so alge Neg 5 Ee - IOA A A SS te RF element nemion RE eed eye OF. ye SF bt shite ndiethi dea debi FweAY ap Fae \ i See XN x- ye oS & ' S We have already passed the $15,200 mark on our finan- cial drive goal of $15,000. Final tabulatins will appear next week in the paper, but we would like to thank everybody who contrib-~ uted to this magnificent effort, and invite you to attend the PT Me Victory Smorgasbord-Dance this Friday to celebrate with us and ___ honor outstanding drive workers. 7 | SMORGASBORD— DANCE Hastings Auditorium 828 Fast Hastings Street 7 FRIDAY, MAY 22, 7p.m. Come and Enjoy this Victory Celebration 2 ae British Columbia trade mission seeks busin __ PRAGUE, May 8, (By airmail By LUCILLE GISCOME ess in Gechoslovakia )—In an exclusive interview here today, Vancouver Board of Trade vice-president A. H. Cater and general manager R. T. Ross explained why their 52. member trade and goodwill mission had come to Czechoslovakia. This is the first trip made by any large Canadian businessmen’s group to examine for themselves market potentialities in the socialist world. They arrived here by chartered plane. “Said Rose: “British Columbia is an exporting province. About 50 percent of our production © dollar comes from exports. But what the tide takes out it brings back in another form, and we are most keen to see what can be done for the development of two - way trade.” As spokesman for the dele- gation Rose constantly empha- sized the goodwill character of ‘heir mission, which was invit- éd by the Czechoslovak Cham- ber of Commerce. “We are a unique group in that we include not only peo- ple directly interested in trade but lawyers, doctors, engineers, accountants, figures in provin- tial life who as competent ob- servers can appreciate the cus- foms and ways of others,” he ) said. ‘In these critical times, We feel that differences in na- tioality, creed. and politics should not impair mutual re- =| sect. Understanding and good- ‘will are essential to the ex- ‘pansion of two-way trade.” Rose spoke highly of the ‘rdial reception they have re- teived here in cultural as well _business circles, and said tey noted the obvious mutual ist in breaking down barriers. P. A. GAGLARDI He pointed out that this is their seventh in a series of voluntary exploratory trade missions they have undertaken. “Although we have no offi- cial sponsorship, we are always accompanied by a member of the B.C. cabinet—this time Highways Minister P. A. Gag- lardi[2s> > Gaglardi, as a guest of the Ministry of Transport, has viewed some of Czechoslovak- ~ja’s free-way type of highways, and roads, bridges and con- struction methods. “He is par- ticularly interested in tunnell- ing, a comparatively recent in- novation in B.C. road construc- tion,” Rose said. (Gaglardi is to visit Italy and West Ger- many before returning home). “Czech engineering is wide- ly known and well respected,” said Rose. “And while we are interested primarily in con- sumer goods, we recognize the problem of redesigning, pack- aging and marketing for a com- paritively small population likes British Columbia’s des- pite its quite high per capita buying power. “The quickest single means of trading, of course, is to get into the capital goods supply. Now we' have one or two hydroelectric projects in B.C. which will run to four million horsepower. For this we will need all sorts of electrical goods, transmission towers, power equipment, which Cze- choslovak industry is quite competent to furnish if it is desired. “However, one of the diffi- culties we face is the fact that there is such a big market available right here in Europe for Czechoslovakia’s products.” SPORTLIGHT By FRANK GULLETT HE SPORT — many will T not admit to this descrip- tion — that can always be relied upon to rouse the fierc- est passions and arguments whenever it. is discussed is boxing, be it either amateur or professional. Its critics and supporters — too often with practically no_ knowledge beyond what they have read in over-dramatised press reports or seen on tele- vision —set themselves up as experts. The critics use words like “degrading, brutal and uncivi- lized,” the supporters words like “noble art” and “bringing out the best in men.” e- There is the third force who maintain that boxing should be confined to ama- teurs, because professional prize fighting is bedevilled by racketeers, hangers-on and in- competent and corrupt man- agers. I believe there is a lot to be said for all three points of view. Wherever you stand, The Professional, by sports writer W. C. Heinz, is well worth reading. (You can buy it in paperbacks on most news stands in Vancouver.) This novel is one of the best and most realistic about Pte > RE, os the fight game that has been written in recent years. The most maligned men in the sport—very often with complete justification — are the managers, but there are very many honorable excep- “tions. The professional in this novel is the manager -of a middleweight contender. For the years between the time Eddie Brown climbed through the ropes as an un- known to the day of his world title fight, Doc Carrol manages, coaches and nurses him until he is the best pound - for -‘pound fighter in the game. : Magazine writer Frank Hughes is assigned to join the two at the training camp three weeks before the title fight. Hughes has known Doc Carrol for years; has known his fearlessness and honesty when gangsters tried to take over the profession. During his three weeks at the lonely training camp he learns of the striving of both boxer and manager to create a perfect fighting machine. The Professional is a mix- ture of comedy and sadness with steadily mounting sus- pense. The reader feels him- self part of the game and whether he agrees with it or not, it leaves him with the conviction that that is the way it really is. Is boxing such a brutal sport that it should be banned? The subject Was been debated at length over the years. For a re- view of a book which tells the story of the fight game as it is, read Sportlight and draw your own conclusions. May 22, 1959 — PACIFIC TRIBUNE—PAGE 7