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Greenbelt cooperator. (Greenbelt, Md.) 1937-1954, 1939-03-23
ON BABY CLINICS
To the Editors:

establishment Of mnic ipal baby clinic PROMPTS the
Associatim's board Of directors to issue Clarity
ing statement.
The board agrees with others that every Greenbelt
baby should. and shall adequate and
curative medi cal care.
The board recognizes, it trusts with others. that
in the nature of things the term free baby
is mi snorler. Such has to paid for either
directly, through taxes.
There is question Of whether that care for
babies Will be provided, because it be; no
questi Of whether 1T will be paid for because it
must be. There remains only the question of how it
is to be paid for: through a mum cipa1, through
a cooperative organiz cation?
There is feeling to the effect that if paid
through municipal organi cation, the cost will be
less. In respect to this it should be pointed out
that the present plans for pal baby clinic
(semh monthly clinics of two hours each)
quate to serve fair proportion Of the babies
of the community. This inadequacy. if left it
self. is less likely to result in a swing toward
cooperative methods than in the growth of demands
for extension mum cipal medical services
Public servic es invariably expand. rather than
shrink or stand still. and adequate expansi on in
this instance would require either increase or an
adjustment in the town budget, with it's resultant
raise In rents or taxes curtai1ing Of other NUM-
cipal services.
If the Greenbelt citizen chooses to supply medi-
cal services for his babies through the municipal
government, the cost Of that him. through
town expenditure. plus the for service viii CHI
according to surveys he is bound to nav
out when he. his elder Chi ldren are sick will
amount at the very least to much fani 1y mem-
bership in the Greenbe1t Health ASS oci ati on.
Inc quest1 on Is not only then (which way is cheap
er. but toward which goal do the people Of
wish to work toward cooperative. toward mmic
pal medi cine? To extent this is the question
which the country whole faces.
The members Of the board, and Of the staff. of
the Greenbe1t Health ASSOCIATE are in Office and
some Of them in Greenbe1t because they believe
profoundly. in the cooperative method supplying
human needs. and under the impression that
Greenbe1t is town vitality interested in coopera-
tive action. They prejudic ed in Of direct
consumer control. so far it is practicable, and
direct for md
the consumer at the lowest possible cost cousonant
with a fair return to producers. They feel that
this the coopere i've type Of presents
the best practical possibilities within the
work of the American tradition Of voluntary partic-
1pation and direct. democratic control.
The board knows, from personal contact. and from
the reports of its membership and MANAGE
nent that the prospect Of any considerable amount
OF medic Ell FOR Chi dren the
Greenbelt cooperator. (Greenbelt, Md.) 1937-1954, 1939-03-23
Letters to 6dtt0r
Greenbelt.

