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On October 7, 1950, President Brundage abate as
follows: "Replying to your letter of October 6th, 1930, the
tendency during the last few Olympiads on the International
Organizing Committee has been to limit the number of sports on
the program of the Olympic Games. It was impossible to add
any sports at the meeting in Berlin since the duration of the
games was limited to sixteen days. The Organizing Committee
of the Games, however, has the right to put on two demonstra-
tions. Among other sports recommended was basket ball and I
personally advocated to the Los Angeles representatives who
were there, that is, William Garland, president of the Organiz+
ing Cormittee and Zack Farmer, Manager of the Games, the ad-
vantage that would accrue from using this sport as one of the
demonstrations. Furthermore, I took the matter up at the
International Federation meeting whore many reports were given
of the increasing popularity of basket ball in continental coun-
tries, and they spoke very gaveneiiy of holding a European elim-
ination for the purpose of selecting two or three of the best
teams to be sent over herein the event that basket ball was on
the program. |

The matter is entirely up to the Los Angeles Organ-
izing Comittee, and I do not know if it has beon scttled as yet.
This committee will hepeiet at the American Olympic Association
meeting in Washington the middle of next month.

The Los Angeles Organizing Committec, which is
concerned to a large extent about finances, will of course
consider the subject of additional sports largely from the

point of view of gato rocoipts. 1 told thom in Berlin that