PAGE NINE ss . se ———E—————— rormmrmcrer emer rere ere ~ ee beh ens llen Kansan’s Super-Duper Sports . | League and League of Nations By BILL CUNNINGHAM ss It’s amazing how faithfully and how often the world of sport mirrors democracy in all its perfections and its problems. |Maybe it’s one with what some analysts have. claimed about: religions—that a deity resembles-his worshippers both’ in physical appearance and in mental and moral attributes, that he is, in fact, but an idealization of themselves. aad “You. touch heaven,” wrote Novalis, “when you lay your. hand upon a human. body,” meaning, undoubtedly, that. part. of diyine intelligence is represented within ourselves and that” most of our attempts to. comprehend.a life beyond are, con-— sciously or subsconsciously, idealizations of the only life we know. - Poe is es a ea ashe Maybe sport, team sport, is idealization, too. Certainly it has all the primary attributes—fairness, courage, honesty, gallantry. It calls for co-operation, co-ordination, discipline, . sacrifice for an ideal, and some more, and still, true to the fashion of life in a democracy, it runs into confusion and fail-> ure through whang-brained handling. There are’ those who are perpetually trying to straighten this out with.one resound- ing suggestion or another, but, up to date, they’ve got no- where, just as those trying to do the same things with nations have got nowhere. = = ee And they’ve failed for precisely the same reasons. Note the perfect parallels. A, HE MEANS TO BE HEARD. Sere Nationally, we’re thinking again in terms of a League of Nations. Various politicians and publicists have broached the © subject boldly or cautiously, depending upon their professional . safety or their ventral vis viva: . Mr. Willkie. has sounded his A. Minnesota’s young governor, Stassen, now newly in the Navy and. saying he intends to stay there, has gone all the way in two magazine articles. Minor prophets have sug>. gested that Mr. Roosevelt sees the chance. to become the~ most powerful and historical temporal figure this planet’ has” ever produced through changing from President of the United. States to President of the World. Et cetera. be aS ree _ And just to show you how things go, in terms of the con-— stant parallel, out in the currently flood-bound corn patch of Kansas, the mighty voice of Dr. F.C. (Phog) Allen, veteran . athletic director and basketball coach of the University of - Kansas, is suddenly lifted across all the weary miles between |demanding a League of Intercollegiate Athletic Conferences. Dr. Allen is a. first-class basketball coach and a self-start- . ing Cicero slightly crossed with klaxon. No long-eared, shoe’ box-nosed, bush-tailed nightingale indigenous to the native vicinage and born to tug a plow can out-sing the Dr. when. he really gets going. The crows flap their ebon wings and head wildly for neighboring Missouri, while the rabbits are drowned by the thousands trying to make it in terror across Rattlesnake River when he lifts those snoring tones. The man shakes the ground... 2 io Ok fete te Noting, evidently, where every form. of economic sky -|writer from thé womb-to-tomb boys to the Virginia feed-the-_ world Zolivas are feverishly blue-printing the great post-war paradise, the Dr. hitches up his britches, takes a running start. and throws his weight against an autocephalous situation © existing in the campus sporting sphere. His idea is that he- might as well brew up a little post-war paradise, too. = +45 ~ Instead of approximately 118 college conferences and eee on vw Se -|Landis, and a standardized code of regulations. Each. indi-s« associations, most of them with different rules and beholden “ only to themselves, he wants them all locked into one national’ and overall organization, with a czar like baseball’s Judge 2 vidual unit would still have its straw boss, but there'd ‘be a Top Guy with full crack-down powers to settle all arguments _ and make all decisions. The Dr. even states this super-gentle-.. man’s salary. It would be $50,000 a year. ned IT JUST CAN’T BE DONE ee | Yo paresis Tm for it, but it’s got about as much chance of coming” * to pass as a testimonial dinner to Hitler in your nearest syna-.