April 5, 1942

_( copy to Dr. PF. Ce Allen)

Mr. Gwinn Henry —
Director of Athletics
University of Kansas
Lawrence, Kansas

Dear Gwinn:

Inasmuch as your letter of April 1 contains some statements which imply

- that the Manager of the N.C.A.A. Western Playoffs in Kansas City was

discourteous to Kansas authorities, and believing that such was not the
case, I will reply at some length.

Copies of this letter are being sent to those persons who, I feel,
ought to know the details in this controversy. The list will include

- pr, Allen, H. G. Olsen, and John L. Griffith, Secretary of the N.CeAsAs

For the information of those not familiar with our previous corres-
pondence, I will review the situation,

Following the Final Game on March 28, the Auditor of the Municipal
Auditorium handed me a memorandum on a piece of railroad stationery,
which said "To Kansas" and listed an expense report of $32.50.for

sale of tickets to N.CeAeAe games. The auditor wished to subtract that
amount from game receipts and handle payment of the bill himself. How-
ever, as the account was not properly submitted with the name of any
Kansas authority on it I told him that I would be responsible.

Accordingly, I wrote to you on Mareh 31, a letter in which I explained
why I had not let the Auditor settle the bill and asked for more infor-
mation. Also, I expressed the opinion that ticket sale charges usually
are not made when a school acts as agent for its patrons in a game in
which its team is involved. Because of the unusual procedure, I also
wrote, should you feel that Kansas was entitled to make such charges =
believed it best to refer the account to N.C.A.A. officials for pay- —
ment.

This review brings the matter up to date.
In your letter which arrived yesterday, Gwinn, you wrote as follows:

"This account was turned in by Mr. Falkenstien for the Athletic
Office when it was discovered that no complimentary tickets
would be allowed the University of Kansas coaches, Athletic
poard, etc. Having the tickets here we were necessarily sub-
jected to some pressure by the above named persons and tickets
were furnished them at the expense of the Athletic Department."

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