The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-20
FOUR-MINUTE MEN HAVE UNITED NATION IN COMMON CAUSE
 FOR DEMOCRAC Y
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 been over there, and only those who have periodically done their duty and l made the sacrifice are entitled to meet l them when they come back, look them 1 in the eyes and grasp their hands. Those
 who have failed should hide their faces | in shame. When I speak of duty | know that it does not fall to the lot of all of us to bear arms at the front 1 the nervous hand of the sainted mother who knits for her boy over there' the l Red Cross worker who makes bandages
 to bind their wounds and all of us who sacrificed that they may be kept clean and pure are just as much heroes as the man behind the gun 1 T sound the note of warning. There 1 is no sacrifice which we can make that can measure up to theirs They have left their homes; their mothers; their l sweethearts, and their wives and have willingly, after a few months trainins | in the military comps, gone over subma- ] rine infested waters landed upon for l eign shore--gone to the front against l the crack troops of the Kaiser and have not only met them upon even ground, l but have stopped them, slaughtered them l and hastened them on their return l to Berlin.
 1 T listened with great attention to the speech made by the colored four-mlnute man-Adams-this morning. Birming ghan | is to be congratulated in having such
 a leader among his race, and I want to 1 assure him in the name of the white 1 race that when this war is over the | patriotism of the negro will be reWardeu l by a grateful people
 q trust that when peace has been 1 finally declared that the services of the l four minute men of~America will stlli 1 continue to meet the new and difficult ] conditions of the reconstructive era. To their efficiency has been due the sue cess of every drive of the Liberty Loal' 1 They have carried the message of loyal ty, patriotism and sacrifice to the ut termost ends of the earth, and they Will be remembered in the hearts of grate- | full people"
 1 FOUR-MINUTE SPEECH
 | pr. Henry J. Willingham of the Flor lence Normal school made a splendid tald on How Best to Prepare a Four Minute Speech, which was most instruc- tive He requested speakers to familiar Y lize themselves thoroughly with their sub feet, and stick to it. He brought out the point that many of the speakers talk too long and do not confne them selves to four minutes, but in concluding he said. Let your head serve you as pin head and stop you when you are through
 "The Mentality of the Audience was handled by Sidney Lazarus in his usuai banpv style. A. Manville Waples, secre- tary of the Alabama Red Cross speak CTS bureau, made an excellent talk on this occasion which was greatly enjoyed "Publcity-Its Value and How to Obtain It." was the subject of the talk ny Sam H. Oliver of Chambers county, and | lnI 1aO Sanders of Tuscaloosa county which was followed by a brief talk by George r. IIaslam of Piedmont.
 COLORED DIVISION
 Oscar W. Adams, after rehearsing the history of the co1ored division of four
 minute men, stating that the men had reached 375, 400 people within three months and the colored women 131 ,322 within two months, and thanking the white friends who had encouraged the organization, and the interest shown the colored peo- pie in Birmingham and Jefferson couh- ty, made this appeal;
 no stems backward. This world war was a funeral procession and the end of hu- man oppression. It's successful end will insure the full triumph of the brother hood of man and the fatherhood Of God. | The orga nization I represent IS loo per ! cont always stood, strongly by our friends, for 1 the protection of our flag and the safe | government of our country. The colored l mar asks that you trust him in recon structjcn, as you have trusted him dur | ing the war. Do not leave us In the
 closing hours of this struggle; trust us 1 for what we have done, for the citizen ] shin we have developed and for the good that it is possible for us to dc in the future.
 l My prayer is that we will all live that | when the sun of our lives has passed US noonday, and is fast approaching its eve hing, we will not look upon our country
 as scattered and debauched, because oi race hatred. race prejudice and political extrayagance but America, America, the ! land of the free and the home of the | brave, with all of her citizens as firmly l united as we are here today, with the ! victorious allied declaration, All for one l and one for all.
 l Adarss address was cheered and round
 ly apllauded and several times referred l to bv speakers in the afternoon session.
 ITALY'S PART IN WAR l At the night session d number Of
 speeches and musical numbers were in | cluded on the programme Lieut.. Bruno Roselli of the Italian army was the first
 speaker
 Italians feel no pity for the central powers for they dug their own grave, so l let them lie in it.' said Lieutenant Ro- | seli, who prior to Italy's entrance into 1 the war was for a number of years
 professor in New York college and
 most magnetic speaker.
 | He spoke mostly on the part ms | country had played in the victory TOT | democracy. stating that he no longer considered himself a member of the ltal- i ian army but a member of the great al- Flied army which achieved such wonder full success and in that way only had he | consented to come to bring the people of America the message entrusted to him ! by the people of Italy. Although we all have suffered, the greatest work is yet before us, said the speaker, but we
 have learned that the United States will 1 back her allies to the last man and the last dollar. The entrance of Italy into the war made it possible for America to get ready and to bring the war to such l d grand conclusion
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