The copper era and Morenci leader., 1917-07-13
44BOIa S(UJ s Conducted by National Council of the
 Boy Scouts of America.)
GIGANTIC TASK A SUCCESS

An amazing series of quick moves formed the parts played by the presi- dent, the treasury department and the government printing office in sending the 299,000 Boy Scouts and their off cials into 1O,OO0,O00 homes in America on their recent successful Liberty loan campaign.
 This was President Wilson's call to his young aids:
 "It will be most gratifying to me as honorary president of the Boy Scouts of America to have the Boy Scouts, their ScoutmaSterS and leaders throughout the United States lend their aid to the secretary of the treas ury in distributing applications and securing popular subscriptions to the Liberty loan. This will give every scout wonderful opportunity to do his share for his country under the slogan Every Scout to Save a Soldier
 'I >recs sure this request will find a unanim6,@s and enthusiastic response from EsF Scouts everywhere"
 And <ks was the immediate response of MT. s1hlin H. Livingstone, president of the f.@tional council, Boy Scouts of America:
 Ut was with great pleasure that received your letter. requesting the Boy Scouts of America to aid the treasury department in disposing of the Liberty loan bonds.
 "Your request was at once submit ted to the executive board of the Boy Scouts of America, then in session at headquarters in New York city. Your letter and it's request received unani- nous and enthusiastic indorsement, and all the machinery of the organiza- tion throughout the country was at once dedicated to an intensive cam paign for the sale of the Liberty bond.
 "Be assured that the executive off cers, scoutmasters, patrol leaders and individual members of the Boy Scouts of America thrOughoN the country win respond promptly and Loyalty to your call.''
 MT. R. w. Woolley, the director of publicity of the Liberty loan for the treasury department, sent this letter:
 "I have such excellent reports of the splendid cooperation of the scout off cials in the field with the Liberty loan committees of the twelve reserve dis tricts that feel must write you how greatly their work is appreciated here. Placing the Liberty loan is such a tre- mendOus job that the best effort each scout can make will be necessary. It is a pleasure to know that the Boy Scouts are setting such q splendid ex- ample in practical patriotism"
 The national council of the Boy Scouts of America acted quickly. A study of existing literature on the Liberty bond was made by the head quarters staff and copy prepared for circular. This was taken by the chief scout executive, MT. James E. West, to Washington, where he conferred with the treasury department officials. The matter was taken up with the public printer, and before night ar printing of 1O.OOO,OOO copies of this circular in the government printing of flee
 The size of the job cannot be easily comprehended by the laynan. To make this possible it was necessary to cast 40 separate sets of electrotypes. More than 100000 of the circulars were completed before the end of the first day.
 While the government printing office was turning out the Boy Scout Liberty Idan campaign circulars the whole ma chinery of the national organization of the Boy Scouts of America was ar- ranging the details of the gigantic job of getting the printed matter into the hands of 30O,OO0 men and boys in ev- cry state in the Union, and distributed by them to 1O,OO0,OOO homes.