New Britain herald., 1922-01-04
AMERICAN VIEW
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International Olympic Committee Requests That Changes Be Made

Geneva, Jan, -(Associated l'rcsF) Baron Pierre dc Coubertin, presi- dent Of the International Olympic committee. has requested tho appoint ment of an international sub-comm!t- tee to point out and roctlty alleged er- TOTS and 'wiIiuuy misleading insnu- atlons" In thc recently published re- port Of the American Olympic com mittec.
 This statement was made by the International committee, The report referred to has to do with comment regarding tho Olympic games of lH2v at Antwerp and tho olympic congress held at Lausanne last summer.
 The American Olympic committee would welcome an investigation Of its recent report to which exception has becn taken by Baron Pierre de tou- hortin. head Of the international body.
 This was made plain yesterday by Gustavus r. Kirby head of the Amer ican committee, upon receipt of the Geneva dispatch stating that such an inqusy had been proposed He added that the American committee had nothing to add to or retract from the report in question.
 Business Mcthods Lacking
 The report dealt with comment on the 1920 games at Antwerp, the clym- pie Congress at Lausanne last sum mer, and the treatment accorded the n future games there. After asserting that the International committee was a -perpetuating,no -reprcSe ntatlNe body, the report declared that, with all due respect to the international body and it's president both were "ap- parently lacking sometimes in those l businesslike methods and Courtesics | which make for success
 The report cited resolution passed | in substance by the last session of the | Congress limiting the program ar ranged to the 1924 games and provid- ing that another congress should fol- low them so that subsequent pro- grams could he arranged in the light of experience. The report declared that this resolution was taken by the pItSllGIt HltlI Hlitll ptluitilltt 'lli misunderstanding, as aimed at break ing down the fundamental character Of the sports-a meaning never either intended or hinted at
 It pointed out that the Internation al Olympic committee, while having a secretary and records, had no stem ographcr at it's meetings, it being un- derstood that the president made up | the minutes from memory and his notes, with the result that the rec ord sometimes is vague or mislead- ing"
 This point was illustrated by the proposal of the American representa- tives to the congress for holding the 1924 games in Los Angeles, should Paris not be available, or in the con trary event, that the 1928 Olympics would be welcomed by the California city.
 Committees Action Unexpected.
 Ten days after this conference, without notice being given, and much to the astonishment of everyone eX- cept members of the International committee, the report set forth the lnlcfnallDn&l committee announced that the 1924 games would be in Paris and that the 1928 games would be in Inquiries regarding this decision, it stated, were answered with the statement that che Amsterdam award was made necessary because of the imperative necessity that the Ita- ian delegates should return to Italy at once.
 Mir. Kirby added that members oi the American delegation to the In ternational meeting felt the offer on he half of Los AnrGlac ho1 not hocr