Vapaus, March 1, 1956

              ida^sonljr; national youth
r, Ghampicm, rolls off the
ses. Examining it are Merv
jrdencbuk, pressman, Joe
!unro, ^ assistant, pressman,
Btan Linkovich,h editor and
Jube Bromstein, business man-
2slie Morris äii «ditor of an
barly foferuhner;bf ^Champion
sesnhere cutting the cake
;ith Stan Linkovitch at the
Ihain,p's i 5t'h birthday' party in
PorontQ..
tililililiiis
Wes Santees'
TalerilsWrtl
Never Be Known
In one way ifs too bad that Wes
Santee. • the big wind from Kansas,
has bean suspended for life by. the
UrS. : Amateur AthleUc Union for
taking too much "expense" money
from track and fieldmeet promoters.
; Santee is a good mUer/the best in
the U.S.; and Jilso the biggest boaster.
Over and oyer again he has promised
to run a four-mlnute mile.and not
"only that, but he conlidently pre-dicted
that he could make bums out
of such as Landy, Bannister, ;Chata-vay
and Tabori. oo
Vm truly son-y.that he won't get
the opportunlty to Ilve up to his
boäst, or at least eat his -»ords, at
Melbourne next November. I'd dearly
love to be there and see Santee run
against Ihäros, Tabori, and Landy' in
the Oiympic mile." For my^ gtiesä is
thathe would flnish lUr baek*in the
pack. : But how we'll never know.
FEDERAL ASSISTANCE
VITAL FOR SPORtS
Toronto. — Eecently a great deaJ öt
emphasis has been placed on Javenile
delinquency. It seems kldsinowaday8
are being .born just plain bad. Parti^
cularly in th^ big cities, such as
Toronto, families are living in cramp-ed
quarters. children have nowhere to
play. : Mothei-s wlth large families;
find.it almost impossjble to provide
money for their young ones to: gq
skating at : privately owned; skating
rinks and swlnumng at pools, yet
what are they to do? Children must
travel miles to any> opera ted v by the
city. Hockey : teams in the Toronto
Hockey League are forced to-practice
ali hours:of the night*ecaus6 of the
shortage of mdoor rinks in the city.
öames are often played miles outside
the city limits for this same reasoni.
To the wmter games at: Cortina.
Italywent.such young athletes as the!
sklers from Montreal who had^to beg
from door ?to door: to obtain flinds
for the trip.
Canadians arei slowly vbeconixing
conscious of whether ifs vthe Jittle
hockey team at the neighbourhood
mm ÄIARC. BELIVEAU
\Höckeys Master Shöwman
>.Vhsnever sport fans get together
Jto disiöuss; th'elr favorlte game, the
Iflurstlon' bf.-"the good old days" Is
lusually on the agenda. Hockey iS: no
lexception.and.inany a^ w^
jbas stretched into the vee hours with
|faiicus.argxonents: about the stars of
|"iong ago." •
c..vya£/2Jewsy Lalonde as proficient'
goaltgetfcQr,^ as Rocket. Richard?
I Ho tv wouid 'Howie .-Morenz compare, -to
Icur preserit-tlay ' "greats"? AVhat
J about, th^ iColvilljs, CookS: and =Bent-
J3e}5' -^Who. had "the hardest ^hot,
Icorxacher-orvGaoffrion (Babe Dyor-:
JE;d.). Does.i Sawchuk rate, • with
|Georg^yezina',or_ Gardiner?^ -.
Thes3 discusslons can: never really:
I be rosolyed (althbugh they stimulate
iiiterc-st in ^hockey. Äs Einstein' once
snid, everything is relative and manjr
I of tbe fans today • haven't watched
the former stars p^ay. Their achieve-
I mcnts.are Qntered in the record books
DU'" thnt'sOlot the;same as seeing
Ithem in actidn.
, No hockey club in history has ever
been led.by two such.brilliant crafts-men.
And no two stars on. the same
team-were ever^ so exactly opposite in
temperament as Maurice Richard and
Jean Mai-c Bellveau. While the Roc-ket
beföre a: game' and on the ice »is
intense and completely oblivious of
his surroundings, 'Xe Gros BiU" is
T^axed"'and ismiling;;but no less
serious in his efforts. .,. ' .
•' Only 24' years old, Beliveau haä a
.chance this year to' overtake-^bis
team-mate's' "imposslble'? goal^ output
for one season. - With -12 gämes to
go,;. Jean V has scored 41 times; nine
less than the Rocket during 1945-46.
