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Show Abe Murdoch I Writes to The Boy Scouts To The Boy Scouts of Sanpete County: Ac you know, the President of the - t; .1 qtats has iwvitel the Boy S o Sn rica to hold the Jri SSSal Jamboree in Wa hingtcn, S c August 21 to 30. As your S Smintatve. I extend my greet- S. to vcu and request that you ! full use of my office during ski t'c'lebration of the twenty-fifth a&i adversary of the gr:at Boy Scout Si f 1 movement. If it is possible, I shall w Then to welcome you to the Capi-! Capi-! tal and to do everything I can to e' ! mke vour visit a plea'ant one. l f sincerely hope that every boy te" i -ho possibly can will tate advantage ! of this opportunity to visit Washmg-i Washmg-i ten Every American boy, I know, e ' is interested in learning all about tap his government and the history of Mr, i his coimtrv, and no c'ty to America '&" affords so many opportur.it es in this. us resprct as th-nation)-capital. Here ar 5ou may see the Cap tol, where C.on-fl C.on-fl irrss meets and passes the laws which govern our citizens; the L'u White Hou e, where the president i es and works; the Supreme Court i Building, where our highest court determines the constitutionality of tn? our laws; the executive lepartments; " the Washington Monument; the s )Z Smithsonian Institution, where you (Jf: f 11 find Lindy's plane, "The Spirit !, of St Louis"; the Library of Con-a-, erf: s with its 4 million bound vol-e vol-e 2 ws, wh:re you can se the original Declaration of Indevendence; the 2't Lincoln Mmoiial which is rero,'-, rero,'-, nii'd by everycM as one cf the fin-est fin-est monuments ou earth: and mus-(;; mus-(;; cums, art galleries, botannical gar-dri gar-dri and zoological parks galore. 'm I Nearby is Annapol's, the -ite of the , ,' Naval Academy; Mount Vernon, the tut heme of our beloved Washington; Arlneton Cemetery, where the unknown un-known soldier is buried; and other ar American shrines too numerous to mention. I knew that all of you who HE? are able to attend the Jamboree will im thoroghly enjoy every minute of ! your stay in Wash'ngton. ' i If I weren't a Boy Scout I would Offlji be mighty enviouos cf you lucky boys I and I believe that as soon as I could 3yj; ; I would make arrangements to join t my neighborhood troop. I have ; wyihed the Boy Scout movement j for many years, and I know . nat it 2(jjf ; is tin kind of organisation which ' " will bring cut the best qualities in a hoy and help him become a good jjijj 1 man and a fine citizen. j, And if I were a scout, I would try my 'darndest' to attend the Jam-lillUi Jam-lillUi tore3, Allcl r;member, Scouts, those of you who do come, that my -m office is No. 249, Hou.ee Offlcel , wj j Building, and that my clerks and I will be mighty glal to help make jl your vist here the time of your J young lives. , Ccrdially, ABE MURDOCK. |