o0HA0o-S"
The board recognizes that such retarded develo
ment In itself. would not fatal, but
1T feels that any to block program Of COOPER
e11ve medicine. even through socialization, in
town where the emphasis has been on cooperate on
would be highly unfortunate, especially since the
growth Of cooperatives is being watched as an
experiment. or budapest for the future.
In other cities. mmicipa1 clinics have been set
up Tor ehe care Of the indi gent. The Greenbelt
health Association itself is prepared to provide
medical care for the truly indi gent Greenbelt.
without charge. and without any tacit, social STIGMA
OF "cherity clinic" attached to that service.
Since those in Greenbelt who are not indi rent
have. 1t is UNDER God, an average YEARLY income
we'll above that of the average American FAM the
board nodestly suggests that the obviously reasonable
dues and minor fees Of the Greenbolt Health Associ
I'll on (Which lower than those Of anv other medic
cal cooperative in the country are we'll within their
reach and can supply both them their babies, and
ehe1r fam lies today wi tn than ADEQUATE ned
1ca1 services. both curative end pr eventative
The board wishes it understood that it considers
public unnui zaton clinics in Greenbelt hi rhlv De-
s1reo1e. and believes they should be continued as
true public health ction.
J.F o'Leary,
Acting President.
Greenbe1t Health ASS oci att on
ON FACING ISSUES sQuARE1Y
Since "rit ting the letter to you, which was pub
1ished in the cooPERAToR Of the 18TH have talked
to several people about the ideas I tried to exc
press All of these agree with me about the
present situation in Greenbelt, but seem to be a.
fraid to their opini and be- iefs blio-
Is it really true that the people are afraid to
express their opinions, publicly, against these
things? Are they afraid that their leases will not
be renewed If they do? Or that they wi II be forced
to leave Greenbelt for making trouble. IF these
things are true, there should be something done
about it.
The town Of Greenbe1t was built for people Of
moderate income, to be by them. IF Thu be
true, every in Greenbet should feel free to
express his opinions and feelings, both privately
and publicly. In fact he should it his
Ell responsibility to put his ideas opinio be-
fore the entire oitizenry Of Greenbe1t through our
local paper or at public meetings.
The people perhaps aren't cooperating with the
admin as fully they should, but is the
admin stration cooperating with the people?
Perhaps some people are Of the opinion as
was. Since we have council. elected by the people
to AXE and decide matters for u.s. we should let
things pertaining to Administrative policy rest in
their hands. This policy to have fai led and
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-12-22

was carpenter He seems always
to have loved children and under
stood them.
Once, when His disciples were dis
putting amongst themselves as TO who
would be greatest among them IN the
Kingdom Of Heaven, Jesus rebuked
them by taking child, setting him
in the midst of them and saying,
''Verily | say unto you, except ye be
converted, and become as little chill
dren, we shall nesA enter into the
Kingdom of Heaven. WhosoeVer,
therefore, shall humble himself as
this little child, the same is greatest
in the Kingdom Of Heaven. And Who
SO shall receive one such little child
in My name, receiveth Me.
'But whose shall offend one OF
these little ones that believe IN me,
it were better for him that a mill
stone were hanged about his neck,
and that he were drowned IN the
depth of the sea-
Christians should be humble, not
trying to gain the high places, but
content to do their jobs anG live ther
lives we'll in their own walks OF lie,
knowing that no matter how clever
they may be, they cannot know SO
very much and must trust 10 the
Father to guide them
Do you remember the story Of
Jesus coming to the temple-the Holy
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-12-22

Place in Jerusalem-and finding 1t
filled with money changers and peo-
pie buying and selling? He was SO
angry that the Lords House should
thus be made into market place,
that He took a whip and drove the
man out Of the temple. After that
the blind and lame came to Him, and
He healed them, and the children
cried, "Hosanna to the Son Of David.
But the scribes and chief priests were
angered and said to Him, "Hearest
thou what these say" And Jesus an
sWered them, as He had the disciples,
Yea; have We never read, out Of the
mouths of babes and stockings thou
hast perfected praise?'
Common Folk Loved Him.
The common people, who dearly
loved Jesus, wondered and Worship
ed at the miracles, and one day many
mothers came to Him and brought
their children that He might lay His
hands on them and they might be
blessed by Him. The disciples were
provoked and rebuked the mothers,
but Jesus said, Suffer little chill
dren and forbid them not, to come
unto Me: for of such is the Kingdom
OF Heaven. And He laid his hands on
them, and departed hence"
The whole lesson, you see, shows
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-12-22

