The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-08-26
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PATRIOTIC MEETINGS
National Security Leagues Speakers
Bureau Now Equipped to Supply
Orators I'm 20 LAnxuascs

New. York. Aug. 25.--That the Ma
tional Security league held 1900
meetings in various parts ofsIhe coun
try during the past ak months, at
which its message of militant patriot
ism was carried to approximately
1000, 900 people, ID shown in the semi
annual report of DIR. Thomas J. Pres
ton. Jr.. director OF the leagues speak
ers bureau, made public by the league
today. &c 4 s.-,
DR. Preston also states in his re-
port that his bureau Is now equipped
TO supply speakers it, twenty lam
guagcs. including Chinese.
pr. Preston has been directing the
Security leagues speakers bureau tor
over a year During this time ne 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
college presidents and professors law
yers. doc tors. ministers, returned SOL
diers, civic workers. bankers, clerkA
in fact. men and women from all
walks of life, adaptable to all grades
of audiences
Mrs. Preston In Work.
Mre. Preston. who was formerly
Mrs. Grover Cleveland. Ia also aSso-
ciated with national security league
work, being secretary of the leagues
bureau of patriotism through educa-
ton. She is at her desk in the head
quarters of the league, in this city
daily, attending to the voluminous cor
of THIS bureau, the scope
OF which is rapidly extending into
every nook and corner OF the coun
try.
DR.. Preston's report on the work Of
the leagues speakers bureau for the
last six months reads in part as fol-
lows: -a
The speakers bureau has supplied
speakers to about 1900 meetings dur
ing the past six months, We conser-
estimate that through these
meetings from 100000 TO 1000, 900
people have been reached by our
speakers.
Small Cost to League.
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
York, with two exceptions, for the re-
cent commencement exercises.
The bureau has aided in the
drives OF the liberty loans, the Red
Cross. the Y NJ c. A. the Knights OF
Colum bus and the w. S. S.
Volunteers Increase.
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 remune-
ration.
We have furnished many speakers
TO the educational campaign being
conducted by the leagues bureau Of
patriotism through education. and are
co cooperating with other patriotic or
CARNATIONS. many OF whom apply to
us for speakers
In the early spring we conducted
a series of eigN+y Americanization
sixteen week for five
weeks in twelve languages. includ-
ing Chinese. among the foreign speak
ing population of this city, We are
at the present time able to supply
speakers in twenty languages,
Famous Orator.
Through the generosity OF a group
of Brooklyn friends of the league,
headed by p. f. Austin. the services
of the Rev. Or. Isaac J. Lansing, of
Ridgewood. n j.. an orator OF note.
were secured for a year, beginning
May II. 1918.
The activities of the bureau are
rabidly increasing and its affairs are
as economically as effioi-
enrv will permit"