10/25/1943
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"I hereby exempt the said John G. Crane from compulsory retirement for age for a period of one year ending February 29, 1940."
"A generation trained in the art of camping will receive experience which I believe will give them exceptional equipment with which to cope with some of the most vexatious problems of life in the years..."
"We rejoice that our organization has reached full maturity."
"These boys, so full of promise for the future, are a national asset and therefore should be regarded as a national trust."