[Released February 6, 1955. Dated January 3, 1955]
To the Boy Scouts of America:
Boy Scout Week gives all of us an opportunity to honor the two million, seven hundred and sixty-five thousand boys and their nearly one million leaders who make up this great organization. Self-development and service to others, independence and good citizenship, a sense of brotherhood and responsiveness to spiritual values--these qualities which Scouting fosters mean much to America. To all Boy Scouts I extend congratulations on what they are achieving and on what they promise for our nation's future.
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER
Note: This message marked the opening of Boy Scout Week and commemorated the 45th anniversary of the organization. The President serves as Honorary President of the Boy Scouts of America.
Dwight D. Eisenhower, Message to the Boy Scouts of America. Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/233862