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Rugby
THE FACT that U.C.G. and Corinthians are paired in the current season's Connacht Senior Cup gives an added interest to their fixture at Renmore, on Sunday.
Corinthians were badly hit by 'flu and C h rist m as h ol iday defectors in (heir outing against Clontarf at Gakvay last week-end, and it was not surprising that they fell he a vily t o th e Ca stle av enu e outfit. They have made seven changes from last week' s team , and some of them are interesting experiments. The return of H. Coyle to scrumhalf—h e was out through injury for the last t hree matches—will greatly strengthen a backline , in which T. Getall y (centre) and K. Silke (wing) are being given their chance to gain a place on the cup team. Connacht prop-forward M. Glynn will figure at number eight , and M . Walls , usually a prop, takes over the hooking berth . *. Apar t fro m A. Blayney, who is nursing a hamstring injury, U.C.G. expect to be at full strength , and the}', too, are very anxious to get back on the winni ng trai l. Galwegians , easily the outstanding Connacht club in the preChristmas part of the season, travel to play Garryowen on Sunday, and the Glcnina side should be good enough to record another Micce*; ';
Ball inasloe go to Limerick to meet Old Crescent and Athlone a nd Sligo continue their preparations for the cup with a match at Athlone.
BECTIVE—SUNDAY'S WELL GAME CAL L ED OFF The Bective Rangers - Sunday 's Well match , fixed for Donnybrook tomorrow , was called off last night ai the req uest of the Cork club. More than hal f of their seaior team have been hi t by the 'fl u epidemic which is sweeping the city. lowever , the ot h e r Cork cl u bs will fulfil their weekend fixtures and among these is the match between Hi ghfield and Blackrock at Model Farm Road. But Highfield will be without several of their reg ul ars , includino their top scorer, D. Guiney. Goal-kicker A. Loughry is also a very doubtful starte r.
By Dermot Mullane
Women's hockey
THE DEATH of a daphnia , dead f or the ca u se of sc ien tific research, has been recorded neatly just inside the entrance of the main h all of the R o y al Dub li n Soci ety 's pr em ises , at Ball:brid ge, where the Minister for Education , Mr. Faulkner , this afternoon is to ODen the sixth annual Young Scientists' Exhibition, sponsored and organised t y Aer Lingus.
MUNSTER EXPECTED TO GIVE LEINSTER TOUGH TEST MkM By VEKA McWEENEY LBINSTBR travel to Limerick tomorrow to play Munster in the first interprovincial match of 1970. This game will be played in the afternoon at 2.30 while at 12.15 p.m. the reserve XI of both provinces will do battle. The two Leinster teams and the officials are to meet at _ 8.15 a.m. shar.p at Sean Heuston. Kingsbridge Station. At Che moment of writing 'fiu has claimed one victim on the Leinster side , Miss H. Buckley having been forced to with dray and her place at right inner will be filled by Mrs. D. Mi ller , who in turn will be replaced on the reserve team by former junior inter - provincial Miss D. Morris. Leinster will miss the whirlwind tactics of Miss Buckley in the attack, but there is no reason to suppose that Mrs. Millar will not prove an admirable deputy particularl y if she can strike up an early understanding with new cap Miss VT. Meleadv.
Last season Leinster beat Munster by the odd goal in three after a dramatic half time reshuffle of the Leinster side by the captain Miss N. Smith , when her team was in arrears . This year the result could just be as close for Leinster's sli ghtly experimental selection is to be opposed by a side which has not won universal favour wiith Munster hockev fans.
