During 1918 the CPI [Committee on Public Information*] set up fourteen foreign-language bureaus and made them responsible for developing, among their people, Americanization sentiment and support for the war…The foreign-language bureaus…were largely responsible for the petition presented to President Wilson on 21 May 1918, asking that the fourth of July be especially recognized as a day for the foreign-born to demonstrate their loyalty to their adopted country. Wilson agreed. With the President’s stamp of approval the CPI set to work to plan an enthusiastic celebration for what was to be called Independence Day.
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Alex Carey, Taking the Risk Out of Democracy: Corporate Propaganda Versus Freedom and Liberty *Also known as the Creel Committee (via publiccommunication) |
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