Norwich bulletin., 1917-10-06
FOUR MINUTE MEN
 ARRANGING LOCAL SCHEDULE
Liberty Loan Talks to be Given Next Week at Theatres.

The Norwich branch of the Four Minute Men are making arrangements with the managers of the local thea tres to present to the audiences at- national importance. The Four Min ute Men Is a national organization o1 volunteer speakers for government l presentation of subjects of vital inn The organization cooperates with the government through the Committee or Public Information and each speaker delivers his message in four minutes during the intermission following the first performance at the theatre. The topic to be discussed beginning next Tuesday night is The Second
 Liberty Loan. Each speaker will be announced by a. slide furnished by the government.
 held Friday afternoon, 8 tentative schedule of the speakers was drawn up, for next week. At the Auditorium theatre on Tuesday night, Herman Davies will be the speaker at the Breed theatre and Charles V. James will make the four-minute address at the Davis theatre. On Thursday night of next week. Arthur F. Libby will be
 the Four-Minute man at the Auditor
 ium, Edmund w. Perkins will speak
 to the audience at the Breed, and
 Charles L. Stewart will conclude the
 list at the Davis theatre. The local
 organization is under the direction of
 Hon. Allyn IL. Brown. Beside the
 speakers named, Lee R. Robbins and
 Mayor Brown will act as alternates.
 This work is made possible by the generous patriotic spirit of the theatre managers, and an opportunity is now afforded to present to the audiences authentic information on vital matters
 pertaining to the present war situa- ton of our government.
 At the request of William McCor- mick Blair, director of the Division of Four Minute Men of the federal com mittee on public information, Morris E. filling. the Connecticut chairman,
 has called a conference of Four Min ute speakers, to be held in Hartford on Monday: In view of the fact that many of the Four Minute speakers in this state will be included in an in vitation to hear Professor Robert M McElroy of Princeton University, edu- cational director of the National Se- curity League. at the state capitol on Monday afternoon. MT. filling has de- cided upon that date as a favorable opportunity to get together the Four Minute Men of the state. The demand of the new Liberty Lean campaign up- on Four Minute speakers makes such a meeting especially desira ble at this time
 Professor McEiroy will speak at 2 o'clock. The Four Minute conference VIII De neld 1Ir1meQlaCely at the close of Professor McElroy's address and will continue for one hour. The pro- gram will be as fellows: A Typical Four Minute Speech, by Senator Thos. J.. Molloy of Hartford; The Managers Opinion, by William D. Ascough of Hartford Four Minute Audiences, by John H. Buck of Hartford.
 -Mr. Alling has expressed the hope that every Four Minute speaker in the state of Connecticut will make an eff fort to be present at this meeting.
 The meeting which Professor Me Elroy will address at the state capi- tol on Monday will be a conference of speakers who are available to the Connecticut State Council of Defense Professor McElroy has organized speaking campaigns in other states, and will bring an important message to Connecticut patriotic speakers.
 The Connecticut Division of the Woman's Committee of the Council of National Defense has been consti- tuted a sub committee of the Connec- ticut State Council of Defense to be known as the committee on women's activities. Tho council has voted that this committee consist of the fcllow- ing women: Miss Caroline Routz-