10 be in exile from his czar-rldden
home land. Stalinist Russia is so bad
now that we've forgotten how bao
we considered it under the Roman
offs. Today we look sympathetlcally
upon an eXiled eX-czarist. Then our
sympathy was all with the Would-pe
Russian reVOlutiOnlStS. True, we
deemed EN- a trifle nihlllstlc but our
consensus was that a modlcum OF
nihilism was eXcusable under the
Russian circumstances.
Next in came Kerensky. His re-
gime internationally was rated as
Violently red, because it was COM
pared with czarsm. Nevertheless
Kerensky, wasn't much more than a
rather pronounced democrat. He
wasn't advanced enough to suit Com
rade TrOtsky Lenin followed Keren-
sky. Lenin was right down Trotsky 5
alley He was as leftlst as Leon
thought he ought to be but no such
OGPUist as Comrade Stain develop
ed into.
Lenin Public Spirited.
Lenin. in short, IN his queer way
was public spirited Trotsky was his
main rellance-hiS cOmmiSSar OF war.
seemingly a darned good prospect to
succeed Comrade Nicolai as soon as
The latter left a vacancy.
But it didn't work that way. Com
radc Lenin croaked and COmrade
Josef Stain grabbed the job. | pre-
same he was q more energetic, pfac-
Teal cuss than Comrade Trotsky.
Anyway he elboWed himself into the
0oSS-Ship.
1t seems funny to speak Of TrOt-
ky as a conservative. He was rip
snortinr q laM ter under the car.
He was ! U4I. u.VutiVe under Keren-
ky. He was right-in-line under
Lenm. He's a reactionary under
Stain.
Stain eXiled him as fast as the
car did. He hit somewhere in south
eastern Russia. Then he Wiggled in
10 Turkey | met him second time at
Istanbul formerly Constantinople).
He said he did not like Stalin-ism
any better than he liked czar-ism.
a Straddler.
Briefly, he's a straddler between
leftists and ultra-leftistS.
He knows his "stuff,' though AS
between which and what he's in a
position to furnish Investigator Dies
with reliable common denominator.
He's a snappy bird as a commen-
tator. He wrote a book about his OBJ
servations in Spain while he was a
miscellaneous exile 1t was classy. IT
was funny, from any nations jour-
nalistic standpoint. Besides making
his points, he made them pungently.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-12-22

timonv the Dies inQuisltiOn has de-
veloped has come from rather CUES
tiOnable sources from BIRDS who
admitted that they had been connect
ed with organizations OF foreign aSl-
tators in our midst but had soured
on them for no very credltable fea-
sons; not because they Weren pelng
paid from headquarters as they mad
hoped to be. Such witnesses aren t
overly convincing. They've been
small calibre plotters, anyway Even
Earl BrOWder'S joke. Nobody takes
him seriously.
Trotsky, however, is a major per
sonality. There isn't any doubt about
his sincerity. either. However ques-
tionable his philosophy, he's made
sacrifices for it. He's guy OF honest
convictions What he says IS to be
taken at face value, as he sees values.
Trotsky's Background.
When l first met him was in Rus
sian czarist days, before the World
War and his own cOuntry's reVOlu-
ton.
He was an exile in Switzerland.
Previously he'd been an exile in
Siberia. His name isn't Trotsky. It's
Bronstein He'd snooped out OF Sib-
eria somehow under the name Of
Trotsky In that era it was thorough
ly respectable for liberal Russian
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-12-22

Tomorrow will be Christmas Day,
and our minds and hearts will be full
of the story of Jesus birth and the
events that preceded and followed it.
In Matthew 1:18-25, the story is
told Of Joseph learning Of the COM
ing of son OF miraculous birth. The
Angel Of the Lord, says Matthew,
came to Joseph in a dream and told
him that Mary would soon bear a
son, land thou shalt call His name
Jesus, for He shall save His people
from their sins"
Also, they shall call His name
Emanuel, which being interpreted is,
God with US
They called the Blessed Child
Jesus and, as you know, shepherds
saw a great light and heard angels
singing of His birth, Also you know
the story Of the three Wise Men who
followed the star in the east and
came to worship Him, bringing Him
gifts Of gold frankincense and myrrh
Jesus grew up among His broth
ers and sisters in a humble home,
learning the trade Of Joseph, who
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-12-22

