The question of whether the Amateur Athletic Union, now meeting in convention here, will put its stamp of approval on the scheduled 1936 Olympic games which are slated to be held at Berlin, remained unsettled late this afternoon. Retiring president Avery Brundage, together with members of the executive committee, adopted a resolution at a secret conclave on the question which lasted until two o’clock this morning. The resolution was expected to be placed before the A.A.U. today.
In the face of assurances of the German delegation at the last meeting of the Olympic committee that athletes would not be debarred from participation in the games because of race, color or religion, many organizations in the United States demanded more convincing proof on this score.
Many of these groups asked that the A.A.U. and other athletic organizations support a resolution demanding that the games be staged in another country.
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