Show sculptor plans huge memorial memori al to crazy horse norse statue of sioux chieftain will be carved from black hills CUSTER S D korczak ski boston born sculptor and war veteran plans a gigantic memorial statue of crazy horse famous sioux warrior a statue so huge 2 peo pie could stand on the chiefs chief s out flung arm but to make his dream come true must carve it out him self fr from om thunderhead mountain in the black hills here that is causing a controversy these magic mountains were once sacred ground to the sioux today they are less venerated but no less loved by the white victors who have turned the black hills into a year round vacation land they have stocked the area with wild game pheasant deer elk buffalo beaver and want to keep it fresh and unspoiled for this reason many grumbled when gutzon borglum conceived the mount rushmore memorial carry ing the faces of george washington thomas jefferson abraham lincoln and theodore roosevelt Hoo sevelt but this now draws 6 tourist visitors a day during the summer and the people of south dakota are proud of it meets criticism the crazy horse monument pro dosal however is meeting perhaps ven even sturdier criticism than did Borg borglum lurn s kushmore rushmore project we don t want to turn our black hills into a sculptors gallery said one e elderly resident behind the objection also is a feel ing that the indian memorial might dwarf rushmore which Is about 20 miles away others think on the other hand it would serve as a twin drawing card for tourists few of those who question kowski a plan question his compe comp e tency or his courage his head of ignace was wars voted by sculptors as the most popular tural exhibit at the new york world worlds s fair he also worked for a short time with borglum on mount kushmore rushmore he ile s determined the sculptor is 39 fiery boyish and determined his hair Is shaggy and tousled his friendly grin spreads a dark mustache he still wears the old G I 1 boots he wore overseas he likes to talk about his crazy horse memorial and loves to bat pat down arguments against it it has cost me 81 00 so far and I 1 haven t put my chisel to s stone on he said but III finish it if it takes 30 years said he was first asked in 1939 by chief henry standing bear to carve the memorial because we want the white man to know the red man had heroes too so I 1 came out here and bought a mountain smiled the sculptor it was standing bear also who insisted that the memorial sym bol of the proud sioux nation s van dished glory be to crazy horse the proposed monument shows him arm flung forward imperiously hair streaming in the wind as he rode into battle astride the stallion that gave him his name the mountain site is feet tall feet long |