Jesus attitude toward children. He
loved them and thought anyone who
would treat them cruelty should be
punished severity, and if any want to
really succeed in Christian living,
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-12-22

witness before the
congressional in
vestigation of anti
American activities
in this country.
Trots1y was will
ing to cross the
Rio Gran'ie from
Mexico where he's
in exile, to- testify,
but he said he
would not answer
a q ue 5 t | 0 II alre
from Mexico City.
Some of the teS-
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-12-22

they should be humble obedieni end
trustful, as little child is.
Said Isaiah, "A little child shall
lead them" Jesus tells Us very clear
ly that He thought 81. too.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-12-22
Dies Muffed
Big Chance
With Irotsky
Nv CHARLES p. STEWART
Central Press COlumnlSt

washington. Dec. 22.-RePTeseTIIIa ID
five Martin Dies Of Texas mut1ed a
wonderful chance in antagonlzlnS
Leon TrOtsky as q
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-12-22

After Jesus had driven the money
changers out Of the temple, children
sang Hosannas to Him, which vexed the
priests. Jesus said, "Out of the mouths
of babes thou hast perfected praise"
GOLDEN TEXT-Isaiah 11:6)
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-12-22
By NEWMAN CAMPBELL

(The international Uniform Les
son on the above topic for Dec. "a
is Matthew l:18-25; 1914; 19:13-15,
the Golden Text being Isaiah 116,
"A little child shall lead them.D
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-12-22

When His disciples disputed as to who
should be the greatest Jesus took
child, set him in their midst, and said,
except We become as this little child, We
shall not enter the Kingdom of Heaven"
The Omaha guide., 1939-08-05
FIRST NEGRO WOMAN
s. JUSTICE BEGIkS DUTIES

New York, August 3 CHA -
Miss Jane M. Bolin, who was APP
pointed and sworn in by Mayor
La Guardia last week as the first
Negro woman justice of the Do
nestle Relations Court, began her
duties this week, first in Brooklyn
and then in the Manhattan family
court.
Mayor LaGuardia smashed a
precedent for the entire United
States when he appointed Miss
Bolin. She is the first Negro
woman judge to be appointed in
this country.
Miss Bolin, who is 81 and resid-
es at 35 West 10th ST., Harlem
was sworn in as Justice of the Do
nestle Relations Court for a ten
year term by the Liberal New
York Mayor.
cit really makes me feel happy
to be able to appoint such a fine
young lady to a post in the courts
Continued on page 50
The Omaha guide., 1939-08-05
j. E. Spingarn, n. A.
A. C.. P. President
Dies At Sixty-Four

New York, July 30-J. E. Spin
garn, president of the National Asso-
citation for the Advancement of Col
ored People, died at his bime, ITO E..
70 street, July 26 after a long illness.
Mr.. Spingarn had been president of
the NAACP since 1880. Prior to that
time he was chairman of the board
1913-1919; and treasurer of the NAA-
CP 1%919-193O.
In 1913 he established the Spingarn
medal which has been awarded an
nually since that time to "the man or
woman of African descent and Ameri-
can citizenship who has made the
highest achievement during the pre-
ceding year or years in any honorable
field"
The oath recipient of the Spingarn
medal was Marian Anderson, famous
~contralto, who received the medal
from the hands of Mrs. Franklin D.
Roosevelt at the Both annual confer
ence of the NAACP in Richmond, Va.
on July 2, 1889.
Throughout his long career with
the NAACP, over a quarter of a CEN
fury, Mr.. Spingarn vas ar uncom-
prising fighter for absolute equal JUS
tice for the Negro race.
He became interested in the NAA-
CP years ago through the extradition
case of Steve Green, a colored share
cropper who escaped from Arkansas
after an argument with the landlord
over pay and his crop. Arkansas au-
thorities attempted to extradite Green
from Chicago and warned him that a
mob would be waiting for him at the
Arkansas line.
The Omaha guide., 1939-08-05

