Propaganda And Sport Do Not Mix
(Received 3 p.m.) LONDON, May 24, Sir Noel Curtis-Bennett, prominent in the sporting world, and Mr W. W. Wakefield. M.P. (Conservative, Swindon, Wilts), the noted ex-Rugby international, representing the National Fitness Council in the World’s Congress of Recreation and Leisure Time, the secretariat of which is situated in Berlin, have resigned on the grounds that Germany is using the movement as a vehicle for political propaganda. They allege an attack on the International Labour Organisation and Mr Roosevelt.
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Northern Advocate, 25 May 1939, Page 5
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