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SCO
ING
A Magazine of Ideas and Information for All Scouters
Vol. XXVIII, No. 7
JULY, 1940
Our Responsibility Today
THE THEME of our Annual Meet-
ing of the National Council at
Oklahoma City was THE AMER-
ICAN WAY. As the preliminary report published on
page 4 of June Scouting shows, the meeting was well
attended and the spirit was splendid. There was evi-
dence of a determination on the part of the leader-
ship of Scouting to go forward with the program of
the Boy Scouts of America in this critical period in
the history of the World, in a way which will reveal
in a practical fashion that the paramount need of
national defense is to proceed
with the job of strengthening
and vitalizing Democracy in the
United States.
Scouting has demonstrated
that its program effectively
reaches boys and helps them
to develop an attitude of mind
which does insure cooperative,
socially - minded participating
citizenship in America. In the
year 1930 we dealt with 1,233,-
786 individuals. In the year
1939 we dealt with 1,915,154,
an increase of 55.2%. Up to
December 31, 1929, 4,779,219
individuals had been enrolled
in some capacity. Up to Decem-
ber 31, 1939, 8,999,123 had been
enrolled, an increase of 88.3%.
Hundreds of letters of greet-
ing on the occasion of our 30th
Anniversary—letters from the
President of the United States,
the Chief Scout of the World,
Governors, Members of Con-
gress, Educators and leaders in
various phases of American life
—indicated not only apprecia-
By DR. JAMES E. WEST
Chief Scout Executive
and Editor of Boys' Life
- ■ :IIOSS
Scouts and Scouters are urged to
help the American Red Cross Relief Drive
tion of what Scouting has done, but
great faith in its potentialities for
practical service to America in these
critical days, working as it does with boys in The
American Way, for the development of character and
training for citizenship.
In this connection I want to call your attention to
a recent statement written by Lord Baden-Powell,
Chief Scout of the World, which we publish on page 5.
The founder of Scouting sees clearly when he recalls
our attention to Scouting's basic principles and prob-
lems.
At the same time, as I said
in a Bulletin to Scout Execu-
tives on May 31, it is but
natural because of the tragic,
dramatic events which occupy
so much space in the daily press
and so much radio time, that
we here in America are greatly
concerned and that here and
there, there is evidence of hys-
teria. We in Scouting, of course,
are deeply concerned. Those of
us who .have participated in
our Jamboree programs or have
attended our International Con-
ferences, have difficulty in con-
trolling our emotions. We in
Scouting do "care" and we
should continue to care, but we
should be determined not to
allow ourselves as Scouters, or
the Scout Movement, to become
involved in controversial or
political issues. We should do
what we can to calm hysteria,
and give leadership to boys
who are within the membership
of Scouting, to think in terms
JULY, 1940
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