The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-12-04
SIX GOVERNORS
 AND SENATORS
 WIRE PROTESTS
Best A. A. U. Can Do Is to GO on Record Against
 U. s. Participation
BY HENRY SUPER United Press Staff Correspondent

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 New York, Dec. 4.-(UP)-The fight to keep America out of the 1886 Olympic games in Germany will be carried to the floor of the annual convention of the amateur athletic union, opening here Friday.
 The three-day meeting, ostensibly for the purpose of approving anna teur records and considering rule changes, is expected to develop into 8 bitter session to settle once and for all whether the A. A. U. ap- proves American participation.
 The Olympic question is not on the Agenda but Jeremiah T. Ma honey, A. A. U. president, virtually pledged last night that the sub- ject will be brought up.
 Mahoney, one of the leaders in a campaign to have the United States withdraw acceptance of an invita- tion to the games said at meet ing of the committee of fair play in sports that mo power or cor- ruption can prevent this momen- tous question from being carefully and freely discussed at the A. A. U. convention"
 The meeting last night was the climax of nationwide effort on the part of the committee during the last three months ito bring to the attention of the American peo- pie the facts concerning Nazi viola l tionS of Olympic regulations and the Olympic code"
 TelegramS Received
 Telegrams from six United States senators and four governors, all op- posing American participation, were read and speakers included Alfred T. Lill, president of the A. A. U. in 1914 and 1915 and a member of the American Olympic committee; Gov. George H. Earle, Pennsylvania and Mayor Fiorello H. LaGuardia of New York.
 The committee adopted resolu- tion opposing American participa- tion.
 T accept this resolution from your hands as mandate to the A. A. U. and give you my solemn pledge to convey the sense of this meeting to my associates when they meet in national convention, " Mahoney said.
 Opposing the Mahoney forces at the convention will be Avery Brun- dage, president of the American Olympic committee and past presi- dent of the A. A. U. The Ameri- can Olympic committee already has decided that America will be rep resented. The A. A. U. conven. ton will be able to do nothing more than go on record against tht games. .f
 The convention of 700 delegates is expected to be asked to approve participation in the form of reso- lution.
 Want Fair Play
 The Mahoney-led group is ex- pected to offer many attested incl dents, most of them gathered by committee on fair play in sports, to show that the Nazi government has discriminated against Jews Ill a consistent campaign from April, 1883, to the present.
 The Brundage forces will reply that Germany has satisfied the 1n- ternational Olympic committee that such discrimination and violations have not been committed.
 Some pressure has been taken from the A. A. U. by recent rul- ing of Count Henri Baillet-Latour, president of the International Olympic committee.
 Olympic rules declare that ath- letes must be certified for each sport by the national sports gov- erning body in that sport. Hence, it was thought that if the A. A. U. voted a boycott there would be no American in track and field, swimming, boxing, wrestling, weight lifting, field handball, water polo, basketball. gymnastics, ice hockey and bobsledding events.
 But Count Baillet-Latour recent ly took the unprecedented stand that if the A. A. U. does not certify It's athletes, the American Olympic committee will be given authority to do SO.
 Meanwhile the A. O. c. disre- garding A. A. U. rumblings, has made arrangements for American participation.