Evening star., 1952-02-08
; Million Boy Scouts
To Conduct Get Out
And Vote Campaign

Nearly 3 mlI1lO0 BOY SCOUTS Oh
America will hang leaflets urging
people to "get out and vote" on
front door knobs all over Amer
lea this year.
DR.. Arthur A. Schuck, chief
Scout executive, disclosed today
the Scouts will take part In a
three-year program with the
theme, Forward on Liberty's
Team"
He spoke to nearly 100 men rep
resenting the cabinet, the Senate
and the House at a breakfast in
the Washington Hotel honoring
13 outstanding Explorers, all Eagle
Scouts, representing the Nations
13 Scouting districts.
DR.. Schuck said the Scouts par
ticipating in this great youth
movement" will inspire adults to
take active interest in the work
ingS Of democracy.
Working to get people out to
vote, he continued. also will help
train the youths to take a useful
and active part in Government
when they reach voting age.
Recruitment Drive.
DR.. Schuck emphasized the
Scouts would take no part in tell
ing people how to vote.
Included in the three-year pro-
gram will be a Scout recruitment
drive and a national blood donor
campaign.
Five members Of Congress, who
were also members in 1916 when
the organization was granted O.
Federal charter, were honored at
the breakfast this morning. 4
They included Representatives
SABBATH, of Illinois; Doughton. Of
North Carolina; Vinson, of Geor-
gia; Crosser, of Ohio, and Speaker
Rayburn, of Texas, all Democrats.
Addressed by Youngdahl.
Last night District Court Luther
w. Youngdahl commended the
District Area Scouting leaders and
workers for their continued efforts
In behalf of Scouting.
He spoke at a dinner in the
National Press Club commemorate
ing the District celebration of the
And anniversary of the Boy
Scouts.
The dinner was attended by
several hundred persons and was
highlighted by the awarding of
Silver Beaver citations to eight
Scouters.
Judge Youngdahl termed the
work of scouting leaders and work.
ers as a commendable, non-en-
forceable obligation of citizenship.
Learn to Live.
eve have many men who teach
boys to fight wars, to kill and tol
learn to die: but you people are
helping to teach boys to learn to-
live" the jurist told the as
Semblage.
z Judge Youngdahl said that. if
"Adolph and Joe adolf Hitler and
Joseph Stalin) had been Boy
Scouts and learned to live in the
democratic way, the history of the
world might have been changed. "
A longtime Boy Scout who
achieved many high honors, the
jurist now has two sons who are
Eagle Scouts. Judge Youngdahl
holds the coveted Silver Antelope
Award from Region 10. He was
presented to the gathering by
Daniel w. Bell, president Of the
American Security & Trust Co.,
who was a recipient of one of the
Silver Beaver citations, given for
Outstanding and distinguished
service to boyhood." |
Others Receiving Award.
Others who were awarded the
Silver Beaver citations were Har-
old P. Ganss. attorney; 1t. Col.
John G. Roylance, USAF; Roy C.
Swab, accountant; Elmer R. Tyler,
social worker at Northeast Settle
ment House; Ryland M. Warren, a
chemistry teacher in the District
high schools; James o. Williams,
sr., recreation worker at Howard
Playground of the District Recre-
alton Department., and Harry B.
Wirin, an administrator in the
Agriculture Department here. Mr..
Warren could not attend because
of illness.
Presentation Of the awards was
by Richard E. Stands, chairman
of the Silver Beaver Committee.
Tableau Presented.
A tabieaux entitled Go For
ward ON Liberty's Team" which
has been widely shown to pub
licize the advantages of scouting,