Ten percent of the net proceeds of the Joe Louis-Max Schmeling prizefight next June 22, or a minimum of $7,500, has been offered by the promoters as a donation to the refugee-aid committee established under President Roosevelt’s plan, it was announced today by Mike Jacobs, president of the Twentieth Century Sporting Club.
The Non-Sectarian Anti-Nazi League, which on Monday launched a boycott campaign against the fight by picketing the Twentieth Century Club on the ground that Schmeling’s profits would be taken to Germany, was apparently surprised by the offer. The League’s executive committee will formulate its attitude on the offer at a meeting tomorrow, it was stated.
Mr. Jacob’s offer was made in a letter to President Roosevelt which said: “It is…particularly appropriate that this occasion which exemplifies the American spirit of sportsmanship should be a source of benefit and aid to those people whom your committee is desirous of aiding and assisting.” In a statement to the press accompanying the copy of the letter, Mr. Jacobs voiced the belief that this was the first contribution to the work of the committee and expressed the hope that it would inspire others to come forward with similar offers of assistance.
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