MEMBER A. B. C. THE DAILY REGISTER-MAIL Established 1870 EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT THE REGISTER-MAIL BUILDING 154-156 EAST SIMMONS STREET TELEPHONES: Editorial Department 4455 Main GALESBURG, ILL. Business Office 4117 Main No Qre ef : April 3, 195 Dr. Forrest ©.Allen, University of “ansas, Lawrence, Kan. / Untold thanks for your several letters enclosing almost all the material I should need in case -T!'d like to write a bio- graphy upon you. Howard Millard, widely-known Illinois sports editor who has the page of the Decabur (pop. 70,000) Herald-Review, tele- graphed today that he would be present. Also on hand will be Bill Kinney of the Rock Island Argus, whose comment, enclosed, may give you a chuckle, Bill likes to. stick ott h*s neck, and I think you two naypave an interesting two-man gabfest. He is a fairly solid writer, but gets opinionated upon occasions, and I know ‘f 1 wrote as he does, I'd re- ceieve rebuffs from the business office. I have yet to get that information for you about the teams, but that will be shuttling along in a couple of days. The track teams of this territory are ready to inaugurate their meets, so I have been knocking out the letters of information. I might say that every time I get a letter from you, with in- formation on your career, the commitee just waxes in expansive grins, knowing that we have the top basketball man in the nation coming here. I had an unusual experience myself. I write for the Chicago Daily News out of the Galesburg territory, and last week sen* them a story on your visit here. I dashed sev- eral stories off in a hurry, and the next day forgot about it, and wrote them another! They were as forgetful as I, for both appeared on successive days. That's wat 1 call advert’s‘ng the event! The local sports seasons are waiting to change unt i$ you came here, but the interest in your appearance is mounting. When you accepted the April 16 date, I produced a mat from our files and used it in the newspaper article, and was surprised to find that it was a duplicate of one of the three which you so kindly sent, and yours was marked "no good". So we'll have to correct your appearance in the next picture issuance" Sincerely, (kr Serdar