JFK Asks for a Raise in his Allowance for Scouting.
John Fitzgerald Francis Kennedy, President of the United States, was a Scout in Troop 2 in the Bronxville, NY rom 1929 to 1931. This letter was written when he was 12 years old in 1929.
A Plea for a raise
By Jack Kennedy
Dedicated to my
Mr. J. P. Kennedy
Chapter I
My recent allowance
is 40¢. This I used for areoplanes
and other playthings of child-
hood but now I am a scout
and I put away my childish
things. Before I would spend
20¢ of my ¢.40 allowance
and In five minutes I
would have empty pockets
and nothing to gain and
20¢ to lose. When I a
a scout I have to buy
canteens, haversacks, blankets, searchlidgs [searchlights] poncho things
that will last for years
and I can always use it
while I cant use a
cholcalote marshmellow
sunday with vanilla ice
cream and so I put in
my plea for a raise of
thirty cents for me to buy
scout things and pay my
own way more around.
Finis
John Fitzgerald Francis
Kennedy
Contributed by: Peter Lenahan, Bronxville, NY
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