THREE NEW CAPS Leinster have three new caps, right half, Miss B. Harris (better known as a full back), right wing Miss M. Meledy and life-wing Mrs. A. Mulli gan. Munster have five Hichfitld—B O'Mallcy D. Kelly. G O' Re;ily . D. Twomtj, A. N. Other: H. newcomers, right half Miss M. Gaynor and left-half Miss M. CanMal son . G. Barrv; R . O'Brien. N. QuaJe. E. Kcjiy, J. O'Brien. D. Burke . N. avan, both of whom are controverMurphy. T. Moore. G. H. O'RciHy . sial ch oices, as well as right wing Miss. J. Deane, centre forward Miss M. Purcell and left inner iMss T. CARRYOWE N HAVE Dunne. Miss Deane follows in the footTWO MATCHES steps of her sister, Mrs. T. Kiernan, Oa rryowen will have to find a who will be remembered as perhaps ne« full back to complete the season the unluckiest righ-win.g in not geta5 th eir regular full back , B. Cobbe ting an Irish Cap. Miss Ptircell is 'broke a ankle last we ek against a forthri ght forward whose three Bohemia ns and is almost certain to goals in the Chilean Cup final be out of the game for the re- agai nst Queen's University won the mainder of the year. trophy for University College, Harryowen have two matches this Cork>, this season. w<:.- %end and try a different full However, this failed to win her a back ineach. The former Rockwell place on the Irish Universities side player S. McNamara fills the and Miss Dunne, who is a neat position on Saturday against player, is making the authordox Sianrion at Thomond Park, while on progression from school girl star Sunday M. O'Shea is given his through junior interprovincial to senior reserve side, and now has opportunity to prove his ability. F. O'Connor has returned to made the Dremier team. England and will not be available BIGGEST SURPRISE for O ld Crescent 's game against Ballinasl oe on Sunday. The biggest surprise to fans uotGarryowen—S McNamara CSundav), M. side Munster is the absence of iMss O'Shca), N . Cotter , L. Harly (E O' Bcirnc) B. Bexley <S. McNamara), J. E. Mulligan from either team for Morrison (P. McDonald) . J. C. Moroncr since she took over in 1966 from L. Hall <L . Harly) . T. Carrnll (j. International goalie Mis H. CunMnlloy). i. Quin.i. M. O'Connor. J Mnll.iv (A . N . Oilier). P O'Riordan. L. ningham, she has been an automatic Bcnner. F. Hoj an , H Droos. choice for the Munster side and Old Crescent— J Reynolds , K. Lyons . played for the Irish Under-23 XI M . Bairo n K . Only. D McGovern J. . Gallium , M Walla ce, D. Gallivan , T. in the Jubilee match early in the Harry. N O'Connor . S. Gubhins . VV. season. 1-n ,-* N Connery. G O'C allaghan. A The Leinster Reserve XI is very N Olher. At Richmond—Ensli.sh Sch oolboys 25, little behind its senior in skill inScottish Schoolboys 1 1 . cluding as it does three former internationals as well as three senior inter-provincials, while the Mun3 achting ster reserves seem to neve a tremendous forward thrust as well as a very solid defence. CLONTARF SEMINAR It is interesting to note that the The Clontarf yacht and boat Leinster reserves have foraier Munclub j unior affairs committee ster inter-provincial Mrs. McAllis•have arranged an interesting ter at right half, while Munster seminar in the clubhouse this have Mrs. D. Presoott CD. McKay), evening at 8 o'c. to discuss a the former Leinster reserve player graduatio n boat for juniors who at centre half. are now ready to step H-- r on class dinghy. out of the Seven wefl known one-design THE ROLE OF YOUTH class dinghy helmsmen will put forward strong clai ms for their IN G.A.A.'S FUTURE respective clases which are Enterprises The G.A.A., like every - other (Robin Hennessy), -Hreball (David Lovegrove), 420's organisation , was not immune (Sean Clune), Fireflies (Garrv from change, and the task must Hooper), G. P. Fourteens (Arthur be undertaken of organising the Lavery) . Hornets (Jim M'urtagh) youth and prepare them for their and I.D.R.A. Fourteens (Charlie role as administrators, declared Sarge n t). Mr. Padraig Mac Namee, a forThe Clontarf club will be re- mer president of the asociation , presented by and a present trustee, when he Brian {President). Jack Barrett Dowling (Com- addressed 300 guests at the annual modore) , Des McCann (hon sec- dinner of Monaghan G.A.A. re tary). Jackie O'ReiUy and Heus- Board . t on O*Farrell Mr. MoNamee said that there was no crisis in the G.A.A. — only problems which , he sugcould be met by bj ending TODAY'S SPORTS gested, the enthusiasm of youth with the experience of older men. He thought it would be chaotic if DIARY power was suddenly thrust upon Kacing—Sandow n, 1.45; Haydock, the younger generation in the 1.45; Ayr , 1.30. association before they were preGreyhound Racing — Harold's nared for it He added that while the G.A.A. Cross , 8.0. was prepared to listen to criticism, they could never allow Coursing—Abbeyfeale meeting. themselves to be pressurised into rule changes.
