With the close of the Amateur Athletic Union convention tonight, it was regarded as certain that the United States will send a team to the Berlin Olympics next year.
This view prevailed even before the resolution of the executive committee condemning participation, but containing no reference to certification, came up before the plenary session of the A.A.U.
When the resolution was submitted it became clear that the fight to keep the United States out of the games had been abandoned and the struggle was centered on keeping the A.A.U. athletes home by what Jeremiah T. Mahoney called a “moral and intellectual appeal.”
Former Justice Mahoney and other anti-Berlin leaders at the A.A.U. admitted that certification of the amateur status of the athletes could not be refused by the A.A.U., but that certification of status in no way implied approval of their participation.
The resolution, proposed by Mr. Mahoney and brought on the floor by a 10 to 5 vote of the executive committee, called upon American athletes not to attend the games, declared that the German sports authorities had violated Olympic pledges and asked the International Olympic Committee to reconvene and change the site of the games.
Further, it called on the American Olympic Committee to revoke its conditional acceptance of Germany’s invitation and asked all Americans not to support the games financially or otherwise.
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