New President

When Mortimer Loeb Schiff was 13 years old he went fishing in the Adirondacks, caught a 23-lb. salmon trout. His father, rich Jacob Henry Schiff of Kuhn, Loeb & Co., joyfully cabled the news to friends abroad. Young Mr. Schiff's salmon trout did not help him win a Boy Scout merit badge, for the scouting movement did not reach the U. S. until 20 years later. But in 1910, when Mr. Schiff was 33 years old and an able financier (Kuhn, Loeb & Co.), he helped found scouting in the U. S., became a member of the Boy Scout National Executive Board. Since that time his benefactions and active interest in the organization have made him an outstanding U. S. Scout. In Memphis, Tenn. last week, at the annual Scout convention, he was unanimously elected president of the National Council.

As head of the B. S. A., Scout Schiff will find neither novelty nor difficulty in doing his good turn daily. Among his numerous gifts to scouting was $50,000 which he gave Lt. General Sir Robert Baden-Powell at the World Jamboree in England two years ago for the extension of the organization's international work. Outside of Scoutdom, Scout Schiff's good turns have been numerous. He is President of the Jewish Board of Guardians, honorary vice president of the Jewish Social Service Association, second largest subscriber to the Federation for the Support of Jewish Philanthropic Societies. In 1923 he gave $50,000 to help purchase the famed Adler library for the Jewish Theological Seminary of America.

As every Scout must be prepared to do, Scout Schiff has served his country, was one of the Committee of Eleven to co-ordinate Army Service Agencies during the War. He worked with the Y. M. C. A. in France. He is an officer in the intelligence division of the Army Reserve Corps.

Long vice president of the National Council and International Scout Commissioner, in 1926 Scout Schiff was among the first to receive the Scouts' highest awards, the Silver Buffalo which he wears around his neck when arrayed in khaki Scout tunic and shorts.

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