated law enforcement league would read the scriptures and believe what they read, they would see what fools they are making of themselves, and how abom- inable they would be in Gods estimation in wanting to accomplish something that they have neither the ability nor any qualification whatsoever to do.
 To quote some words from the head of this committee he says, The time has come for the law abiding citizens of Birmingham to voice it's outraged protest at conditions which pre- vail The situation is critical" etc. Now, if these people and all others like them who seem to be frightened because of the things that are happening on the earth had sense enough to fathom the true cause of all the social unrest and trouble in the world today and then be as jealous and active in voicing their outraged protest against the causes that breed such con ditions as they are crying out against, they would at least be regarded as sober, sane and sincere men in trying to do something for the upift and betterment of poor, sick and down. trodden humanity. Any set of men or women who will do nothing but growl and complain at conditions that they vote for, and continue to vote for on every election day, is not com petent for any service except that which the devil is engaged in.
 If all these men whose names men, tiond as charter members of this proposed law enforcement league union would pool their intelligence in an honest endeavor to discover the real causes that make these undesirable and shameful conditions, and when found be broad, courageous and true enough to expose all the rottenness they find, the injustice they see and all the farce and hyprocisy that exist in the administration of jaws that are enacted by men as state ard national representatives they would surely receive due credit and ap- plause from grateful and oppressed people and would have the appreciation of the just and only God.
 ALBERT SIDNEY FULGHUM. Birmingham, September 8, 1922. 2315 Ave
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