FRED MEDART MANUFACTURING Co.

POTOMAC AND DE KALB STREETS *

her SAINT Louis, Mo.

R. E. WEINZETTEL \
SALES PROMOTION MANAGER i

A October 24, 1940

Dr. Forrest C. Allen,
c/o University of 4ansas
Lawrence, Kansas

Dear Phog:

We have your letter of the 25rd, and glad to note that you are very
much interested in the possibility of joining forces with us next
summer, in the interest of Goal-Hi sales to large cities.

This is something for both of us to give thought to at this time and
possibly we will be able to work out an arrangement whereby we, together,
could “crack" these big markets where we have not been successful in
cetting Goal-Hi used extensively.

I agree with you that this is undoubtedly a long range selling job that
involves a fair size sum of money for the community, and the question
of funds to pay for a substantial purchase would be one of consequence.

You ask me for the names of Directors in several of the larger cities
and I'm wondering just what you are referring to. For example, you
mention Anderson of St. Louis and I take it you refer to our Mr. A. Q.
Anderson c/o Playground Division of the Board of Education, rather than
the new Superintendent of Schools, Anderson, from Omaha,

On the other hand, you mention Floyd Rowe, of Cleveland, and I fail to
find him in our list of Playground Directors for Cleveland. Ifyou will
elaborate on your request, I will be glad to give you whatever informa-
tion I have. However, it is my opinion that there is no one man who
will decide a purchase such as we are considering, but possibly several
in a community like Los Angeles, Chicago, New York, etc. This group
might include the Superintendent of Schools, the Director of Recreation,
the official responsible for Physical Education in the schools, and
further, it may not be limited toschools alone but might include the
City Park Systems which, in many cases, are independent of the school
systems.

I think your suggestion regarding a close watch on the 20 Goal-Hi's
purchased in Omaha to be a good one and we will follow this suggestion
and see just. what they do with their purchase. I take it that when
buying 20 Goal-Hi'ts, they provided at least one Goal-Hi for each of
the public schools in that city.

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