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GENERAL OFFICES
NEWS BUILDING NEW YORK CITY

Written from

KANSAS CITY, MO., BUREAU Oct. 19, 1944

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600 CITY BANK BLDG.

Dr. Forrest C. Allen,
University of Kansas,
Lawrence, Kan,

Dear Phog:

I_ join you in the "shudders" you had at those clirnings.
And I would like to say that I'm mighty _ we worked out
several nieces together last winter which were on the nose, as far
_ were concerned, You see, I knocked out that cony
ing the winter myself. This last yarn was rewritten back

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I'm not one to sidestern blame when it rests on me.
And at the same time, Thog, I don't accent it altogether when
it rests somenlace else. That's Always been my eee and

it works out fine, I've found, when folks know you mean what you
SAY. |

_. I shirmed the ne wrote here back to New York
because it came in about the time the World Series a

orening big-time football games were nt the docket. We hovred
to syuceze it in better that way and getk a better start with it.

I shivered at that "self-styled" usage in the lead_and
read no further, knowing that the niece had been altered and knowing
Also that nothing then could be done about it.

I am forwarding your letter back to New York.
But I wanted you to know the score from this angle, I also
wanted to thank you for your consideration in rrenaring that
long letter. From here on out, ae — you
fix up here in Kansas City and start it on its way rom
Then, if anything is wrong, I'1] standsquarely behi

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nd it.

I'm sorry this harvened and I hone the above
clears my shirt. Above all, nlease don't look at it with
the thought "alibi" in your mind. I used all of your stuff about
the college vrexies and I think that, too, was dro~ved out back
east. I'm only sorry I didn't make A cony of my original so
you could have it for comrarison rurvoses,