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[[Image:Library of Congress - Poster - Four Minute Men.jpg|thumb|250px|right|4 Minute men--A message from Washington]]

[[Image:Library of Congress - Poster - Four Minute Men.jpg|thumb|200px|right|4 Minute men--A message from Washington]]

During [[World War I]], the '''Four Minute Men''' program helped mobilize [[public opinion]]; it was a division of the Federal [[Committee on Public Information]] in June 1917. The Four Minute Men were local volunteers who spoke at public gatherings, [[fair|fairs]], [[vaudeville|vaudevilles]] and [[motion picture|motion picture houses]] for four minutes. Speakers received material from which to prepare speeches. Speeches combated adverse publicity and [[German]] [[propaganda]], supported fund drives, called for support of the [[Red Cross]] and the [[YMCA]], and promoted Liberty Loans, [[rationing|food conservation]], and [[gardening|victory gardens]]. The program ended a few weeks after the war ended in 1918.  enrolled 75 thousand men in its program. In 18 months they gave 1,555,000 speeches to 134,000,000 people at a cost to the government of only $140,000.

During [[World War I]], the '''Four Minute Men''' program helped mobilize [[public opinion]]; it was a division of the Federal [[Committee on Public Information]] in June 1917. The Four Minute Men were local volunteers who spoke at public gatherings, [[fair|fairs]], [[vaudeville|vaudevilles]] and [[motion picture|motion picture houses]] for four minutes. Speakers received material from which to prepare speeches. Speeches combated adverse publicity and [[German]] [[propaganda]], supported fund drives, called for support of the [[Red Cross]] and the [[YMCA]], and promoted Liberty Loans, [[rationing|food conservation]], and [[gardening|victory gardens]]. The program ended a few weeks after the war ended in 1918, and enrolled 75 thousand men in its program. In 18 months they gave 1,555,000 speeches to 134,000,000 people at a cost to the government of only $140,000.

==Notable Members==

==Notable Members==

* [[Charlie Chaplin]]<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=yIJTCwAAQBAJ&pg=PT104 Discovering the American Past: A Look at the Evidence, Volume II: Since 1865]</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=AmNhkqj3J2gC&pg=PA180 Clarence Darrow: American Iconoclast]</ref>

* [[Charlie Chaplin]]<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=yIJTCwAAQBAJ&pg=PT104 Discovering the American Past: A Look at the Evidence, Volume II: Since 1865]</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=AmNhkqj3J2gC&pg=PA180 Clarence Darrow: American Iconoclast]</ref>

* Mary Pickford

* Mary Pickford