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Show President Gives Christmas Message to Boy Scouts In his annual Christmas message mes-sage to the Boy Scouts of America Amer-ica of which "he is Honorary Presient, and in which he himself him-self was active for more than seventeen years, President Roosevelt Roose-velt paid high tribute to the Boy Scouts, expressing "the appreciation ap-preciation of the Nation dor the contribution which Scouts and 1 Scouting make to our national strength and morale 'by helping to keep alive the manly virtues j of truthfulness, loyalty, courage a:.d helpfulness." The President's greetings to , the nation's 1,470,316 Scouts, Cubs and their leaders follows: The White House Washington, D. C. To the Boy Scouts of America; ' Once again. I send sincerest I Christmas greetings to the Boy Scouts of America; bespeaking also the appreciation of the Nation.' Na-tion.' ,:0r the contribution which Scouts and Scouting make to our national strength and morale by helping to keep alive the manly virtues of truthfulness, i loyalty, courage and helpfulness. I Now, as always, the Nation needs citizens who are pledged to 'keep themselves physically fit, men-1 men-1 tally alert and morally straight. ' FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT. (signed) |