Show Scouts P an a City it y Good Turn Nineteen dirty vacant lots in Salt Lake City are due for a thorough cleanup job during annual Cleanup week in the city it was revealed the other day by William Villiam Mackenzie chairman of the Salt Lake junior chamber of commerce cleanup drive Boy Scout troops of the city have agreed to do that as their Cleanup week good turn to Salt Lake citizens Each of the 19 scout districts in the city will select the dirtiest vacant lot in its district and take on the job of cleaning it up Pictures of each selected lot will be taken before the cleanup work begins and then again after it is completed On the basis of the pictures judges will determine which district did the best job and the troops in the winning district will each receive a certificate of achievement This is an excellent Boy Scout public service project It is in full accord with the objective of this organization to preach and practice good goad citizenship cleanliness and doing a good turn The scouts' scouts example is one that can well be followed by older citizens of the community Neighbors ought not let the scouts get ahead of them in community cleanliness They might plan a little vacant lot cleaning on their own in the interests of a cleaner city Certainly all of us should see to it that our own property is cleaned up in such a manner that it will not compare unfavorably with the vacant lots cleaned up by the scouts If some people must suffer I am bound to say that our allies like the Indian people who have fought by our side have higher claims than the Germans Germans for for that people is responsible for the unhappy state of the world British British Prime Minister Clement Attlee i No matter what plausible arguments are advanced fundamental fundamental funda fund a- a mental science cannot flourish in peacetime under the regimentation regimentation regimentation regimen regimen- tation of a wartime setup Dr Frank B. B Jewett president National National National Na Na- Academy of Sciences I 1 am not what call you an extreme internationalist or an extreme isolationist Rep B. B Carroll Reece of Tennessee Re- Re National Chairman |