My thanks to sharp reader, Greg Borgard, who points out an important historical detail that I missed -
"You didn't mention the conflict that arose between Phillips and the head of Sea Scouting, James Austin Wilder, who insisted that all navigable ships (land and sea) belonged in the Sea Scouts. Powell himself tried to broker peace, but Wilder always felt slighted."
My thanks to sharp reader, Greg Borgard, who points out an important historical detail that I missed -
"You didn't mention the conflict that arose between Phillips and the head of Sea Scouting, James Austin Wilder, who insisted that all navigable ships (land and sea) belonged in the Sea Scouts. Powell himself tried to broker peace, but Wilder always felt slighted."
https://twitter.com/GBorgard/status/1681846853174788098