TRUMAN HARRY S Typed Letter Signed as President to President

Sale 2519 - Lot 120

Price Realized: $ 625

?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price

Estimate: $ 500 - $ 750

"THE WORLD NEEDS SELF-RELIANT YOUNG PEOPLE WHO HAVE A SINCERE REGARD FOR OTHERS" TRUMAN, HARRY S. Typed Letter Signed, as President, to President of the Boy Scouts of America Amory Houghton, sending greetings, and encouraging the cultivation of Scout values during the first postwar training conference of the BSA. 1 page, 4to, White House stationery; mounted to a larger board, marginal discoloration from prior matting, faint scattered foxing. Washington, 14 August 1947

Set Alert for Similar Items

Additional Details

"As Honorary President of the Boy Scouts of America it gives me pleasure to greet you . . . .
". . . With all the problems we face today . . . there is nothing more important than the proper education and guidance of young people from whom will come the leaders of tomorrow.
"We Americans have a tremendous responsibility. . . . [T]he major task which faces us is not economic: it is moral. The world needs self-reliant young people who have a sincere regard for others, irrespective of racial origin or religious belief. If we can impress upon our young principles of friendliness and mutual respect, we shall go a long way toward establishing a better understanding among the nations of the world. . . .
"What a greater nation this would be if the principles of scouting could be woven more closely into our daily lives. . . ."