Show Henry enry Me Mc Lemore t I A. A Ga We We In AtA AtI At- At I f A f delivering the goods t are dont don't who know say ui of us nose r f rW y- y free free- freer ris r- r r JoI e your r. r i is i. the t u bann it i 1 a be in hangs thI t deral th f e c i W ere but buta The a men be- be t d the walls t a that say arty he i tey are workers in Henry J. J the he 1 piser sh shIP shIP- i McLemore Lemore 1 rII have so soup production as have e eEse ed d up in gray behind the men I se C Ese walls walls- gray fering pay i is but a pittance as Stared pared to those of workers Side and they have no union protect or fight for their in- in resta but they now are work- work 56 56 hours a week when even ii prison laws require no more e I 4 48 8 hours of them the United States went I sien 1 rat they asked to be allowed b lengthen their working hours I J to o to toil toll on Sundays Satur- Satur and holidays On New ls firs fir's Day 1942 1912 the entire Sen sin n population volunteered to f 1 5 k and contribute what they ed 1 to the Red Cross Since Harbor the men in this I ruri rI son have purchased more u in war out abe scanty pay They have L meted ted d nearly 2000 to the te Red and they have given more I HI tr pints of blood or a good cent Of all the blood do- do 1 leper led do-led In this area In little more more M tJI a year the prisoners have up their production an cent can en per They are re building many vital for the army and the nal are Out of their shops come av kit bags azimuth cases Ural javas hampers canvas water tilts tAnkS clothing cotton duck for tary purposes mail bags Stresses sea bags shell covers coverS cov- cov erS rt stretchers tarpaulins tents oJ ad d trunk and plane covers II went through the big prison Warden Joseph W. W Sanford San San- lord ford originator of the Sanford p PIan pin s which in a nutshell main- main pins InS that if prisoners are treat- treat t ed as men they will respond as men Certainly proof of how well this rehabilitation plan works was before my eyes everywhere I turned Once the big gate clanged behind me I lost all aU sense of being in a prison We Wei i walked through humming cotton mills where busy workers nodded nodded nod nod- ded at their boss and smiled We visited oms where men were everything from their A ABCs ABC's B Cs C's to complicated complicated trades We walked through a library that many a a. college would like to own and through Bible classes where men gathered gathered gathered gath gath- ered of their own free will and accord to study the Book whose rules they had broken Never once was there a single reminder that we were inside prison walls The men didn't shuffle They didn't turn their heads They looked you in the eye There were no lines of marching men They walked about like students on a campus Inside the prison proper the guards are completely unarmed There is not a single eingle blackjack a a. single billy or a gun In fact the only men who had Instruments instruments instruments ments that could be used for violence were the prisoners themselves They wielded mallets mallets mallets mal mal- lets big scissors a and n d cutting knives while their guards walked walled about unarmed In one story four-story industrial building there was but butone butone butone one guard Warden Sanford showed me about the prison as if it were nothing but a huge industrial plant of which he was rightfully rightfully rightfully right right- fully proud He didn't talk about the prisoners as such but as workmen who were doing a good job of work for their country When he addressed a y you young o u n g prisoner he said Son would you mind showing the gentleman gentleman gentleman gentle gentle- man how your machine works The old ones he knew by name and stopped to have a chat with many of them The prison magazine The At- At lantan is one of the best magazines magazines magazines maga maga- published in the South Its editorial policy now is based on the value of prisoners as fighting fighting fighting fight fight- ing men and it makes a very good case of it The magazines magazine's humor page reflects the cheerful cheerful cheerful cheer cheer- ful attitude of the men behind the walls Distributed by Syndicate Inc |