Avery Brundage, president of the American Olympic Association and of the Amateur Athletic Union of the United States, will visit Germany this summer to investigate charges that Jewish athletes are the subject of discrimination, barring them from participation in competitive sports.
Mr. Brundage, who is former all-American all-around champion, had reveived assirances from authorities in Germany where the 1936 Olympic contests are scheduled, that stories regarding discrimination against Jewish athletes are untrue. He has decided to investigate the matter personally.
Recently he expressed the view that if reports coming from Third Reich are true, the United States should withhold certification of American athletes.
The invitation extended by the German Olympic Committee will not be accepted by the American body until the facts are ascertained by Mr. Brundage.
Charles L. Ornstein, member of the executive committee of the A. O. A. declared yesterday that “the American people can feel sure that the German-Jewish Olympic question will be handled fairly and squarely by Avery Brundage and by the A. O. A. as a whole.”
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