LOUIS J. ALBER . . ECONOMIST .. IMPRESARIO . . LECTURER . . PUBLICIST

 

contacts with most of the famous men and women of the past thirty-five years, has a combination of information and knowledge

A STUDENT of economics, world affairs, and business problems, Mr. Alber has been a traveler since his sixteenth year, has had

gained the hard way, and (to quote the late Dr. Glenn Frank) ‘tis endowed with a mellowed and richened quality of mind and

heart known as wisdom.”

Facts about his career may be found in ‘‘Who'’s Who in America’; in Wincent Sheean’s ‘Personal History”; Ida M. Tarbell’s ‘All in the
Day’s Work”; Mark Sullivan's ‘‘The Education of an American”; and Prince William of Sweden's ‘‘My Journey to America”.

LECTURES AND ADDRESSES

THE IRRESISTIBLE CHURCHILL

Mr. Alber lived with, worked with, and played with this outstand-
ing Anglo-American phenomenon, and presents a brilliant word-
picture of the British Prime Minister, filled with many humorous
stories of actual events not heretofore told.

SOME CELEBRITIES | HAVE KNOWN

Mr. Alber makes presidents, kings, prime ministers, the nobility
of Europe, great literary people, soldiers, scientists, publicists,
revolutionists, actors and actresses come alive and appear before
you. Such men as Benito Mussolini, Neville Chamberlain, Lloyd
George, Clemenceau, Adolf Hitler, and scores of others, whom
he has met and known, will be brought into these lectures.

FROM ROOSEVELT TO ROOSEVELT

Mr. Alber’s personal impressions of our presidents from Theodore
Roosevelt to Franklin Delano Roosevelt.

WANDERING THROUGH THE NEW DEAL

Mr. Alber’s experiences in Washington during 1933 to 1938,
while holding posts in the Roosevelt Administration. Many
humorous incidents, and intimate portraits of the men who made

the New Deal.

PUMP-PRIMING AMERICA

A serious and amusing investigation of the pump-priming theory
of economic recovery. Mr. Alber maintains that the theory hasn't
been tried, because the Roosevelt Administration has not poured
the prime into the economic-pump of America. A striking program
of actual pump-priming suggested.

THE GREAT ORATORS

Mr. Alber has studied speakers and speeches since 1900; has
heard all the foremost orators of his time. From a close association
with many of these, he brings a colorful picture of such figures as
Bryan, Baker, Wilson, Beveridge, Ingersoll, Borah, Sharp Williams,
LaFollette, the two Roosevelts, Ickes, Willkie, Glenn Frank, Lloyd
George, Churchill, with inside information on how they secured
their effects.

SWORD AND SUPERSTITION
A lecture about the late Middle Ages period, of which Mr. Alber

has made a study, while reconstructing the life of his Great-—

Grandfather—twelve generations removed—Dr. Matthaus Alber
of Reutlingen, Swabia, who was ‘The Martin Luther of Swabia’.
An interesting section—Who were the Angles and Saxons?—
indicates the range of material. Most timely.

A FEW RECENT COMMENTS

WORLD DIGEST, NEW YORK CITY: ‘Mr. Alber gives us an
insight into the personal characteristics of an outstanding world
figure.”’

WILLIAM GANSON ROSE, Critic and Public Relations Con-
sultant, Cleveland: ‘‘Louie Alber is the finest speaker in our city,
and one of the three or four finest in the United States. He is
tops.”

MARK SULLIVAN, Washington Journalist: ‘Based on ade-
quate knowledge, | underwrite him (Alber) 100 per cent.”’

RAY S. KLEIN, Executive Secretary, Central Lions Club, Chicago:
“The best talk we have ever had at the Central Lions Club.’ ‘I
could listen to that man all day.’ ‘His command of the English
language is marvelous.’ ‘Let’s have more speakers like him.’
‘Why not get him back for a talk on Will Rogers?’ These are a
few of the comments | heard following Louis J. Alber’s talk on
‘The Irresistible Winston Churchill,’ and | add my personal O.K.

to everything that everyone else has said.”

DR. GLENN FRANK, former president University of Wisconsin:
“Louis J. Alber is a true Personality Impresario, getting behind
the personalities of gifted men and women, helping to develop
them, and making them known to the public. As a Public Rela-
tions Councillor he stands supreme. A true celebrity who speaks
about other celebrities and makes them come to life before an
audience.”

HORACE TREHARNE, Manager Cleveland Advertising Club:
“Mr. Alber gives a better talk than most of the professional
speakers he furnished us in the past, fine as they were. Our
audience gave hima rising ovation as a tribute that it had not
been so thrilled for many, many months. He easily rates a Four
A as a speaker for any occasion."

FRED SOWERS, Secretary Cleveland Rotary Club: ‘The most
timely and informative program of the year. Alber gave a wealth
of serious and humorous incidents, painting a vivid word portrait
of this great world character."’

DES MOINES, IOWA, CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: ‘We
all felt that we were personally acquainted with the British Prime
Minister when Louis J. Alber completed his vivid and intensely
interesting portrait of the great statesman—and we liked the new
acquaintance.”