The fate of American participation in the 1936 Berlin Olympics was in the hands of the jury late last night.
Indications previous to the meeting of the American Olympic Committee pointed to entrance of the United States in the international sports carnival that will be held in Germany. Information that leaked out from behind the closed doors of the executive session hinted at acceptance of the Reich’s invitation.
Avery Brundage, president of the American Olympic Committee, who returned from Europe yesterday with “comprehensive data upon which the basis of decision will rest,” intimated he favors participation in the 1936 games.
The question to be decided by the committee is whether Germany’s written guarantee to treat Jewish athletes fairly at the Berlin sports competition is merely another of the “scraps of paper” or a bona fide promise. This written promise was given Brundage
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