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SOMEBODY FAILED
Somewhere near one war front a bomber
heads for a vital objective. Upon the suc-
cess of its flight rests, indirectly, the fate of
hundreds at home.
Watching the plane take off, twelve
young men stand dejectedly beside two
grounded planes. For one plane must do
the job of three this time. Two planes stand
idle—their bomb bays empty. Three planes
were expected to go. Three should have
gone. Three would have insured fuller
success of the mission. One did go — facing
overwhelming odds.
But why just one?
The crew of the two grounded planes
were prepared to go. They had undergone
months of concentrated training. They
were willing and anxious to take the risks.
All they asked was that they be given the
tools with which to do the job. No, it is
certainly not their failure — these twelve
young men who must sit and wait anx-
iously for the return of their comrades.
What went wrong? Was it the fault of
those whose job it is to deliver the bombs
to the air bases? No, they were prepared
to do their part but they themselves re-
ceived only a few bombs to deliver.
Was it the fault of the factory where the
bombs are made? No. They were also pre-
pared to do their part but could not get
sufficient steel.
Was it the steelmakers who fell short?
Some of their blast furnaces were idle,
true, but only due to a shortage of an im-
portant raw material — SCRAP.
So it looks like the answer lies after all
in our cellars or attics, garages or barns.
The old metal teapot kept from the salvage
collection for sentimental reasons, the old
iron bed, the broken-down vacuum cleaner,
the lawn mower that Johnny backed the
car over, would have helped equip those
other two planes.
Two more plane loads of bombs might
have wrecked that cartridge plant now
making the bullet that may have your pal's
"name on it" . . . might have destroyed
that anti-aircraft battery that even now
has the lone bomber in its sights.
Has one teapot, one iron bed, a broken-
down vacuum cleaner and twisted lawn
mower caused the lives of six well-trained
airmen and the forced grounding of twelve
men?
One mission ruined and six young men
lost because somebody failed isn't disas-
trous. But if a hundred missions fall short
and six hundred aviators are lost because
a hundred people fail, then what?
Published Monthly Except August by the
BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA
2 PARK AVENUE, NEW YORK, N. Y.
James E. West, Editor-in-Chief
Thos. MacPherson Geo. W. Goddard, Jr.
Acting Managing Editor Art Director
Lome W. Barclay, National Director of Publications
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VOL 30, NO. 11
DECEMBER, 1942
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SCOUTING AND THE WAR
Somebody Failed I
Carry On To Victory 3
Emphasis In '43 7
War Calls for Boypower Too 23
War Service Notes 25
PROGRAM SUGGESTIONS
Try a Commando Hike 4
Program Suggestions for January:
Outline of Program, Week by Week 8-9
Toy Repair Hints; A Good Troop? 10
Stay Away From Incendiaries 11
Zesty Mobilization; Quartermaster's Job 12
Programs Under Your Nose 13
Timely Tips 14
Program Highlights, January-April 16-17
The Show's the Thing 18
Tie It Right 24
NEWS AND ARTICLES
The Christmas Good Turn 2
Bundles for America Seeks X-Ray Film 19
The Scout Field Pages:
Service Club in Canada; Blitz Scouts 20
Musical Instruments For Fighting Men 20
Once a Scout; Fighting Baker's Dozen 21
Scout Junior Alumni 21
Democracy's Unfinished Business 26
Scouting for the Handicapped 26
The Scouter's Bookshelf 27
Yearly Index of Scouting 31-32
NATIONAL OFFICERS OF THE BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA
Honorary President
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Honorary Vice-Presidents President
Herbert Hoover, Colin H. Livingstone Walter W. Head
Vice-Presidents
John Sherman Hoyt, Theodore Roosevelt, Mell R. Wilkinson, Treasurer
Frank G. Hoover, Ray Lyman Wilbur Lewis Gawtry
Chief Scout Executive Deputy Chief Scout Executive
James E. West George J. Fisher
EDITORIAL BOARD William H. Pouch, Chairman
Elbert K. Fretwell, Wheeler McMillen, William C. Menninger
SCOUTING. Published Monthly except August by the Boy Scouts of America, 2 Park Avenue, New York,
N. Y., U. S. A. Entered as Sccond Class Matter, January 20, 1928, at the Pott Office at New Yerk,
N. Y„ under the act of March 3, 1879. Copyright, 1942, by Boy Scouts of America.
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