THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
LAWRENCE

OFFICE OF
THE CHANCELLOR

December 19, 1940

Dr. F. C. Allen
University of Kansas

Dear Phog:
Thank you for letting me see this correspondence.

I don't know just what the approach might be, and of
course I am not sure whether this particular matter would appeal
much to Mr. Phillips or whether some other University purpose
would be of major interest. I suggest that you sometime talk
with Lyle Arme] and Mr. Templin in the Endowment Association
to see what they might think of it.

For the moment, I think we should probably do nothing,
because we have the Mineral Industires Building up before the
legislature, we are building a little engineering laboratory
out of dirt and old scrap iron!--we have a WPA application
in for an armory, and, as you know, the Union Board is discussing
among its own membership the question of a Union Building additton.

I think there is a danger, if we are not careful, of muddying
the water with too many projects, all of which might be confusing
to the legislature. After the session, however, I see no reason why
we should not move forward on some such project as you and I have ©
talked of occasionally.

Sincerely yours,
Deane W. Malott,
DWM:R Chencellor
Enc.