Show President Calls Scouts I Of Country to Mobilize I V For National Good Turn Chief Executive Asks Boys to Spend Rest of Month Gathering Bedding Bedding- Clo Clothing Clothing Cloth Cloth- b. b ing for Needy WASHINGTON Feb eb 10 AP AP President Roosevelt sounded a mobilization mob mob- call caIl to the Boy Scouts of the nation in a talk today The president asked ked the scouts to perform a Do national good turn by collecting household furnishings bedding and clothes for the needy I 1 am confident that the American people will generously cooperate am and respond he said Indeed I 1 am hoping loping that In many cases they will wil telephone or send letters letter to the local scout cout offices to offer their help to carry through this national good turn Already I have received offers of Co operation cooperation from governors of states from rom ma mayors ors and other comm community n ty leaders May My you carry out this new servIce and rededicate yourselves to he scout oath Repeats Scout Oath Surrounded by eagle scouts of this city jn inthe the cabinet room at the White WhiteHouse louse House Mr Roosevelt concluded his brief rief talk to the boys of ot the nation by repeating and asking the boys to repeat with him the Boy Scout oath The occasion was WB the twenty fourth anniversary celebration of the Boy Scouts The text of the presidents president's address follows Fellow Scouts I III am happy to participate in the fourth twenty anniversary celebration tion ion of ot our organization the Boy Scouts couts of America Nearly a 3 million ot of f us ar are mobilized d at this time in all parts arts of ot the country as a part of the program for tor this week of ot celebration Home lome and farm patrols and troops of farm arm boys are arc joining with their brother rother scouts in the big cities In front of ot the city hall ball in San Francisco Francisco and it is 9 o'clock in the morning there thousands of scouts couts join oln with other thousands in the HIppodrome Hippodrome Hip- Hip in New York in carrying on the he cause of ot worldwide brotherhood in n scouting Active Interest dI As most of you know scouting has bas been een one of ray my active interests of ot many years I have Visited hundreds of f troops in their home towns and andin andin in n their camps I 1 know therefore from rom personal experience the things we do and md stand for as scouts scout We have lave ideals We Wc arc are a growing organ organ- ration We believe that we are accomplishing ac ac- tIne line American results not ot only for our own membership but also for tor our families our communities and our nation Summed up in one sentence the aim of ot scouting is to build up better citizenship I believe belleve that we arc contributing greatly to that objective I am happy today to extend ex ex ex- tend end personal greetings and congratulations lations t e scouts and leaders who have earn earned d the presidents president's award for pr progress gress in the year 1933 a. a as a 8 part of f the year ten r program It It is ap ap- that we are planning for tor forthe the th 16 celebration of o our r silver jubilee the ic twenty fifth anniversary of ot the Boy Scouts of America which will culminate in a a. a gr great at national jamboree jambo ree here in the nations nation's capital in th the summer of 1935 Of course it would bc be physically impossible for us to lo have the whole membership of the Boy Scouts of or Americana America a million strong come to Washington at one onetime onetime time but I much hope that it will be possible to have every nook ook and cranny cranny cran cran- ny of our nation represented Timo for Action As a preliminary to our silver Jubilee jubilee Ju ju- ju- ju bilee and in line with the emphasis of service for others which we have I sugg suggest st to you that It is time once more for us to do a national good tu turn n. n As AI many of you knoW ve are doIng doing doing do do- ing everything po possible in this emergency emergency emer emer- gency to help suffering humanity I called upon the federal emergency relief administrator Mr Harry L L. Hopkins Hopkin to tell me what kind of ot a national good turn would be of the greatest service He has recommend recommendS recommended ed that during the balance of oC the month of February ev every y troop and every scout do everything possible in their separate localities to collect such household furnishings bedding and clothes as people may be able to share as gifts to those who greatly need them Therefore I ask you under the direction of your own local officers and in conference with the representatives representatives of the federal relief administration administration adminis adminis- and other local social agencies to gather up such of this material as may be available for lor distribution Expects Response I 1 am confident that the American people will generously cooperate and respond Indeed I 1 am hoping that In h man many cases they will telephone or send letters to the local scout offices to o offer their help to carry through this national good turn Already I have received offers of ot cooperation from governors of states from rom mayors and other community leaders May you carry out this new service and rededicate yourselves to the he scout oath I ask you OU t to Join with me rae and the eagle scouts and our gur president and md chief scout executive who are here with me in the White House in giving again the scout oath All stand Give the scout sign Repeat with me rae the scout oath 4 On my honor I 1 will vim do my ray best To do my ray duty to lo God and my ray country country coun coun- try and to obey the scout law to help other people at all times to keep myself my self elf physically strong mentally awake and morally straight It I |