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Show Congressman Murdock Urges Attendance of Scouts At Jamboree To the Boy Scouts of Beaver Co. As you know, the president of the United States has invited the Boy Scouts of America to hold the National Jamboree in Washington, Wash-ington, D. C, August 21 to 30. As your representative, I extend my greetings to you and- request that you make full use of my office during your celebration of the twenty-fifth anniversary of the great Boy Scout movement. If it is possible, I shall be here to welcome wel-come you to the capital and to do everything I can to make your visit a pleasant one. I sincerely hope that every boy who possibly can will take advantage advan-tage of this opportunity to visit Washington. Every American boy, 1 know, is interested in learning all about his government and the history of his country, and no city in America affords so many opportunities op-portunities in this respect as the nation's capital. Here you may see the capitol, where congress meets and passes the laws which govern our citizens; the white house, where the president lives and works; the supreme court building, where our highest court deterntirtes the constitutionality of our laws; the executive departments; depart-ments; the Washington monument; monu-ment; the Smithsonian institution, institu-tion, where you will find Lindy's plane, "The Spirit of St. Louis"; the library of congress with its four million bound volumes, where you can see the original Declaration Declara-tion of Independence; the Lincoln memorial which is recognized by everyone as one of the finest monuments on earth; and museums, muse-ums, art galleries, botannical gardens and zoological parks galore- Nearby is Annapolis, the site of the naval academy; Mount Vernon, the house of our beloved Washington; Arlington cemetery, where the unknown soldier is buried; and other American shrines too numerous to mention. I know that all of you who are able to attend the Jamboree will thoroughly enjoy every minute of your stay in Washington. If I weren't a Boy Scout I would (Continued on last page) Murdock Urges (Continued from first page) be mighty envious of you lucky boys, and I believe that as soon as I could I would make arrange-to arrange-to join my neighboring troop. I have watched the Boy Scout movement for many years, and I know that it is the kind of organization organi-zation which will bring out the best qualities in a boy and "help him become a good man and a fine citizen. And if I were a Scout, I would try my 'darndest' to attend the Jamboree. And remember, Scouts, those of you who do come, that my office is No. 249, House Office Of-fice building, and that my clerk and I will be mighty glad to help make your visit here the time of your young lives. Cordially, ABB MURDOCK I |