And it Is not just chance that Beli-veau
has improved so quickly • in' only
his third year .ivith Les Canadlens..
' In my humble opinion, Jean Beli-veau
is fast becoming the greatest
exponent of ali- times of howr hockey
should be p'ay'ed — if he hasn't al-ready
reachcd that position. Man-aging
Dlrector Selke of the; Montreal^
club, explains why. f , /
\ "Beliveair is. .probably, the - classlest;
player IVe evfer seen. He has a fl^lr
forgiving' you his hockey as a master
showman.; He is a .p^rfect; coach's
hockey player- because he studies and
learns. He*s movirfg aiid plannlng äll
the time. thinking out the play. re-:
quired for each situation. The diff-
4rence.betweentIjetwo.. best, hockey
players InUhe game-today-Is simply
this: Richard is an opportunlst
Beliveau is a perfectionist." v
School, or the «tbletes representing
Canada i n the Oiympic' Games in
MeU)oume^ something has to be done
about a M;issSports Pian for Canada.;
•After the 1952 Olympics, the. Na­tional
CouncU on ^ Physical. fitness
conducted. a comprebensive sports
opinion survey ^and presented it to'^
the Canadian Sports Advisory Coun-cil.
Two years. late];,instead of bud-gethig
^to implement the many sound
suggestions, the, Federal Government
on. the recommendation. of Health
Minister Marthi, Tcpealcd the Physl;
cal Fitness Act. At the time ha
agreed with. the :opposition leader'
Drew that the. national physical Iit-;
ness program had not accompUshed;
what was intended. How^ is: that l or
short-slghtedness? ' ' -
Four months ago the NFLY
launched • a:^ icampalgn. federaJ;
govenpmentvald to-siJorts this yearr
as a Btart 10 million dollars, as part
of a longer term federal govemment
sports program. In ^Toronto- the
N F L Y : vislted the Parks- • Commlttee
in support 'pf their excellehtreport
proposing -the' construction of 11 vre*;^
creation centers,.8 outdoor switmning
pools-and five artlflcfal fikating:rinks
in 1956. This pian could i)e -made
possiblebyseeking senior govemment
assistance. As a beginnhig the most
dire.needs are for:
1) An outdoor 8wimming:pool:an<^
recreation Centre in Kew Beach Park;:
2) a recreatlon jcentre in Grange
Park; 3) an outdoor pooi; recreatlon
Centre and artiflciai skating rink' iti'
Trinlty Park; ,4). an":outdoor; pool ;an<
recreatlon centre in- Earlscourt Park.
• Big" names in^the' f ield of sport- are
bcghining to take.;up tlie cry.- öports
•sections
filled.wieh
federally sponsored
I^rogram: f;B^Ie;ai)e beli^^tn:g£d';to<
write to ISP% iheMinlkter öf'ffeaitli
aiid; Welfare;; Sports clubj pcross
cöimtry arevge^ingll^
tiWal drive.: .Be siire to^^^v^^
opinion ' on - this^"inunedlatelsiic-4>y4:
bringing!thismatter up^-fordiscusslon
at :your club and'taking .inunediate
action: ^ ' ,1 < t '
of dally^. newjspape^ |i-e
h reiiorts: pt: the - idem ^br ik
V physical fitness
An Iriteresting
Assignment
For Children
In Japan, a fiftcen volumc scrics
entlUed "Cliildren of the World" is
betng publishcd this year. ; Thcsc orc
tO'be writingB, dravring. and engrav-:
ings, by children from dlffcrcnt
.countries throughout the worId.'
- -They are pianning to do-a volume
on^'children in North America this
comlng summer, - ^ r f his volume
they; are asking Canadian cliildren
tö wrilc letters telling about their
everyday life. Children from Finnish
Canadian, Jewish Canadian, and ali
national origlns are . being asked . to
teli about the work • their parents do;
;about thclr home. life, life ai. scliooi
sports dubs, cultural groups : they
bdong to. and about their playmatcs.;
TTils; way to give a plcturo of what
.llfe;-for cliildrcn i n Canada Is. Ilke.
