Mareh 20, 1944. Yr" Henry Ashley, ‘ . Kansas City Mantel Company, 1008 Oak Street, Kansas city, Moe Dear Heinie: You wrote me quite some SS ee I was sure that I had answered your letter. Anyhow, I still find it here on the desk and I am sure it was tm monte ago when you wrote it, although " is undated. Lenger than two months ago the Chancellor came over to get - all of our drawings and specifications toward asking for a bid by the Board of Regents. Nothing has come out of it yet. I have written the Chancellor three different letters asking for more definite information but he has been away from the Univer- sity three-fourths of his time on bigger problems, I imagine, then the one I heve at hand. So, nothing has been done up to the present, leine, but I am expecting that when the Chancellor gets enough money he will want to do that thing plus the other improvenents that go with is. I think what he started out to do was to repair it, and then when he saw it cost so much money I think it stymied hin. The conerete basin to hold the pool is senting that I think he did not know all about. | If you ever come to Lawrence we would be delighted of course to see you. Bobby is a senior in the medical school at Pemsyl- vania and due to graduate in July or August. He is asking for a leave the latter part of April. He hopes to come home to Topeka and Marry a Topeka girl there. We think she is pretty fine, and since this will make the last one of the youngsters to take the matrimonial step we will begin to rattle around in that big house like two loose peas in a pod. Bob will do his internship at Bell Memorial Hospital, so at least he will be close to us for a while. fie is in the Army medical corps and he is ee ee surgeon. Milton is living here practicing law. He had both a shite and a Navy comission offered him but was color blind to the