Sean Browne, of Castlerea , Co. Roscommon, a stuaem ai oummemiu owuui , ^u Su, «-«« « ««~.« -, — f orms part of his experim ent in light measurement exhibit
MiJNSTER COUNCIL'S SATISFACTORY YEAR
THOUGH FAILING to reacn the honours list in 1969, the Munster Council of the Camogie Association is quite satisfied with the year 's work. And there is renewed hope for the coming year. There is an increase in the number of teams affiliated, and this applies particularly to the schools and colleges. In the senior championship Cork, after two years on top, had to give way to an energetic and forceful Tipperary side. The recovery of Tipperary to championshi p status came as no surprise , due to the team-building of the last two years. A sprinkling of noted players in S. Long, M. Loughnane , A. Graham and B. Dowd, countered the best from Cork in H. Dineen , L. Garvin, M. J. Ryan and A. Crotty, to capture the Munster championshi p by 2-2 to 1-3. Tipperary also had a good win over Limerick in the initial rounds. Kerry did not reach championship standard and lost to Limerick who , in turn, failed against Tipperary. DEFEATED ONCE MORE Hopes of an all-Ireland championshi p crown were dashed when the Leinster holders . Wexford , put an end to their ambition in a close semi-final win b y 4-4 to 3-3. They were, however , encouraged once more when winning the Munster Junior championshi p, defeating Tipperary b y 3-4 to 1-3.
This gave them their ticket to the all-Ireland semi-final in which they failed to h a t Kildare; but for the second year in succession they failed in the all-Ireland championship final to Derry. In the inter-provincial competition for the Gael Linn Cup, the Munster selection , having overcome Connacht by 2-2 to 0-4, had to give best to Leinster in the final, and this was their last and only hope of taking any of the 1969 honours. In the all-Ireland Club championshi p. Ahane (Limerick) won in the south and qualified to meet St. Paul's (Kilkenny) in the final ; but here again the Leinster champions retaine d the trophy, bv 3-7 to 2-2. SAME AGAIN In was the same story in colleges' competition; their representatives, St. Aloysius , Cork , were defeated in the first all-Ireland final by Presentation Convent. Kilkenny, 3-2 to 1-2. On the administrative side, the most noteworth y achievement was the formation of a Munster Colleges' Council. Miss C. O'Connell (Limerick) was elected hon. president with Sister Vianney, Presentation Convent , Gastleconnell, as vice-president. Miss M. Moran (Cork) was elected hon. secretary Representati ves from Cork Limerick . Tipperary and Waterford attended , and fifteen teams for the competition. Cork entered County Board organised a symposium which proved verv successful
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Fingers get burnt on Broadway
By a New York Correspondent THERE A/RE unquestionably easier ways of losing money than investing in the theatre. You could, just for example, have your pocket picked. Paper money also burns, and if you get all your money out of the bank and set fire to it, this is also one of the most effective ways of losing money known to' man. But the theatre isn't far off the pace. The New York State AttorneyGeneral, Louis J. Lefkowitz, has released figures showing that the average capitalisation of a broadway show last season was "over S23O,O0O," while the cost off Broadway was "approximately 530,000.*' These figures do not tell the entire stor y, howeve r, for within that average are very separate components Theodore Mann , of the Circle in the Square, last year brough t an evening of one-acters called "Morning, Noon and Night" into Broad-wav 's Henry Miller Theatre at something little above the offBroadwav average . On the other hand , some of the more spectaeularlv failing musicals—say "Billy" or "Come Summer"—will have lost something nearer to half a million dollars than Lefkowitz 's average. Why, then , do peonie still pu<t money into shows? Whv be an angel when there is such an overwhelming chance of getting vour wines singed? First, whv gamble? Theatre backers know the chances against them. On the other hand, a man such as David MerricV has made millions out of Broadway, and a consistent backer, say. Harold Prince, would have a very nice return on hiis capital. There is still big money to be made in the theatre . Tt is also one of the most piamorous ways of losing your shirt man has yet devised. Uusually. no-one hacks a show unless he can afford it. Although it does attract a few small investors—and thev are orobablv ill-advised to venture in—-most ¦backers are rich , and the theatre is a neccadtiTo to them
