SUPPORT OF OLYMPIC GAMES
1). i !SJn\ OF BRITISH VFULETES LONDON, May 24, ( that the Games in B:. h- v. v ~L not advance the Olymm • j p :• i. G. H. Elvin. on bes■■■5 ■■■ '■ . i. (■ National Workers’ Sports O’ *: '.v uen, proposed at a meeting • 1 Amateur Athletic AssociaNvi i; association withdraw ■"--c; rt from it. Ht c eel- -i that Herr Hitler had ' 'Ofod Lowe, stadiums and playing ’•elds belonging to the German Workers’ Organisation to the number of 2.00U.000, and had confiscated their funds. A Jewish delegate seconded the motion The former Olympic champion, Mr D G Lowe, said the British athletic governing bodies, also 180 pro.spe-i.ve competitors, favoured participation in the Games. There was no evidence that the Games would not be properly conducted. Moreover, 50 nations and 5500 athletes were competing. Other speakers criticised the Nazi U’gime. The motion, however, was rejected by 200 votes to 6.
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Press, Volume LXXII, Issue 21792, 26 May 1936, Page 11
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