The alm of this is not to makc known
to.ithe Japanesc children that Canada
wears the best clothes, but to present'
arreal picture of Canada wcaringtier
drdlnary clothes and her .working
peoplc.' Unfortunately. . there. is .not
mUch time to act on the question, as
the, letters etc. should be in byMarch
lOth. "We urge ali ;childrcn's ; com-mittces
to takp this up with thclr
children, and. to have parents help if
at ali posslble. Children could takc
this matter up at school; in .: tlielr.
elässrooms: and perhaps get the class
as 'a whoIe to > 'write about life in
their partlcular classroom. Thcse
letters should not be addressed to
Japanese children, but mcrcly lelters
tciling about' the Canadian ;way of
^"..iro^thc young. authors of wrlllngp,:.
draivings, and engravlngs carricd in
"North American': volume win be
j^nt little tokens of gratltudc. To
'Schpols and organlzations will be scnt
Jajranese childrci>s drawlngs, picture
P^^;, cardsi stamps. and: othcr Jthings
th^vvishtohave. -
OOhe^-QhildrensVidubs of. the FQ: a)id;
F C A ^ ,are asked to forward their
material to 957 Broadviejv Avenpe ,by;
this deadline.
UNLEVIITED POSSIBILITIES
THERE IS NO MYSTERY ABOUT TlBET'S FUTURE
George Hainsworth. who once play­ed
^oal for the Toronto MapleLeafs;
hid: 22 shutoute ;ln 44. games—a
vecoid chafs never be^ equalled or
cvcn approached. But viho can. say
.vrnethBr his reflexes were faster than
aro l3etroit'5 Glen Hall's? : Remem-fajr
Charlie Gardiner of the Chicago
BL-k ira\vks who3e career vms cut
shoztby pneumonia?;: In his last sea­son
he had only 48 goals scored
against liim...Was he as good as Bill
-Ournan- of Canadlens or the Leafs'
Lumley In his prime.
; Ifs dlfflcult to say. Not only, was
the character ;of the game. different
In those days (nomld-lce- red llne,
few gang-up; power plays) but fewer
games were played per season.. This
didn't put as; much pressdre on the
players. Nowadays the play is .faster
in some respects, and the' 70rgame
Bchedules demand a'; different type of
athlete. His reflexes must be sharper
and his stamina greater. This applies
particularly. to goalkeepers,;who lead
a very dangerous life today. •
With the greater accent on team
play, the odds; are against a Morenz
or a Cycloiie Ta^ylor appearing on the
tee in these:hiectic times. Thafs.why
in Uie last ten years few really flrst-class
players have hit the-headlines;
^en a star does develop. he, has,to
be a supcr-star to survive, like
Rocket Richard; orGordie Howe.- Or
choose your pwn f avoritc, '
irs also 'seldom that a. team , win
have mofe. thän- one truly %reat play­er.
But,-:odds;or no, Montreal Cana­dlens
are unfque in this respect..They
have lwo/at the moment, wi^h morc
on the way.^ Is ifc "any wonder. that
tliey're almost 10 games ahead of the
restof the pack?,
By ALAN WINNINGTON
In this last article of a serles
on' his recent visit to Tibet^
British correspondent Alan W i n - ;
; nlngton discnsses the coim>ry's..
past — and its fnture.
"Land of Mystery" tales about. Tibet
now have to go tha same way. as: the
Chiness "enigma", and ali; the other
"Mysteries of the Orient" which have
been used to set people against people.
Tibet is nov/, aftsr ali, onthe.bös
röute. Nor is Tibet, "bleak and, for-bidding."
It has many climates, un.;
toldmineral wealth, vast forests and
plenty of water for"power and irrl-gatlon.
-
Tibet is not a "land" cither. .It is
the raost weslerly half —; a milHon
square miles of China, andv has
been for centurics, though poor Com­munications
and the delay of Chinese.
feudalism forctd .Tibet to grow in
upon itself.
That fine öld spearhead of British
imperiallsm. the East Indla Company,
tumed himgry eyes on 'Tiiaet^,about
200 years ago andtricd to^.negotiate;
its usual kind of "tradeV agreement.
From thattime British spiesdisf
guised as pilgrims swanned in to
Tibet with maps hidden in prayer
wheels and counting the miles: on
rosarics.
The most Open effort to tearTIbet
away from China. was the British
expeditiön upder CSalonel Younghus-band
in 1904, wben he trained his
guns on' the monastcries and dictated
an Unequal trade trcaty. , '
At that tfmc the 13ala| Lama ap-pcaled
to; the, corrupt rcgime in Pek-;
ing/but no liclp came.
