The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-20
State Conference Attended by Members From All Sec tions of Alabama and
 Activities Discussed
PEACE TIME WORK
 IS OUTLINED BY DIRECTOR NICHOLSON
Frank s. Stone Gives Model Four Minute Talk-Oscar Adams Tells of Activities of the
 Colored Division

1 The state conference of the four-rninute men convened yesterday morning at II o'clock in the ballroom of the Tutwller hetel, with members of the organiza- 1 ton from every section of the state pres ent. State Director T. J. Crittenden pre- sided and made short talk, giving the history of the organization, growth and 1 activities of the Alabama four-minute men.
 1 w. Curtis Nicholson of Washington associate national director, was intro duced and read the following message from William H. Ingersoll, national di- rector, who was unable to be present; "Please say to State Director Critten- den and assembled four-minute men that only the urgent need for completing pul- letins for remaining campaigns, Wtllch must go to press tomorrow, have been allowed to deprive me of pleasure of at tending state convention and meeting of patriotic workers of Alabama Convey to the meeting, and especially to MT. Crittenden, our high appreciation or thu devoted work and the distinguished serv- ice which has raised Alabama high among the states of the country FOUR-MINUTE MEN
 
 which was in part as follows:
 Never in the history of any country has more loyal and effective citizenship been than during the present natlonai emergency When the call came our boys sprung to arms and were Vitai factor in the winning of the war as they stood beside their noble allies III the trenches of France, but there was all other line of defense just as important for ,,Itiyy1ata victory. InlS was located here at home, and nople army of men and women, who vallantiy and sacrificingly held this line rom maintaining the morale of the nation at home, was the four-mnute men,
 Great things have been accomplished. A nation made up of representatiVes or all nationalities, white and black, Cath- olic, Jew and Protestant. have united under the Stars and Stripes 10 save America and democracy.
 "A more intimate knowledge or Euro pean nations has been attained. France has been found to be one of the most steadfast valiant and serious nations in world beloved by all mankind. The traditions of the Great Charter the Peti- tion of Rights, the Bill of Rights, the birth of Parliament and cabinet respon- sible to the people, and the divesting or arbitrary power from crowned heads,
 
 achieved. is better than ever recognized by America Britain's loyalty to her word of honor to the cause of small ma tions and to the protection of human rights is now a matter or history. Ana America, France and Italy know that II was due to England that the seas were closed to the German navy and the win ming of the war made possible And now that the victory has been won Engiana
 
 s'In the years to come Italy Will be better known by the allies in America than ever before in the past. and she. too. unsheathed her sword in the cause of right and suffered and worked lnces- sanity for a just peace
 FOUGHT FOR IDEALS
 America has fought for an ideal That ideal was the crushing out of militarlsm and secret entangling alliances between nations The freedom of the seas, the right of self lf-determination, world pro- lection of freedom-loving people III na- tions, both large and small; these are only a few of the great objectlves Tor which American youth willingly offered their lives.
 .sIn all this the four-minute men have played an incidentally large part. The bows on the other side have held the Huns at bay while the four minute men of America have stopped plopasaiua. called the shipbuilders to work. warned the nation against German designs, calied the people to support the navy, prepared the way for Red Cross drives and Lib- erty Loan drives, and established an unbreakable morale.
 .aThe four-rninute men Of Alabama IS an organization second to none Tn the United States. Under the leadership oi MT. Crittenden the messages from Wasn- ington have been carried to the remotest corners of every county and the results of the excellent work can be no better illustrated than by mentioning the mar velous way in which Jefferson county and the whole state go quickly over the top in every drive, which they have been called upon. to carry on during the war
 "It will be too bad if the spirit of the four-minute men, the spirit Of good citizenship is allowed to die after this war is over. There will be much to dc and there is no body of men more capable and more spiritually and emil nently qualified to do this work. and to be leaders in the striving for good government and better order of things than the four-minute men,"
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