Headquarters 4th Air Force
Old Post Office Building
Riverside, California

June 8, 1941

Dr. Fs Ge Ailen
University of Kansas
Lawrence, Kansas

Dear Doc,

This letter has not been dispatched to you as soon as 1
had expected, but I have really been’on the go’ since leaving
Lawrence.

Probably John Bunn has written you concerning their num-
ber one prospect for the job at K.U. Both John and Esslinger
believe that a man by the name of Bert Pike is well qualified
ana their best candidate for K.U. I do not know him personally.
Esslinger believes that Voorhees is a good boy but that Pike
is better. I talked to Voorhees about the situation and he
is definitely interested if the salary is sufficient to war-
rant the move. Voorhees said that he would write directly to
youe I believe that either of the two would fill the bill.

After a short session with Bunn and Esslinger at Stanford,
I drove South, established myself temporarily here at home, |
and reported for duty at Riverside. The entire 4th Air Force Hdgts.
has been but recently established and th_srefore is still in
the throes of becoming organized. It will take some little ;
time for me to become established and oriented in the new job, (|
but I can see already that it is going to develop into a rather
tremendous project. Iwill have no civilian assistants at any
of the bases; rather, my job will be to organize and coordinate
the programs thurout the District and to train the leaders for
conducting the programs. It should be interesting, but very
definitely there will be headaches and difficuities to overcome.

I want to take this opportunity to tell you again, Doc, that
I thoroughly enjoyed working under you during the past two years.
It was a rare opportunity that I would not have missed for any-
thing, and the experience there has greatly enhanced my professional
and personal training. No one knows what the future holds, but
I certainly hope that I may be considered again as a candidate
for a position at K.U. when and if this brawl is over. Ruth and
I will always cherish many fond memories of our associations and
life in Lawrence.

Best of luck in your quest of replacements in the Department,
Doc. If there is anything I can do to aid you in your search,
don't hesitate to call .on me. Also if any questions arise con-
cerning any phase of the work in the Department which I handled
during the past two years, I shall be happy to supply any infor-
mation I am able to (which is not é¢ontained in the files I left).

Please give my best regards tm Mrs. Allen and the family.

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