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MUTUAL LOVE Some men keep polo ponies, some men collect rare gems, some men back brpadway. They are usually people in love with the theatre, and in turn the theatre is rather in love with them. For although we like to suggest that there is a "theatre industry, " as an industry it is the least efficient in the world . Luckily for the theatre, the most hard-headed of businessmen tend to become soft-minded when confronted with the theatre. This is just as well, for their simple faith, hope and charit y makes Broadway possible. One can make a lot of money on Broadway. But the pattern of Broadway, and, for that matter, off Broadway, is radicalv changing. <a Broadway has perhaps lost something of its importance, momentarily at least, and as a result it is, perhaps, not quite such an interesting investment prospect. Tt has become a nlace for musicals and light comedies. Serious drama is extraordinarily difficult to pro,d uce on Broadwav. However, while there is still money—very risky money, but money—to be made on Broadway, there is a new pattern developing to thea-tre-going and , of course, to theatre investment. Quite simply, more and more of the ^ action iis moving off Broadway. With offBroadway hits such as "The Boys in the Band" and "Dames at Sea." it has become obvious to experienced theatre investors that there is gold to be found away from the Great White Way. The theatre has taken some surprising knocks during the 60s. Tt will almost certainly have some equally surprising knocks to take is pro'baKlv healthier now than it is probablv healthier niw than it was 10 vears ago. Whether it will be anything more than a very speculative area for investors seems unlikely. However, iust because you are an anael does not mean that you have to be a fool . There ¦is a classic difference- Fools rush in where aneels fear to tread.
Two barred from L.S.E. The London School of Economics was granted temporary inj unctions in the London Vacation Court yesterday banning from school premises two men alleged to have token rj art in disturbances at the school's Oration Day on December 4th. The orders aTe aoainst Dr. Paul Hoch (27), an American postdoctoral student at Bedford College, London , a n d ' Mr. Roger Tvrrell. (22), mrechant <ieaiman and former circulation nonage' of Hie left-wing magazine. Black Dwarf.
The da'phnia 's epitaph — daphnia seemed prepared at the drop of a is a genus of minute fresh-water ha t, or, i n deed , of a q u estio n , to entomostracans , which is the kind pa rade fo rmidable and highly techof information that any visitor to nical explanations of what they had the exhibition should know — takes been doing, or were doing. the form of a record of its rate N one m or e so, in this respect, of heartbeat . than the pupils from St. Toseph's I n a w ay, the daphnia might be Secondary School, in Co. Longford, regarded as a vistim of the now- which has produced 26 projects, past " permissive decade of the no fewer than 24 of them in the 60s." Miss Marv Grace , from the mathematics category. Last year Loreto Convent in Kilkenny, who pupils from St. Joseph's—175 girls is an entrant in the Biochemistry and 11 boys—managed to do better (Junior Section — Girls) category, th an sweep the board s in the mather has sought to discover the long- matics category: where six awards term effects of stimulants and were scheduled they managed to drugs as excitants and depressants. Her exhibit courteously thanks QUANTUM THEORY (¦he gardai " for leave to use drugs " and shows what happened wh*»i Mi ss M ary Keogh , fo r examp le , various substances were adminis- gave a lengthy and extremely imtered to daphnia . Their heartbeats press i ve description of what she are recorded at the beginning of had att empted, calculated to drive each test and then ten minutes and a mere mortal straight to his cataan hour after the administration of logue with a simplified explanathe stimulant or drug. The daphnia tion of the project. And what was which was chosen to take its kick it ? " An attempt to introduce a f rom ephedrin took no real part in new method of renormalisinc an arbitrary Feynman amplitude wh :ch 'one-term experimental work. At the beginning of its tnp — a can be used to study the renor trip that quite literall y was t o tak e malised perturbation series in quan it out of this -world — its 'heartbeat |tum field theory." The simplest project, from the was 141. Ten minutes into the experiment. Miss Grace's record in- catalogue, appears to be Elizabeth forms us that this had risen to 196. Reid's upon " Queuing Theory." And somewhere along the line, but a look at the project itself «"-:N within the next 50 minutes, the trip reassure any visitor that \f\ss came to an end. " Dead " is written Reid's researches into queuing — in with a brute finality in the something that most people probcolumn which, in the case of all ably accept as a fact of life rather the other little fresh-water entomos- than a subject for research — have tracans, shows how their merry been extremely sophisticated. little hearts were beating at rhe end MINES RESEARCH nf an hour . There is a moral in tt . Last yea r's runner-up for the BALD INQUIRY Young Scientist of the Year Award Miss Ann O'Reilly, from the Jonathan Cohen , from the H ig h, Loreto College in Cavan, a junior School, Dublin, has entered a progirl biologist, exhibits the fruits of ject in the senior boys section of an i nvesti gation into the incidence, rhe physics category, which lo oks a n causes a n d possible prevention of extremely impressive, well-displayed baldness. Some