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Show FIRST OF 'TUGWELLTOWNS TUGWELLTOWNS ' ' IS BORr BORN BORNFamilies Families Start Moving Into 885 Houses of Model COllllllunity Community COllllllunityBuilt CommunityBuilt Built by Resettlement Administration at Greenbelt , Md . b bR ba R a mr pa par r M Mr Me r C . ) x xH x5j e ' t H 5j + ! { S SJ { J a k kF + F t td tqw d qw 1 z , 1 ) b,6 b6 , bdl6 + wt 9M 9MH H u ury ry , . 4 4a a t ' - ' \ 4 1p1meA ' : NSro a ' f fs s . . . . " n "ti ti " " ? , yc . . ' asu3.A.a.M u//3.A.a.M u3Aa.M u 3.A.a.M 3AaM . . . . wFiEvnFitwH . , . w w.b , 'a a as / / .vs vs .b b . a&astiNiew aastiNiew . & [ { n14 n142a + 2a 2am m- m mGreenbelt - ' " Greenbelt , l\Id l Id hid \ , as seen from the aIr . Here cre the first of Tugwell's Tugwells ' VISIons may be real1zed reahzcd . By WILLIAM C . UTLEYONE UTLEY ONE ( NE of Prof . . Rexford Re\.ford Re.ford Re .ford ford : \ . Guy Guy'V Guyv- Guyv GuyvTugwell's I ITugwell's 'V V ' - Tugwell's Tugwells ' principal Uto- Uto Utopias Uto Utopias - . pias plaS is now open for busmess business businessand , and some say it's its ' good and andsome andsome andsome some say it's its ' bad . At any anyrate anyrate anyrate rate , the first families havemoved have havemoved havemoved moved movedInto into Greenbelt , Md , , "model model " town " of the reset reset- resettlement resettlement . - tlement administration admImstratlon for- for formerly formerly for formerly - merly headed by Tugwell Tugwelland , and perhaps wo we shall one day daysee daysee daysee see just dust how effective effectlve the co- co cooperatIve cooperative co cooperative - - operative , slumless community com com- community commumty - munity mumty can be . A year ago this time Greenbelt Greenbeltwas Greenbeltwas Greenbeltwas was the target of much CrItIcIsm CrItIcIsmconcernmg criticismconcerning criticismconcerning concernmg concerning high costs , waste and andventure andventure andventure venture of the federal government governmentmto governmentinto governmentinto mto into "collectivism collectivism " " " " , "commumsm commumsm "communism communism "communism"and communismand , and other horrible socIaland social and eco ceo economIC ceonomce cconomic nomIC nomce isms which , during the heated heat heated heated ed days of the last presidential cam cam- campalgn campaign campaign - ! paign palgn , were grouped under one gen gcn general gcneral general eral head- head headTugwelhsm headTugwellism head - ' * ' Tugwelhsm Tugwellism " FrIends Friendsof of the project usually had defenses defensesfor defensesfor : for these charges , what you belIeve believeis IS probably greatly influenced 100uenced by the thetrend thetrend thetrend trend of your politics The impor 1mpor impor- important important - . tant thing thmg today is that the expenment e .pell pell expeii expeiiment : > . .pellment ment is definitely defimtely under way , and IS ISsoon issoon issoon soon to be followed by counterparts counterpartsmother counterpartsm counterpartsin mother in other sections sechons of tne toe the natIonGreenbelt nationGreenbelt nation nationGreenbelt Greenbelt . , with its 835 635 hous1Og housing hous1Ogumts housingunits housingunits umts units , rests on a crescent shaped shapedplateau shapedplateau shapedplateau plateau 12 miles outside Washmg Washing Washmgton Washington Washington ton , D C Standing Standmg sentinel over overthe overthe overthe the town is a belt of green trees treesfrom treesfrom treesfrom from from which it gets its name Mir l\Ilr l Ilr Mirroring Mir- Mir Mirroring \ - . roring rormg it is an arhficlal1ahe artificial lake of some some25 25 acres acresHere Here 885 families hand picked to togIVe togive togive gIVe the project the greatest chance chanceof chanceof of success , , will find homes at rents rentsvarymg rentsvarying rentsvarying varymg varying from $18 18 $ to $41 41 $ a monUI month monUITheIr monthTheir monthTheir TheIr local government will be run runby runby runby