May 23, 1943
ADDRESS REPLY TO
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

AND REFER TO INITIALS
AND No.

NAVY DEPARTMENT
WASHINGTON

Dear Doc.

I was more than gaad to receive your letter the other dgg and want

to apologize right now for not having answered soon but you know how

those things go. I also want to thank you for the offer to write

the letter for me and to tell you that you should know that the first
person I would ask for a letter would be that rotten basketball coach
at the old State U. .

There is nothing new going on in this place at the present time. The
only thing that we have released of interest lately is the Attu landing
and fighting and somehow I can't Bet very worked up over that. +t
seems a little slow to me. “verything else on the Navg is quiet right
NOW.

I got a letter from Chuck Elliott yesterday and he seems to be doing
okay. He is now in ‘exas as you probably know. From the way his
letter sounded he is really interedted in the work he is doing.

I am going to have to cut this short for I have to go in and check
the tickers (AP,UP,INS,FCC) and see if there is anything on them that
we should know about here. One of those things that someone has to
do and it looks like I am elected as I am on by myself.

“gain I want to thank you for the offer of the letter and assure you
. that you will be the first one that + call on if I need some help.

fell all of the Allen faihily imkkemocfax hello for me and give them

my beste
Your gob pal
An