The Washington herald., 1922-02-19
PRESIDENT PRAISES
WORK OF SCOUTS IN
BIRTHDAY MESSAGE
Sec. Hughes Thanks Boys
For Their Work at
Arms Farley.

distributed 70 the remaining $780,
300 boys and men In the movement
he following significant anniversary
message sent personally from the
white House by President Harding 70
The Boy Scouts OF America on Feb
lrary 8. the twelfth anniversary of
the inauguration of the movement In
America
The White House
Washington
February Z, 1922.
To the Boy Scouts Of America:
Sincere congratulations 10 the
Boy Scouts Of America on their
twelfth anniversary. February&
This anniversary OF an organiN
zation whose ideal Is peace and
friendship. quite strtkingiy coin
cides with the birth OF new
hope for world peace and friend
ship, at the recent conference OF
the nations here in Washington
The responsibilities disclosed by y
that conference must be met by
the men who come after us. and
/ look with growing confidence
TO that steadily increasing num-
Der OF boys who are effectively
e trained to s"do their duty TO God
and their Country" and 20 help
other people at all times" as are
the Boy Scouts OF America and T.
throughout 'he world.
SignedD ~.
WARREN C. HARDING.
Careful estimates made at the Ma
tionsI Headquarters 81 the BOY
Scouts Of America. at goo Fitth ave
nue., New York. give 10 per cent OF
the enrolled Scouts ss interested IN
radio work. Thousands Of these
boys have high power receiving sta-
tons and some OF them have seno-
ing outfits. Many Of the local couh-
ellis. the local administrative Scout
hedy in communities Of several troops:
arc emphasizilg the Importance OF
radio work. These young enthusiasts
get all sorts Of messages On their
/. nnaratus and afterwArd. IL they are
Interesting enough, relay them = 70
their fellow Scouts. put them On
,beir bulletin boards, and otherwise
rive them wide currency In tnelr
Communities. They Of course PICK
nm ali the daily broadcssts sent ou'
~ amateurs by the naval radio sla'
tions. Every so often a scout mes
,ape is nut out by the Naval COM
,,nn,cation Service, Third NDistriSI
~. A. H. .to,.l
Among the numerous Nocatioha'
s,n6ies which first-class Scouts go ~
for in order to earn the coveted soaI
Iife and eagle ranks in Scouting aIe
wireless and electricity. and 10 osee
over 5000 Scouts have earned 'ne
merit badge. in one or the otner VI
these two subjects. IA.
Recently announcement was inaoe
., ,be invention by Kenneth X. hln-
n,an Of the smallest radio receiNSI
&c, knovn. Human is a IL year
Rov scout of Piainfieid, y. J. WIZ
Ne instrument. that fits nesily M,
q safety match box. and pair y,
ardinary receivers this>Scout Is ao,t
20 catch regular telegraph sig
ana the broadcasting programs iLoi
s,st,ors ten and twenty mlles us
tafit.
NJ. Hughes Message.
NJ Collin H. Livingstone. presi
a., of the National OrgsniEatlol
- tho Roy Scouts of America. ma
Sacaiyed the following letter ITO"
Secretary Hughes thanking IN
scents Of America for the very EN-
liant work performed by them
nayes in the sessions Of the confer
ence:
The Secretary OF State,
Washington. February 10. lSZE'
Mn dear Mr.. Livingstone:
have received your letter o
February 6.
assistsnce during the sessions Of tn
conferences on the limitation
armament. and ] take ihls oppoI
tun1,y of expressing to them
through you. my sincere apprecIa
ton of, their Willingness TO he'll
and Of the efficient service which
they have given.
Very sincerely yours,
CHARLES F. HUGHES.
over 500 different Boy Scouts par
ticipated under the immediate LEAD
ership Of Assistant Scout Executive
James D. Hall. The foea of thi
service came 10 Mr.. Colin ii. Liv
ingstone, the. national president
like an inspiration. The redues
was referred o. to the Secretary o
State, who Arranged almost at ono
to accept of the offer. The boy
were selected from the differen
troops in the city in such a way a
not to interfere with their schoo
work, and BY this system OF relay
the conference was supplied dali.
with Boy Scouts as pages. Tn
Scouts won for~themselves the high
est commendAtion from ourN owl
representatives as well as from al
the foreign delegates, who hav'
gone back to their respective coun
tries carrying with them a pro
found Impression of the importance
and value of the Boy Scout train
ing for young lads, who in few
years will succeed their fathers IL
running the affairs of their coun
tries. A great mafy of the dele
gates were so impressed that the,
have gone back to see 10 IL that tn
Boy Scout movement in their owl
Countries is developed. to its high
est efficiency.
The Boy Scouts who participated
In these conferences will be great
ly benefited by the experience the.
have, had coming in contact. as the!
did. with the. leading men OF s.
many countries. It will be TO then
an inspiration to accomplish grea
things and to be of greater valu
to their own country.
DR.. Ballou. the Superintendent o
Schools. and the School Board. yer,
-sraciously made IL possible for tn
Scouts to render this service by ex
cusipg them, from school work 70
q day at n time so that the loss o
school attendance was in each in