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"The day will come agair* when. World Brotherhood is more than a memory and a dream. We should be prepared for it."
1 SCOUT TRAIL TO PEACE
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National Director, Division of Program
The Boy Scout Movement will probably not have a
seat officially at the table when the peace is being
made, though it may be there unofficially in the per-
son of Scout-trained statesmen, who one-day made
their Scout Promise "To help other people at all
times."
But, whatever goes on at the' peace conference, it
must be realized that peace, if it is to be abiding,
must be made by all men of good will throughout
the world.
And so on this Thirty-fifth Anniversary of the Boy
Scouts of America, we presume to speak on this para-
mount issue: A Scout Trail Toward Peace.
"Peace," said one eminent divine, "will always be
as plentiful as the human hearts in which it can
dwell."
There we have the clue to our opportunity. Ours is
the opportunity to prepare citizens of our world for
peace. For peace is not just the absence of war; it is
not just the order to "cease firing." Peace is a posi-
tive force that must find its way into human rela-
tions. For such a task our highest traditions chart
the way; our world organization provides the scaf-
fold; our ideals spur us on.
Peace must be worked for, peace must be earned,
peace must, as President Roosevelt has said, be
"waged." It must be waged not only by men at Wash-
ington or Geneva, but by every individual every-
where in the world, by individuals who refuse to be
anti-Semitic, anti-Negro, anti-Russian, anti-capitalist,
anti-labor or to set their faces and their prejudices
against any human creature, of any race, class, creed
or color, whom God has made. That is the meaning
of peace on earth, good will to men.
What can we actually do along the Scout trail to
peace? How can we "get down to cases" in terms of
our ideal of world brotherhood?
1. We must start brotherhood at home
We who are Cubmasters and Scoutmasters and
Senior Leaders must plan toward good will and un-
derstanding between boys of all races, all creeds, all
economic or social groups. A street car ad now cur-
rent in certain of our metropolitan cities gives this
message so vividly. It portrays a field of crosses and
Stars of David, and in the foreground the pierced
helmet of an American soldier. Among the stars and
crosses appear such names as Cohen, Kelly, Muller,
Santelli, Svorboda and Adams and underneath the
picture the phrase, "Jhey died together so that we
might live together."
So in Scouting, we must find ways of developing
good will between units of varying, creeds, varying
races, varying economic levels. We must substitute
"respect" for "tolerance." Exchange of visits between
Troops on opposite sides of the railroad track, be-
tween rural and urban units, between units of dif-
fering types in general will help. Coming to appre-
ciate the unique contribution of differing religious,
racial and social backgrounds will help. For instance,
in one of our eastern suburbs a youngster in a group
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