Tibet became a "sphcre of ,in-fluence,"
but r was not occupied< , It
is hard to imagine any foreign troops
being able to occupy Tibet.-
In recent times India became indei
pendent and the Cliinese PeoplCs
Army was driving ChiängiKai-shek
off the mainJand of China, It was a
bad moment for imperiallsm; and the
United Sfcatos stepped hi.to take the
lead. N
•< Moves were set on' foot to get Tibet
declared Independent by the United,
Nations — whcre the . UÄ had; ah:
automatic majority—: and two h i g h -
pressure- American; . propagandists,'
Loiyell Thomas and his son, were
rushed to Lhasa.
ArticltJs, radio talks,'vfilms and s<r
on duly appcared, but the 'junior
Thomas gave the gam& •away • m: hi^
book Out of Thfs; "NVorld by his nblsy
relcrcnces to the value of Tibct as a
military basc against China.'
In Korea U.S. forccs wcrc threaten-ing
to invade; China; , ,The UB..had;
grabbed Ihe Chinese Island' For-mo.
sa, and Tibet ifeclfbegan to loom
as another Korea in U.S.^- war plans;
It was a moment for decislve action
and the Chinese people took Ifc They
sent ; their volunteers in Korea and;
in one of the most dramatlc marches
of history, placcd;the; People'S' Army
in Tibet-^' to protect ; the Hinialayan
borderj, of the ncwbom Chmcsc
Peop'e's Repubiic. , ' ;
An agreement was slgned in -Tvhlch
the local govermnent of the youthfui
Dalai Lama agreed '^to wipe out Im-pcrialist
influences: in Tibet> and the
Central autliontJes; agreed not to in-terfere
in Ttbctan affai» such a«
religion.Jocal govemment and'social
customs. , ' H , * t
Tibetun Icaders I met said thafc^^at
first they wcre suspiciou» of the cen-i
tral authorities, owing tp, ^heir past
bitter cBtpericnce ivith the Imperial
and l^uomintang regimes.
But they, found the People'fi gov­ermnent
kept its Word. Hundreds of
Tibetan leaders went ali over China;
including the Dalai and Panchen
Lamas, wirose reconcillation was an­other
posltlveresult of the agreement,
They 8aw that. rellglöus freedom
was reaL v The Panclien -Lama >t^^
me :how impressed. he was that the
Pedpfe's govemment was rVestoring
the Lin^ing Lama temple. near
Shangliai. f
i They saw how autonomy:- work8 in
other areas where national niinorities
live. , ' , '
^ So, as tiie Dalai hasna said^ to me,
"Oör'inlsglvlng8:;werev removcd and
now there is nnity whlch is growing
stronger every day." " >
• Tit)et Is a' land whcre toadiUbn
really'count«,';W^ yoU- go-'yoti
hear about the great king — .Tsong»
tsan Oambo — i wh'o lived a b b u ^ t ^
years ago^ He inarrfed aChbiföe
princess iii the days 'When Chlna's
culture was probably-thchlghest in
the World.
To -Lhasa wlth the princess »rcnt
craftsmeri; culture ^ even Buddhism.
Tibetan clothes today are stlU ,ihe
fashion that; came thdn from ";E*eking.
and the.'wordsfor Chlhese^fithat
period. ' . ' , '
\Now; to TJbetans, history scc
be;repeating Itself on a new^planc.
The new roads vrhich llnk Tibet moj-e
closely.withthem a ncwer culture; and
new tectmlques^to the 'World's nxrfiop;
Now, as thcn, a profound ifi^ntal
uphcaval is taking/place,' A. bigfv
Tibetan official, director of Tibetan
mint, JLamA. Senttiung Khenchung,
said to me: 'Tt was a joy to me to scp
the Industrial contruction going
ahead. In iniand China. T i ^ t c an
only.develop in the same way.
*r Ubor Odilities
"Now that we have -the roads wc
can save our cattle from cpidcmic.
This means^ more cattic, so wc should;
develop milk-proccssing factori^ and;
tannerles; ;-NoW we wa8te most of our
hldes and wool. We should have wool
textile factories.
"But the canning of meat might
be hampered by rellgious feclings.'*
He thought for a long time and sald:
"We live in an Improvlng world; We
caii /scarcely avold that somc small
things'wm nof bc cntircly in con-formity-
with rcUgion, so long as wc
do noi^violate our main rcHgious
precepts."
In Blorea, he said, he' had seen dis
ruption dpne by the ^American?. "I
saw their shameful intention» of ag­gression
against China. ; Such aggres­sion
Could also come from Pqrmosa,
though it would be doomcd to f ali.
