May Cbsalhl Le Gabel Lalfrnai - ‘ : ‘ a, * ~ ° a 2 : . f ‘ . ‘ aor) ., LAr * ; j oe’ i€ Sue *> % a ‘ % % ‘ ~ APs Be Pz Pa oF *” ed a I FESS INS. } . September 15, 1944. Mr. Be Ae Thomas, : Kansas High School Activities Association, National Reserve Building, Topeka, KANG 6.5 e Dear E. Aes Please find enclosed $1.00 for registration fee for football officiating. Will you kindly send me the regise tration card? Sincerely yours, 7 Direotor of Physical Education, PCA:AH Varsity Basketball Coach. Enee : 3 fe. OFFICE PHONE 2-0370 pee fi A € le a RESIDENCE PHONE 2-O0175 vid é é lL ° Hansa OTATE HIGH JCHOOL cg ge oe oe AETIVITICS ASSOCIATION MEMBER OF NATIONAL FEDERATION OF ATHLETIC ASSOCIATIONS E.A. THOMAS COMMISSIONER ve ROOM 409 - NATIONAL RESERVE BUILDING TOPGEA April 11, 1944 Dr. Forrest C. Allen, Head Basketball Coach, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, Dear Dr, Allen:s- I wrote the enclosed article after I had been asked by a certain publication of wide circulation for my views on the new basketball - rubes. I don't know that I'll offer it for print but am thinking of running it as en editorial in the next issue of the Kansas High School Activities Journal, We high school fellows have been thinking about certain desirable changes for some time but have taken no active part in the contro- versy over higher goals and the curbing of the performances of the extra long boys. Since the rules committee has acted, however, it appears to me that the subject is as much ours for consideration as it is one for anybody else, I believe I have indicated just about how I feel in regard to the subject at the present time and with the information I have at hand. I'm not for any such “whittling” remedies as the rules committee has dished out to us. I would favor, however, a conscientious study of the game in an endeavor to eliminate as many of the inequities in the geme as possible, provided thet is what the basketball people really want. I'll be glad to have your comments before I decide to publish this erticle and if I em wrong in any of my factual statements, I'll be glad to have you correct me. I'm not endeavoring to agree with any- one in his particular views. All of us are entitled to our own views, provided we are honest about them and use ordinary judgment in pre- senting them. This I ve tried to keep in mind in preparing this short artiebe which, of course, does not go very deep into the subject. I'll be glad to hear from you. Yours very cordiall cmiestaasrs *—3" E. R. STEVENS. PRESIDENT INDEPENDENCE J. R. JONES, VICE-PRESIDENT GARDEN CITY E. A. FUNK, TREASURER ARKANSAS CITY D. E. WOLGAST MARYSVILLE HUGH W. SPEER HAYS JOHNNIE CORRIGAN POWHATTAN The new 1944-45 official basketball rules contain at least four important changes, which constitute the largest amount of fundamental rules surgery the comittes has Two of the rules changes, those permitting unlimited substitution and five per~ sonal fouls before disqualification, no doubt will mest with general approvals They have been tried by many high school teams in a number of states during the season just past, and will be aceepted without question, Bet so much can be seid for the obher two major changess The change which pernits an offieial te stop play for an “obviously injured” player, regardless of which tenn is in possession of the wall, is good in theory. There wet + tine when this practice was permissible, but the fexing of injuries when opponents had the ball in favorable scoring position eaused the rules te be reworded so that play night not be stopped during possession by the opponents until the whey in progress had been completed, Already officials who remember the old days of faked injuries have rajesd questions regarding the new rulo. Perhaps proper and definite interpretations, accompanied by appropriate panalties for obvious injury faking, will take oare of the situ= ablon adequately, ‘The best deterrent to the faking of Imjuries, of course, will be the “pranding“ a seach and his team will get for their unspertmanslixe cenduats SOM TRUDING RULE A DELUSION The new atatute designed to prohibit the tall “geal tender” from intereepting shota that would « otherwlse score baskets, appears fron this angle te be a eubberfuge and a delusions Without offering an opinion regarding the necessity for this eperatien by the rules surgeons, may we agk the reason for the pequliar diaguesis and