Army Service Forces
Office of The Surgeon General
washinston 25, D.C.

13 April 1944

Director, Department of Physical Education,
University of Kansas,
Lawrence, Kansas.

Dear Sir:

The office of The Surgeon General is interes = sd in securir:
&3 @00n as possible the names of two groups of m

1, A number of well trained, thoroughly comoetent shysical
éducators, who are now in the Army are needed for officers in
the Reconditioning Program of this office. e could use the names
of a few civilians of like caliber who, in the beginning, would
be willine to accept commissions of not higher thar captain, These
men should possess the following qualifications:

1, They should be graduates in physical education,
2. They should be well grounded in the oasic biological

sciences, especially anatony, Kinesiology and physiology
of exercise.

3. They should } men of good leadership,

%,. They should be good administrators.

5. They should be men of a quality that would he comudi«
serate with a civilian salary of #2800,

2, We are also in need of the names of enlisted men who have
majored in physical education, have leadership, are inte! ligent, and
have some teaching experience, Men who have had two or three years
of college are acceptable if the qualifications are otherwise gocd.
They must be men of some maturity -~ we cannot use twenty year-olds,
unless they are otherwise exceptionally mature.

We would appreciate it very much if you would send us at your
very earliest convenience names of such men, with @ shor’. resume
of their qualifications,