We know the policies of out
Pcople'8 govemment and are glad of
our •tuiIty,.for we have no dcslre to
experlence what Korea cxperienccd,
"I hopc you»wm teli your leaderS
that Tlbetans^place the protectlon of;
peacc i n the" forefront of our reli-gion."
These' are among the many Idcat^
now being discusscd hi Tibet, Thd
mi&givlngs have gonc, but not the
necd^to rätlonallse the new machlnes,
hospltals;' more fruitfui seeds and
vacclnes;; t h a t ' have corae witti the
roads. K
Tibetan parents are sendlng, Their
childrtSn to study in Peking and they
are returhhig with notlons about
pilothig aircraft and working In
factories.
Böth the palal and Panchen Lamas
say ttiat Tibet wl!l go U) fcocialism
with the rest öf China.
Exactly hoiiTlhat advancc wiJl takc
placfe wfll be detcrmtoed by the Tlbe-tans;
. W ^ »o fortunat©
to see Jutfc are the first «teps they
arr laking on that historic journey
Into ihe.bright future,
Tibet wlll «oon be an aut«nomous
region though help from the People'»
govenunent .wUi continue. - But there
wiil bc no' pxessute on the Tibetan»
to go faster than they want. no
huny, jiu^,«oxil|nilxion.
Tibct I s ^ t "out of this World," as
Lo*eU Thomas saJd/ but "out of that
«orld" Atui into the brfght new world
that is^^märching to socialism.
Hbet^vlU reacb socialism. but not
the | M n l | | r a i ^
ism ör..coIonial oppression, • but as
Don Hall ffofic
Win See Many
Neitf Faces
Toronio. Oencrally «rc are too
htvolvcd i n our persona! lives to
notice peojfifi stound us. ParUculari«
in Toronto/ different youth organiza-tlons
cairry on their own vork vltb.
out much contact wHto each other.
With this in mind Uic Youth Friend-sliip
League in Toronto startcd p)aiu%
for a "Friendshlp Prolic".
It is time we got tö kiiow tlic young
people from the Russian. Bulgarian.
Jcwl5h. Ukrainlan find- Finnish cul­ture
groups. So Icave your cares at
home comcs Alarch tlie 16th, and
Join us in the f un at the Don Hall,
Music proylded by the rPolka Dots-,
wlth the **Yrltys" gong makhig hot
dogs and good coffee.
Ontario Youth Pian
Tiiird MM
Toronto. — Prcparatlons are now
beginning^ for the;' 3rd Ontario Youth
Festival for a Greater Canada. A l i
those whotdok: part In thp first and
second provlnciai youth- festivals .wiU
remembcr ?what outstandMig events
they wcrc: for; tlic i progressive youth
movcmcnt. . ,
A' Festival Confercncc is boing
organlssed for Wedncsday, March 7th;
8 p.m. at 83 Christie St., in Toi^nto,
to cstabUsh a new Ftestlval Commlttee
and to lay plans for ihe next Festival,
It is proposcd «that: the festival be
June 3Qth-JuIyl6t at Eldorado Park
(Camp Naivcit) near Toronto,
i f you are unablo to attend. you
arc-rhivltcd tO: send your suggcstlons
forprogramme, publicity and flnanccs
for tho festival by Ictter.
B E P F A C E S BVT N O E X C U S E S
Mm
K a r i i « r » ( p o Ä | ^^
champlpuiöjlR^eÄ
we came to «alliog l|.^B}it ^np ta^ifO^*
trcmi^^^ittfTO^
. a i » ^ ;ti!Öifi^ v d i n i e i ^^
portan^:;anni(wJ^
(he ladics* champlobst?»'eVcnt^
• wei:wä'c;y^
H c l c i i f Ä ^ a n^
minute b^Dd'the UJ^[:Wlax^M^j^^-^^i^
i Aftcr bhe raccs many commentif! /
;sults^ wMW|;ha?»^
•dlffarent|wiäiK^^
^truejf^biitJtiil^mln
•only?l»:3w^j^^
in:good physical condltlon/i^Tmwliti'/'.
also be able to wa» his skis cotreett»^/ .