the deetaien to operate in the partioular part of the amatexy Indieated hy the soar which remains? And assuming it ie desirable to curb the activities of the ahnornad ly all player, for what reason did the rulea comaittee attenyt te ourh the overgrown defensive player while permitting his sounter~ part at the other end of the court te sentinue te wreek his opponents with his activities around the basket? oe pay } Sie Nis Ba cree Ws, Soeneieal af, nee Pee ae ; enough to stop then, but now since « few of the extra ‘whl defensive lads have become prow fieient enough to perform sinilar operations in reverse at the other ent of the court, the rules committee has succumbed to thé "blits"” enginowred by a few eoachos and apparently _ have lost their sense of direction end proportions — ~2- We have heard a great deal about raising the baskets out of reach of the tall college players, while leaving them at the present height for high schools. May we suggest that IF the rules need correeting in order to limit the advantage the abnormally tall player now enjoys, there is need for a similar limitation on the activities of the high school player of unusual altitude, IF the proponents of a “statute of limitations” are really concerned a change that will more nearly provide equality of opportunity for all players on the basketball court, then merely raising the basket for college players is just as much a subterfuge as the temporary aspirinetablet renedy the rules committee has concocted this years i / Hone a thes high school basketball leaders, to our kmewledge, have attempted to carry the torch for higher baskets or any other major changes in order to curb the performances of the altitudinous youngsters, but we have never thought that the boys who object to changing the height of the basket on the grounds that we do not limit the weight of foot= bell players or the speed of rumners on the track, could possibly take themselves very seriously. After all, there is a particular principle involved which is not related to those sports in which the players have almost unlimited space for their operations and no goal restrictions such as prevail in basketball. Superficial and prejudiced opinion will not provide an answer to the problem which, now that the rules committee has started whittling, has been thrown inte cur laps, Basketball under the present regulations has grown inte the greatest interscholastic sport in the nation, and before any ¢hanges in the fundamental principles of the game sre made, here are a few of the questions that should be answered: le Is it desirable that the game of basketball provide, as nearly as possible, equality of opportunity for all players? %. Does the present 10-foot basket give the extra tall boy an abnormal advantage over hia opponents of reasonable and average height? 3. Is there anything sacred about the 10-foot basket now in uset If so, how was it desided that ten feet ia the proper height? 4, Would those who oppose a higher basket also oppose a lower basket? If so, would theiy objection be that it would give the tall players too much advantage? (It — should be observed that the 10-foot basket provides more advantage to the tall player now than a basket nine fect, six inches high would have provided twenty- way to do it except to raise the basket to a height that will not permit inter= ~~"? ference with opponents’ bona fide shots and will not permit tall players to ‘sump — up and drop it in" without any chance of interference by shorter opponents t 4 6. Will it remove the albmormal advantage to the tall player if the baskets are raiséd so that every goal seored will aoe so be the pani ult of a “shot” whereby the "shooter must theow the ball at the basket and not morely “lay it in"? 