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0-19 (Rev. 5-27- j ev. 5-27-63) Tolson Belmon Mohr \ ] Casper PPEGRE AEE SSeS THN NY . Callahan A % sf ] Evans eorge | ale a" y Rosen , a . y Sullivan were y . Tavel y - * Trotter [ O r ] Tele Room j y Holmes Z * l Gandy Boss WWW Jw WLWWWy 7 °e ”2nnryrqhqqyggg "0mm MUHAMMED ALI, OR AS THE man who used to be Cassius Gay pronounces it, Mohammed A, Lee, might be getting a bad rap Tap from the World Boxing Association. There are so many better reasons to suspend him than the big one stated by WBA president Ed Lassman—‘‘Setting a very poor example for the youth of the world.” True, the WBA is also moving the world away from Muhammed because he took $50,000 from Sonny Liston’s. matchmaking corpo- ration, Intercontinental Promotions, to sign for a rematch. The WBA would have been wiser to proceed on the rematch contract alone. . THAT IS AGAINST THE LAW, as defined by the Supreme Court in 1955, and against the boxing rules, as defined by the WBA. As it stands, the WBA appears to be turning a pretty good : case into a religious persecution. | Clay, or Ali or whatever he chooses to call himself today, has ve every right to belong to whatever nutty group that will have him. “ . the With an 1.Q. of 78, his decision was not particularly surprising. ook — ‘ There are darn few professional fighters that any clear-thinking JO . _ 2, parent would want his children to emulate. There have been hy eru world champions who were dope addicts, procurers, drunks, ‘ thieves and worse. None of them was disciplined. al as é x” In many ways, the WBA is acting like a hunter who fires before Doewoce ta Drs The best course would be to determine all the facts, then act. © Washington Post and That is the job Sen. Phil Hart (D.-Mich.) begins today. Times Herald mae THE SENATE STILL HAS BEFORE it the Kefauver Bill, which The Washington Daily News 2. would regulate the monopolistic practices in boxing—such as re- The Evening Star tart bout contracts —and set “P a National Boxing Commission as New York Herald Tribune of the ice Departmen York Journal-American Today, more than ever, the bill needs action. But Sen. Hart fe ~ i is going about his task as quietly as possible. ! ion 7 3 78CF - ew York Mirror nea ~With nearly 100 witnesses heard before Sen. Kefauver's death, NOT RECORE CORDED New York Daily News Sen. Hart plans to limit his probe to the dealings that went into 46 New York Post the staging of the Liston-Clay fight. APR 3 1964 The New York Times _ He, too, is disturbed by Clay’s rematch contract, but he is The Worker | wat egue with pridence is in before he makes a move. You | =e ‘meen, eeemn je New Leader IN A STATEMENT YESTERDAY, Sen. Hart hinted that he | The prali Street Journa) | was less interested in the fighters themselves than the men , National Observer around them. | ’ rad - People's World He spoke of the public’s lack of confidence in boxing, and the | r ft H Date “suspicion” that “hidden pranipulators” are the ones who make ' ’ the me os from fe million gates. MAR Ps 1484 nclusions. -. ‘ SEEM Gon Nise: imony of the men closest to the rata we men ee Clay. , A might be smart to sit and listen. 1 meh tac | . cometh at would make its action worthwhile.