•loir^Ti-t^^uie^^^m»^^
;con4fi|s!wp^^|jil|
;--KflVBjiift-^'öu^
:Ähip:^iÄti^np^iä|pj|p^^^
i*^Onij^?||j^onS^^^
*mah» andboth ot^theih wiU bertm.-
; o n : ; > « r t l r | p p i | » ^^
^shJpi|wÖi|i»ii^
U. 8. Junior chiMhplonaihips whIolt'
:;.wiu
iqrgc cohtin^ent of Caiiadi^n IbhSor»/, ^
;.Wlll ||p||iuidlq|lp^
^wWc@;^|p<i|icnf||^
vttais|w|j^^
.dinjBlli^
; ,Any ^ tiifflifclliilill^^
tetMmv. Ali «re can say Is we
we are glad we didn'l have our shirt
at fitake last ,wcekend whcn Uie Ca­nadian
crossH»untry Skl Champion*
fihlps wcre decided; tiie senior, inter-mcdlate,
yctöran*s: and ladlcs' Utie
at Long Lake and tlie Junior title at
tlte.liakeheail Yes sir. liäd wc had
our shirt Up. we wouId tind this bal-my
eudbury whiter a blt on Uic chUly
side The way i t iB;now. we fe*t wc
should losc a fcw pQunds anyway.
,We sure icamcd our Iceson os far
08 prcdictlng winners go. Hicrcaftcr
we wiU prcdict whtners only when
Uiere isone competltor entcrcd 'and
cvcn thcn only to plnce. The only
consolation wc have had Js. tliatone
of our.writers "Napero" cvcn wenl a
step farthcr. In othcr words somo-body
was(cven more foolish than wc
wore. ' . . .
;i On the othcr: hand we wiU< wiU{ng>-
i y concedc that Uic titles'wcrc'won
Iqr fiklcrs who are dcfUiitcly mastcrs
of the s^ats and among the best we
have In Canada today.
Wc wcre smart enough not to pro-dict
a Winner in tho senior mcn's 15
and 30 kllomctre champouähipv cvonta
but bistcod namcd Scrvold, AyrOnte
and Ypyä as the bhirec to watch. Hero
we wcre of coursc corrcct, wltb Cla-rencef
Scrvold winning the 15 km
champlonship and Arvo Ayräntö
wlnning tho 30 icm champiönshtp
aftcr Scrvold had to drop out with
'cramps.
Young Ralph ColdcvUt irom^Prlnce
Albert, tho dark horsc in tho intcr-mediatc
(under 21) 10 kllomctre
«hamplouEhip ovcnt turncd out;; to. bo
tho "fast horse" beating Spccd's Karl
Palomäki by almost si]f minutes.
(Bob Gray'8 4 second -vlctory, ovor
i i i
By BOB WABD
INTERyiEWING THE WROMG KELI2Y
about arrylngf ft i ^ ,
, Grace Kelly is not golng >to morry Tbte' 31m ahd/ O Ä j Ä S J i ö M ^ ®
any Prince.
vWc have ttii^
thority. ' % ' .
'' Wc wcrc ,t)ppcd off about this
'scoop'>by a.friend. <
- Tliis startltng/ plcco of InformaUon,
of com'sc. rouscd our curloslty, ' ^ .
' So wc sccurcd the phonc numbcr
and addreitä of Che Kelly family, •
In doing 4hiä< we had two main
motiveä^In mind;';Ml) TO be able
to,brhig"ncws of such intenintional
Importance. to our readers,' aiid <2)
our mlssus wantod to know'lMt was
really truc that Grace Just 'picked her
wardrobc off tho racks', and, if so;
were there-'rack8'llkc thcsc ones in,
say, Eaton's Annox.
r Point ,Onc ,of our, motivo Is, oi.
coursc scif explE^ititory. " !Por i t UI
obvious to /those;Who:read the ?ncw»'
In the daily prcss that Items con-ccrnhig
Kollywood stars the more
Important than such mtmdancthlnge
as unemploymcnt; speedup, stock ma>
nipulation, the nced for peacc, or
almost any oth«p 'little* matter any-one
might thhik of.
The marriagcs ; and un-marriagc«
and encor(^ of the Hollywood set are,
wc ali know, 'news' of the newsic8t
newfcworthlness.
So wo pihoned Mr, Kelly^and made
an appohitmcnt to visit him at his
home.
Mr. Kelly and''biB wlfe mct.-U8 in
their living room. We got rlght down
to the point of-our lnterview.
'•Is it truc; that you havea daughtcr
namcd Grace?" .
"That and it is", said Mr, Kelly.
"Is shc golng to get marrled somc
timc in April?"
"Bow would ybu be'knowlng such
a thlng"/ Mrs, KeUy put to, •'why
we haven't told anyone yet."
This picce ofadvlce vhiually floor-
'Havcn't told anyono yet?!' abbut ti^arryingfrft'^good imionman.'?^
Vlfomen And Those
LeapYearMarriages
(Oiren Sonöd Sun-Tim©*)
What Lcap Yeair has come to mcan
to the unsclentlf ic is the understand-
Ing that in those pcriods it is per*
ralBsablc for women to r proposc;
marrlage, a" prerogatlvc which is «up-posed
to bc detifed tbcm in others
years,
Statlstlcsprovc' that nothing has
come of it, Womcn liavc cither made
poor usc of the privlicge, or mcn
have resisted what efforts they have
made along that line, Plgures Show
that marriages actually fall off to
Leap Years; For example, «lere were
sbme 1 0 0 ^ fewer marriages In the
U.S. in 1 ^ . a Leap Year^ than there
were in the yoar preccding or the!
year following., This nile.has beld
good durtog the past two decades, It
seems men do not want tlieir'w<>men
to be too obvious.
Just when andrliow womcn were
givcn the"rigbt?toproposemarriage
in these years is not clear. One story
is that St. Patrick, seeing many.Irish
colleens apparentiy doomed to q^lns-terhood,
decreed tiut to one y^^^
of every four ikvfy wotil6. bave. the
privilege of seektojg; busbands through
proposal of marrfiTge.
ed us.
wcgulped;
"That and wc havon't", sald' M?^
Kelly.
• "But, what about tJlic ncwspoper8?y,
wo (^skedj
"Nc|rcr,bclievo ali'you read^in tho
new8paper,'' said Mr. Kelly "sttfe otid:
thcy'ro i\x\\ of atl klnds of nonsehso
— ond particularly about unions . /
"Rcmcmbpr Pät «the tlmcyou wcro
Oh strike,.-^ whcn you werc brick-
.liiytag,,apdt.thfy .trled .tp.put^sqabs
on the Job:..
"Ycs Molly,", said Mr, Kelly "thätjö
whcn we stoppcd paying hocd^^
tho ncwspapcr8, 'Why the .way they
wrotc up-our strikc yo'd thtok'w;i^:
wore a bunch of,ho9dlums and.that
tHo scabs wcrc good Irlshmcn.'.* . ^
"Thafs why wc d'on't tokc ony^hccd
of what thcpapcrs say" sald
KcUy, "sure and if thcy'd Ile about
a strikc, how could you put much
stock In onythlng eisc thcy'd bc say-'
Jng."
"But hoW about Grace?" we said
"Is fihe göiog ^ marry this Pjiiace
somc tlmc In Aprll?" ' ' ' ' - |
"Our Grace is suro-getting-marricd
some tlmc in Aprll", Mr. Kelly rc-plled,
"but 1 thlnk that you'vo'got
things mlxcd' up > Wt; she's golng
to marry Tim 0'Rourtcc..."
"He'» nöt a prlncc from Monaco?"
we butted In,, . ,
"He's a-piflnce Is Tim alrlght/' rc-plicd
Mr. Kelly, "buthCs from Mo-
«aghan — County Monghan." .'*Hc'|
shop chalrman at the Steel planf
out hcrc."
Suddcniy it dawncd on us, Wc
wcre talking to the Wr0ng Kelly
famlly.
"But you do have a daughtcr
Grace?" wc oskcd.
"Sure and wc do," sald Mrs, Kctiy|
"she's -shop; stcward; i n the Electric
Woi%s, a rcal good urilon glrl, our
Oracle. .^^^
"And why'shouldna shc be and
me a unlon racmbcr for forty years;
Mr. Kelly stated.
"But"/ we asked, "is Oracle golng
to get marrled somc «mc In April?"
"That and shc Is", sald Mrs, Kelly,
••"you see Tim and Grace fIgurcd that
wlth the merger of the unions comlng
about that tlmc that sure and it
wotdd bc a grand' timc for thcm
to förm thclr own merger."
A glint of a tear showcd in Mrs,
Kell/s eyc."What a wondcrful unlon
idea that one was," shc sald-
"What's, all this taik about o
Prince?" Mr. Kelly askcd as we got
up to Icave. "^ow what would a
göod Worklng classghl llkc our Oracle
bewwtin^ to do wiUi'anyone who
wou]dnu't kiiow a mulligan stcw from
Mrs, Murphy'» chowdcr/'
We duckcd the question. "Grace
J«h't ä t home tönlght,'^ wc sald brlght-^
ly.
