BERLIN OLYMPIAD
British to Participate MOTION TO CONTRARY LOST London, May 24. Contending that the Games at Berlin would not advance tho Olympic spirit, Mr. G. 11. Elvin, on behalf of the National Workers’ Sports Organisation. proposed at a meeting of the Amateur Athletic- Association that the association should withdraw its support from the Games. He added that Herr Hitler had closed down stadiums and playing fields belonging to the German workers’ organisation, numbering 2,000,000, and confiscated their funds. A Jewish delegate seconded the motion. The ex-Olympic champion, D. G. Lowe, said that the British athletic governing bodies, and also 180 prospective competitors, favoured participation. There was no evidence that the Games would .not be properly conducted. Moreover, over 50 nations and 5500 athletes would be competing. Other speakers criticised the Nazi regime. The motion was rejected by 200 votes to 8.
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Dominion, Volume 29, Issue 204, 26 May 1936, Page 9
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