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Flying squadrons
The '''Four Minute Men''' was a [[World War I]] era program created to help mobilize [[public opinion]]. It was a division of the Federal [[Committee on Public Information]].
The '''Four Minute Men''' was a [[World War I]] era program created to help mobilize [[public opinion]]. It was a division of the Federal [[Committee on Public Information]].
[[Image:1917 Thrift Stamp.jpg|thumb|130px|right|1917 Thrift Stamp]]
[[Image:1917 Thrift Stamp.jpg|thumb|130px|right|1917 Thrift Stamp]]
The Four Minute Men were also sometimes referred to as '''Flying Squadrons'''.<ref>[http://cudl.colorado.edu/luna/servlet/detail/UCBOULDERCB1~58~58~425680~124500:Four-Minute-Men-news Four Minute Men news]</ref>
==Purpose==
==Purpose==
The role of the Four Minute Men was to get out a unified message that the government wanted people to hear, in an effort to manufacture support for the war.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=SvQ-AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA24 The Four Minute Men of Chicago], Page 24-25</ref>
The role of the Four Minute Men was to get out a unified message that the government wanted people to hear, in an effort to manufacture support for the war.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=SvQ-AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA24 The Four Minute Men of Chicago], Page 24-25</ref>