AMERICAN LEGATION
OFFICE OF MILITARY ATTACHE
MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA

575 Collins St.,
7th June, 1945.

Dr. Forrest C. Allen,

Director of Physical Education,
University of Kansas,
Lawrence, Kansas.

Dear Phog:

I appreciated very much your letter of February 8th
in which you cautioned me about taking care of myself better.
I have been trying to do that over here and have pretty well
succeeded. A report did get out that I would be in the .
hospital for two months with bursitis. I was back on full
duty in 25 days. When I had a similar case in my right
shoulder 18 years ago I was 6 weeks getting out of Walter-
Reed. So I think I must be in pretty good general health.

At any rate I am still giving Rotary addresses and

- speaking to other organizations. I think Angus Mitchell
has heard my talk on "Those --- Japanese" 26 times. I amon
for a short talk on the 4th July at a theatre here.

My contacts are pretty much everybody from the Prime
Minister down, all in all its a very. healthy existence.

I took time off to visit Manila with the retiring
Minister, Mr. Johnson, and it was a rich experience.

I enjoy the Jayhawk Rebound very much, though I find
I do not know too many of the people you mention.

The Australian football season is on here and showing

extremely good form. Much better than previous years due,I

think, to the return of certain soldiers and less control by
the manpower authorities. I do like the Australian game.
Meanwhile if you continue to play the American game, chalk up
another victory over Nebraska. I wasted a lot of perspiration
and cheering trying to stimulate victory over that team during
my five years at K.U.

I have no late word of my boy, and do not know whether

he ever reached Japan or not. Members of my family are all

well otherwise and I still have some hopes of Mrs. Baldwin
coming out, though I am not too optimistic of the Department
approving of such a visit.