August 19, 1943.

Confidential .

Memo to Chancellor Malott:
I am writing this to you for your general information only.

-  - Yesterday morning at 11:45 Rev. Charles Thomas called me
and inquired as to whether those boys down at the stadium were some
of “my boys". I told him I thought they did not belong to the group
we supervised. He said their language was full of indescribable
vulgarity, sbscenity and profanity. je said that the words were
being carried audibly to all the residents along Mississippi Street
and the children were absorbing much of it. I told him that I would
take steps to control it if possible.

I galled Chief Yeoman Starkey and he doubted whether they
were his boys or not. I said, "Well, there is one way of finding out.
I'll go down and see." I got in the car and found they were Machinists
Mates, and it was the officer in charge who was the offender. Reverend
Thomas pointed him out. He said he was not sure but he felt quite cer-
tain that he was the fellow.

I eeme back and called Chief Starkey and told him that while
I would not deseribe any of the men to him, it def

his men. He thanked me and said he would call me back. At 2:30 yester-
day afternoon he called me and stated that he appreciated the way we
hendled it and he assured me it would not happen again.

I want to tell you how efficiently one of our men, Mr. Howard
Porter, handled the 4-12 boys. It started the first day with Porter's
squad. Porter told me that he said, "Now, fellows, we are not exactly
running a Y.M.C.A., but we can get along without that kind of language
very nicely. He said there has been no recurrense of it
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