7. WALL the raising of the baskets take away from the game some of the spectacular : plays now enjeyed by players and spectators? “ & Does the rules comaittee have in mind further changes that will curb the offensive activities of the long, tall beys in order to compensate for curtailment of poss- ible defensive denonstrations? be After the war there will be thousands of high sehool gymmasiums and athletio plants built, The old style low-ceiling basketball court will be entirely passe within a few years. Provisions for greater seating space will be necessary and if there are to be other requirements for more floor space, higher basketball goals, or any other facilities, then we should begin our plans to get ready for them end the basketball rules committee should aot in a positive, educational way to solve the pending problens that will confront us, instead of resorting to negative performances of the new “whittling” variety, 2A pba fatale ty 3 i aiccotlinnla a aia Se oe aa, ee meee tl “- GOAL THIDING, or DEFENSIVE PLAYER FORBIDDEN TO TOUCH BALL ON DOWNWARD PLIGHT fhe National Basketball Rules Comittee at their last meeting proved itself to be a “model” rules committee - seo Webster - "a model is a small imitation of the real thing". ‘The Rules body temporized. They did not meet issues squarelys The Rules Committee did nothing about the extremely tall player on the offense, ‘But they humored a pressure group which protested against the giaht goal tender on defense, Symptomatioally they dabbled awivardly in the same direction of their mis- takes the previous years Why disorimimte against the defense while permitting full freedom to the offense as the same rule in principle concerns the extremely tall player under both baskets. | The newhy exacted goal tending rule will be only about ton per cent efficient. I predict that Hank Iba and other crafty coaches with goal tending giants will still place their goal tanders in front and under the defensive basket. liad the Rules Con- mittee monbers done any research previous to their hasty action and studied the flight of the ball toward the basket they would have discovered that an extremely tall player ean still steal most of the shots before the ball gets to the basket. The ball does not begin its dommard aro generally until it gets above the basket. Most players shoot “siimners" - low shots - just clearing the rine The ball leaves the players hands at @ height of loss than six feet and tho basket is ten feet high, henee tall defensive players will get the ball while it is still going upe Offensive shooters cannot readily learn a new arch shot just for the benefit of the hyper-tall goal tender without seriously affecting their shooting AGCUTACYe Few officials will bother themselves regarding the questionable are of the ball when they are paid to watch the action of the players for fouls and violations on the floor. Certainly this distraction of the officials oyes away from the playing floor cannot improve the calibre of this already difficult game to officiate. : I challenge the N.C.Acke Basketball Rules Comittee or the National Coaches - Association to show one substantial research project accomplished in the past ten yourse Froese the yules for & three-year perked with the intention ef formating « research committee for intelligent rules study and research. ‘Instead of the M.G.AcA. comfisoating the major portion of the basketball gate re- eeipts for a “hobby pot", insist that a Basketball Foundation be formed with research tr cumpotent fulh the nus te shuly the vital nents of (en putts TH MEW INJURY RULE PERMITTING THE OFFICIAL TO CALL TDM OUT : POR INJURY FOR BITHER SIDE. the new injury rule is an old rule in a new garb. There was a time when wily and unprincipled coaches taught their players to fake injuries when the opponents had the ball in a favorable scoring position, The rule hed to be changed to the one just abolished, Since officials cannot rule on intent, doubtless this new rull will plague the effieials and rule makers before muy mouthe. | UNLIMITED SUBSTITUTION RULE Again the basketball rules committee has been fust asleep on the free substitution rule. Football has had it in operation for several years using double the number of _ players with splendid success. Taig leg overdue rule will tele the cures eff of the s0ecalled coaching from the bench, With players substituting freely the meter minding of the coach is reduced to a minimum, | PERSONAL FOULS 10 FIVE As & case in point of treating symptoms instead of intelligently studying the causes, _ Iwish to cite the elimination of the canter jump rule as an example. These rule “quamittes nenbers whe advecnted the carter jump elixtmtion clained that the rule would drive the exceptionally tall player out of the game, All the rule makers did was to age add more out of bound plays to the already too muy, and in addition they created this fire-wagon, harum-searum type of game that hms placed a heavier burden on the poor officials, As now played the game leaves the players, officials and spectators