Scouting, Volume 45, Number 9, November 1957 Page: 2
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One of the inspiring experiences that have come to
me since working at the United Nations in New
York has been the contact that I have had with the
Boy Scout movement in New York City, and, believe
me, it furnishes a welcome contrast and an inspiration
after you have had a particularly frustrating day at the
United Nations.
You are leaders in a movement which has made and
is making a great and beneficial imprint on American
lives. This year you are helping to lead that movement
into its second half century of service, in which tens of
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A Hungarian orphan
flees from the commu-
nist terror.
millions of American boys yet unborn will learn the
traditions and the skills and the high moral principles
of Scouting.
As one whose job it is to carry out U.S. foreign policy
at the United Nations, I have some special reasons for
my own for being enthusiastic about what is happening
here.
First, the Boy Scouts of America do not content them-
selves with teaching skills and promoting good health.
They stress what is most important of all—the building
of good character for the future leaders of our country.
The contribution which this makes to the national
strength is incalculable, and it is on this strength that
we ultimately depend for our efforts to advance peace
with justice in a world which is still dangerous.
Secondly, the Scouts of sixty-three free countries are
joining in observing this fiftieth anniversary, and that
shows how far the Scout Law has spread in fifty years,
linking together the boys and young men of scores of
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By IIENRY CABOT LODGE
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations
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Boy Scouts of America. Scouting, Volume 45, Number 9, November 1957, periodical, November 1957; New Brunswick, New Jersey. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth329260/m1/4/: accessed May 5, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Boy Scouts of America National Scouting Museum.