ESTABLISHED 1806 CABLE ADDRESS, PALMOLIVE

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ADDRESS YOUR REPLY TO

KANSAS CITY, KANS. BRANCH
PACKERS STATION
ACCOUNTING OFFICE.

February 14, 1944
Dr. Fi C. Allen
Cirector of Physical Education
University of Kansas
Lawrence, Kansas

Dear Phog:

We received your letter of February 8th a few days ago and we certainly do
want to thank you and Mr.Falkenstien, of the Athletic Association, for
your kindness in allowing our Boy Scouts to come to one of the basket ball
games without charge.

We expect to have about fifteen boys, the winners of the contest, to go to
Lawrence and we would like to attend the Iowa State game on March 3rd, and unless
we hear to the cmtrary we will be up there about 7:00 o'clock that night.

You certainly have had some tough luck this winter in losing close games, but

I guess those things are bound to happen once in awhile. I really don't see
how you carried on as well as you have under the war conditions, but, of course,
it is undoubtedly due to a great deal of master-minding. I don't mind the
losing games this year, because we realize things are far from normal, but it
certainly did hurt a great deal when they stole your entire basket ball team
last year right on tre threshhold of the big tournament. It looks to me like
somebody some place didntwant to see Kansas go to New York.

We are sorry to hear you had a tonch of the "flu", but I guess most everybody
has had sane trouble this winter. Hope you have entirely recovered and wish
you all the success in the world for the remaining games in your basket ball
schedule.