fatigued and diszy after forty minutes of this heotic, kaleidoscopic, shuttle-hockeyiszed basketball jargon. and the rules body now have with them a taller fellow than they had ever dreamed, to- gether with a game that cannot be well officiated. Maybe six or eight personal fouls allowed would be the juzt and proper limit considering the conditions of the games | Certainly the elimination of the center jump was not the answer for the equajization of this garguantuan player who possesses such an unequal advantage under a low baskets Before the N.CeAsA. Basketball Rules Comittee fronts ayaptems again without research or study suppose we freese the rules before more bluniers are made. Science has now discovered a growth hommone which makes ordinary rats grow to about the size of small dogs. ‘These growth hormones without doubt will be in great demand. Some basketball coaches doubtless will feed them to their altitudinous behemoths with the idea of developing a flock of basketball dunkers. Instead, I would feed the growth hormones to the ten foot basket with the idea of increasing the height a couple of feote Forrest C. Allen, Director of Fhysical Education ond GOAL TENDING or DEFENSIVE PLAYER FORBIDDEN TO TOUCH BALL ON DOWNWARD. FLIGHT The National Basketball Rules Committee at their last meeting proved itself to be . "model" rules committee - see Webster - "a model is a small imitation of the real thing". The rules body temporized. They did not meet issues squarely. The rules committee did nothing about the extremely tall player on the offense, But they humored a pressure group which protested against the giant goal tender on defense. Symptomatically they dabbled awkwardly in the same neste of their mistakes the previous year, Why discriminate against the defense while permitting full freedom to the offense as the same rule siete in prineiple the extremely tall player under both baskets » The newly exacted goal tending rude will be only about ten per cent efficient. I predict that Hank Iba and other crafty coaches with goal tending giants will still place their goal tenders in front and under the defensive basket. Had the rules committee members done any research previous to their hasty action and studied the flight of the ball toward the basket they would have diseovered that an extremely tell player ean still steal most shots before the ball gets to the basket. The ball does not begin its dowm- ward are generally until it gets above the basket. Most players shoot “skimmers" = low shots * just clearing the rims The ball leaves the shige hands at a height of less than six feet and the basket is ten feet high, hence tall defensive players will get the ball while it is still going upe Offensive shooters cannot readily learn a new areh shot mak just for the benefit of the hyper-tall goal tender without seriously affecting their shooting accuracys moe Few officials will bother themselves regarding the questionable are of the ball when they are paid to watch the action of the players for fouls and violetions on the floors Certainly this distraction of the officials’ eyes emmy from the playing floor cannot improve the calibre of this already difficult game to officiate. I ehallenge the NCAA basketball rules committee or the National Coaches Association to show one substantial veneubill project accomplished in the past ten years.» | Freeze the rules for a erway ese period with the intention of formukh ting a research committee for intelligent tates study and research. Instead of tthe NCAA confiscating the major portion of the basketball gate receipts for a “hobby pot", insist that a Basketball Foundation be formed with iaiteneen by competent full-time men to study the vital needs of the games | THE NEW INJURY RULE PERMITTING THE OFFICIAL TO CALL TIME OUT FOR INJURY FOR EITHER SIDE The new injury rule is an old rule in a new garbs There was a time when wily and umprincipled coaches taught their players to fake injuries when the opponents had the ball in a favorable scoring position, ‘The rule had to be changed to the one just abolished. Since officials eannot rule on intent, doubtless this new rule will plague the officials and rule makers before many months. UNLIMITED SUBSTITUTION RULE Again nw basketball rules committee has been fast asleep on the free substitution rules Football has had it in operation for several years using double the number of