The Montreal Star from Montreal, Quebec, Canada • 5

THE MONTREAL STAR FRIDAY APRIL 28 1K7 A New York Opinion Expo SffCiaf ra Tar Star NEW YORK April 28 -Amid the plaudits from the world after an initial look at Expo 67 is this lengthy editorial in today's New York Times: Canada and the United States both have hits in Expo 67 which opens in Montreal today The fair bids to be one of the great international shows of the century and the United States pavilion is a standout a joyous distillation of the best American art science and culture no less profound for its easy wit and beauty A world fair of course Longest in World Escalator Snarls US Pavilion Tour The escalator in the US pavilion one of the longest in the world and a key element in a tour of the building broke down last night and almost caused the pavilion's closing The escalator stopped from ICAO Lett 5:30 to 7 pm and later at 8 pm for about 20 minutes should be all fun or at least painless instruction But there are serious lessons to be learned in Montreal These lessons are pertinent because several cities are already vying for the international exhibition to mark the United States bicentennial in 1976 After New York's sad fair of two years ago Expo 67 is sheer delight No Profit The facts of fairs as demonstrated in Montreal are going to be hard for American cities to grasp since most of them consider it gospel as New York did that all money invested must be returned at a conventional percentage and the national culture is best symbolized by massive doses of chrome-plated commercialism Expo expects no profits It is a frankly deficit operation The money is 50 per cent federal 37ft per cent provincial and 12ft per cent municipal The bookkeeping is considered fully balanced in terms of visitors and business attracted municipal improvements completed and luster added to the Canadian reputation Commercialism is rigidly controlled under the explicit rules The 63 national pavilions are there as according to a fair official as hucksters" In Tradition Expo is a designed fair Every element starting with the basic site plan has been controlled by the chief architect and staff Every pavilion was subject to review Even with controls the variety of form shape and style is stupendous and exhilarating and the whole is woven together with theme buildings services and public spaces of a design quality that would permanently grace any city In the world The demonstration in clear Expo la in the tradition of great world fairs Each country is making the most striking and extravagant statements possible of its architecture arts and sciences Recognition Fortunately the United States has finally recognized In its glittering Buckminster Fuller break bubble" that its best cultural exports are its dynamic young talent and its innovative masters The combination steals the scene There are more lessons in the shining new subway that combines art and function on the ride back to Montreal and in the city where massive skyscraper blocks are being joined underground by efficient and elegant multilevel planning There are more good new buildings in the heart of Montreal than in almost any equivalent acreage in Manhattan New York can learn about other things than fairs from this Canadian jewel city Out Of Expo VIPs has apparently pulled international faux pas in of specially invited to official at Place des Nations the fact that Montreal the international centre aviation no invitations issued to the International Aviation Organization represents 113 nations explanation given to was: had a space so we had to draw the somewhere" Although there was no official comment from ICAO it understood that senior representatives of the United Nations agency feel they have snubbed by someone in lower echelon of command Walter Binaghi of ICAO nor Bernard Secretary General had invitations queried delegate was given an explanation that a letter had been months ago inviting ICAO participation There is however no record of this letter been received Adenauer Street Smeared Ktuttn BERLIN April 28 Six "Adenauer a signs put up to honor late West German dim-' were smeared over green paint yesterday said There have been protests from residents against the renaming historic 10-lane Kaiser Adenauer Damm Officials said "a chain has stretched kicking brakers off" Traffic flow in the building is so arranged that the major sections of the pavilion the space exhibit Use Hollywood memorabilia and the painting show are difficult to reach unless the escalator is working Interior designer Ivan Chen mayeff Alan Sullivan who directed the painting show and architect Buckminster Fuller conferred with worried faces and discussed the possibility of cluing the pavilion because viators touring the lower and secondary exhibits of folk art called American Spirit" were frustrated in their attempts to reach the main platforms At first the maintenance staff reversed shorter down escalators collecting the upper exhibits Some visitors readied upper levels then walked down the long escalator As tiie crowd swelled maintenance staff was forced to shut off all escalators The Otis Elevator Company staff which installed and will maintain the escalator worked on it under the eyes of dozens of visitors on the mezzanine floor who were champing at the bit to get to upper levels The ride one minute and 30 seconds long has been touted as one of the elements in the building which offers "an esthetic experience of space" It is one of the three longest in the world' The other two are in the Moscow and London undergrounds However officials said the escalator in the American pavilion is the longest unsupported one in the world It is supported at the top and the bottom but not in between They said it was "like a new automobile" said one man: "You're supposed to have it adjusted at 1000 miles and we haven't even me hundred miles on this only been running 11 eight days Double-takes at Expo Expo an its list guests opening Despite is of world were Civil which The ICAO problem line was been Neither president Twigt received When by Expo sent having Signs new street the cellor with police strong of the Damm: flavour oh the rock 6 to your kind of menthol Only Alpine cools the flavour without diluting it So what you taste is full tobacco flavour the j- Cool Clean King Size Cheers! The Press Must Work So No Mini Mini-skirts When is a mini-skirt not a mini-mini skirt? what 128 female employes of the information services of public relations department would like to know today following a directive from their chief MacLean The memo said that from now on the 134 employes of Mr division should take effective May 1st' conservative road" with respect to appearance The reason? The visiting with whom the employes deal as part of their operations ranges from liberal individuals to very narrow ones" according to Mr MacLean beards beatle hair and mini-mini skirts are unacceptable during working hours in the administration building and on the didn't mean mini-skirts" said an Expo public relations man early this morning meant mini-mini skirts You know nothing extreme Besides I don't think any of the men in that department have beards In his staff memo Mr Mao-Lean said like beards beatle hair and mini-skirts but The information services division supplies maps and information kits for press and public and answers letters of inquiry "I certainly expect this memo to get outside our shop" Mr MacLean said today "What I'm really concerned with is appearance and some of our girls have been a little any of the men in your department have beards? -No -Do any of them have beatle haircuts? -No Well why were they included? just wanted to make a humorous point to my mini- mini girls Asked what prompted the memo Mr MacLean said lie had received comments from itisitirg newspapermen i say their work was being So when is a mini-skirt not a i mini-mini skirt? i "That's a 11 I- 4 Montreal Saguenay Baie Comeau (Hauterive) Manicouagan Gagnon EXCEPT SUNDAY departure arrival arrival arrival arrival 8:00 AM 9:15 AM 10:15 AM 11:10 AM 11:50 AM 4 SUBS 3 fast flights for your convenience Evicted-Bul Family Gels a Home Curiin Pima TORONTO April 28 Gilbert Blais and his seven children evicted from their downtown Toronto home yesterday for non-payment of rent have been re-settled in a three-bedroom bungalow by the Ontario Housing Corporation The corporation's move came shortly after Blais reported that five of his children would have to be sent to stay with sympathetic -families in Toronto He said he and the two youngest aged three and five would stay in a rented room Blais an 8854-week conveyor belt operator moved his family to Toronto a year ago from near Timmins to find treatment for his wife who was dying of cancer Mrs Blais died two months ago Blais fell behind in the 8116-a-month payments for his original house and was ordered this week to leave The new house is too small but Blais will be allowed to stay there at 895 a month until larger quarters can be found to' mj ve Black wage-earners in South Africa spend 75 per cent of their pay on basic necessities such as fund housing and clothing Montreal Rimouski Sept-lles Wabush (Labrador City) Schefferville EXCEPT SUNDAY destination: excellence i.