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Show AMERICAN PUBLIC TO BE ENLIGHTENED f True to their ideal of betterment U H community and national life and tho - true American spirit, the Interna- 'H tional Lyceum and Chautauqua As- . H sociation, of which tho EUIson-Whito H Lyceum a,nd Chautauqua Associatioa H of Portland, Oregon, Ib a member, H havo grasped tho great opportunity H which is theirs to spread tho gospel H of peaco and international prosperity H throughout the entire United States. H I Canada, Australia a,nd New Zeland. I An earnest appeal has been made to H I their lecturers that each of them give B ,a short time from each platform ta H ferenco now being held in Washing- . discuss briefly the aims of the Con- t ton and to urge the people to make B ,a firm stand in asking the President H of the United States through their H .Senators and Representatives to da .H I everything in their power to bring a- bout not only a Limitation of Arma- H I ment. but a complete disarmament B i In taking up the cause in this H sweeping manner the Chautauqua and H Lyceum have again demonstrated! H that America has in this platform a B most valuable asset for the advan- B cement of civilization and American - H ideal H President Harding in letter ad- H dressed to the President of the Inter- H national Lyceum and Chautauqua As- H sociation, endorsed their program, B a,nd made this statement: "Knowing H as I do the members of your AssocU- H tion for the making of intelligent public sentiment, I believe you can best serve your government by H spreading accurato information H which will promote, international H good-will, based upon mutual under- "' " ' ' H standing. It is a great thing to havo H tho age.ncies of speaking to ten mil- H lions of Americans annually, and you H havo an exceptional opportunity to H 'present such information as will en- H able your audiences to fully under- H 1 stand tho probems involved in the lim- H Ration of armament. No better con- , jH tribution can be mado to promote tho H peace of the world than to bring all H peoples represented at the confer- jH ence to understand the economic and H political conditions of all nations con- H , corned. Your Association can do H : much for the making of such good- H , will in our own land and doubtless H . develop a helpful reflex in other H |