players with splendid success, This long overdue -3— rule 623 take the curse off dof the so-called coaching from the bench. With pleyers substituting freely the master minding of the coach is reduced to a minimum. PERSONAL FOULS TO FIVE As a case in point of treating symptoms instead of intelligently studying the eauses, I wish to cite the elimination of the center jump rule as an example, These rule committee members who advocated the center jump elimination claimed that the rule would drive the exceptionally tall player out of the gamee Adl the rule makers did was to edd more out of bound plays to the already too many and in addition they created this fire wagon, harum= searum type of game that has placed a heavier burden on the poor officials. As now played the game leaves the players, officials and spectators fatigued and dizzy after forty minutes of kaleidoscopic, shuttle=hoekeyized basketball jargone {nd the rules body now have with them a taller fellow than they had ever dreamed, together with a game that cannot be well officiated, Maybe six or eight personal fouls allowed would be the just and odianem limit con- sidering the conditions of the games : Certainly the elimination of the center jump was not the answer for the seca of this garguantuan player who possesses such an unequal ad- ventage under a low basket. Before the NCAA Basketball Rules Committee weate symptoms again without research or study suppose we freeze the rules before more blunders are made.« Seienee has now discovered a growth hormone which makes ordinary rats grow to about the size of small dogss These growth hormones without. doubt will be in greet demand. Some basketball coaches doubtless will feed them to their altitudinous behemoths with the idea of developing a flock of =e basketball dunkers. Insteed, I would feed the growth hormones to the ten foot basket with the idea of increasing the height a couple of feet, ® KANSAS GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY Gr INDEPENDENCE, KANSAS July 3, 194 J. D. TURNER DIVISION MANAGER Dr. EF. C. Allen Department of Physical Education University of Kansas Lawrence, Kansas Dear Phog: Following our telephone conversation I had a little talk with Dave Dennis. He says that Shive is mistaken about his plans to enroll November 1. David will be 18 years old within the next few weeks and, therefore, does not plan to enter school at all. However, if there is some army or navy course that would give him reasonable assurance of completing a semester or two, he would enter school now and would prefer KU. Neither he nor I knows of any such course but perhaps you do. I told him that I would pass this information on to you and that he would probably hear from you @ither direct or through me. It was good to have a little visit with you over the telephone. Hope we can soon have one face to face. Best wishes always. Sincerely, . D. Turner JDT: js Division Manager THE ROTARY CLUB OF INDEPENDENCE “HE PROFITS MOST WHO SERVES BEST” “SERVICE ABOVE SELF” No. 211 INDEPENDENCE, KANSAS March 2, 19L4 Dr. Forrest C. Allen, President Rotary Club of Lawrence Lawrence, Kansas Dear Phog: No, you didn't spill any beans. I had told Stockebrand that you were coming and he had told the boys. Stevens was not aware I was breaking the news to our club during his absence at the Kansas City tournament. Qur meeting time is 12:05 P.M. I don't know how you can run a Buick for as little as six cents a mile. I hasten to accept your terms. I do appreciate your taking time out to fill this date and look forward to a good visit with you next Friday. Rotarily, - D. Turner President. IDT/gd ROTARY HOS HOSTS — TO BULLDOGS | Phog Allen Addresses ctub And Basketball Squad Dr. Forrest “Phog” Allen told the Rotary club and the Independence Bulldog basket ball squad, guests of the club at its meeting this noon, that he would advise every boy to go out for competitive athletics not only for the body building they bring but also because through playing on a team boys learn to get along with people and acquire the “sense of belonging.” The University of Kansas direc- tor of physical education and coach of Jayhawker basket ball teams which have won 10 out of 16 Big Six | championships with three ever-vic- | torious seasons, declares that ath- | letics can be of the finest influ- ence on a boy if he keeps in. sight first the chief objectives for which he attends college—to