How we advertised America; the first telling of the amazing story of the Committee on public information that carried the gospel of Americanism to every corner of the globe . mpaign. The real America had to be revealed to theseforeign-language groups—its drama of hope and struggle,success and blunders—and their minds had to be filledwith the tremendous truth that the fight against Germanywas a fight for all that life has taught decent humanbeings to hold dear. This campaign succeeded because the Committee avoidedthe professional Americanizers, and steered clear ofthe accepted forms of American
How we advertised America; the first telling of the amazing story of the Committee on public information that carried the gospel of Americanism to every corner of the globe . mpaign. The real America had to be revealed to theseforeign-language groups—its drama of hope and struggle,success and blunders—and their minds had to be filledwith the tremendous truth that the fight against Germanywas a fight for all that life has taught decent humanbeings to hold dear. This campaign succeeded because the Committee avoidedthe professional Americanizers, and steered clear ofthe accepted forms of Americanization. We workedfrom the inside, not from the outside, aiding each group todevelop its own loyalty league, and utilizing the naturaland existing leaders, institutions, and machinery. Weoffered co-operation and supervision, and we gave counsel,not commands. As a consequence, each group had itsown task, its own responsibility, and as soon as thesefacts were clearly understood the response was immediate. Mr. Edwin Bjorkman, the auther and publicist, wasselected to go to the Scandinavian group with the plan,and in a short while the Americans of Swedish birth and 184. Robert E. Lee Dr. Antonio Stella Edwin Bjorkman WORK AMONG THE FOREIGN-BORN descent organized the John Ericsson League of PatrioticService with the following Executive Committee: HarryOlsen, president, Chicago, 111.; Harry A. Lund, vice-president, Minneapolis, Minn.; Edwin Bjorkman, secre-tary, New York; Henry S. Henschen, treasurer, Chicago;Chas. S. Peterson, chairman Finance Committee, Chicago;Gustaf Andreen, Rock Island, 111.; J. C. Bergquist, NewYork; J. E. Chilberg, Seattle, Wash.; Andrew Langquist,Chicago; Othelia Myhrman, Chicago; Eric Norton, , Minn.; and Victor Olander, Chicago. Then came the Jacob A. Riis League of Patriotic Ser-vice, formed by the Danes, with this Executive Board:Max Henius, president, Chicago; Sophus F. Neble, firstvice-president, Omaha, Neb.; John C. Christensen, sec-ond vice-
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