FDR: “These boys, so full of promise for the future, are a national asset…”

On the recordFebruary 7, 1939

These boys, so full of promise for the future, are a national asset and therefore should be regarded as a national trust.

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Democratic · New York

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Radio Address on the Twenty-ninth Anniversary of the Boy Scouts of America

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FDR: “These boys, so full of promise for the future, are a national asset and therefore should be regarded as a national…”