Scouting, Volume 5, Number 16, December 15, 1917 Page: 2
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SCOUTING
Boy Scouts' Thanksgiving Day
Greeting to President Wilson
AS a Thanksgiving Day greet-
ing to President Wilson and
the Secretary of the Treasury, Mr.
Livingstone, our President, sub-
mitted the report of the results
of the Boy Scout Liberty Loan
Campaign. This afforded a real
Thanksgiving Day Greeting.
President Wilson replied that
the showing was remarkable and
admirable. He extended his heart-
iest appreciation and warm con-
gratulations to all who took part.
The Secretary of the Treasury,
Hon. William G. McAdoo, was
more than pleased with the en-
thusiasm, spirit, and patriotism of
the scouts.
The total figures now are $102,
084,100, representing 533,820 indi-
vidual subscriptions—one out of
every 18 subscriptions secured
through a scout, and one out of
every $46. Some record !
War Savings Stamps
TWO Billions of Dollars are
to be raised by the Treasury
Department through the sale of
War Savings Stamps. The Treas-
ury Department has asked the Boy
Scouts of America to help. Of
course, we will help. We are
bound by oath to help our country.
As Scouts, we want to patriotically
serve whenever the opportunity
comes. The cooperation in this
campaign will be different from
the Liberty Loans but just as valu-
able and effective. Plans have
been worked out whereby Scouts
and scout officials will cooperate
>vith local committees in giving
publicity and helping to advertise
the plan in such a way that every-
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
3 December, 1917
My dear Mr. Livingstone:
I desire to entrust the Boy
Scouts of America with a new and
important commission, to make them
the government despatch "bearers in
carrying to the homes of their
community the pamphlets on the war
prepared "by the Committee on Pub-
lic Information. The excellent
services performed by the Boy
Scouts in the past encourages me
to believe that this new task will
be cheerfully and faithfully
discharged.
Sincerely yours,
Mr. Colin H. Livingstone, President,
National Council, Boy Scouts of
America, Washington, D. C.
My dear Fellow Worker :—
I was in Washington yesterday
and conferred with the Treasury
Department officials with regard
to the cooperation of the Boy
Scouts of America as authorized
by our Executive Board, in the
effort of the Treasury Department
to raise $2,000,000,000, through the
sale of War Savings Stamps.
The enclosed letter from the Di-
rector of Publicity shows not only
the appreciation of the Treasury
Department for what the Boy
Scouts of America have already
done, but their earnest wish that
each one of our scout officials be
promptly urged to cooperate in
every way within their power with
their local War Savings Commit-
tees in promoting public interest
in this method of raising money to
help our country win the war. It
is also very important that no plans
whatever be made without con-
ference with and support of your
Local Committee on War Savings
Stamps. In case such a Committee
has not been appointed in your
community, you should confer with
the agents of the Federal Govern-
ment who have War Savings
Stamps for sale. Hearty, friendly
cooperation is essential to effective
service.
The printed matter herewith
tells all about the plan. Kindly
bear in mind that this campaign
is one in which you and your
Scouts can render service for the
next year, in fact, until the end
of 1918, though of course the most
effective service can be rendered
during the next few weeks and
months.
As Mr. Price's letter indicates,
our cooperation is desired along
advertising and publicity lines.
body will purchase War Savings Stamps, structions is being prepared for use by the There will be a great deal of literature to
The stamps sell for 25c each, so that every- Boy Scouts of America. Meanwhile, I be distributed but, in addition to this, un-
body can take part. sincerely hope you will urge upon every doubtedly every troop of scouts and every
A special manual is being prepared for one of your scout officials that they interest local council will work out some distinctive
the Boy Scouts by the Treasury Department themselves immediately in this undertaking program for bringing to the attention of the
in Washington and during the next year the and that you will make available to them general public the merits of this method of
Scouts are going to give a good account of the copy of the enclosed manual explaining raising funds.
themselves in this service to help to win the War Savings Stamps plan. Stations might be established on Saturday
the war. "Please congratulate your officials and afternoons or at other times when it will not
through them each member of the Boy interfere with school work, for the purpose
Director of Publicity Pleased at Scouts of America upon their splendid of attracting crowds and then presenting to
Scout Cooperation achievements in the two Liberty Loans. the crowds in the four minute speeches by
"With warm greetings and good wishes boy scouts or scout leaders, the merits of
Mr. Oscar A. Price, Director of Publicity to them all, I am,
for the Treasury Department, writes as
follows:
"I am delighted to learn that your ex-
ecutive board has favorably acted upon the
request of the Treasury Department for the
cooperation of the members of the Boy
Scouts of America in connection with the
plans of the Treasury Department to raise
$2,000,000,000 through the sale of War Sav-
ings Stamps. The splendid results of the
cooperation of the Boy Scouts of America
in Liberty Loan No. 1 and Liberty Loan
No. 2 have impressed upon the Treasury
Department the strength and value of your
organization for services of this new under-
taking."
"The greatest opportunity for service
will possibly be along advertising and pub-
licity lines by cooperation with the local
committees now being organized in every
part of the country. It does not seem pru-
dent to ask Boy Scouts to engage in the
actual sale of stamps, but they can do a
great deal in focusing the public attention
upon the sale of the stamps and "perhaps,
in many cases, give publicity to the agencies
through which the stamps may be secured.
A special primer of suggestions and in-
sincerely and cordially yours,
"Oscar A. Price,
"Director of Publicity."
Emergency Circular No. 19
the scheme with a view of urging everyone
to BEGIN SAVING AT ONCE.
It may be that you can arrange to have a
detail of boys with a bugler stationed in
front of some of the more important
„ r .. , „ agencies where the stamps are on sale,
The following letter has gone out to all for the purpose of attracting public at-
our Scoutmasters: tention on Saturday afternoons or other
suitable occasions to the facts as above. A
scheme similar to the "tank" made by the
Montclair boy scouts for advertising Liberty
Loan No. 2, as shown and explained on
page 3 of Nov. 1st issue of Scouting might
be another method for attracting public at-
tention. In whatever you do, for the pur-
pose of advertising these stamps, please
caution your boys to remember that we are
primarily serving the Government. Cer-
tainly it would be fine if every member of
your troop would personally undertake to
have his own home use this War Savings
Stamp plan for at least a $5.00 certificate.
In many cases they can do more.
It is desired that every scout official keep
a record, as nearly as practicable, of the
number of hours which each member of his
troop actually gives in service for this par-
ticular effort. No awards have been prom-
(Continued on page 16)
UNFORTUNATELY in some
places it has been suggested
that military titles such as lieuten-
ants, captains, majors, colonels and
generals be conferred upon scouts in
recognition of their efforts in the
War Savings Stamp Campaign.
This plan is not approved by the
Treasury Department and is not in
harmony with the leadership of the
Boy Scouts of America and should
be opposed by representatives of the
Boy Scouts of America. The Boy
Scouts of America have always co-
operated with the War Department
in avoiding an imitation of the regu-
lar military titles and all other forms
of tin soldiery.
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