FRED MEDART
MANUFACTURING Co.

 

 

 

POTOMAC AND DE KALB STREETS SAINT Logis: Mo.

R. E. WEINZETTEL

SALES PROMOTION MANAGER December Ts 1939

Dr. Forrest C. Allen
University of Kansas
lawrence, Kansas

Dear Phog:

Have your letter of December 6 with enclosures covering your letters to
two individuals connected with the Crowell Publishing Company of Phila-
delphia.

Needless to say, we are upset over the report Tom Bowlus gave us regard-
ing the uncomplimentary article reported as scheduled for the Saturday
Evening Post and we have been spending the best part of the past 2; hours
trying to figure out a way to combat such publicity.

The concensus over here is that we had better wait until this article ap-
pears and then take a firm stand in the way of defending the game as one
which has a real place in the play and sports world. More about this
latter, but it seems to me that you would be the logical person to de-
fend this position to other editors whom we believe would be interested
in obtaining your viewpoint in the way of a rebuttal to whatever state-
ments may be included in the Saturday Evening Post article. let us let
this rest for the moment unless you get some reply from your two letters
to Philadelphia which indicate that something could be done toward ac-
quainting the Saturday Evening Post with the facts as all of us see them.

Incidentally, I notice in your letter to Mr. Reed and Mr. Hibbs that you
refer to the fact that Goal-Hi was designed primarily for the playgroum.
We think this game is as much an indoor gymnasium game as it is an outdoor
playground game, and I give you this thought for possible future reference.
At the several State Teachers Conventios where we exhibited our Goal-Hi
display, we found as much interest on the part of gym instructors &@ we
did with people concerned with playground activity. Besides, the story as
we tell it, i.e., that Goal-Hi can be played indoors as well as outdoors,
throughout the year, is better served when we refer to the game as not
only a playground game but one that can be engaged in by entire gym classes,
etc.

Incidentally, Phog, I would appreciate learming from you just what your con-
nection may be with Mr. Hibbs and also Mr. Reed. I note you address them
by their first names, which indicates that you enjoy a close acquaintance
with both, and if you care to give me that information I would like to know

STEEL LOCKERS___ STEEL WARDROBES____ STEEL SHELVING____GYMNASIUM APPARATUS____GYM SEATS____ BASKETBALL BACKSTOPS___-_PLAYGROUND APPARATUS