Middletown transcript., 1918-02-09
Great Task of Committee on
Public Information.
TO MOLD WORLD OPINION
Wonderful Work Is Being Done BY
The Committee Of Which George
Creel Is Chairman-Its Varied
Activities Summarized.

ton, so George Creel, chairman, wrote
| to President Wilson, in his report just
made public.
1.-THE Committee on Public 1nforma
ton has grown to be world organ
ization," the report states. mot only
does it 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 1ol
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 a thousand or
more words a day to Honolulu, Yoke
hama and Shanghai.
Cabels, telegraph and mails supple
ment the work of the radio while in
every hamlet and city in the land
IL, 900 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 $4,000 newspapers
with feature articles, a weekly news
service and governmental publicity
material of all sorts.
1T has prepared and printed for
distribution to all parts Of the world
100000 copies Of Is different pam.
phlets in seven languages.
1T conducts speaking campaigns
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.
1T has wireless and public news
service that is being extended to every
capital in Europe, South and Central
America and Asia and feature article
service of similar proportions.
1T 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 $3O,000,0 900
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.
1T issues an official daily newspa-
per for the government with a circula-
ton of 10000 copies day.
1T has organized and now directs q
round dozen of societies and leagues
designed to appeal to certain classes
and particular foreign language groups
each body carrying specific message
to its section of Americas adopted
1T establishes rules and regulations
for the cable censorship with respect
to press dispatches.
1T prepares and distributes, advises
upon and censors photographs and
pictures to the number Of
more than 700 a day.
1T has only ESQ paid employees, but
it directs and coordinates the patriotic
work of 5000 volunteer writer's and
artists and 10000 public speakers.
counteraeting DisIoyaIty.
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..
B21.96 for salaries and 1926, 1890 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 inst
finished reading the report of the
Committee on Public Information
which you were kind enough to bring
me last week, and l want to say how
much it has gratified me and how en-.
Lirely 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
zed it's magnitude when assembled in
4 single statement.
Il fee! confident that as the work |
If the committee progresses it will
more and more win the public ap-
prevail and confidence. Cordially and
yours,
WOODROW WILSON,"
TWO FIRES IN NAVY DEPOTS.