Wr. Bushnell ~2- January 15, 1945

We think it would be a shame if these millions lost that interest and respect.
On the other hand, we do not believe that a hush-hush policy ever solved any
problem--or will solve the gambling headache. We lauded Allen because he was

at least courageous enough to say that there is a problem. Even that publicity
has increased the vigilance of a lot of people. Eventually, unless action now
invisible is taken, I suspect that there will be enough editorial comment, favor-
able or unfavorable, to force collegiate officials to do something other than
deplore the fact that editors are impudent enough to comment on the ~~ of
college athletics.

I assure you that the Post will be tremendously interested Pag see
what the NCAA does by way of self-regulation. In the meantime, I'm not going
to back down on our statement about professional baseball. I still think that,
confronted with a thing like the Garden gambling charges, the late Jadge Landis
would have made the fur fly long before now. |

‘Sineerely,

Robert Fuoss
Managing Editor

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