The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-02-07

NCAoOAA0AAy SNAA OPSAA Se-SA~s W service.
 The nature of the service to be requested win remain mystery until the moment the president ad dresses his audience. It is gener- afIv known that the Scouts will be anlxed to assist the national relief program in some practical way. If cooperation of the public. is essen tial to the successful carrying out or the program a general invitatiQn to participate will be issued In the course of the broadcast.
 The entire membership of the Boy Scouts, 9O4,240, will be called together to listen to President Roosevelt's message. The more than a million Scout parents and the 6, 6,40O,3e8 others who have had scouting experience will be asked to unite also in meeting the presi- dents summons. The extent of the vast audience that will greet the president is gathered from the fact that, with those named, there will be the 1,26S,446 who were members of the Boy Scouts of America during 1883, and the 14,- 500 new Scouts who have joined the movement since the first of the year.
 Tn addition to the "CalI to Ser vice" the president is expected to draw attention to the forthcoming "Silver Jubilee" of the Boy Scouts of America which will be celebrat- cd throughout 1885. In this con- nection 1t is expected that Presi- dent Roosevelt will extend an in- vitation to the Boy Scouts which will pave the way for q national celebration to mark the comple- ton of the first quarter century of the Boy Scout movement in the United States.
 Broadcast from White House
 The presidential broadcast will go on the air from the White House at noon, Eastern Standard time. Tn the Central. Mountain and Pacific Standard zones 1t will be Il q. m., 10 Q. m., and 9 q. m. respectively. In Alaska and Ha- wall many Scouts and their lead CTS will be up early to pick up the broadcast out in the Philip pines Islands where there are 1885 members of the Boy Scouts of America, many Scouts have asked permission to remain up to get the broadcast at 1 a. m., Sunday, Feb ruary II.
 Information on the presidents broadcast has been sent by wire- less to Paul Slple, chief biologist of the second Byrd Antarctic Ex- petition. now at Little America In the South Polar regions. If he and the twenty-five other explorers of the party who arc identified with the Boy Scouts of America want to listen in, they will have to tune in at 6 q. In.
 Troops of Boy Scouts of Amer ica in Paris and in Berlin will also attempt to hear the program by short wave. Paris may be able to hear the broadcast at D. m. and Berlin Scouts at 6 D. m.
 Details of Program
 President Roosevelt, who is the honorary president of the Boy Scouts of America, will be intro- duced by Walter w. Head of St Louis, president of the National Council of the Boy Scouts of America. pr James E. West, the chief scout executive, will follow President Roosevelt on the pro- gram to instruct the Scouts, who will be mobilizcd in almost every community in the nation. how the service assignments may be carried out. The United States Marine Band will play several selections.
 The Gall to Service" will be broadcast over the coast -tO-coast networks of the Columbia Broad casting System and the Red net work (NBC-WEAF) of the Na- tional Broadcastlng company. Some independent stations intend to broadcast the program Snd therefore it is expected these com bined services will be heard in every town and village in the land.
 Thousands of Meetings
 In hundreds of large cities and towns Scouts will mobilize in armories, parks, coliseums, schools and theaters to hear President Roosevelt. In some instances local will follow close upon the completion of the program from Washington. In small towns and villages there will Do district and smaller group meetings and in rural communities Scouts in groups and as individuals will hear the