Evening star., 1941-09-30
Cops and Robbers
Game Only Normal,
Parents Advised
Recreation Congress Also
Discusses Facilities
In Housing Projects
BY HENRY A. Muslin,
Star Staff Correspondent.

Star othll correspondent.
BALTIMORE, Sept. 30.-Recrea-
ton supervisors who formerly were
"apprehensive" about children who
persisted in initiating cops and rob-
bers" comic strips, no longer give
this sort of play serious thought
unless one particular boy habitually
insists upon taking the part of the
robber," the National Recreation
Congress was told today.
C. A. Lindsey, Chagrin Falls
(Ohio) delegate, told one of IA dis
cussion groups, into which the con-
gress was divided during the second
day of it's five-day session, that
adults ARE fearful when the child
becomes obsessed with the lurid
type of adventure comic strips" and
urged anticipation of the boys desire
for the blood and thunder sort of
book and comic strip, land when it
comes don't do too much worrying
about it."
Addressing another discussion
group on the subject of recreation
in public and private housing prof.
ects, Howard L. White, chief of
community relations for the United
States Housing Authority, declared
that only through the continued
and developed cooperation of rec
reation executives can public hous-
ing throughout the country be a
success.
Working Relationship.
This cooperation, MIR. White
said, should take the form of "an
established working relationship"
between local housing officials and
municipal recreation executives
prior to the preparation of plans
and specifications for the design and
arrangement of buildings and out
door areas in connection with a
housing project"
Mr.. White said that design, size
and arrangement of recreational
facilities within a housing project
are dependent upon many factors
regarding existing and proposed
municipal recreational facilities and
programs" adding that in several
instances it has been possible for
municipal, recreational, educational
and social agencies to finance jointly
with local housing authorities facili-
ties which serve the need of both
the housing project and the COM
munity surrounding it.
Citing this as an excellent ex-
ample of the cooperation needed,
Mr.. White said that the joint effort
should not be confined to the plan
ming aspect of public housing alone.
but should extend also to the man.
agement of projects once they are
in use.
Provide Trained leadership.
Recreation executives can and are
providing trained leadership for
leisure-time activities at the pro-
jects. he said, by entering into
agreements for joint operation of
the recreational program for the
neighborhood and for maintenance
of the facilities in which the pro-
grams are conducted"
More than 400 delegates from all
parts of the country and Canada
and Hawaii including approximately
100 from Washington. had registered
at the Lord Baltimore Hotel head
quarters of the congress at noon
today. Divided into discussion groups,
they will exchange and sift expe-
riences until Friday, when the sub
stance of the information gathered
will be presented to a general meet
ing.
Thanks to the automobile and
good roads, people now have access
to outlying parks and forests as
recreational areas, F. W. Besley.
Maryland State forester, told a group
discussing methods of securing ad-
equate use of all park facilities.
Mr.. Besley urged, however, that
certain areas of outlying parks and
forests be kept in primitive con-
dition for those who want to get of
the beaten path" The over-used
park is sorry spectacle" he said.
In a speech at the convention
opening last night, Paul V. McNutt,
Federal security administrator, said
Americans need recreation as part
of national defense, but it would
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