April 27, 1948.

Mr. George Edwards, Basketball Coach,
University of Missouri,
Columbia, Missouri.

Dear George:

Thenk you for your very good letter of Apri 7th. I
feel that you have spent entirely too moh time oe to me
the reaction of the Rules body.

Frankly, rt think we would get much further along if
the colleges alone would handle their problems rather than some
of the groups they sit in with. The vote on the high ashool
situation 1s very much different than the needs for the college
group. And the Y.M.C.A. is practically non-existent.

May I repeat thet I went to congratulate you on your
honesty of endeavor. Ami I might add again that I hope the
players get taller and taller! I notice Tha is going to have a
boy 7 feet 3 inches next year, and I hopa someone else has one
7 feet 6 inches. It is only by the addition of such men that the
Rules Committee will continue to show their stupidity.

Sincerely yours,

-‘Direetor of Physical Education,
POA tal Varsity Basketball Coach.