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THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
GENERAL OFFICE
SO ROCKEFELLER PLAZA
NEW YORK 20, N. Y. DEC, 31, 1944
DEAR PHOG,
1 WISH 1 HAD SAVED THAT LETTER FROM MAJOR GRIFFITH ABOUT WHICH YOU
WROTE SO 1! COULO QUOTE IT MORE FULLY. ONE POINT | APPARENTLY OIFON'T BRING
OUT BEFORE WHEN | WAS PICKING OUT A FEW QUOTABLE PHRASES FROM A LETTER THAT
REALLY WASN'T INTENDED FOR PUBLICATION, WAS THAT HE WAS SPEAKING MORE FROM
A *BIG TEN’ VIEWPOINT THAN FROM A BROADER ONE WHEN HE SPOKE OF CONDUCTING
ATHLETICS ON A NON=PAID BASIS,
THE POINT HE BROUGHT OUT THERE WAS THAT THE WESTERN CONFERENCE
1S PRETTY *CLEAN® AS COMPARED TO, SAY, THE SOUTHEASTERN ANDO 4T CAN AVOID
BEING ASSOCIATED WITH THE SO-CALLED *PRO* COLLEGES ANY TIME IT WISHES MERELY
BY REFUSING TO PLAY WITH THEM,
/ AGREE WITH HIM THAT MOST OF THE PROBLEMS CAN BE HANDLED ON THAT
GENERAL BASIS WITHOUT RESORTING TO A CZAR IF THE COLLEGES WANT TO HANDLE THEM
THAT 18, THE RULES OR *LAWS* ALREADY EXIST IN THE SEPARATE SCHOOLS AND
CONFERENCES AND COULD BE ENFORCED BY EXISTING MACHINERY IF THE COLLEGES
REALLY WANT TO DO IT. APPOINTMENT OF AN INTERCOLLEGIATE CZAR WITH THE
POWERS OF A LAND1S WOULD NOT ONLY TEND TO SEPARATE THE ATHLETICS FROM THE
COLLEGES MORE THAN EVER BUT WOULD REQUIRE A HUGE ENFORCEMENT AGENCY TO
PREVENT CHEATING BY THOSE SCHOOLS OR ATHLETIC DEPARTMENTS THAT WANTED TO
CHEAT «
| ALSO DOUBT VERY MUCH IF SUCH A CZAR COULD WIPE OUT THE GAMBLING
EVIL, WHICH 1 FRANKLY THING HAS BEEN OVEREMPHASIZED LATELY. I BELIEVE THAT
THE CLOSER THE AUTHORITIES ARE TO THE BOYS LIKELY TO BE AFFECTED, THE BETTER
CHANCE THEY HAVE OF FINDING OUT SUCH THINGS AND PREVENTING THEM, |! DOUBT IF
ANY COLLEGES WOULD GIVE ANY ONE MAN THE UNLIMITED AM POWER THAT BASEBALL

GAVE JUDGE LANDIS, FOR INSTANCE, HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO HAVE KANSAS