Scouting, Volume 30, Number 1, January 1942 Page: 2
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Memorandum of Agreement Between
Boy Scouts of America and Office of Civilian Defense
January 3, 1942
The Director of the Office of Civilian Defense and the
Chief Scout Executive, Boy Scouts of America, today
issued the following joint statement to clarify the respon-
sibilities of the two agencies in the Civilian Defense
Activities:
1. The Office of Civilian Defense is the official gov-
ernment agency "to assure effective coordination of
federal relations with state and local governments en-
gaged in defense activities, to provide for necessary
cooperation with State and local government in respect
to measures for adequate protection of the civilian
population in emergency periods, to facilitate construc-
tive civilian participation in the defense program, and
to sustain national morale."
2. The Boy Scouts of America, Inc., as a National
organization operating under Federal charter, has the
responsibility of maintaining an educational program of
training boys in Scoutcraft and outdoor skills and citi-
zenship responsibilities, and in developing and moulding
character. It has developed and inaugurated a special
program of emergency service training. Its regular train-
ing, also, includes first aid, firemanship, signaling, map-
ping, life saving, pathfinding, and cooperation with
others.
3. Since the Boy Scouts of America have one and one-
half million boys and men trained and organized into
49,000 units in practically every community in the
United States and territories, it is desirable in the inter-
ests of National Defense that their activities and ability
to serve be coordinated as closely as possible with the
Civilian Protection program of the Office of Civilian
Defense.
4. It is mutually agreed that the services of members
of the Boy Scouts of America can immediately be
utilized in the following enrolled volunteer groups of
Civilian Defense protection:
(A) Assisting Emergency Medical Units.
(B) Fire Watchers.
(C) Leadership in the development of adequate locally
trained messenger service in which members of
the Boy Scouts of America will have special desig-
nation, supplementing their uniform, indicative of
their special training.
5. When a particular mission is assigned to the Boy
Scouts of America, they will become a part of the
Civilian Defense organization during the performance
of this mission and work under the general supervision
and direction of the Defense Council.
6. Councils of Defense and local Boy Scout Councils
will develop local plans of cooperation in accord with
this joint statement and the fixed and stated policies of
the Office of Civilian Defense and the Boy Scouts of
America.
U. S. Director
of Civilian Defense
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Chief Scout Executive
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