CHILD WELFARE
RUSSIA GIVES A LEAD
Dr. J. Wolf Rabkin, speaking, in Cape Town recently on" cnild welfare in Russia, said that Russia .had gone further than any other country in the scientific, study and;application of this bi'anch of social science, states the "Cape Times." No book," for. instance, could be written and; published for children in, the Soviet until it had been passed^ firstly, by an eye-special-ist in order to ensure that the print was correct for.children, and secondly by psychologists* for its contents. Waiting rooms in hospitals or dispensaries were comfortable places with easy chairs and pleasant furnishings, "said Dr. Rabkin, and stairs often had an armchair halfway up for those who felt the pull. Women.plying an equal part with men in the medical and other professions had been respon-' sible for these tpuches, said Dr. Rabktfn, In proposing a vote of.,thanks, '.^Mr.! T. Reay said it was'extraordinary rthat so-called Bolsheviks had gone-to such a length, and he wondered why, for child welfare. Dr. Rabkin replied in a few words: "To make more Bolsheviks." -.;•;". :.-■■ .;■■■. : ..
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXIV, Issue 154, 28 December 1942, Page 6
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176CHILD WELFARE Evening Post, Volume CXXXIV, Issue 154, 28 December 1942, Page 6
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