Show Hoover Cites Example of T Taft aft aftIn In Advocating Scout Principles WASHINGTON ASHI March 11 AD AP- AP William Howard Tafts Taft's solicitude for tor youth and children is Js seen en by President Hoover as 31 an Incentive to advance tho ho Do Boy Scout movement and other Instrumentalities working for fOt the tho betterment of tho bo boys s 's and girls Firis of the tho land On the eve evo of the tho funeral of Mr 11 Taft TaCt who was tho first t honorary president president-of of or tho time Boy Doy Scouts couls President President President dent Hoover last night departed from a n. prepared address before a banquet which signal signalized zed tho twentieth twentieth twentieth anniversary of the tho Scout movement to eulogize the late lale fOlmer former for for- mer umer president and chief justice We e meet this evening c Pl President Hoover said under a cloud of deep sadness Since many of oC you ou started your rOlli Journey to Washington the time I most t beloved of Americans has passed Into the limo great be beyond andin and andin in determining not to cancel this occasion your committee leas has acted In lit tho spirit of or William Howard Taft TaCt With a lifelong openhearted devotion to boys hoy the first honorary president of the Boy Scouts would had he he- heImon known Imon of oC It Insisted that tha your our work should so go o forward RECALLS SUPPORT This occasion commemorates th the twentieth anniversary of or tho the Boy Scouts and It is 18 In keeping with will tribute to his great spirit ho whose e ename name graced your our first anniversary sary sary Tho The bo boy bov with Hh his sister the president president president pres pres- ident said is time the most precious possession possession pos pos- session of the American home hom the th problem of our times and the hope hop of or the nation 1 Terming tho ho Bo Boy Scout movement one ono b by which parents in a a. period of complex civilization m might ht Ight solve the problem of or filling filling- the time leisure time of their sons Mr 11 Hoover urged that the bo boys boy's s leisure time should he bo given sl to directing his interests in- in to constructive jo joy In- In stead of or destructive glee Scout work the president said opened the portals of at adventure for forthe forthe forthe the boy bov taught him tho jo joys s 's of ot nature na na- nature na- na ture the tho value alue of ot discipline sportsmanshIp sportsmanship sportsmanship sports sports- manship and tho the democracy of oC play ADDS FOURTH R To the traditional three Rs R's of Am American schooldays reading rilIng and President President Hoover Hoo added a fourth This R n R Rhe he said gald is js for responsibility re responsibility re to the community If It we weare weare weare are not to have ha illiteracy in him government govern govern- ment The conviction that every person In iii tho the republic owes a a. service et to the rr republic the chief executive said ald that the thC republic rests rest solely upon tho willingness of everyone e born in it to bear his part of the duties and obligations o of citizenship hip is as Important important Im Jm- as u the ability to read and write write- That is the only patriotism m moC of oC peat peace peace T |