Mr.. Spingarn was outraged when
he read the Steve Green incident and
plunged into the work of the ~associa-
ton with his whole heart and soul. The
Steve Green case was won and the
sharecropper did not have to go back
to Arkansas. From that day through
out a quarter of a century, MI. Spin
garn saw the association win victory
after victory and extend the rights of
Negro citizens over greater and great
Ell areas.
He made four transcontinental
speaking tours for the association in
which he always insisted on paying
every penny of his WI expenses. He
became intimately acquainted with the
problems of Negroes in every section
of the country and often delighted to
tell how some of his audiences in the
southern and borden states melted a.
way person by person before he fin
ished his uncompriain}g speeches on
equal rights. {
In 1916 Colonel Spingarn invited
the leading Negro leaders of the day to
his country estate, "Troutbeck," at
Armenia, N. Y. to chart a course of
militant and liberal action for the Ne
gro. The second Armenia conference
was held sixteen years later in August
1882, when Mr.. Spingarn had as his
guests forty outstanding young peo-
pies from all sections of the country
together with officials of the NAACP.
on a weekend conference whose pur-
pose was to advise on a program for
the Negro in the light of the needs Of
the Negro youth of the day.
Colonel S~pingarn who served dur
ing the World War is credited with
have been the chief mover in forcing
the United States government to train
Negro officers for service in France.
Over 1000 were so trained.
One of the most memorable speech
CONTINUED on page 81
The Omaha guide., 1939-08-05
ha as assistant engineer.

ha as assistant engineer.
In 1923 Mr.. Smith was made
chief engineer of the company
and served in that capacity until
two years ago. In 1928 he was
elected assistant general mana
ger which position he has held up
to the present time.
He is the father of three chill
dren, Mrs. Willard Neal of Mount
Vernon, Iowa; Josephine, a junior
at Iowa State College at Ames,
Iowa; and Jack, 10, at home.
at is with sincere appreciation
that | accept my new duties as
vice-president," Smith said. Dur
ing my twenty-one years associa-
ton with the company I have come
to have the highest regard for
the other officials and employees
and hold among my most valued
treasures the many pleasant re-
lations my contacts her have
brought me-"
The Omaha guide., 1939-08-05
CARDENAS PROMISES MORE
LAND To PEASANTS

Mexico City, August 3-(CNA)
President Lazaro Cardenas, who
in the five years of his progress
sive regime has distributed over
37,0O0,0 900 acres of land to impov-
erished Mexican peasants, this
week promised every peasant thru
out the length and breadth of Mex
leo fifty acres of land.
He said this must be done if
the agrarian revolution started
almost a third of a century ago
was not to be accounted a fall
ure. The Mexican President prom
ised the farmers the necessary
credit required to guarantee col
lective farmers against the dam
ger of their crops falling into the
hands of rapacious middlemen."
The Omaha guide., 1939-08-05
GROUP

resented. There were also thou
sands of visitors from Alapta's
100, 900 Baptists and from the rest
of Georgia, which with 1,000,0 900
Baptists has the largest popula-
ton of that faith of any State in
the Union.
The jim-crow signs were order
ed removed from the City Audi
torium after a hectic two day
battle in which Negro delegates
hurled indignant charges of unde-
mocratic and un-Christian prac-
tees against their fellow Baptists.
The fight against jim-crowism
and the resultant victory for rae
ial tolerance, helped to set a pro-
gressive tone for the convention,
which went on record against fas-
cist racialism and condemned dis
elimination as a sin, in a state
ment on the Baptist position on
war and peace.
The report, presented by a COM
mission on "What Baptists can do
to avert war and promote peace,
CONDEMNED war and p~rofiteering
from war and urged general dis
armament and strengthening of
the League of Nations. The re-
port, however, struck a reaction
airy note in asking for a solution
of the problem of unequal distri-
button of natural resources, that
is, recognition of the demands of
fascist powers for colonies in At
RIGA.
The Rev. DIR. James H. Rush
brooke of London, England, who
has been general secretary since
1928, was elected president to sue
coed the Rev. DR.. George W.
Trust of Dallas, Texas.
The Omaha guide., 1939-08-05
FRANCE JAlS RACE IhcIT.
ERS /