by an ultra modern city managerunder manager , under the first city manager char char- charter charter . - I Iter ter to be granted by the state of ofMaryland ofMaryland . . Maryland All the commumty's commumtys community's communitys community'sbusiness community'sbusiness communitysbusiness ' busmess business will be directed and con con- conducted conducted . - ducted by a Rochdale co operahve operative operativewhich , which \ Inch was sponsored by the fue la late te Ed Jd Ed- Ed Edward : Edward . - ward A Filene , Boston merchant merchantSettlers merchantSettlers merchantSettlers I Iward , Settlers who buy shares in m the ' con conSumer consumer sumer distribution corpoiation corpOlation corpoiatlon " willreceive wIll wIllI wIllreCClve willreceive reCClve receive rebates at all the stores In m Inthe mthe inthe I the commumtyI commumtyInhabitants communityInhabitants community commumty communityInhabitants I Inhabitants Carcfu Carefully ] Selected Selccted SelectedIt Selccted'I 'I I 'IIt ' It is not easy for a family to be beadmitted beadmitted beadmitted admitted to l life e in 10 Greenbelt The Thei Thelesettlement : 1 i esettlement administration admm1stratIon has taI tab taken . : en every precaution in 10 selecting selectmg lhe the lhetenants thetenants thetenants tenants and , purportedly , political"pull politicalpull polItIcal polItIcal"pull political"pull "pull pull " " doesn't doesnt ' mean a thing thmg First Firstall , all persons with incomes mcomes of $1000 1000 $1000to $1 1 $ 000 000to 000to to $2100 2100 $2 2 $ 100 , whoere who were \\ere ere \ interested mtcrested w were wereasi wereas re reasl asl asi ! ed to register reglster with RA , glv10g giving glv10gname givingname givingname name . , residence , income and other othermformatlon otherinformation otherinformation mformatlon information , hundreds were dropped droppedImmedlately droppedimmediately droppedimmediately Immedlately immediately on the basis of thIS thISprelimmary thispreliminary thispreliminary prelimmary preliminary data Those whose ap applicatIons appllcations applications plicatIons pllcations SUI suivivcd vlved were asked for formore formore formore more detailed information about aboutthemselves aboutthemselves aboutthemselves themselves , and this was checkcd checked checkcdby checkedby checkedby by officials The candidates were werethen werethen werethen then visited in m their thClr homes , theIr theIrcharacter theircharacter theircharacter character and credit ratings mvesh invests mveshgated investsgated investigated gated and their references verIfied verIfied'Ihe verifiedThe verifiedThe 'Ihe Ihe The ' final selections sclcctlons were made on onthe onthe onthe the basis of a summary of all thesefindings these thesefind10gs thesefindings find10gs findings It If Greenbelt is to succeed succeedthe , the durability of its buildings bUIldmgs must mustbe mustbe mustbe be matched by the integrity and sm sin smcenty sincerity sinccnty centy cerity of its inhabitants mhablt.Jnts mhabltJnts mhablt.JntsThese inhabitantsThese inhabitantsThese . These tenantb tenJ.nt tenJnt tenants . : . will be living lIvmg in inthe inthe inthe the most completely planned COIn corn COInmumty cornmunity cornmunity mumty munity in m America Where they may mayhave mayhave mayhave have lived hved in city slums , with poor poorenvironment poorenvironment poorenvironment environment for their thclr children theyarc they theyare theyare are now set sel down in 10 the rollmg rolling rollmggrc.en rollinggreen rollinggreen grc.en grcen green . hills of Marylind Maryhnd Maryl-ind Maryl ind - where fle"h fleh flesh fle"hair fleshair ficbhair ) " air is plentIfulhere plentiful where \\here here \ \ there I is is ! > > a agood agood agood good school v . where here their budgets budgets1111 budgetsv/ill budgetsv ill \1111 1111 \ nll / allow al10w them to live hve as well wcll as astheIr astheir astheir theIr much . wealthier .ealthler ealthler city neIghboISGreenbelt