- jgogue. It would pull the linch-pin completely out of our inter- collegiate athletic cosmos as it is, or was, and coast-to-coast” reorganization would have to be complete. PURE MS acid The Muscovites have just liquidated their Communistic | International and part of the official reasons given read, “Pro- found differences, even contradictions, in the historical dew - velopment of every land and in their social structures, differ-"_ ences of level and rate of social and political development. . . .” made it impossible further to run the affair from one ~ master blue-print. That’s what they said, anyhow,’ and whether that’s the truth, or an out, so far as the Russian lead- "| ers go, it’s a straight description of the college athletic diffi- ~ culties. oe taaee aioe ee oe Not only do very few of those intercollegiate groupings ~ operate the same way, but most of them seem to have differing . and.determined convictions concerning what is right and what - wrong in any given circumstance. The common denominator would be very hard to find. Some would quit and others die” if-it ever were found, wherever and whatever it is, and set ~ up as the law of the stadium Medes and the gym-floor Per- ~ sians. prt Sees SG sR J once went into this matter as a definite piece of research _ and was forced to abandon it completely as irreducible and . . undecipherable. What can you do when you find a. couple ~ of institutions such as Stanford and Harvard, each celebrated, *' each clean and each socially hygienic on its coast, and yet . both completely at variance upon what constitutes financial... help to an athlete, and each insisting, politely but immovably,: that it is correct? IONS IRRECONCILABLE DIFFERENCES The difference in what constitutes proselytizing, what _ .|constitutes an athletic scholarship, what constitutes eligibility ~ changes almost from conference to conference. ‘Finding the” ;;median between the Southeastern Conference and the Ivy” .|League, for instance, would be like looking for the halfway. ;/mark between the French Foreign Legion and a Sunday school -;. class. The Sunday school class is not going to enlist to fight’ ‘|the Arabs and the Legion has no interest in turning sis, ‘so ~ where are you? ee “ae O0G 78 There’s all that, and then there are the social significances. _ Dr. Phog doesn’t suggest tampering with schedules, but, with’. a standardized set-up, the temptation to work out a real . national championship annually would be great. Great—and-- strongly resisted by certain teams jealous of their local repu- °° tations and their local exclusiveness. aa The Catholic colleges, either more brazen or more honest — jin their building of teams, have been the victims of exclusion. ~ jon both coasts. The Pacific Coast Conference has resisted - jall pressure to include Santa Clara and St. Mary’s, whereas ~ |the Ivy institutions on this shore don’t play Boston College: at all, and Holy Cross only on the skip-stop pattern.. The per-~» |fection of the proposed plan would probably expect Divés to — deal with Lazarus on a more fraternal basis than merely © tossing him the crumb of a Stadium date about once in every 10 years. But who can deliver the Dives? ee _ Tracing the parallel any further is no intention of mine. _ I’m for a league of some sort or other when the war ends, - as long as we don’t have to surrender our identity as a nation,° our traditions or our way of life. Somebody’s got to straddle ~ that Hun. But those who are thinking in terms of an inter-_. national camp-meeting can well afford to skid an eye across»: that college sports world jumble. Who’s going to give up. what? Who’s going to say what’s right, what’s wrong? Who, — if a jam comes, is| going to. make ‘em? Who’s going to-help-- and what with? ~* ~~ oa ee Circus Entertaining Boston The circus is in Boston Garden. The only casualty thus far'|i was May Kova, animal trainer, who was clawed twice by a black a panther. There was almost another circus in the House chamber is in Washington, where Rep. Gene Cox, 63-year-old fiery Georgian, walked over to the chair of 31-year-old Rep. Will Rogers, Jr., of - California, and said Rogers had accused him of taking a bribe. Cooler law-makers stepped in, just as Cox attempted to tie a headlock on Rogers...... There were no casualties....,. ‘The Ruml plan was killed by the House, after the Presiden’ indicated he would veto the bill, and some sort of compromise measure is believed on the way...... In Massachusetts, the House killed the proposal to finance old age assistance payments through a state lottery...... Seven women have been appointed as special|p police guards at Massachusetts Institute of Technology...... And Mrs. Alice Dixon Bond, literary editor of The Herald, is the new. president of the Women’s City Club of Boston...... ‘Navy Secretary Knox, in town last week, predicted Allied/n attabks on Europe and Asia in the near future.....: President) Roosévelt’s letter to Premier Stalin has been delivered personally | in Moscow by former Ambassador Joseph E. Davies. Stalin read|x : the letter, withheld immediate Eee ne: and then talked with Davies for two hours...... Set, Allan J. Gately of Medford, in the Army at Ft. Devens], for the past 13 months, received a ‘questionnaire from his local draft board last week with an explanation they wanted to classify him for military sérvice...... Three New England girls are among the. newly arrived WAACs in North Africa. Introducing Third Officer Susan Hammond of Nahant, Auxiliary Sadie A. Coury, Torrington, Ct., and