Show Ford Foundation Showers Showers' Grants tn Arts In little more than a year theFord Foundation has showered showered show show- ered grants on local arts and learning in extraordinary pro fusion MANY support privately e d cultural groups In such major cities as- as Washington ns' Atlanta New York Chicago St. St Louis San Francisco and Los Angeles Angeles An- An geles have received funds from the Foundation to aid in their development and to insure in in- sure their permanence Many of these groups littIe lit lit- tie theatres local opera sod sod- etie national ballet compa compaNes ries Nes have been on shaky ground financially but have been given a needed much lift through the generous contributions of the Ford Foundation JUST recently the Foundation tion gave the National Ballet Company of Washington The grant came at a time when the group was at a shaky stage Ford has put 77 million into the dance alone And grants for the other arts as Ugh high or higher ThUS the theatre opera and ballet aU all have been shored up with heartening financial fi fi- support The Ford Foundation and its p president Henry P. P d are rn a sense pointing me way to the John F. F Kennedy Center for Performing forming Arts which wit wil one day stand in Washington as a training and performing mecca for the lively live live- Ily ly arts |