Opponents of American participation in the 1936 Berlin Olympics who are trying to keep the policy of the Amateur Athletic Union against American acceptance of the Nazi bid, are carrying the fight to the last ditch at the annual A. A. U. convention here.
The participation issue has reached such proportions that a fresh controversy, growing out of feeling against anti-Jewish activity in Germany’s athletic circles, threatens to delay the program of the national convention.
Avery Brundage, president of the A. A. U., whose visit to Germany last summer and subsequent approval of the German Olympic program figures in the international argument, had hoped to sidetrack the anti-Jewish issue in committee sessions. This feeling, however, was not shared by delegates who supported the resolution at last year’s convention, and feel that Germany has yet to remove the stigma of racial discrimination.
Charles L. Ornstein, of New York, only Jewish member of the American Olympic committee, who led the opposition against acceptance of the Nazi bid last year, and Joseph Dresner, of New Orleans, president of the Southern Association of the A. A. U., are foremost in the non-acceptance battle this year.
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