"As soon as we have enough finance in our bank to purchase farm lands sufficient to feed the 22 million black people, we will build storage warehouses to store our produce for the necessities of life for our people."
"Please respond and help yourself. Each and everyone of you will be sent a receipt which will be recorded in our books for the Muslims' Three-Year Economic Program for the Black Nation in America. You will be receipted for every penny you sent to this office, which you will keep as your record"
"I await your response."
The next issue of "Muhammad Speaks" contained another article by Elijah in which he claimed great progress with the "3-Year Savings Plan." Following are excerpts from this September 11, 1964, issue:
"This plan has been accepted by both Muslims and non-Muslims .... Let us continue this most essential work: give all we can and stop buying that which we can do without.
"I am asking that we (the whole nation) sacrifice for the next three years, and when we get enough in our bank we will put it to work to make more money .... "
"We would like to raise at least $500,000,000 in the next three years. If all would contribute willingly and honestly all that they could to this economic plan .... we would soon have billions .... "
