The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1918-02-15
Great Task Of Committee on
Public information.
TO MOLD WORLD OPINION
Wonderful Work IL Being Done ~
The Committee Of Which George
creeI lie chairman--Its Varied
Activities Summarized.

| the war, is the gigantic task assumed
by the Committee on Public Informa-
ton, so George Creel, chairman, wrote
to President Wilson, in his report just
| made public.
"1'he Committee on Public Informa-
ton has grown to be world organ
| ization," the report states. mot only
does 1t touch every part of the ma
chinery that co-ordinates the forces
of America for victory but it carries
the meanings and purposes of America
to all peoples, making the fight for
public opinion in every country"
Every agency known for the dis
semination of news is being employed.
From Tuckerton and Key West the
doctrine of democracy is flashed to
Eifel Tower and Rome Radio sta
lions at San Diego relay thousand or
more words a day to Honolulu, Yoko-
hama and Shanghai.
Cabels, telegraph and mails supple
ment the work of the radio while in
every hamlet and city in the land
$4,000 minute men" are doing their
bit
Outlining the work already accom-
plished by his committee, Creel con.
tinues:
Besides the daily news which it
issues to the whole press of the coun-
try it supplies some 10000 newspapers
with feature articles, weekly news
service and governmental publicity
material Of all sorts.
at has prepared and printed for
distribution to all parts of the world
$4,000, 600 copies of Is different pam
phlets in seven languages.
ut conducts speaking campaign
in every state of the union, arranges
meetings, books, speakers. conducts
war conferences and organizes tours
and through the minute men alone it
commands the services of $4,000 public
speakers.
service that is being extended to every
capital in Europe, South and Central
America and Asia and feature article
service of similar proportions
ut sends to foreign countries mo-
ton picture exhibits showing Amer.
ica's social, industrial and war prog. !.
reSs.
1T has modified the advertising
forces Of the country press, period
ical, car and outdoor-for a patriotic
campaign that will give $30,000,000
worth of free space to the national
service.
1T designs posters, window cards
and similar matter Of pictorial pub
licity for the use of various public
departments and patriotic societies.
1T prepares moving picture films
showing our war progress and ex-
hibits them to hundreds Of thousands
Of people daily.
"It issues an official daily newspa-
per for the government with circula-
ton of 10000 copies a day.
"It has organized and now directs a
round dozen of societies and leagues
designed to appeal to certain classes
and particular foreign language groups
each body carrying a specific message
to its section of Americas adopted
peoples
"It establishes rules and regulations
for the cable censorship with respect
to press dispatches.
ut prepares and distributes, advises
upon and censors photographs and
moving pictures to the number of
more than 700 day.
at has only $50 paid employees, but
it directs and coordinates the patriotic
work of 5000 volunteer writer's and
artists ard 10000 public speakers.
counteracting DisIoyalty.
ITO carry on its multifarious activi-
ties in the United States it has spent
from its beginning, in April, 1917,
down to December 81. 1917. $119.-
S21e6 for salaries and 1926, 1920 for
all its other expenses.
Accepting the report, President Will
son wrote Creel as follows:
"The White House, Washington. Jan
uary IA, 1918:
ITO carry on
MY dear Mr. Creel: l have just
finished reading the report of the
Committee on Public Information
which you were kind enough ia bring
me last week, and want to say how
much it has gratified me and how en-
tirely the work being done by the COM
mittee meets with my approval.
have kept in touch with that work.
piece by piece, as you know. in our
several interviews, but had not real
lied its magnitude when assembled in
single statement.
II feel confident that as the work
of the committee progresses it will
more and more win the public APP
prevail and confidence. Cordially and
sincerely yours,