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Written from ,
Kansas City, Moe, . Bureau Oeste is, 1944
600 City Hank Bldge

Dre Forrest Cs Allen,
University of Kansas,
Lawrence, Kane

Dear Phege

3 join you in the "shudders" you had at those clippingse
aul : ae ike to say that I'm mighty glad we worked out

several pieces together last winter which were on the nose, as far
@s you were concernede You see, I knocked out that copy during
the winter myself. This last yarn was rewritten back easte

I'm mot one to sidestep blame when it rests on mee And
at the same time, Phog, I don't accept it altogether when it rests
- someplace else. That's always been my philosophy and it works out

fine, I*ve found, when folks know you mean what you saye

I shipped the copy I wrote here back to New York because
it came in about the time the World Series and opening big-time
football games were crowding the dockete We hoped to squeeze it in
better that way and get a better start with it. I shivered at that

Peet usage in the lead and read no further, knowing that
the piece had been altered and kmowing also that paeang then could
be done about ite

I am forwarding your letter back to New York. But I wanted
you to know the seore from this angles. I also wanted to thank
you for your consideration in preparing that long letter. From
here on out, Phog, we'll hold anything you fix up here in Kansas
s and start it on its way from here. Then, If anything is
ofc, I°1l stand squarely behind ite }

 

“Fn eorry this Imppened and I hepe thh dbove clears ny

shirte nove all, please don't look at it with the thought
“alibi" in your minde I used all of your stuff about the college
prexies and I think that, too, was dropped out back east. I'm
only sorry I didn't make a copy of my original so you could have

it for comparison purposese

Sincerely yours,
(signed) Sam
Sam Smith