acute observation piece of work; he has carried out or, otherwise, frank questioning research "to determine in the field apears to h ave gone into this pro- the distribution o f activity in certain ject . How else did she discover that rrvnes in Ireland , to ascertain by of her 23 bald cases 13 had dan- radiometric means the relative dr uff or that 15 of them washed abundance of uranium and thorium , their hair weekly and eight of them with a scientific and commercial monthl y. One interesting point to view". Bo nder is that no fewer than 20 of This yea r a n ew catego ry, sociothe 23 had bald ancestors . logy, has been added to the list In all. the young scientists of bringing the total number of cateIreland as they are represented at gori es to sev en . Perhaps during the the exhibition , which will continue coming year, a young sociologist until 9 p.m. next Sunday, appear may care to earn' out a project to be a fairly formidably intelli- establishing why the number of gent section of the population. entries from vocational schools is so Certainly yesterday afternoon, as disproportionately poor. The answer, they worked upon their entries in it seems quite clear, would be of preparation for the preliminary extreme interest to Aer Lingusj udging, a great number of them Irish , the organisers a nd sponsors.
THE BIG REWARD OF E.E.C MEMBERSHIP Into th e heart of Europe
By a London Corre spondent THE IRISH have a busy year ahead of them . They will be one step behind the British in the march on Brussels, with an absolut e determination not to pet left hehinri
Margaret Arless, a student at the Convent of Mercy, Longford, with her exhibit, a survey of itinerancy in Co. Longford.
Health rate demand may rise by Is. 7d AN INCREASE in the rates in the Dublin Health Authority area for the year 1970-71 is expected to be of the order of Is. 7d . in the £. The estimated increase in the gross expenditure of the health authority over last year will be about £l-t million. An estimate of expenses and draft demand of the authority for next year, issued lby the city manager and town clerk yesterday, shows the expenditure of the health authority at £16,394,485, which is an increase of £1,446,670 on last year. The estimated income from grants and sources other than rates shows an increase of £839,964, leaving a net increase of £606,706 to be met toy the rateDayers of the three contributing "areas. After allowing for the effect of balances on earlier years' workings, the additional amount to be raised by way of rates bv the three rating authorities for 1970-71 is £522.927, of which £256,978 relates to Dublin citv. It is not yet possible to say by how much the rate in the £ would need _ to be increased to raise this additional sum> as the productivity of Id . in the £ will not be known until after March 1st next when the revised valuation list will be known. However, on the basis of the present productivity, the increase required would be in the recion of Is. 7d: in the £.
3m. new adults in Britain Yesterday in Britain the age of full legal capacity dropped from 21 to 18- An estimated 3m. young people are now eligible to vote, hold and dispose of property, make binding contracts , make wills, marry without the . consent of parents .or court , and make purchases : on the instalment plan. • Also they may now be sent circulars from bookmakers and be hypnotized for the purpose of public entertainment. And for trr first time. tHey can donate blood and be sued if they defau lt on their debts,
Catherine O'Callaghan, from Buncioay. co. vrexjora, wnose ™trv in the sociology section is a study of alcoholism.
REMANDED ON SHOOTING CHARGE In the Dublin District Court yes- with an offensive weapon (a .32 terday. Patrick O'Brien (28), of colt) robbed him of about £300 Mayorest, Blanchardstown , Co. at ' Wynn's Hotel, Lower Abbey Dunlin , was charged with sn~oti n e street, on December 28th. at Michael Brannigan with intent He was remanded in custody to coai'mit murder and that, armed ¦until next Monday,
A team ot Irish Ministers was here early last month and extracted from Mr. Stewart, the Foreign Secretary, a promise that there will be regular consultations between the two Governments on their applications to join the Common Market. A further meeting is to be •held soon, possibly in Dublin. Mr. Patrick Hillery, the Minister for External Affairs, is to set off on a tour of Euopean capitals early thi s year to remi nd the m of th e Iri sh application , which people in the Six would prefer not to think about until after the British problem is settled. The background for the new application is brighter economically than it was in 1961, although the i ssue has still to become a central question in Irish politics. Until 1958 the Irish economy was growing at & rate of one per cent a year. A rate of four per cent has been achieved since then. The population is increasing, for the first time (except during the wars) since the great Famine. In the next couple of years the population will pass the three million mark, still well short of half what it was in 1841 but a most encouraa'ne sign for the Irish.