get an edu- cation. “The boy. will benefit from ath- | letic training if he plays under a | coach who teaches him to say ‘no’. ‘to a thousand things before he says ‘yes’ to a championship,” de- clared the fiery K. U. mentor, Allen reiterated his often-made | plea for a “Czar” of college atilet- | ics and paid his respect to coaches /who recruit stay players from high school teams with promises of easy jobs to pay their school expenses. | | “TY teli boys there is nothing casy ‘in success,” he said, “but that it is | | tough. I want to win but not a boy | ‘on the K. U. team gets more for | -part-time Jobs than the standard 25 or 30 cents an hour and he can- not work more than two hours a day. % “Too many coaches no longer de- velop character or men but merely develop teams.” “There is nothing wrong ‘in itself with going to college to participate in athleties. Many who do that catch the gleam and go on to be- come leaders in scientific and other fields.” Allen was presented by Harvey Ray, chairman of the club’s boys’ work committee after President Joe Turner had told the Bulldog | champions of the $.H.K. league that | the club was proud of them because | it is interested. in boys... C. QO. Brown, club song leader, ; created a bit of K. U. atmosphere | by leading the group in the school’s Alma Mater song and the Rock, Chalk, Jayhawk yell after the meal. | Turner then presented the club’s' guests for the occasion and Coach | Ira Stockebrand presented, . luau members of the squad. ~ The schoolmen guests and squad members were: ; - Squad Members: Donald Aitken, David Dennis, Jack Caskey, Joe Turner. Neal Post, Jack Rains, Carl | Overtield, Donald Maugans, Sew- -ard Shukers, Robert.Moss, Walter Renner, Gene Etz, Edward Todd, Bob Revelette, Dick -Ray, Joe Worl, Bob Chambers, Bob Mont- |gomery, Jack Evans, Bill Combs, Robert Fitz, Gordon Choteau, Ri- i vard Lombard, | Marlin Swalley, | Dean Featherngill. | School Officiais and Coaches: I. D, Stockebrand, Melvin Clark, Fred Cinotto, L. E. Losey, Chas, R. Stewart, jr, voluntary official ae er, Blection of directors, carried oi | in voting booths during the meal, resulted in selections of Joe Tur-| ner, Dr. Porter Clark, Willard J.; Griff, Eq Hayes, Dr. James Hugh-| banks, Gerald Krienhagen, and E.| E. Woods, They are to meet] and elect officers before the next club meeting, Glenn DeLay of Neodesha was aj visiting Rotarian and the follow-/| jing were guests of club. members: | | Bob Norris and Dick Burgland of| | Cincinnati; Lt. Jack R. Colburn, | lLt, (jg) Bill Ditch, W. R. Casser-| lly, Robert Moses and F, C. Sands of ‘Independence, Bob Gooldy was presented as a | ‘new Rotarian. KANSAS GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY INDEPENDENCE, KANSAS J. D. TURNER April 3, 194 DIVISION MANAGER Dr. F. C. Allen, Director of Physical Education University of Kansas Lawrence, Kansas Dear Phog: This is to get into the record the gratitude of the In- dependence Rotary Club,and more especially of the president, for coming down here last Friday when we entertained the High School basketball squad. I have heard a lot of comp- limentary comments from our club members and my operative tells me that the boys were enthuiastic about your talk. Thanking you again and with best wishes always, I am Sincerely JDT/gd Ene. PS: The enclosed clipping is from the Independence Reporter of March 3lst. March 23, 1944. Nre Je De Turners, President, Rotary Club of Independence, Independence, Kansas. Dear Joe: there are one or two donfessions that I should make to you that I am wondering if you knew. When your Independence basketball team went to Kansas City oar a stopped here at Lawrence, and Super- intendent Stevens and Coach Steckebrand brought the boys in to say hello. We had quite a visit and I inadvert- ently mentioned to the boys that I would see them at Independence. Stevie told me that you had not amounced the speaker. I hope that I did not spill the beans for youe ; Will you kindly tell me what time your elub meets for noon luncheon? I presume 12 or 12:15. — One other item, Joe, I think I should mention. I drive my Buick which happens to be a Buick deluxe sedan, @ great big hearse. It is the only car that I have and it eats up a lot of gas and oil. But it is the only way = & ee ee ee So cents a mile sach way to break even on this weight and size. I thought it only fair that. ¢ pasties this to you because at that rate