Deoonber 21, 1944.

Mr. Hugh Pullerton, ore
Tho Assooiated Press,
New York, N.Y.

Dear Mr. Fullerton:

Major Grigeith' iiahinanh snk teen
ack 1 ALA eee but nog fer philioation.

. _ Major Griffith and I heave inewn each other for a long time; in
Sera mk ade cnt fo, See SAGs St Sin Chak SARS Shp 10, nn Si
| Bulted me very often. He was fighting for the colleges to have

denunciation of the autocratic attitude of the Anerioen Olympic Conant toe.

a fight was wearing on a person's nerves, but $f i¢ was necessery for
hin to sscrifies his life for « principle he was willing to do it. |

He used Generel Palner 8. Pierce, the president of the NCAA, as
his lancet, and a bitter warfare wos waged. With the resignation of
General Pleros, pence came between the AAU and the NCAA. Major Griffith

received the right to appoint the coaches of four Olympic sports, -

In your article you quote Major Griffith as : you
eean't make athletic people good by legislation, and it is foolish to
make laws before there ia a demand for the lews. Second, our athletics
can be controlled better by local groups than by a national tion
eesee” By this, 4t would appear that Major Griffith would subseribe to
the policy that it would be necessary to have an insurance seandal in
New York State before Charles Evans Iughes would write a lew prohibiting
@ yepetition. Or there would have to be a Black Sox scandal before Judge
Landis should be engaged. By this thinking, it would be better to have
& geubler's scandal connected with college athletics before we did anye

thing rather than to forestall it.