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of the words of Irving Berlin's
song, "God Bless America," which
is on this issue's cover.
Yes, we should do more than
that. We should make sure that
our leadership stands firm in a
determination to reduce to a
minimum the negative effects of
propaganda, evidences of intoler-
ance, and the bad effect of the
dramatization of the tragic events
of a thus far victorious army
which seeks to crush Democracy
and dominate the World. We in
Scouting should keep in mind that
we have an opportunity to make
a substantial contribution to na-
tional defense in a most practical
fashion by a process of education,
strengthening and vitalizing De-
mocracy through the Scout Pro-
gram. This is our primary job.
I went further than this in my
Bulletin to Scout Executives
where I said:
"The present hysteria includes much
discussion of alleged 'Fifth Column'
activities. Undoubtedly there has been
and is now organized activity of a
subversive character which because
of our Constitution and Bill of Rights
has greater opportunity here in
America than would be tolerated in
many countries and in some Democ-
racies. But, after all, the American
Way recognizes as essential the main-
tenance of our Bill of Rights. The
Government has and will take effec-
tive measures, and we hope adequate
measures, to deal with the so-called
'Fifth Columnists' who go beyond the
privileges of the Bill of Rights and
prove themselves to be enemies of our
Democracy in a way that is in viola-
tion of law. Undoubtedly Scouts and
Scouters may have suspicions of this
or that person and will, through their
parents or the Local Council officials,
see that reports are given to proper
governmental officials, but it does not
seem wise that we should encourage
Scouts or Scouters, as such, to as-
sume responsibility for dealing with
this problem in any other manner."
It is only natural to expect that,
with the speeding up of industrial
activity and the Government's
emphasis on national defense,
there will be some Scouters whose
duties in industry or Government
service may require that they give
more time to their duties and
possibly less to their important
service as Scouters. Some of these
may be Scoutmasters. If so, Troops
related to Institutions with strong
Troop Committees will be able, of
course, to arrange continued lead-
ership; but there may be special
problems with certain so-called
Community Troops. These may
need special help in case the
Scoutmaster, for any reason, has
to give up temporarily his activi-
ties. The American people will
come forward and volunteer their
services so that all such problems
will be met and handled success-
fully I am confident.
Come what may, we must be
prepared, and yet we must also
keep calm and do what we can to
reduce hysteria and by intelligent
planning make sure that the cause
of Scouting does not suffer, but,
on the contrary, that it increases,
in The American Way, its contri-
bution for strengthening and vi-
talizing Democracy in the United
States.
It is important that we in-
tensify our efforts to make use of
program material now available,
and that we look to opportunities
for service to others as a means
of dramatizing the value of Patrol
and Troop organization under the
ideals of the Scout Oath and Scout
Law.
Timely Service to Others
There are already before us two
outstanding opportunities for ser-
vice:
1. The opportunity for Scout
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I ET Mr. and Mrs. Average Amer-
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