The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-06-13
LESS THAN l5S0F MONEY NEEDED FOR
 YANKEES ON HAND
No Contributions From 35 of Nations ''Million. aires"- S46,OOO Rec eived, S35O. 900 Wanted

Detroit, June 13-Confronted with the possibility that the Ameri- can team at the games of the 10th Olympic at Los Angeles next month vii be reduced to skeleton size. George W. Graves, chairman of the American Olympic finance commit tee, today appealed to every Amer ican sportsman-and sportswomen for aid. N
 Receipts of the committee until Friday night. June 10, were less than 15 per cent of the amount needed for the American team. The committee Is charged with complete responsibility for transporting tho athletes to the games and back to their homes, equipping them, and feeding and lodging them while at the games and cnroute to Los An geles.
 Unless the American public in- creases contributions, ther is little doubt that the personnel of tho American team must be reduced, MT Graves said today. "N0 contri- button is too small. Almost one- half of the money received so far is from donations of ten cents and up by the army, navy and marine corps, the National Collegiate Ath- letic association and police depart ments of cities such as Washing ton, Detroit and New York"
 Money Men Silent
 Although personal appeals have been made to 35 of the nations millionaires--or men rated as mill lionaries-not one of these men has contributed to the fund, Mir Graves revealed. over one million pieces of mail have been sent from tho committees headquarters in De- troit, but receipts have been less than five million pennies for the total contributions up until the night of June 10. amounted to $45,- 857.94.
 Scores of yacht clubs have been requested for aid, but contributions from the clubs or their members have been small with the largest contribution $10. Yet the yacht races are an important part of the Olympic program.
 Friendly suggestions have come to the committee outlining plans for raising money, but many of these must be discarded because they smack of commercialism.
 Commercial Ideas
 If the committee had accepted apd encouraged offers from organi- zations and manufacturers wishing to use the American Olympic com mittee name, there would be little need to appeal to the public." MT Graves declared. On one offer alone the committee lost $5000 and possibly $1O,O00. This was in the case of a we'll known national ad- vertiser who had prepared an ad- vertising campaign linked with the games"
 Other advertising schemes in- cluded royalties an songs, cigar lighters and novelty dolls.
 In contrast to many other na- tions, the United States team has never received money from the gov ernment, but several foreign na- tions directly-and others indirect ly--aid their teams to the extent of underwriting two-thirds of their expense.
 Los Angeles and the state of Cal ifornia through legislative grants have spent more than one and one- half millions to prepare for the meetings of the worlds best athletes.
 Coming Through
 Californians have contributed lib- erally to the finance committee and of that state have also donated funds. California's quota for the committee will be over sub- scribed according to reports from the coast, but MT Graves pointed out support of the team is not the duty of any certain district but of the entire nation.
 Discussing the financial crisis the committee Babe Ruth in Detroit last week declared 1t was almost unbelievable that money shortage may cut down representation.
 Participation in the Olympics Is the goal of hundreds of young ath- letes and 1t seems lamentable that lack of finances should keep any worthy representative of American sports from competing for his coun- try" the Babe" said.
 Contributions to the fund can he made direct to Detroit or through local committees.
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