NAZIS AND OLYMPIAD
BRITISH MOTION BEATEN (Received 1.30 p.m.) LONDON, May 24. r Contending that the Berlin Olympiad did not advance the Olympic spirit, Mr. H. G. Elvin, on behalf of the National Workers Sports Organisation, proposed at a meeting of the Amateur Athletic Association that the association withdraw its support. He added that Herr Hitler had closed down the stadium and playing fields belonging to a German workers’ organisation, numbering 2,000.000 members and had confiscated their funds. A Jewish delegate seconded this motion. An ex-Olympic champion, Mr. D. G. Lowe, said the British athletic governing bodies, also 180 prospective competitors, favoured participation. There was no evidence that the Games were not to be properly conducted. Moreover, more than 50 nations and 5500 athletes were competing. Other speakers criticised the Nazi regime, but the motion was rejected by 200 votes to 8.
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Northern Advocate, 25 May 1936, Page 5
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