Oscar Geiger
and the Henry George School

Frank Chodorov

[Reprinted from Land and Freedom, January-February, 1934]

On my next trip West I am going to talk Oscar Geiger's School to Single Taxers I meet. If there is a spark of the old light left in them they must help. I wish I knew how to sell the School to Single Taxers of the country.

I hope you will not consider it blasphemous but I think Oscar is the nearest incarnation of the Christ idea I have ever known. The teaching of the Single Tax is not only good pedagogy it is inspirational. He doesn't deviate from or apologize for one word of Henry George. The simplicity and clearness with which he expounds the philosophy is, I believe, one reason why his students become enthusiasts. The other reason is Oscar himself. He teaches so that they understand. That understanding plus his sincerity produces faith I wish every Single Taxer in the country could sit in at one of his classes, could see the light of understanding, of revelation expressed in the faces of the young men and women students.

If that were possible they would agree with me that the Henry George School of Social Science is the hope of the continued life of our movement. May he who gives life be generous to us by preserving Oscar Geiger for many years, and may the Single Taxers help him carry on his work by their financial help.