A resolution asking Americans to stay away from the Berlin Olympic games was unanimously adopted today by more than 1,000 delegates representing 252 organizations at the convention of the Federation of Jewish Women’s Organizations at the Hotel Astor.
Other resolutions adopted called upon the more than 110,000 persons represented in the federation to continue the boycott of German goods and extended a vote of thanks to James G. McDonald for his work as League of Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.
The resolution on Olympics was adopted after former Supreme Court Justice Jeremiah T. Mahoney, leader of the anti-Berlin forces at the recent Amateur Athletic Union convention, had told the delegates that “the fight has just begun” and that he would “keep up the fight” until those who are sponsoring the sending of the American athletes to Germany realize the error of their way.
Other speakers at the convention were Mrs. Herbert H. Lehman, Mrs. Felix M. Warburg, Fannie Hurst, Mrs. Mary Simkovitch and Mrs. David E. Goldfarb, who presided.
Previously, in an address at a meeting in Brooklyn of the Workmen’s Circle and the Socialist Party, Mr. Mahoney had charged that members of the American Olympic Committee let their personal ambitions betray American sportsdom.
He added that it is not yet too late to protest, urging that funds be withheld from the Olympic Committee.
“The uncontroverted truth shows that for some time past Germany as ruled by the Nazis, is a land of bigotry, persecution, discrimination and injustice,” he said. “Minorities are not represented in any way in the Government, nor are they given any consideration whatsoever.
“The Nazi ideology, or its fundamental political philosophy, is based upon the principle of inferiority of races, particularly the Jewish race. This is contrary to agreements reached by Germany with the other Powers in the treaty leading up to the final world war treaty, where Germany demanded recognition of German minorities in land taken from her; she, on the other hand, agreeing to recognize minorities within her own borders.”
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