https://www.kiakimamuseum.org/files/original/ae751247f8c145516ba250be448678af.pdf 3fbf020243c71bb1fd00076c753bf9f4 PDF Text Text ORIGINALLY INCORPORAT ED FEBRUARY 8, 1910 NATIONAL OFFICERS HERBERT HOOVER, HONORARY GRANTED FEDERAL CHARTER BY CONGRESS,.J UNE 15,1916 CYRUS ADLER PRESIDE.Nl'. CALVIN COOLIDGE, HONORARY VICE PRESIDENT COLIN H. ·LIVINGSTONE , HONORARY VICE PRESIDENT DANIEL CARTER ·aEARO, HONOR.ARY VICE PRESIDENT WILLIAM· G. McAOOO, HONORARY VICE PRESIDENT WALTER W. HE~D. PRESIDENT, NEW YORK CHARLES c. MoqRE, v1c:E PRES!D.ENT•. SAN FRANc1sco, CAL. BOLTON SMITH, VICE PRESIDENT, MEMPHIS, TENN. L. W. BALDWIN NATIONA L COUNCI L OFFICE 2 PARK AVENU E tl1J!l'YJYRJJ§t9jlj~ TELEPHONE LEXINGTON 2-3200 JOHN SHERMAN .HOYT, VICE PRESIDENT, NEW YORK FRANK PRESBR~Y, VICE PRESIDENT, GREE~WICH, CONN. DANIEL CARTER BEARD, ·NATIONAL Scour COMMISSIONER CABLE ADDRESS "'BOYSCAMER,HE.W YORK" GEORGE D. PRATT, TREASURER JAM ES E; WEST, CHl.EF SCOUT EX~CUTIVE GEORGE J. FISHER, DEPUTY CHIEF SCOUT. EXECUTIVE ~ BRUCE BARTON CHARLES C. MOOltE DANIEL CARTER BEARD WILLIAM O. MUURAY HENRY BRUERE KENNETH O'BRIEN BARRON COLLIER JOHN M. PHILLIPS CHARLES E. COTTING GEORGE O. PRATT W. H. COWLES FRANK PRESBREY ALFRED W. DATER PHILIP L. REED MARSHALL FIELD G. BARRETT RICH JOH~H. FINLEY RE J, FISHER ~UA T W. FRENCH WIS GAWTRY HOWARD F. GILLETTE April 9, 1932 FHEDf.RIC KEllNOCttAN COLIN H, LIVINGSTONE WALTER W. HEAD VICTOR f, RIDDER THEODORE ROOSEVELT BOLTON SMITH ROBERT P. SNIFFEN CHARLES L. SOMMERS DANIEL A. ro81N JOHN P. WALLACE PARMELY HERRICK MELL R, WILKINSON FRANK G. HOOVER JOHN SHERMAN HOYT FRANK W. WOZENCRAFT Mr. Bolto~ Smith, Room 405, 69 Madiso n Ave., Memphis) Tenn. -.'. Dear Mr. S,mi th: ,~x·. · The l~oy Scout Founda tion of Greate r New York, which is the overhea d .. orga.n.iz.ation for the .five Borough Counci ls, had their Tenth Annual Meeting \) ye,sterd ay at the City Club, with Governor Roosev elt as the princip al .· , speake r •... ·;;.~ We are deligh ted with the strong stateme nt he made as to the values of social and charac ter buildin g agenci es in meeting the problems of America today, anq<'we are hopefu l that his earnes t plea that this great service to America be .protec ted from interru ption, and especi ally from curtail ment, will be of serVice to social agencie s genera lly, and particu larly to our Local Counci ls iX1 mainta ining their work. While;, genera lly speakin g, our Local Counci ls are doing fairly well, in a ntimb~;t' of instanc es they are experie ncing trouble because of' the dispositio n 9n the part of Community Chests and others to stress the need of relief work at the expense of the social and charac ter buildin g agenci es • .As Governor Roosev elt said, never perhap s in our history "was the social service agency so urgentl y.need ed as now 11 • I though t you and other members of our Board might be interes ted and for your conven ience I am enclosi ng a ~lipping from the TIMES of this talk. Possib ly you may know of some way to use it to advanta ge. Sincere .ly and cordia lly yours, . BOY SCOUTS OF ;r~ JEW:BRL ~ut Executive Eno. 11 8E: PREPARED' ' ALL COMMUNIC ATIONS SHOULD BE ADDRESSED TO THE BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA. 2 PARK AVENUE, NEW YORK CITY. "DO A GOOD TURN DAI LY'" �April 11,, 1932'• I thank you fo1" ~roJ. r letter of the 9th and for th('! enclosu:f'e, wr1ch I will call to the attention of '! ~e "i.'r:tJ.. 1 11rob~1bly get by until Dece1nber 'vi th what the Chest has been &1Jle to give us. in store f'or us. I don't kdow·. a heln to ·'- follow. 'No one hns O'lt:r 'IJ'lhc<"J.t the future has Go'Hn.. nor Hoosevelt•o splendid �IDIJe Nem lnrk IDnnes Jhs. u. 1. Pat. Otflot. " All th• Nft'I T•11'1 Ftt .. l"'tll4. '' ubliahed E\•ery Day Id the Yu.r by Tiu; Naw YORIC Tn.rc.s CoMPANt. J\DOl..f'H S. Ocus ~t;idf!ntand Publisher. SATt."RDA7, APRIL 9. 1932. ~ ROOSEVELT ASSERTS 11 P, SCOUTS CURB CRIME wit H f ":.$ ) ppeals on Radio as Head of I Foundation Here for More I Rural Camps for Boys. (jl. '"While my primary concern at the moment la that ot the Boy Scour.a, and ~I volunteers aervlnl' It, I want to project a pie& In behalf of all character bulldlnl' and social service agenclea during thla difficult period. These agenclu reflect an lmporte.nt JlhHe ot our recent progreas; they are an Integral part In the life of the boy; they expreH tho hope of the future. .. Never perhaps In our hl•tory was the 1oclal 1ervlce agency eo urgently 11teded u now. And my pl .... Is that thla l'reat service lo America be protected from Interruption and ••Pe• ctally from curtailment. Thi• I• " Jllllttkular period which we hope will not last mu<'h long•r, and we owe It to the bO)' of today and the boy of tnmorrow to """ that the work of thiJl foundation I• not rut do•rn." Gnvfrnor RoosPvelt 'OFFERS TO HEAD FUND DRIVE Says Racketeer and Gangster Co Out of the Window as ' Scouting Comes in the Door. ! I-I E SEES A DEBT TO YOUTH rcanfera Silver Beavu Awards on c. R. Place and F. M. Warburg for T heir Work for Youth. (",-n.vf'r-nnr RM!tl"Vf'lt, ·~ rrt>~lrlf'nl of fhf! Boy Scout 'Foundallon of Grealf"r :New York. appealed ~·eaterday. In 8 l'lldlo •ddrl"A~ ftt tht.: tenth ti.nnua 1 OTlt>eUnJ!' or the foundation in th<t City Club, tor itupport (>f thf' Scout l'l'IOVf'mrnt •~ a. <'On~tructlve mMn-" 4')f combatting crime. and added a J>lt"a in hebe.It ot "All ch•r•<'ttr build:tn~ '8.nd social sen·lee agenclu dur.. ing this difficult perl<>d." Barron Colllt-r. acting head of the :roundation. who presided at the luncheon. paid a tribute to the Gcwf!tnor for hi'I devotion lo the move- t'ntnt. "The Boy Scout Foundation came lnto Miinr: tf'n year• •go," the Gov('rnor HJd, ''becauee it was felt tha..t thi"re wa~ • blgJ:f'r opportunity In Greater New York for Ht\'lee to bo;va. which it was our reaponaibllily t<i till. There were then 16,000 ScootA. "today there are in excess of 32.000. But we recognize that thne ils ~reater opportunity ahead. For In '.New York City 60,000 Scout.a would :not b" contldered adequ-.tf'. S~WA \'aloe nf Seouttnr. "Th ii. is what .11couling achie\'f!'I: "It inculcattt In the boy a. detinit.e Jlf'OStf' <it f"l\'IC Tf'itpanalbility. ''It dtweloJHS rupect tor the rl11tbl-' of othere. ··rt placeR the empha.els on honC)r •nd decency. "II ia constructh•e prevention of <'time. "Rut 11' not prtvenUon rather than <'tirreetlon the solution of the crime problem! Give the boy acoutlng. Mak4't him r•sourceluJ a.nd tr11111t. worthy and he will not seek a gun 11.t the point ot which to make his Hvelihood. The racketeer and the gan•ster 10 out the window v.·he-n ecoutlng comes In the door. !tilrf"~llfl'd t hf!' Im· J>orhrnr• of outdoor leatur•• of I he .Bov &-out mo\"<'ment. H~ polntP<i o the d~velopment of the 10,600.acro r"mp Of the foundation In Sullivan t~ounty. wher., 3,!!00 boys can be ac'C"ommodated at' on" ttme, but saw a need tor additional camping fa<:lll· 11.... "The outdoors Is of special algnifi· r.an~e to the city bov lh·ing under crowded condition•." he Hid. "Life In the large city has lost its out-of· 'door opportunltlea. Artificial Inter· eata have been aubstituted, Normal, 'natural growth la threatened. Thus. the oritanlnd camp haa & aptclal mtuion." The Governor recalled his boyhood days when one could find open coun· trv at 125th Street. Hls , tather, he added. used to go skating on a pond In the vicinity of :Madl..on So.uare at Twenty-third Street. The G'overnor noted that several friends ot the Boy Scout movem.,nt had erecttd memGriala at the ~llivan County camp, ·one lo Mortimer L. Schiff, late national prt1ldent of the or1anlz&tlon. 'P'aYol"IJ "Outdoor Unlver11lti""1." "I know of no more fitting tribute than to mak" It po""lble for aome .boy. or boy1 In generation• to come, '" have the benefit of this great outdnor university Of <'hara~ter. That b one direction In which we mu•t provide for the permanency oC the l'lny Scout movement . "Thouaands and tho11aands of 1ork City boys an eager 10 become ~cout•. The outatandlnit opportunity offered to us I• JO~ u.i. _...... ~vallabl" 10 them. Apfeallng tor support of the Boy Scou movement, the Governor quoted what he 1atd was •· .. n old axiom of "J:. R.'1." The late President Roose~·elt, the Governor A&ld, while making an appeal to the countrv, remarkl!d: ··1 kno'N I won•t iret lt, but J will get what l think we really need." Governnr Roosevelt volunteered to lead ~er.50nally a drive tblt :Fall in the interest of the Boy Scout•. Reviewing the acllvltl•~ of the foundation during the past ten yPars. .M.r. Collier said that about 10.000 volunteer workers had made Scout1nl' available to about !IM,000 boya. end as many u M.000 boya In the irity have partlcipat•d during a sln,,18 year In acllvltiee under the di· rtctlon oC the foundation. Governor Roosevelt prutnled the f\llver Beaver awards of the BO)' S"rout organl:z.ation to Clyde R. Pl~ce . .-nglne,.r. and to Frederick M. V'ia1~ burg, banker. the latter R emblem being recelnct for Mr. Warburg by Charle• E. Amea. Tha certiflcatta .,nd medal~ wl're 11warded In re~og­ Jlition of "m,.ritorlous work In behalf (>f vouth." Committee report• ......... by $uDrem• Court Justice 1-•ad JamH C. Ciopsev. Fred•rlc Ktr· JlOChan, Chl•f Juatlc• of the Court ot f'pectal i:\•ssloni, an\! hy others. Amonir nthera at the mePtlng we1·• ·waiter "'· H:e•d, president. of the National Council of the Roy !!rout•. f'nd J11me~ E. \\"••', chl•f ~cout ex~:utlve ot the United Statu. :N•..- � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Chickasaw Council Publications and Papers Description An account of the resource Contains miscellaneous publications and papers by and about the Chickasaw Council. Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document NATIONAL OFFICERS ORIGINALLY INCORPORATED FEBRUARY 8, 1910 GRANTED FEDERAL CHARTER BY CONGRESS,.JUNE 15,1916 CYRUS ADLER FHEDf.RIC KEllNOCttAN HERBERT HOOVER, HONORARY PRESIDE.Nl'. L. W. BALDWIN COLIN H, LIVINGSTONE CALVIN COOLIDGE, HONORARY VICE PRESIDENT COLIN H. ·LIVINGSTONE, HONORARY VICE PRESIDENT DANIEL CARTER ·aEARO, HONOR.ARY VICE PRESIDENT WILLIAM· G. McAOOO, HONORARY VICE PRESIDENT WALTER W. HE~D. PRESIDENT, NEW YORK CHARLES c. MoqRE, v1c:E PRES!D.ENT •. SAN FRANc1sco, CAL. BOLTON SMITH, VICE PRESIDENT, MEMPHIS, TENN. NATIONAL COUNCIL OFFICE 2 PARK AVENUE tl1J!l'YJYRJJ§t9jlj~ BRUCE BARTON DANIEL CARTER BEARD HENRY BRUERE BARRON COLLIER CHARLES E. COTTING W. H. COWLES CHARLES C. MOOltE WILLIAM O. MUURAY KENNETH O'BRIEN JOHN M. PHILLIPS GEORGE O. PRATT FRANK PRESBREY ALFRED W. DATER PHILIP L. REED G. BARRETT RICH TELEPHONE LEXINGTON 2-3200 MARSHALL FIELD ~ VICTOR f, RIDDER JOH~H. FINLEY JOHN SHERMAN .HOYT, VICE PRESIDENT, NEW YORK CABLE ADDRESS "'BOYSCAMER,HE.W YORK" FRANK PRESBR~Y, VICE PRESIDENT, GREE~WICH, CONN. DANIEL CARTER BEARD, ·NATIONAL Scour COMMISSIONER GEORGE D. PRATT, TREASURER RE J, FISHER ~UA T W. FRENCH WIS GAWTRY THEODORE ROOSEVELT BOLTON SMITH ROBERT P. SNIFFEN CHARLES L. SOMMERS HOWARD F. GILLETTE DANIEL A. ro81N JAM ES E; WEST, CHl.EF SCOUT EX~CUTIVE April 9, 1932 WALTER W. HEAD JOHN P. WALLACE GEORGE J. FISHER, DEPUTY CHIEF SCOUT. EXECUTIVE Mr. Bolto~ Smith, Room 405, 69 Madison Ave., Memphis) Tenn. -.'. Dear Mr. S,mi th: PARMELY HERRICK MELL R, WILKINSON FRANK G. HOOVER FRANK W. WOZENCRAFT JOHN SHERMAN HOYT ,~x·. · The l~oy Scout Foundation of Greater New York, which is the overhead ·;;.~ .. orga. n.iz.ation for the .five Borough Councils, had their Tenth Annual Meeting \) ye,sterday at the City Club, with Governor Roosevelt as the principal .· , speaker •... 11 8E: PREPARED'' We are delighted with the strong statement he made as to the values of social and character building agencies in meeting the problems of America today, anq<'we are hopeful that his earnest plea that this great service to America be .protected from interruption, and especially from curtailment, will be of serVice to social agencies generally, and particularly to our Local Councils iX1 maintaining their work. While;, generally speaking, our Local Councils are doing fairly well, in a ntimb~;t' of instances they are experiencing trouble because of' the disposition 9n the part of Community Chests and others to stress the need of relief work at the expense of the social and character building agencies • . As Governor Roosevelt said, never perhaps in our history "was the social service agency so urgently.needed as now 11 • I thought you and other members of our Board might be interested and for your convenience I am enclosing a ~lipping from the TIMES of this talk. Possibly you may know of some way to use it to advantage. JEW:BRL Eno. Sincere.ly and cordially yours, . BOY SCOUTS OF ;r~ ~ut Executive ALL COMMUNICATIONS SHOULD BE ADDRESSED TO THE BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA. 2 PARK AVENUE, NEW YORK CITY. "DO A GOOD TURN DAI LY'" April 11,, 1932'• I thank you fo1" ~roJ .. r letter of the 9th and for th('! enclosu:f'e, wr1ch I will call to the attention of O'lt:r '! ~e "i.'r:tJ .. 