The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-10-11
THREATEN HEALTH MEN
 WITH DEATH
Sensational Developments
 Come Fast In War On E New Milk Code
ANONYMOUS LETTER TO HARRISON ALSO
Solicitor And Federal Of. ficers Tracing Writers;
 Expect Arrests


 Dr. J. D. Bowling, health of ficer, and l.. c. Rnlmer, chief of the food and dairy division of the health department; have been warned anonymously that they will be sflogged and probably killed" if the so- called "stabilizati0n" ordi- nance sponsored by 28 raw milk dairymen is defeated. by the city commission.
 Commissioners William L. Harrison has been notified by a correspondent who signed himself "a friend" that any commissioner who supports Lord Bowling in this milk fight will be returned to pri- vate life at the next election. v The health department has received number of unsigned letters and anon. ymous telephone calls since t became certain that the raw milkmen, who are represented by Attorneys Hugh A. Locke and Roderick Beddow, would lose their fight to have the milk code amended.
 Tie board of health, after discuss, sne the situation. ordered some of the letters turned over to Country Solicitor Jim Davis, together with such infor- nation as members of the department could furnish him. Several arrests will be made shortly. according to inforrna- tion obtained Friday night
 Action Awaited
 pr. Bowling, Mr. Bulmer and other healfh, officials said they could not talk for pnhIicatiof until Inc county nuther. sjsles nalea. hfss aisnitaed that n lafke number of GhreaiG had been received and that sOfne threatened them with death unless they ''Iet up In theiF fight against any change in existing milk regulations.
 Department of justice agents were ex- pected to take over some of the threats Chat came through the mails and bring federal charges against the authors as soon as they are located.
 Harrison is the only commission member who has yet received an anony- nous letter. He, with President D. ID. McI.endon and Mrs. Mary Echols, is on record as opposed to the raw deal- CTS amendments. Commissioners Cloe and Dickson thus far have supported the amendments, although the health board, the medical milk commission, the medical society and q committee of baby specialists have warned that their passage would menace the health Of the community.
 You'll be flogged again, and you won't get off as light as you did the first time," declared one of the threats received by Dr. Bowling.
 An anonymous communication re- ceiyed by Mir. Bulmer said "If these amendments do not pass, you will be given 24 hours to leave town before we get you."
 nHarTisOn's Letter
 The letter received by Commissioner Harrison read as follows:
 Dear Sir: The arbitrary, auto cratic methods used against the dairy men of the Birmingham district are not now and never will be sanctioned by the law-lOving, law-abiding people of this city. You have been elected more than once by the plain people of this cOun- ty and city, and they are the people that Lord Bowling is fighting. am not a dairyman and have no interest except for the good of my fellow man.
 1t is very doubtful whether we will have commission form of government for another term, but if we do, the commissioner who votes against the people In this fight will be returned to private life at the next election, and will help to return him.
 "ONE OF YOUR FRIENDS
 This letter was written on the let ter-head of a large Birmingham cOrpo- ration. Harrison planned to turn 1t oyer to the president of the concern for investigation.
 ''I am not alarmed over this anony- nous letter." Harrison said. He de- cIared his stand on the milk ordinance was unchanged.
 President MeLendOn said he felt slighted" that he had received no such letter. He declared he had mo pa- tience with people who write letters like this without signing them"
 No Arrests Yet
 Because of . misunderstanding be- tween witnesses and Solicitor Jim Davis. action against alleged writers of the threatening latters will not be in- stituted until Saturday or the first part of the week.
 Mir. Davis Friday asserted his will lingness to bring the writers of the let ters into court as soon as he was able to talk with witnesses upon which he could base the charges.
 The letters are said to have been written to Dr. Bowling by two men who belong to q group fighting the en. foreement of the rigid milk laws, and it is known that Dr. Bowling has been bitterly assailed for his work in en- forcing the law.
 Mir. Davis and Dr. Bowling are scheduled to have a conference Friday night, after which necessary steps will be taken to bring the men into court