When the venerable youth leader and longtime National Scout Commissioner Daniel Carter Beard died shortly before his 91st birthday in June 1941 , Goodman was selected to be in charge of the beloved pioneer 's funeral in Suffern , New York . An estimated 2,000 people lined the funeral route to the cemetery in Monsey , New York , where formed an honor guard and assisted with traffic control . As war clouds cast an ominous shadow over Europe in the late 1930s amidst the rise of fascism , West , Goodman , and other BSA leaders considered how Scouting might better train youth in democratic principles of government . Referring to the Nazi '' Kristallnacht '' rampage against Jews in 1938 , Goodman wrote shortly afterwards : " ... the program of persecution has stirred up our hearts and minds as nothing else that has happened before has done . It has furnished the impetus of a wave of resentment against the evil ; but more than that , for a surge of satisfaction and thanksgiving concerning our own happier state under a democracy . " During World War II , various BSA programs were developed under his leadership in support of the nation 's war effort , such as the collection of scrap aluminum , tires , and waste paper for recycling into war material , distribution of war bond and air raid posters , assisting Civil Defense officials , and planting of fruit and vegetable " victory gardens "
Kristallnacht
Kristallnacht
E. Urner Goodman