Auxiliary Alice A. Boose, Lewiston, Me....... A‘ Yove-sick woman war worker was given WLB permission to . leave her job in Hartford and take another at Pearl Harbor, where her swain labors at war work, too. The WLB ascribed it a case of “sickness of the heart”..... ‘ LaGuardia Predicts Duce to Quit ... Mayor LaGuardia, who fought with Italy as an Allied nation in. the last war, predicted in New York that Mussolini would soon “sneak out of Ttaly in the dark of the night and abandon the RID ss Which wouldn’t be a bad idea...... It looks as though the Americans now have the island of Attu in their grasp, in addition’ to what remains of the Jap soldiers there...... Elmer J. Flynn, Jr., 23, of 12 Arnold circle, Cambridge, a Navy store- keeper, was given the Silver Star medal for heroism in landing operations on the African coast last November...... Nearly 30,000 workers are out in a wage dispute at six _ Chrysler Corporation plants in Michigan, where the principal item of production is tanks...... Tufts College awarded 206 degrees last week. Bernard Baruch, a war advisor, was to have received the honorary degree of doctor of laws, but he was called'§ back to Washington and thus lost out. Tufts does not award/} honorary degrees in absentia......Sgt. Edward J. Kelley of 319 Allston street, Brighton, and Capt. Charles F. Conner of 22 Thomp- : son lane, Milton, both heroes on Guadalcanal, are now taking it easy for a while on some South'Sea island camp,..... Braves Drop Notch in Standing The Boston Braves on their last Sabbath at home couldn’t ‘sée well enough to bat in runs and they dropped a doubleheader] to the Chicago Cubs, of all people...... And dropped into third|} place in the National League. .....The Braves, however, did nobly during their home stay and hope to do as well on the western) TOBE oo: The Red Sox come home after what might be called a poor road trip and they’re still in the cellar of the American|{ League...... There’s a new world lightweight champion of New York|} -....-Bo0b, Montgomery of Philadelphia, who defeated Beau Jack|} very decisively. sti Sole But Montgomery can’t be recognized as champion in his own state because Pennsylvania is a member ‘of the National Boxing Association and the champion of that|} group is Sammy Angott, another Pennsylvanian, who has beaten Montgomery three times in overweight matches...... So that’s|} a nice set-up isn’t it?...... Or isn’t it as important as cleaning |} the Japs out of Attu and Kiska and some more islands?...... OBAFO8 5 iis 0s Although their coach, Don Enoch, is now a lieuten- | ant in the Army, the Newton High track athletes won the state/} Class A championship once more...... A Newton habit...... Bel-|} mont High won the Class B championship...... And, finally, Suffolk Downs is still doing a big business...... The daily average|} for the first 12 days is $562,000...... This despite the fact. that all the travel there must be by trolley car...... Aren’t you fellows|} proud of the way horse-players are showing their ability to keep|} going wnder adverse conditions?...... ve Sincerely NRE wp eset rt Soo Seeds FOMAeaAMOMO ROOD July 16, 1943 Mr. Forrest C.(Phog) Allen University of Kansas Lawrence, Kansas Dear Phog: Will you please airmail me your views on a post-war commissioner to rule intercollegiate athletics? I am planning a post-war sports series in the near future and would like to include your proposal in it. May I use your byline on the story? Looking forward to seeing you again when the basketball season rolls around, / Sincerely yours, Chip Réyal ( a Sports Editor July 19, 1943. Sperts Editor, AP Features, 50 Rockefeller Plaza, Dear Chip: I am doing the best I can for you on short notice. I am sending you a copy of the speech that I made at the Southeast Missouri State Teachers College in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, in November, 1941. You will notice then that I set up a seheme for a national czar of inter- collegiate athletics. This is my own ides and you may use my byline on . the story if you desire. My idea was that this czar would have the same powers as Judge Landis, and that he would not be a comeissioner or an ethletic director, or anyone comnected with intercollegiate athletics. He would com entirely from the ae Se ee re ee ee eee ee ee see oh agen ste diy serene He should be a lawyer, and preferably a judge . ee ee “ca we aes & in rendering decisions. of necessity, be lucrative, tnteroe least | of the nation could pay this fee without a» woulc — commissioners of each conference under | be subject entirely to his decisions. He would have the athletic _direstor or coach, or to declare any athlete » partici pat He would also set up the scholarship . onferences. Yet he would correlate all of these } compa t: al , wh th each other. After this — of mye denned ao mich iroule of om oweete reining 1 commissioner ‘wuld have the power to suspend an institution sonform to the rulings. My notion was that no school would nge It would be purely a voluntary matter on the part =Le of these schools entering such a scheme. I do not infer that there would be any coercion in the membership. It would be a purely voluntary pro- position with each conference as to its membership, but it would be a superimposed restriction that they would agree to set this up just as the National Baseball Commission set their agreement up. After Judge Landis had the word "may" changed to "shall" before he accepted the high commission- ership of baseball, then ho forced the magnates into foreing him to enforce their rules, There was no alternative. The reason I suggest the large salary is to get the type of man who would be above reproach. The college conferences who were members of this working order would pay the salary of this czar according to the proportion of their student body membership. _ 2 had hoped that this scheme could be presented to the American Association of University andCollege Presidents in such a way that they would want to do somthing with it. I realize it is only they who could initiate such a move. The large majority of presidents of colleges have not been overly enthusiastic the way the football business has gone, and basketball is just as bad proportionately. ‘Track im some sections faces the same danger. / After the war we will have our stadia overflowing with spectators. Our colleges will be bulging with students returning from the war. And in my Opinion this is the only way that we ean clean up the masty mess that we have gotten into. Then, and then only, can coaches show their true coaching skill. As it has been, it is merely the assembler of athletic talent that determines the wimner. You will waderstand this is for all sports, not just football, but for everything in intercollegiate athletics. it is the policing of the entire program, just like our World Court is pienned. There is enough power te smash at the recaloitrant individual or college that tries to break over so that orderly business should continue for some time. Sut it will cost money, but it will save thousands and thousands more than it costs. It would build up the weaker elubs and whittle dow the stronger ones, and the income at the gate would be tre-— _mendous for everybody concerned. It would revive intercollegiate athletics ali over the nation and would not determine the schools that have been successful because “big time” athletics, in the sense of buying football teams and other athletic talent, would be out. If there is anything here that is not clear, I would be glad to have you interrogate me, and I will see if I camnot clear up the points for you. With all good wishes, I an Sincerely yours, Director of Physical Education, FCA: AH Varsity Basketball Coach. dune 1, 1943. all Siang Hi i Hi li | i tt i ft i i He ii eal i bali colad ada ii L ed le it ‘ it WH 1 yee ‘lad ite ii F fii ht iis i i i or al Hf i i ty j i aie ; gu 28434 We i AIA a4 “Het ; ht 3 sf a3, ; ih i HB Hi Hl! ie HH ate it i at igh ca ut : i it AAI i if ii tnt nt ua GE re . alt | i; ij Bul atid he ty! i dle Teak digi? tle: it i fs ible Tingit | Sar See eubieaiaitay anh salhaas geeidileace, I have no desire for a job of any kind. I aa only interested in reising the aduinistrative standard of athletics the save as other menbers of other professions have endeavored to do. Very cordially yours, Diveotor of Physical Education, Vargity Sasletbait Coaches PCAN Enc. ye May 1, 1943. . etic. iy ol tay Giaiadeteutivee wurk Ge txt he wereld have ue bechgveusé or impediments or encumbrances. , He should be a lawyer, and preferably a judge who has al- ready established himself for fearlessness in rendering decisions. He might be a dean of a law college, but he should have a national reputation for fairness and justice. The income should of necessity be lucrative, say at least $50,000 a year. ‘The conferences of the nation could pay this fee without any difficulty. 7 conferences. Yob he would corvelate all of thess so that thay weuld be compatible with each other. After this agreenent of income was The American Association of University and College Presidents would of course be the ones to initiate this move. It is the only source from whom this power could come to such commissioner. : I told you when you asked me for this that I was not desir- ous of trying to initiate this move at all but I set out to the public a plan whereby confidense could again be restored in intercollegiate athletics, People now have no more confidence in the integrity of intereollegiate athletics than they had in professional baseball after the Black Sox scandal. And if athletics are to be put on 4 high plane, as they should be, at woul of meneatty tke Just euch aetion as this. After the war we will have our stadium