"Oh no, this is Monday, lt's her
sh(V 8tewards' meetlng tonlght." Mr.
KeUy tpld us.
A8, we ieft the KeUy home wc
figured tiiat the news that Oracle
Kelly, a t(hop stcnvard to an eloctrical
plant getttog marrled to Tim OTtour-ke,
County Monaghan, and a shop
chalrman to a Steel MlIItWOuldn't bc
considered news.by the big corn-,
merclal papers. ^
- But,wew«'ebappy tbatthedaugh-najhedSelly
faadbeoome an ective
second isoat • tö;.aoy. ;m6vinr>P%u|«.|
Star, when 4 .come» to-gcjt)^-locfcK^ ;
As for Tim,,wcnl.toke'Mr.^Ke«yM!^;^"
Word th»t hCs surofa |)ri|u^-<«1iliiäb«>^'/f.
ond ;th(>;flbisp.<!ha3rBwnftof'Jftfe ''--C-;
Pricndsliipand "bfothcrly4qMi'*p«'» i^:
vnilcd at Coriiria, wltl^, oijie noi^Vn^,
cxccptlon. .There was'^no'troubIo bP» ^ , ;
tjvccn nattons, but inaldc^ithc |
team a bitter f9ud'taged^betwfcn Jh^ ^ v
skattog Stars Tcaley Albright
Carol Hclss, wlth the girls' motbets' ^
oddingilucl to thcflamco. : * fUHT ' 1
Lpggy Tcnlcy^Jhe bcllC'oif Bajtgig^^ M
and daritog of the uoclal «Jfc t^l? toi» < ^
honors ajt the Olympics. aod.TUntier,.
up CiEiroi was BO upset tjiat;~8|ie^*«t'^ i
first rcfUBCd to posc wltti'thiK c'haM<^>,n \
, Tlie. bittcmess bccamc even tnore;..^
Intense In^ pcrmany, ^whe»; \^Jm,M
U.&.skattogQUccosf^eiaflmto^^rälttie <
World cliamplorisbips. 8ut tbJs tiiSet' ^
it W9S Carol HcUs,; wb(> h&a b^^flct \
skating «crJouÄly ;for' theVa^ft^ 10 '!ffa^f^ i
<shc's Just 10 now) who flnlsbe^Jn»,
Why th'c"hord
takcs a lot of moiicy-^
flgurc skating slar — «)mc'tblng>fit'^*''
the nelghborbood pf $29,000 -T^D^^iy
both ghrla hopc to recover thl«'lttVM^|4
mcnt; pIUs huiny thoujcands ^
tuming Professional önd t ^ t o g ^ e ' *^
blU to 'one of' tho ice e^tttayoganzäs^i»
whlch' tour tbe UB. and Canada e#cli^^ .
ijlfiÄtei>?;ti^ ^ ^,
, But skaters are a dimo a doisen,
to get bcr namc ^n llghts a g i i ) nas^^ ' \
to wto elther an*Oiympic tltJe*^ or
World ice skating titlc. Henee 4taeV^
grtm detcrmtoatfon of Tenley fCRi,,, ^
CBLtol and their ever^Iovto'^ mammfuy
Perliaps, having spUt ]iono»;;.thci^^^^
both be happy now, Uiougb iK>meho^''i^
Idoubtit, " / ^ 'f*^*
BUT, i rS SUEE BIG v'^''*^- .
The Texan exclaimed j:aptuxc»itöii^
as bc reäched the gate'of Ids ftoal . j
rcsting place,' "Ah sho oöi" gläS"' ^
Heaven is no muchjike te^.'*/^'*fn'-
The gatekeeper snlckered,'^Suddiiii^x
this ain't Heaven," " KLL/^ '
fccitog»?'' Weu. "It^' #
loiiey; to' devcJo^^iT^' ' l i
LVCKY
A glrl who had lovcd^.apd ^a^,%
many, many thne»^ libally Ibccafljftjj^'^^.
engaged to an X-tay qjecialtttf. jf^ C?
'She'B lueky;" commented trientlV
»^None of t b e ' ^ e r feIIows cCuId lUs^^
anytaiing Jn lier." .-^;" - '-"^V i
'Is UMs the munane,8ocIe^j?*^;t4öC ^
woman'Ä'yolcc a8lted'«ver,^^](Aomft^
TBE BBUTEt