A.t present the tariff on motor vehicles is 75% , that on television and wireless sets 60%, domestic appliances 48% and cosmetics 80%. Joining the European Economic Community, like signing the 1965 treaty with Britain , is bound to be an act of faith . The Government hopes that, with adequate transitional periods and with special arrangements for some part icularly vulnerable areas of the economy, joinin g the E.E.C. will turn out to be worthwhile . But many people in Ireland are understandablv
THE BENEFITS Agr iculture will benefit from Joining, j ust as British agriculture w ill , _ by the increase in prices. Britain now takes more than 80% of Ireland's agricultura l exports, and when both countries j oin the E.E.C. Britain will have at last to pay a fair price instead of screwing every last penny out of her advantage in a perpetual buyers ' market. Ireland will no longer subsidis e the Brifoh standard of living, The Irish hope also (like the Danes) to recover some of their lost agricultura l market in Europe. Before the common agricultur al policy came into effect Ireland was STILL OEFEINLMilVl selling £18m- in exports to the Six and now sells only £6m. The Republic of Ireland remains economically dependent on Britain The other advantage Ireland in spite oi all the trappings of h opes to draw from membership of sovereign independence. In 1968, the E.E.C. is that her cheap labour 69% of its exports went to Britain costs and direct access to the huge and 51% of its imports came from European market will make her a tempdng place for American and there. Ireland comes third in the list of other non-European industrialists to ODen factoriff j : importers of British goods, after tiie United States and West FOREIGN SHARE Germany. When Britain devalued, the Irish pound was automatically Many have done so alxeadv devalued. When Britain goes more *an IKS™*? decimal next year, Ireland wall do 8U% - 1959 and 1967 or investment so too. When Britain enters the in Ireland was in new industry forci«i /4O% Common Market, Ireland will seek British , 20% GerrnanT 16% to join with her. American.) So long as Ireland remained But for principally an agricultural country the main Ireland , as for Britain with inefficient and highly pro- political. Theadvantage must be tected industries she was bound to from the rest Republic is cut afif remain .a neo-colony. The economic immense weight of Europe by the policy followed during the de the E.EC wouldof Britain. JoaainK bring her in oat Valera decades amounted to of the cold spending what capital there was on heart of the outer fringes to the continent in Brusselsuneconomic projects as 6uch There is a dim hope that it might forestry, car assembly and power bring turf , that reunification nearer, but how fuelled by stations might happen remains as instead of on export industries. obscure as the Common Market's The standard of living and econo- own progress mic growth remained abysmal, political union from economic to . therefore, and heavy emigration (Times Service.) p nntinilM ^ POLICY'S REWARDS Mr. de Valera's successors have a better idea of economic reality. Last spring, for the first time in history, the value of Irish industrial exiports exceeded the value of agricultural exports. The policy of giving tax holidays, investment grants and every (possible inducement and help to foreigners wishing to set up export industries in Ireland has paid off. An Anglo-Irish Free Trade Area was set up in 1965. Irish tariffs on British goods come down 10% at the beginning of every year and the cuts are beginning to be felt. Some Irish industries are bound to suffer , 'but it is hoped that the economy as a whole will 'benefit and , in particular , that the experience of British competition will prepare Ireland for the day when she will have to abolish all protection against European goods and adopt ¦ <b.e common external tarifif.
Union recognition refusal attacked The General Accident Fire and Life Assurance company was yesterday attacked for its refusal to ;ive limited recognition to a "white collar" union. The general secretary of the Trades Union Congress, Mr. Victor Feather, said the company "seem to think that this is 1917 instead of 1970." Mr. Feather's remarks followed the insurance company's rejection of a commission for industrial relations recommendation that the union of insurance staffs be given "consultative" rights. Mr. Feather said he did expect general accident to be not enthusiastic about the C.l.R. report, but was surprised to kam they had rej ected it