neighborsGreenbelt's ncighbois neIghboIS neighbors ncighboisGrecnbclt's Grecnbclt's Grecnbclts Greenbelt Greenbelt's Greenbelts ' ! > citizens can go to an and andfrom andfrom from . work v.ork vork in the Clt city ) ' , if they like likeby likeby likeby by bus At home in m the evc.nmg evcnmg evening eveningafter eveningafter . after fter the da dai's dais day's days 's s ' labors they can put ter around in m a garden They wIll wIllhave willhave willhave have a real share m In the commumty community commumtyl communitylife communitylife l life e , the opportunity to enjoy lake lakesports lakesports lakesports sports and free range of ot several severalthousand severalthousand severalthousand thousand beaut beautiful ul acres of ot town townland townland townland townlandThe land landThe The houses are white with en- en ensemble ensemble en ensemble - semble grouping groupmg and harmonizingarchitecture harmonlzmg harmonizmg harmonlzmgarchItecture harmonizmgarchitecture archItecture . The drive and walks walksare walksare walksare are flanked fianhed with w1ll1 trees , most of them themstIll themstill themstill stIll young There are as few traffic traffichazards traffichazards traffichazards hazards as possible , with very 1m im 1magmable imaginable imaginable agmable aginable precaution for safety hav hay- hay haymg having . - ing mg been taken All highways are arecrossed arecrossed arecrossed crossed by means of underpasses underpassesso , I Iso so that the children who attend the theI thetwo thetwo thetwo two schools will not find it neces neces- necessary necessary - . I sary to watch out for automobIlesQueer automobilesQueer automobiles automobilesQueer Queer at first do Greenbelt's Greenbelts Greenbelt'sI Greenbelt'shouses Greenbelt'shouses Greenbelt'shouses Greenbeltshouses ' houses appear to the uninitiated ummtIatcd for forthe forthe forthe I the ! front ront doors are at the back If ifthat itthat . that is not ta\mg ta mg ta"lng talng taxing \ " the reader's readers ' lOgIC lOgICIn logicIn logicIn . In other \ words ords , they face on the theopen theopen open space at the rear , rather than thanon thanon thanon on the street Thc\ Thc They Thcare The \ are durable andattractive and andattractIve andattractive attractIve , but not ornateKitchens ornateKitchens ornate ornateKitchens Kitchens Arc Are Sensibly ModernFoundatIons ModernFoundations Modern ModernFoundations Foundations are of concrete and androofs androofs androofs roofs of tinted tmted slate Broad case casement casement casement ment ment'wlndows \ windows \'wlndows 'wlndows wlndows ' assure plenty of sun sunI1ght sunlight sunlight I1ght light , and plenty of air In this tius cl1 cli cl1ma climate climate ma mate te the summers are likely to be behot behot behot hot but ceilings ceIlmgs of poured concrete.reinforced concretereinforced concrete . , remforced reinforced with steel rods . , keep heep the therooms therooms therooms rooms cool Brass capped door sills sillscomb sillscombine sillscombine comb combine me with copper weather weathersheathmg weathersheathing weathersheathing sheathmg sheathing to banish bamsh drafts round-s round s roundtIons Founda round\ round Foundations - ' \ . tions and walls have been built to tolast tolast tolast last a aohundred ao 0 hundred years , but they theyhave theyhave theyhave have not been bcen foolishly planned to tooutlast tooutlast tooutlast outlast the Coliseum in m Rome Clos Closets Closets Closets ets arc are of knotty hnotty pine pme and oak oaI . lS is lSused isused isused used on stairways only \ where here they theyarc theyare theyarc arc are most likely to be trod uponKItchens uponKitchens upon uponKitchens Kitchens are modern compact compacteconomicalbut compacteconomicalbut compacteconomical economical-but economical but - but not faddish There Thereare Thereare Thereare are metal cupboards with deep deepshelves deepshelves deepshelves shelves and smooth , easy cas eas ; > dusting dustingdoors dustingdoors dustingdoors