FT CORPORATION: GENER ALL 66 -F e-e S27 Wee St NIN? a SR EET CABLE ADDRESS "'TIMMAERO”’ &® LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA Page 3 And that is the reason I have been so lax in writing to you, 'Doc', be- ceuse I have been working tremendously long hours trying to make a go of this thing, I guess I have succeeded, partially, byt at least it has been fun and certanly a tremendous experience and thrill. But things now have level- ed off to an extent to where I think I can begin to once more abserve the little social amenities (i.e., letter-writing!) once more, Every time 1 pick up a newspaper, I always turn to the sprots (oh!! page and look in the box labelled 'Basketbell Results! to see if KANSAS is listed there, And do you know, its the habit of the victor, but I slways look down the left column for the neme KANSAS, because that is the place where the winner avpears-~and, while you may have undoubéedly lost games in the last two yeers, every time I have seen the results, KANSAS has been in the left-hand column! That's the way it should be, 'Doc'!! I certeinly miss the old campus, and am locking forward very much to the day when I can come back for a 'look-see' around. I intend doing that for the 5-yeer class reunion, which will be June, 1945, But with the pre- sent world turmoil, and everything hapvening so suddenly and unexpectedly thet plen may Change, But in any event, when I do 'hit' Lawrence again, you may be sure that the first plwce or person I will see, is one Dr, For- rest C,. Allen, Guess I better close now, 'Doc', before I begin to bore you too much, and alos see if I can't reserve some thing for my mext letter. 'Bye for now and lots of continued luck and progress== ene Billups 500 Hill Sst. Senta Monica, Calif,