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SEPTEMBER. 



' IS It ajiy wonder that we love 

 you and desire to cLeei- you? In 

 our comfortable homes, we thUik el 

 you as our representative, carp.nig 

 our flag, realizing our hope-, jur-ti- 

 Ivlng our faith. 



We think of you as the. uosplrer 

 of Amejlcan youth, which need5 to 

 catch the enthiisiasni of your 

 daring, and bv the aid of your 

 example to get the vision of a world 

 of heroism and sacrifice, of cour- 

 age and Inflexible resolve, wilhout 

 ■which youth Itself would be but a 

 mockery. 



The vision you give is not simply 

 of the Uttle ship m the Antart:,ii.:. 

 of the small company ot c.\plorc!rs, 

 of aerial fllght.s and observation.';, 

 but it is a vl.sioii ol character, of 

 sound plans well executed amid 

 creat peril through strength of 

 mind and will: and the record ot 

 your adventure, important as wc 

 hope it will be from a scientific 

 standpoint, will, apart from that, 

 take its place in the imperishable 

 history of great deeds which give 

 lustre to the American name. 

 Mayor Malcolm E. Nichols, speaking 

 In the Arctic-Antarctic broadcast lauded 

 Comdr. Byrd and his family, who have 

 made Boston their home. "We should 

 keep in mind," Mayor Nichols .said, 

 "that tloe Byrd expedition is imder no 

 consideration the adventurous effort of 

 a valorous aMator and naval officer, 

 but that in reality it is one of the 

 worlds greatest efforts for scientfilc 

 achievement.. , I 



"ft us hiirhly appropriate that oui' 

 entire coimti-y should pay deserved | 

 triDuce to one of the most courageous, 

 intellectual and darlnK explorers the 

 world has known In the history of Its 

 destiny, Comdr. Byrd. It is my prayer 

 that Divine Providence will guard and 

 protect Comdr. Byrd and his bravt 

 fellow explorers In their quest for the 

 secrets of southern latids and seas." 



