January 9, 1946

Mre Se Be Eversull

Division Commercial Superintendent
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
llth & Oak Streets |

Kansas City €, Missouri

Dear Mr. Bvereull:

Wayne McCoy and Joe Quigley dropped in tor a friendly visit Monday
afternoon. Wayne explained to me the practice of your fine corporation in handling
these long distance station-to-gtation calls. I told Wayne infatigably that I never
extended the slightest notion that the Bell people were in league with gamblers or
any fellows not on the beam. :

With my poor voice at Rotary I was sleoeihne to impress the
Rotarians in Kensas City with a lack of any supervision whatsoever that the
colleges of America activated themselves against the gamblers,’ The deplorable
situation is due to the fact that the gamblers are making much money out of the
. racket of betting on college games and there is no foree in the college organizations
to combat it. I have been trying to awaken the public to the very apparent danger
of intercollegiate athletes being a dead dodo in ten years. As soon as some tremen-
dously large seandel breaks, there will be a movement on foot to curtail a thing that .
has eduoationas value, if properly handled.

A Let me assure you again. thet I sel no reflection on your company
by: saying that these people call over long distance and do not give their name. I
was only endeavoring to show how wilely crooks take advantage of a situation,

Assuring you it was a great plesvere to have a short conversation
with you and with kindest personal regards, I am

Sincerely yours,

, Director of Physical Education,
FOA: MF | Varsity Basketball Coach.

CC = Mr. Wayne McCoy, Regional Manager
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
Topeka, Kansas

Mr. Joe Quigley, Manager
Southerwestern Bell Telephone Company
Lawrence, Kansas