The possibility that the 1936 Olympic games, which are scheduled to be held in Berlin, will be transferred to another city because of the anti-Semitic policy of the Nazi government was held out today in a statement by Avery Brundage of Chicago, president of the American Olympic committee. “The games will not be held in any country which attempts to violate the fundamental principles of amateur sport by imposing restrictions of race, color, or religion,” was the opinion of Mr. Brundage in a letter to Congressman Celler of New York, who had written to enquire on that subject.
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