Paris, August 3 (CNAl-The
Seine Correctional Tribunal has or
dered the first penalty for anti
Semitic activities under the new
decree forbidding Indictment a
gainst groups of citizens.
The tribunal sentenced Darquier
de P~allopoix, Municipal Councillor,
to three months Imprisonment and
a fine of 500 francs for an article
published in his anti-Semitic pa
per, France Enchainee, slandering
the Jewish people.
Pierre Gerard, a member of the
papers staff, was sentenced to one
month in Jail and fined 500 francs.
The Omaha guide., 1939-08-05

Milton f. johnson, proprietor Of
the johnson Drug Company, 1904
North oath Street, has been au-
thorized by the Northwestern Bell
Telephone Company to receive pay
ments of telephone bills, according
to an announcement made today
by J. B. Moore, District Manager.
This will make a convenient To-
cation for the people in this neigh
borhood to pay their telephone
bills without making a special
trip downtown.
Mr.. Moore stated that the Tele-
phone Company has been giving
consideration to establishing a con-
The Omaha guide., 1939-08-05

F. E. Smith, assistant general
manager of the Nebraska Power
Company for the past 10 years,
was elected vice-president of the
company, according to an announ-
cement Tuesday by J. E. Davidson
president.
Born in Macedonia, Iowa, where
he spent his boyhood and was
graduated from high school, Mr..
Smith entered the electrical utili-
ty field as a lineman with the Red
Oak Electric Company at Red Oak,
Iowa.
After working as lineman two
years he entered the school of
electrical engineering at Iowa
State College at Ames, Iowa. Fol-
lowing his graduation in 1912 he
came to Omaha where he was en-
ployed by the old Omaha Electric
Light & Power Company.
He remained in Omaha two
years when he accepted a posi-
ton as local manager of the Red
Oak Electric Company at Oak
land, Iowa. In 1916 he was trans
ferred to a similar post at Platts-
mouth, Nebr. where he remained
until 1918 when he joined the Ne
hraska Power Company in 0ma-
The Omaha guide., 1939-08-05
to Improve Playground For Children

Mays Landing, n. Public
school children of all races here
will have q new playground soon.
Thanks for this much needed rec
reation center go to the late John
W. Underhill, a negro philanthro-
pist who willed more than $780,
900 to the township and school
board for recreation purposes
Works Projects Administration
employees have been assigned to
develop the land and install neces-
sary equipment.
A part of the Underhill gift has
already been used to improve Me-
mortal Park. The trustees of the
fund recently announced that most
OF the remainder has been aIIot-
ted for purchtse of additional
land and recreational facilities
Mr.. Underhill started his career
in Mays Landing a q barber. La
ter he opened a small candy, news
paper and novelty store. Most of
his trade was drawn from school
children in whom he kept an inter
est for their development tow
and useful citizenship.
For years Mr.. Underhill was
the only Negro IN town and won
the respect of his fellow citizens
for his n1odesty and studious de-
meanor He wisely invested his
hard-earned money in real estate
and amassed a fortune over a per
iod of years.
When the philanthopist died in
1925, town authorities ordered en-
graved on his tombstone in Union
Cemetary the words: John W.
Underhill, a public ~benefaetor''-
The part which the WPA is
taking in the Memorial Park rec
reation center is typical of its
participation in the field of rec
reation in thousands of urban and
rural communities throughout the
country. Community councils COM
posed of individuals, civic and
church organizations and frater-
nal bodies are back Of the increas-
ing number of play centers built
and supervised by personnel of
thu WPA.