Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-08-26
MILLION PEOPLE
ARE REACHED At
PATRIOTIC MEETINGS
Leagues Speakers Bureau Now
Equipped To Supply Orators
In Twenty Languages
SMALL COST TO
SECURITY LEAGUE
Volunteer Workers Increase,
Mrs. Preston In The Work.
Famous Orator

That the National Security League
held 1900 meeting in various parts OF
the country during the past six
months. at which its message of mill
tant patriotism was carried to ap-
proximately 100000 people, is shown
in the semi-annual report of DIR. 7. j.
Preston. Jr., Director of the Leagues
Speakers Bureau, made public by the
League today.
DR.. Preston also states in his report
that his Bureau is now equipped to
supplv speakers in 30 languages, in
Guiding Chinese.
DR.. Preston has been directing the
Security Leagues Speakers Bureau
for over a year. During this time he
has built up an organization by means
of which he now has upon call nearly
1000 volunteer patriotic speakers in
all parts of the country, including col
lege presidents and professors, law
yers. doctors, ministers, returned SOL
diers. civic workers bankers, clerks,
in fact men and women from all walks
of life, adaptable TO all grade OF
audiences.
Mrs. Preston, who was formerly
Mrs. Grover Cleveland, is also asso-
ciated with National Security League
work. being Secretary of the Leagues
Bureau of Patriotism Through Edu-
cation. She is at her desk in the head
quarters of the League daily. attend
ing to the voluminous correspondence
of this Bureau, the scope of which is
rapidly extending into every nook and
corner of the country.
DIR. Preston's report on the work OF
the Leagues Speakers Bureau for the
last six months reads in part as fol-
lows:
"The Speakers Bureau has supplied
speakers to about 1900 meetings dur
ing the past six months. We con-
servatively estimate that through
these meetings from 100000 to 1,000,-
600 people have been reached by our
speakers.
Beyond the actual Office expenses,
the meetings have cost very little as
it is our plan to have organizations
desiring our speakers pay their per-
sonal expenses and transportation.
Our meetings have been held in
halls, schools, colleges, mems clubs,
community centers, patriotic service
| leagues, churches, banquets, etc. We
furnished commencement speakers to
every high school in the City of New
York, with two exceptions, for the
recent commencement exercises.
THE Bureau has aided in the drives
of the Liberty Loans, the Red Cross,
the Y NJ G.. A., the Knights of Col
umbus, and the w. S. S.
1--WE are constantly enlisting the
services of new and good speakers
who seem anxious to do their work
in an intelligent and efficient way
their services being given without
remuneration.
Eve have furnished many speakers
to the educational campaign being
conducted by the Leagues Bureau OF
Patriotism Through Education, and
are cooperating with other patriotic
organizations, many of whom apply
to us for speakers.
I'm the early spring, we conducted
| series of so AmericaniZation meet
| ings, 16 a week for 5 weeks, in IL
| languages, including Chinese, among
the foreign speaking population OF
New York We are at the present
time able to supply speakers in 20
| languages.
Through the generosity of group
of Brooklyn friends of the League
headed by Mr.. ID. E. Austin, the serv-
ices of the Rev. DR.. Isaac ]. Lans-
ing, of Ridgewood, n. j., an orator OF
note, were secured for a year, begin
ming May II, 1918.
The activities of the Bureau are
rapidly increasing and its affairs are
conducted as economically as effici-
ency will permit"