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K. S. ADAMS, February 22, 1938

EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT

Dr. Forrest C. Allen

Director of Physical Fducation
University of Kansas

Lawrence, Kansas

Dear Friend Phog:

Am sorry for the delay in answering your
letter regarding Mr. Dees, but have been waiting until I could
get in touch with Herold Schmidt, who has been on a trip with
his team, and just saw him this morning.

Just at this time, I do not feel we can place
Mr. Dees in our organization. Conditions in the oil industry
are not any too good and we have been curtailing our operations
throughout our entire company. Rather than adding to our forces
we have had to lay off several hundred men. It may be that
sometime during the year conditions will right themselves, which
we feel they will no doubt do sooner or later, and we can then
work out something which would be of interest to Mr. Dees.

Ray Ebling is working out fine, not only as
a member of our team, but is certainly doing a swell job in our
Tax and Insurance Department. He is industrious and a hard
worker, and we feel greatly indebted to you for his background.
Was talking to Ebling the other day about Pralle; what type of
en individual he is, what his background is, etc., and Ray
spoke very highly of him.

I want to thank you for the assistance you
have given Mr. J. W. Mitchell, in Kansas City, regarding Dr.
Herrington. Jeff advised me he is very greatly pleased with
his work.

I do not suppose you were back home when
Mary Louise spent Sunday morning with Eleanor, but I know they
had an enjoyable time, for they had such a nice time together
last summer. I had hoped to get down to Norman to see the game,
but I could not make it. I certainly take my hat off to you
and the boys. You have a perfect right to stick your chest out

and brag a little now and then.