overflowing with nein, Our colleges will be bulging with students returning from the war. And in my opinion this is the only way that we can clean up the uasty mess that we have gotten into, Then, and then only, can coaches show their true coaching skill. As it has been, it is merely the assembler of athletic talent that determines the winner. Remenber, Bus, that the day of the coach who works three hours a day for three months is out. The American college president will swash this just as sure as you live. He is tired of the fellow es ee ae ee nee 6 Ry Ser ree ee They will never come back. Some schools are in the athletic business, some alwmi are in the athletic business, and some gamblers have been getting into the college athletic business. Why not clean it all up and start anew? There will be enough bugs get into the new scheme of things after it has rum a generation. Now, Bus, I believe if you will read this article very carefully, practically everything in a skeletal form is there for the setting up of this program. But if there is anything in this paper or in my letter that is not olear, I would be glad te have you interrogate me on these different points and I will see if I can not clear them up for you before you write your article. You will understand this is fer aheuld eentinue fer some tine. But it will cost money, but 4% will save thousands and thousands more than it costs. These small schools like Kensas, Kensas State and Iowa State ee a ee eee The people everywhere will to see thei ee 8 ae ee oe eee a ha . wbe for everybody concerned. It would revive intercollegiate athletics — all over the nation and would not determine the schools that have — been successful because “big time" athletics, in the sense of football teams and other athletic talent would be out. Don't you see this? If not, please state very frankly your viewpeint and 1 will endeavor to give you mine. Sincerely yours, Director of Phys test Education, PCA: All | Varsity Basketball Coach. Ende May 51, 1945. cahieta D, G. —— — “ rT a semencsenemenmacenian a pena ee eeu koe eo Meee See ee a itr rte seit dy ein tS ta yen ce yea A pieces slg. aes ag aE ers | Nope a tey oe en epee arian cree tn ae AR Peay epee abe Ee ear ie ere a NE Tg ee ete eee eieaiaes 5 s aR Sater i “ A peresecaset } Sua atelier es te UR mame hee yy Seo Hae yy ie ERED Sn AA Pia ies ay Shaan or dp siti ee SA eee RN Ft i ae ear Sa ran ea SETH, Sip pa CSE UTR NR oem eee SE ONS es a Os ea See PR MNP agen bonnie . a e Ne ka tive aes es ¥ ra RS SRE ALN OREN AR EN a, ie meee ae on Eee a ae ae : 7H ae : pai is aut | j i i Ho i iki He = Hi i Meee rien i diate tlie a 3 i if oF ie ind f if ti il . iu Hi 4 iN i: int ab ght iii i i Hf a a a ae : i i if : ee LG Lote of good luck. ee #4 2 a a iy aus E uit He FH ig iis Sunday night. Dear Doctor Allen: Am only now beginning to catch up “a my correspondence after three whirlwind viske here. I am out at the Capitol on the Sen- ate side is addition to covering major sports events, whenever they cums alonge | : Your letter enabled me to turn in my first story, and you may have seen it in one of the Missouri Valley papers. T had an @hjoyable interview with Paul o! Leary, former K, U. track star. He is in OPA, Another former Kansas man here ip Jake Engle, on the AP regional desk. Wasn't he one of your stars? 7 What is going to happen in the Big Six in football, Doctor? Tuesday, I have an assignment to cover a meeting between congressmen and war department officials on the proposed service otc s al teams' Championships. I would be interested in your reactions to this, or anything else that you see bobbing up in the national picture, I have always found that your observations are well ahead of others, Washington has stolen my heart, as it dans of almost everyone, I suppose. +t ig beautiful, fascinating, swift in devel- Cpments, and there are so many interesting places to go that I find it difficult to adeiae on a certain one. But you probably have been here many times and know the town much better than I do, It was kind of you to write so promptly, Doctor Allen, and I am most grateful to you. Your letter was like a tw slap on th back right when I needed it. May I hear from you again soon dume 1g 13435. Mre James i. Henmond, Lawyer, —_o Doar Mire Hammoud: . e 7 | | Acknowledging your favor of the 25th ultimo, I om sending you a copy of &@ speech i made at Cape Girardeau, Missowrl, in Novenber, 1séi, at the Southoast Missourl State Teachers College. Lawyers have had their disbaruent proceedings for erring leayyeras the doctors have done likewise. I doubt if athletic coaches will be~ aa the lawyers and physicians Lave acoomplished. However, I do know thet there are wauy athletic directors and coaches that would like to see a cleaner bill of health for athletics. ‘Those on the inside lmow that a football team that is four~deep with powerful meterial