1 11rob~1bly get by until Dece1nber 'vi th what the Chest has been &1Jle to give us. 'IJ'lhc<"J.t the future has in store f'or us. I don't kdow·. Go'Hn .. nor Hoosevelt•o splendid a heln to ·'- follow. 'No one hns IDIJe N em lnrk IDnnes Jhs. u. 1. Pat. Otflot. " All th• Nft'I T•11'1 Ftt .. l"'tll4. '' ubliahed E\•ery Day Id the Yu.r by Tiu; Naw YORIC Tn.rc.s CoMPANt. J\DOl..f'H S. Ocus ~t;idf!ntand Publisher. SATt."RDA7, APRIL 9. 1932. ~ ROOSEVELT ASSERTS 11 SCOUTS CURB CRIME P , (jl. wit H f ":.$ ) ppeals on Radio as Head of I Foundation Here for More I Rural Camps for Boys. 'OFFERS TO HEAD FUND DRIVE Says Racketeer and Gangster ! Co Out of the Window as ' Scouting Comes in the Door. I-IE SEES A DEBT TO YOUTH rcanfera Silver Beavu Awards on c. R. Place and F. M. Warburg for T heir Work for Youth. (",-n.vf'r-nnr RM!tl"Vf'lt, ·~ rrt>~lrlf'nl of fhf! Boy Scout 'Foundallon of Grealf"r :New York. appealed ~·eaterday. In 8 l'lldlo •ddrl"A~ ftt tht.: tenth ti.nnua 1 OTlt>eUnJ!' or the foundation in th<t City Club, tor itupport (>f thf' Scout l'l'IOVf'mrnt •~ a. <'On~tructlve mMn-" 4')f combatting crime. and added a J>lt"a in hebe.It ot "All ch•r•<'ttr build: tn~ '8.nd social sen·lee agenclu dur .. ing this difficult perl<>d." Barron Colllt-r. acting head of the :roundation. who presided at the luncheon. paid a tribute to the Gcwf! tnor for hi'I devotion lo the movet'ntnt. "The Boy Scout Foundation came lnto Miinr: tf'n year• •go," the Gov(' rnor HJd, ''becauee it was felt tha..t thi"re wa~ • blgJ:f'r opportunity In Greater New York for Ht\'lee to bo;va. which it was our reaponaibllily t<i till. There were then 16,000 ScootA. "today there are in excess of 32.000. But we recognize that thne ils ~reater opportunity ahead. For In '.New York City 60,000 Scout.a would :not b" contldered adequ-.tf'. S~WA \'aloe nf Seouttnr. "Th ii. is what .11couling achie\'f!'I: "It inculcattt In the boy a. detinit.e Jlf'OStf' <it f"l\'IC Tf'itpanalbility. ''It dtweloJHS rupect tor the rl11tbl-' of othere. ··rt placeR the empha.els on honC)r •nd decency. "II ia constructh•e prevention of <'time. "Rut 11' not prtvenUon rather than <'tirreetlon the solution of the crime problem! Give the boy acoutlng. Mak4't him r•sourceluJ a.nd tr11111t. worthy and he will not seek a gun 11.t the point ot which to make his Hvelihood. The racketeer and the gan•ster 10 out the window v.·he-n ecoutlng comes In the door. '"While my primary concern at the moment la that ot the Boy Scour.a, and ~I volunteers aervlnl' It, I want to project a pie& In behalf of all character bulldlnl' and social service agenclea during thla difficult period. These agenclu reflect an lmporte.nt JlhHe ot our recent progreas; they are an Integral part In the life of the boy; they expreH tho hope of the future. .. Never perhaps In our hl•tory was the 1oclal 1ervlce agency eo urgently 11teded u now. And my pl .... Is that thla l'reat service lo America be protected from Interruption and ••Pe• ctally from curtailment. Thi• I• " Jllllttkular period which we hope will not last mu<'h long•r, and we owe It to the bO)' of today and the boy of tnmorrow to """ that the work of