doors . Sinks Smks are of enamel and andbathroom andbathroom andbathroom bathroom walls v.alls valls calls . arc are covered withinexpensive wIth wIthme"pens1ve withmei.pensive me"pens1ve mepens1ve mei.pensive meipensive " . waterproof paint pamt . . All Allfixtures Allfixtures Allfixtures fixtures are sturdy and in good goodtaste goodtaste goodtaste taste . , Greenbelt's Greenbelts ' business busmess and commu commu- community community - . nity mty center at the head of the res resi- resi residential resi residential 1 - . dential denbal crescent , includes a mer- mer mercantile mer mercantile - . cantile cantlIe building bmldmg , a municipal mumc1pal ga- ga garage ga garage - . rage , a fire house , a town inn mn , a res restaurant restaurant restaurant taurant and a school The latter IS ISperhaps isperhaps isperhaps perhaps the most remarkable build building building building ing Gray concrete piasters plhsters pihisters fink lhnk finkItS lhnkits flinkits , ItS sides like hke inverted mverted flying Y10g but buttresses buttresses buttresses tresses There is a chiseled frieze friezeof friezeof friezeof of cubist characters Interiors are arethe arethe arethe the ultimate in 10 scientific design The Thebuttresses Thebuttresses Thebuttresses buttresses support the walls of a aspaclOUS aspacious aspacious spaclOUS spacious gymnasium Light brown brownwalls brownwalls brownwalls walls and great e expanses .panses panses : > . of white whiteplaster whiteplaster whiteplaster plaster help to diffuse dlfIuse the U1e plent plentiful plentifulsunlight plentifulsunlight ul ulsunlIght sunlIght which enters corridors corndors and andschool andschool andschool school rooms through windows wmdows and andglass andglass andglass glass brick brlch panels built into mto the thewJ.lls thewalls thewalls wJ.lls wJlls walls . Students keep kecp their belong belongmgs belongrags belongings mgs rags in m mdlvlduallockers individual lockers The out outer outer outer er wall of each classroom is of oftransparent oftransparent oftransparent transparent glass , stretching stretchmg al almost al- al almost - . most the entire height of the room roomCondItions roomConditions roomConditions CondItions such as these are about aboutall aboutall aboutall all a teacher could ask ash forAll forAll for forAll All commercial operations operallons are areconducted areconducted areconducted conducted by the consumers ' cor car corporatlon carporation corporation poratlon poration Two per cent of the gross grossI grossievenue grossicvenue I evenue ievenue will be turned turned over to the thefederal thefederal thefederal federal government as rent , anv any an re remammg remainsng remainmg mammg mainsng profits11 profits \ will \\11 11 \ ] be returned to tothe tothe tothe the customers as dividends Operat Operatcd Operatcd Opcratcd cd on this plin phn will be a gener gener\l gener l generlmerchandise gcnenimerchandise ' \ tl tlmerchandise , merchandise store a drug store a afuod afood afood fuod food and meat market marhet a motion piC pie piCture pieture picture ture thcitcr theter lheiter , , a .1 1 . baibcr bJ.lber bJlber baiber . shop a beau beauty beaut t ty > parlor : and md : a garage and sel seiviee seivieest seivicestition VIce VIcestUon stUon st , itlon When and if the commumty community commumtydecides communitydecides communitydecides decides it does not like this s sy systemit , ) stem , It may m\lY m lY \ adopt a new oneTillS oneThis one oneTins Tins TillS This Is "Tugttclltou-n "Tugttclltou Tugttclltou n "Tugwelltown Tugwelltown "Tug Tug " " " elltown - " There are no churches in Green Greenbdt Greenbelt Greenbt-ll Greenbt ll bdt belt - but fice flee lind hnd had is availible avalhble avail'ible ' for forthem forthem forthem them it If community commumty groups desire to tobUIld tobuild tobuild bUIld them Grcenbeltcrs Grecnbellers Greenbelters are given givenplenty givenplenty givenplenty plenty of opportunity opportumty to contribute contributetheir |