AThe Courier-Journal, Louisville, Kentucky, Sunday, February 14, 1960
Congress Is Asked For Funds To Groom Fischer For Title
U.S. Prestige Held At Stake
By MERRILL DOWDEN
The “Committee For United States Chess Champion Bobby Fischer” informs me it is petitioning Congress for funds “that may help us win our immediate goal of securing support for Fischer or our basic goal—the promotion of chess in America and of American prestige abroad.”
Young Fischer, the committee says, “is confidently expected to win the world championship for the United States from Russia, which has held it virtually unchallenged over the past decade.”
And it adds:
“The more this 16-year-old's enormous talents are helped to flourish, the more tournaments in which he can represent the United States all over the world.”
Even without financial assistance from organized chess in America, the three-times U.S. champion has already represented this country abroad in five important events.
Persons interested in the boost-Fischer campaign may obtain further information by writing to Walter Goldwater, committee secretary, University Place Book Shop, 69 University Place, New York City.