is not accomplished by the matriculation of the ordinary student in such end such a college. | ) : it would be u very difficult thing to get all the colleges in America to heave uniform rules, but I did think that there were enough educators who would welcome a more wholesome participation in athleties in the _ Golleges. The greet value of education through play oan be accomplished by doing away with hyper-proselyting that seems to have been in practice in the most emphatic degree just prior to our entry in the war. t think I am gaffe int saying that no “big time’ school in athletics is without ite subsidizing and proselyting. Judge Landis has done such a wonderful job in Wilding the confi~ baseball hed sunk to the lowest after the Black Sox scandal. I have a athletics if the American Association of University and College Presidents should act on same scheme tet would take the diseiplining out of their : i) i 145 i ‘i In, ii | y iN i ify i i = a ie publie wad in the would see a way out Of course, they Certainly I am not initiate it. Mo one else could. Director of Fhysieal Education, Varsity Basketball Coach. i a TELEPHONE 7020 JAMES H. HAMMOND LAWYER 6 SECURITY FEDERAL BLDG. COLUMBIA, S. C. May 25, 1943 Doctor Forrest C. Allen Department of Athletics University of Kansas Lawrence, Kansas Dear Doctor Allen: I noticed in our local paper, “The State", reference to your hope that we could get out of the nasty mess of college athletics. Having tried to do the same thing here in South Carolina with our colleges, 1 would like to find out if you have any particular data other than what I see in the paper. Something certainly has got to be done. Very truly, JHH: fs Only those people who went into it voluntarily, willing to subscribe to this bien saiok they would harness upon themselves, and willing to take the discipline of a czar, would show that they were willing to situa the thing up. We would schedule games only with these people. af others wanted to stay outside and do their own schedule-making that would be all right, but this group would admit that they were willing at least to be supervised and willing to take the findings and decisions of the czar. They would establish so much confidence that the people would then say, “This is the thing; those people are willing to follow the rules and have someone call the decisions on them." a 8 3 AB a ¥ , ayy Bet apy Hit : 417) s Ho : Beds: ud ’ 4 eaedea a: 2 4} ay diese i 5 aggsy 2 : : iehak, i ARES PRR ay ARMY iene seal vee al Bane! aul Gthg 3 da4e ij HE ; 3 pas g2 4. jal aqui FQ: a dua yg AR a Fees - Sy gray bea ae Ht die tin di Ha, tae fat Hii HGH tat et eit ele Ee nsah We id My notion was that this organigation would be one of voluntary membership. No college or organization would be forced into it, but if conferences now organized, which are faculty controlled, should have @ czar who would handle the matter as Judge Landis hes handled organized baseball, then most of our proselyting and subsidizing would end because the word “shall” would force the commissioner to do the things that the netional baseball commission has forced Judge Landis to do. If it were optional, and the word “may“ were used, then the whole power of the commissioner would be lost. | Of course, these schools would schedule games only with members in the organization, and any team not a member could only schedule with outsiders. It was my idea that until we stopped the activity of the alumi and the coaches and athletic directors who are tied in closely with | this chain system of athletic material procurement, then we will never improve a very bad situation. My only desire in setting this idea out to the public was in the hope that the college presidents would see a way out. Of course, they would have to initiate it. No one else could. Certainly I am not looking for a job. Very cordially yours, Director of Physical Education, PCA:AH . | Varsity Basketball Coach. Ene. THE ATLANTIC REFINING COMPANY PETROLEUM PRODUCTS HOSPITAL TRUST BUILDING PROVIDENCE, R. I. D, Tt. COFFEY MANAGER OF SALES NEW ENGLAND DIVISION May 25 3 1943 WILLIAM KEEN ASSISTANT MANAGER OF SALES S. A. ROSE MANAGER OF SALES PROMOTION GM: R/G Dr. F, 0, Allen Athletic Department University of Kansas Lawrence, Kansas Dear Doe: I noticed this column about you in the Boston Herald, and not knowing whether Bill Cunningham is syndicated out in God's Country, I thought I would send it along to you, thinking you might be interested in it, As you can see by the letterhead, I am now with The Atlantic Refining Company in Providence, Rhode Island, and feel that I am sitting quite well. I go back into the Army in June, leaving my wife - and son which are new additions since you last saw me. Please give my’ best to all your family. | With kindest regards, I am JAG: dm | Ene. : ! QUOTATIONS SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE a