THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
LAWRENCE

OFFICE OF
THE CHANCELLOR

February 7, 1941

Dr. F. C. Allen
University of Kansas

Dear Phog:

The story was a grand one, but the situation up at
the Legislature right now makes me think it's inadvisable
to do anything which would be construed as a slap at our friends
up the river. We are working together to get the dormitory
bonding bill through, and I have just invited the Legislature
to come down here,and explained to them that they might not
be able to have good seats on account of our crowded conditions.
I question, therefore, whether we ought at the moment inject
any other element into the legislative situation.

Furthermore, the story looks like the opening of a
_campaign for a field house, which I feel we are not at the
moment in a position to pursue energetically; and therefore
there may be some good steam wasted which might be hard to
generate again. That sort of a story coming up in the middle
of a campaign would be a good thing, but it is the sort of
skyrocket that may be used only once and when it gets burned
out the flare is gone and may be hard for us to get started
again.

Sincerely yours,

Ne 2r Pane

DWM:R Deane W. Malott,
Chancellor :