After the Closing Ceremony bad ended at Squaw Valley, the organizers could indeed be proud of a job well done. Praise was lavished on the Organizing Committee from every quarter. Perhaps the most heartwarming of all was from Mr. Avery Brundage, President of the International Olympic Committee and a veteran of many Summer and Winter Games of the past.Every respect Olympic Games
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The Olympic Winter Games were a major success in every respect. Californians can take pride in the superb way their State carried off the Games and role of the host. I have made it a point to discuss the matter with a dozen or so delegation chiefs. They are people who have been to Olympic Games and winter resorts. When they say how wonderful it has been here, that is the finest compliment that can be paid to Squaw Valley and the whole operation. You wouldn't think they all would have the same viewpoint but they do. Everything has impressed them."
"There is no criticism of facilities, and the pattern of the whole operation, with everything so closely linked, has gained their admiration. And it is no grudging admission. It was volunteered generously."
"I don't think anybody could have done this job any better in the time at the Organizing Committee's disposal. It has taken 25 to 100 years in Europe to accomplish what has been done to a great extent here in four years. I am pleased — in fact, astonished — that it has turned out so well. I have heard nothing but commendation for the State of California."
"Tell the people that America and California can be proud as hosts for these Games. Tell the people that it is worth the effort to visit Olympia."
Published by the California Olympic Commission
Prepared and Edited by the Organizing Committee
EDITOR: ROBERT RUBIN