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Show President Dwight D. Eisenhower Is j New Honorary President of Scouts Vhf;n hfi took the onth of office of-fice a.s Prr-aiflfnt of the United States fit noon Tuesil.-iy Dwiffht 1. KiHerihower al.so became Honorary Hon-orary I'rcsldcnt of the Hoy Scouts of America. In a letter to John M. Schiff of Oy.ster IJay, N.Y., President of the National Council, Hoy Scouts of America, General Kinenhower said: "Thank you for your gracious hitter inviting me to become Honorary Hon-orary President of the Hoy Scouts following my inauguration as President Pre-sident of the United States. "Having previously served on the Committee on International Relationships, the National Court of Honor, and the National Kxeeutive Hoard of Hoy Scouts of America, I accept in all humility humil-ity the honor which you proffer me, in full confidence that I can suport the aims and principles of the Hoy Scouts without reservation." reserva-tion." Like all his predecessors in the ' White House since 1910, President. Presi-dent. Ki.'ienhower will serve as Honorary President of the Boy Scouts of America during his term of office. He is the second president to have had an active relationship with the organization before entering the White House. President Franklin I). Roosevelt was I 'resident and one of the organizers or-ganizers of the Greater New York Councils of the Hoy Scouts of A-merica A-merica before his election in 1932. |