thiJl foundation I• not rut do•rn." Gnvfrnor RoosPvelt !tilrf"~llfl'd t hf!' Im· J>orhrnr• of outdoor leatur•• of I he .Bov &-out mo\"<'ment. H~ polntP<i o the d~velopment of the 10,600.acro r"mp Of the foundation In Sullivan t~ounty. wher., 3,!!00 boys can be ac' C"ommodated at' on" ttme, but saw a need tor additional camping fa<:lll· 11 .... "The outdoors Is of special algnifi· r.an~e to the city bov lh·ing under crowded condition•." he Hid. "Life In the large city has lost its out-of· 'door opportunltlea. Artificial Inter· eata have been aubstituted, Normal, 'natural growth la threatened. Thus. the oritanlnd camp haa & aptclal mtuion." The Governor recalled his boyhood days when one could find open coun· trv at 125th Street. Hls ,tather, he added. used to go skating on a pond In the vicinity of :Madl .. on So.uare at Twenty-third Street. The G'overnor noted that several friends ot the Boy Scout movem.,nt had erecttd memGriala at the ~llivan County camp, ·one lo Mortimer L. Schiff, late national prt1ldent of the or1anlz&tlon. 'P'aYol"IJ "Outdoor Unlver11lti""1." "I know of no more fitting tribute than to mak" It po""lble for aome .boy. or boy1 In generation• to come, '" have the benefit of this great outdnor university Of <'hara~ter. That b one direction In which we mu•t provide for the permanency oC the l'lny Scout movement. "Thouaands and tho11aands of :N•..- 1ork City boys an eager 10 become ~cout•. The outatandlnit opportunity offered to us I• JO~ u.i. _...... ~vallabl" 10 them. Apfeallng tor support of the Boy Scou movement, the Governor quoted what he 1atd was •· .. n old axiom of "J:. R.'1." The late President Roose~ ·elt, the Governor A&ld, while making an appeal to the countrv, remarkl! d: ··1 kno'N I won•t iret lt, but J will get what l think we really need." Governnr Roosevelt volunteered to lead ~er.50nally a drive tblt :Fall in the interest of the Boy Scout•. Reviewing the acllvltl•~ of the foundation during the past ten yPars. .M.r. Collier said that about 10.000 volunteer workers had made Scout- 1nl' available to about !IM,000 boya. end as many u M.000 boya In the irity have partlcipat•d during a sln,, 18 year In acllvltiee under the di· rtctlon oC the foundation. Governor Roosevelt prutnled the f\llver Beaver awards of the BO)' S"rout organl:z.ation to Clyde R. Pl~ce . .-nglne,.r. and to Frederick M. V'ia1~ burg, banker. the latter R emblem being recelnct for Mr. Warburg by Charle• E. Amea. Tha certiflcatta .,nd medal~ wl're 11warded In re~ogJlition of "m,.ritorlous work In behalf (>f vouth." Committee report• ......... 1-•ad by $uDrem• Court Justice JamH C. Ciopsev. Fred•rlc Ktr· JlOChan, Chl•f Juatlc• of the Court ot f'pectal i:\•ssloni, an\! hy others. Amonir nthera at the mePtlng we1·• ·waiter "'· H:e•d, president. of the National Council of the Roy !!rout•. f'nd J11me~ E. \\"••', chl•f ~cout ex~: utlve ot the United Statu. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 1932 Letters between James E West and Bolton Smith Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Chickasaw Council, BSA Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Duane Klink & Chuck Schadrack Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1932 Bolton Smith Letters