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: "By Dave Brady | “"" galt Reporter - - Jocko Miller, chairman of the District of Columbia Box- night that he would recom- mend a license for Sonny Lis- fon if he wanted to box here. would vote to Yicense Liston. Lee has been in youth correc- tional work for the past 10 years. , commission, said he did not ings of the New York commis. sion in denying Liston a! Miller Has ‘Open Mind’ “TI have a very open mind har Miller said, commenting on. e report that the New York {State Athletic - Commission: had rejected Liston’s applica-' ‘ board,” Miller said, “but per-. sonally I think Liston has a ; tight to rehabilitate himself! no matter what his police | record might be. “As for his alleged manage-| associations, we could deny a manager a license if he! did not satisfy our fandaras | but still license Liston. : “I ’t think , , Ls a chance to fight here. | _“T'm in favor of rebabilite tion. In fact, I’m one of Judge Scalley’s best probation offi- cers. I always ‘have three or four young fellows here I’m to keep straightened ; - Miller, assistant golf pro at i| Congressional Country Club, {was referring to Judge. Thom- ‘las C. Sealley of the’ District Municipal Court, ‘who fre- quently assigns youths who jeome before him to work for Jocko at the golf course. : . “So New York turns down ing - Commission, said last “The bout will go somewhere else and the theater-television still will go back to New York where they will accept taxes |from the theaters.” Norvel Lee is a teacher at} the. Lorton, Va., Youth Center where he helps rehabilitate, young men from the ages of! 18 to 26 who have been sen- r -Former Olympic light heavy-: ‘weight champion Norvel Lee,| ‘another member of the D. C. Boxing Commission, said he} Capt. Joseph Y. Osterman, Police member of the boxing: - Previously he was a cor- rectional officer, then a teach- er, for boys from 12 to 18 at the National Training School. ; “I believe ‘Liston could ad-| just, “Lee said. “ I would be! |willing to vote a license for! ‘him from what I know now. ‘The fellow has shown ‘some ‘iad me progress in his You know he hasn’t want to comment until he has! chance to review the find-; q ( bd _ . ; » Cru ~ The Worker "I deal with this tpg OP Fe ow and I :think a ‘fight such — s this might be of great help / ‘him. 1. ‘don’t’ know, what New York knows about him. ‘d ‘like to read the transcript of the investigation there. "I --don't_ -know anything about his managerial setup. | | 7 Tele Ro “T_wrote- to promoter ‘Tom (Bolan and Floyd Patterson's Mmanager, Cus D’Amato, sug- gesting Liston -should be fought here.’ That ‘was just around the time they signed for a New York bout, geen “D’Amato telephoned ‘ne ‘and -pointed out that New York City had just about guaranteed a million to a mil- lion and a half dollars ‘for the bout but he would be agree- able to a bout here if someone. continued. would match that © sort of guarantee.” _. Liston. pointed “out in his letters that Patterson would ‘not have to worry about crim- inal elements if the’ bout was jheld here because Washington oO lig the headquarters for the. ni ederal Bureau of Investiga- uw \ r f \ . Times Herald ‘ ay ; .. y. The Washington Daily News __ 4 The Evening Star ee i . VN ow { ahs AMIN, New York Journal-American —_ New York Herald Tribune . New York Mirror . New York Daily News —_____ New York Post The New York Times 7 The New Leader —,=+—___