A speech entitled "Call of America," delivered by Senator James Hamilton Lewis (D-IL), in 1917 to fellow Senators, justifying American involvement in World War One.
Mae-Marie Irons talks about the Women's Overseas Service League's 52nd Annual Convention held at the Sheraton-Palace Hotel in San Francisco from July 15 to July 19, 1972. She provides a short description of the proceedings based upon her own recollections and from a news story published in the San Francisco Chronicle on July 17. Irons also reads a July 19, 1972 Chronicle story featuring quotes from WOSL member Mary Cutter as she recalls her senior year at Stanford University in 1904, helping survivors of the 1906 earthquake, volunteering for duty in France during World War One, and finally receiving recognition for her 1906 service from the City of San Francisco. Recording opens and closes with music from World War One.