IT cannot make any money, but it may seam a lot to pay out for an animated cartoon just to talk about basketball. vYon't you write m and let mo know if this is agreeable? With all good wishes, I an Rotarily you's, POALAH President. THE ROTARY CLUB OF INDEPENDENCE “HE PROFITS MOST WHO SERVES BEST” “SERVICE ABOVE SELF” INDEPENDENCE, KANSAS March 17, 194 Dr. Forrest C. Allen, President Rotary Club Lawrence, Kansas Dear Phog: I am delighted to have your letter of the 15th saying that you will be here for our recognition of the basketball squad on March 31st. We are not trying to make a banquet out of this but simply plan to have the squad as our guests at a regular Friday noon luncheon meeting, Of course, Coach Stockebrand and his assistants will be there to present the individual members of the squad. It happens that that is also the date of the annual election of directors, but the way that is handled in this club it does not interfere with program time. My chief thought is to have these boys meet the man that I consider to be top-notcher of all basketball coaches (and that ain't hay) and have you meet them. As for your appearance before the school, I did tell you that if you wanted to address a high school assembly I thought I could arrange it. I have said nothing to school officials as yet and will be guided by your wishes. Please drop me a line or give me a ring in this regard. I hope that you can get here early enough and stay long enough after this luncheon meeting for me to take you around Independence and introduce you to some of my friends. I certainly appreciate your accepting this invitation, Phog, and want to do whatever I can to make your visit enjoyable if not profitable. Rotarily, IDT/gd de D. Turner, President Ls Sux LLayad epgcaeciat Sh. vr es TATA I ig ret ot eal fas (es tate Saat 5 ede ioe ‘ot cgi a +e om |e —— & eh — is » March 15, 1944. __ Mr. Jo De. Turner, President, | Rotary Club, Independence, Kansas. Dear Joe: I find that I wili be able to speak to your Rotary Clu» basketball banquet on March 31. _ Semewhere in the back of my mind I have a vague recollection of your asking me to speak the high sehool. I wouldn't necessarily care do this, but I want to keep my dates straight, so I am writing you asking about it. Please don't make a date for me if you haven't plenned it that way. Aino, please tell me what time the banquet will be. Give me all the details, Joe, and I will be there and do the best I can for you. With all good wishes, I am Rotarily yours, FCA:AH | President. Dr. Allen - Raymond Nichols is counting on your taking this speaking engagement. He will notify us later when he can work in the Budget Conference. Au THE ROTARY CLUB OF INDEPENDENCE “HE PROFITS MOST WHO SERVES BEST” “SERVICE ABOVE SELF” INDEPENDENCE, KANSAS March 8, 19) Dr. Forrest C. Allen, President Rotary Club Lawrence, Kansas Dear Phog: Thanks for your letter of March 4th. I sincerely hope that you can work out tee schedule that will enable you to be with us on the thirty-first. I know that transportation is a problem these days. It is one that is a little difficult to offer help on too; however, I hope that you can hit on a solution that will not make the trip tooburdensome to you and give me a chance to put on a program that I really want to stage. Let me know if I can do anything to further the cause. With best wishes to you personally and looking forward to seeing you soon, I am Rotarily / /d. D. Turner JIDT/gd (/ President March 4, 1944, March 4, 1944 Hi e Joe Turner gs President, Rotary Club, indépendense, Kansas. Dear Joe: : I called Raymond Nichols immediately upon receipt of your telephone message and he said he would de everything possible that he could toward changing. the date of the budget conference so that it would be possible for me to speak at your Rotary Club on March Sist. Raymond stated that he hed Good Friday open at the present time but was holding it for a Good Friday convocation. If he does not have that convocation, then my budget meeting will be o.k. I em wondering about transportation. I will see what I oan do about that. I believe we are safe in tentatively planning on the thing. 1 will follow up in a week's time, at least. With all good wishes to you and yours, I am Rotarily, PCA:AH | President. 2 ps es A Fak gr oo-2 ie Aalbettdideion, J Aha Jarhpbeutte Balad aa Tse. APL AQ. fal, Ds abngldo (Ae wrote tee and Go ee — meer” Soy