When the ## Society of America celebrates its fifteenth anniversary on Saturday night. April 28, aboard the Albert Ballin of the Hamburg America Line, each person attending will pay $2 and the proceeds “will be used organize and to fight against the ‘Boycott of German Goods’ and ‘False Propaganda’.” (The quotation marks are from the society’s two-page circular.)
“The finest German delicacies will be served,” continues the circular, there will be dancing, and so on. But one of the principal reasons for the occasion is “to remind us at this time of the need of United Political Action.”
The reader further learns that “speakers of ability and reknown” will address the gathering. Some of the subjects announced are “The Boycott, a Two-Edged Sword” and “Propaganda and What It Means to You.” A solemn promise is made that “these addresses will not be too long, but full of meat for thought.”
A telephone call to the society’s offices at 369 Lexington avenue brought the information that Monday night the National Council will convene and decide who the “speakers of ability and renown” are to be.
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