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Show States director of Civilian Defense, through the offices of the national council. According to Frederick P. Champ, president of the council, this all relates ' to cooperation with the Office of Civilian Defense and the Office of Production Management in a national campaign for the col- ; lection of used and discarded ai- j uminum in national defense pro-: duction. j "Scouts and Scouters of the ' Cache Valley Council, nearly 3000 ; strong, stand ready to cooperate fully with the state, county and I municipal governments in the! council area who are directly charged with the responsibility for : conducting this campaign, and we are advising these officials of our.: readiness to render this service and to fully organize our cooperation throughout the facilities of the council, including our committee on camping and civic activities, of I which E. Allen Bateman is chairman chair-man and Ernest Earl is vice-chair -: man in charge of civic activities, j We see in this program two great ; objectives: First, the collection of I aluminum, which is urgently need-j need-j ed as a part of our defense pro- gram; second, the bringing about of a consciousness on the part of our citizens that conservation of our resources must be practiced and that sacrifices must be made," states Mr .Champ. The following communication has been received by the national council coun-cil from United States director of Civilian defense La Guardia and transmitted to all local councils: "As on so many occasions in the past the United States Government Gov-ernment again calls upon the Boy Scouts of America in' an emergency. emer-gency. As you know so well from our conversations, at the request of the Office of Civilian Defense is undertaking the collection of scrap aluminum in a national , campaign. Naturally, we are count- j tag upon the cooperation of the Boy Scouts of America in this collection. "I am addressing you now with the specific request to announce through your splendid organiza-, organiza-, tion the purposes of the camDaign I and to give us the cooperation we j so confidently expect." ' According to Preston W. Pond, scout executive of the Cache Valley Val-ley Council, the national program calls for a house-to-house canvass can-vass and collection to take place on July 24 and 25, inclusive but j it is hoped that, in view of the Pioneer Day holiday in this region, re-gion, other dates may be arrang-j arrang-j ed. Further announcements will (be made by the responsible officials of-ficials respecting the details of this important project. 49-cent penalty is deducted from the loan rate under the new pro- Scouts To Aid In Cache Aluminum Drive, The Cache valley council of the Boy Scouts of America has received re-ceived the second call for scout service in national defense from Mayor F. H. LaGuardia, United |