June 14th, 1941

Mr. Albert E. “aas
Haas & Wilkerson
Insurance
Kansas City, Missouri

Dear Mr. Haas:

. You have been very nice to follow up in your letter
as of June llth concerning some of our applicants.

John Burge accepted a job at Raytown, Missouri. Paul
White has joined the Marines. I'm not sure regarding Ramie Biems.

This afternnon I had Ralph Dugan in my office and talked
with him regarding this position. “6 was in Victor Hurt's class
and Victor told him that if he wanted a coaching job in football,
he would be glad to recommend him. Ralph was out with the freshman
team but the fact that he was married while in school and has had
to work for a living has kept him from going out for major sports.

Ralph is one of the cleanest young men I know and has a very
forceful personality. He does not use tobacco or alchoholic beverages
and is an exceptionally save and valuable man to deal with young people.
He has two or three positions on hand but has not closed with any and
when I told him about the Stanberry position he seemed very much inter-
ested.

First, I want to apologize for not answering more promptly,
but the ending of our baseball schedule, examinations, Commencement
and the 75th Anniversary besides the Amateur Golf Tournament for which
I was an officer, has taken up my waking hours as well as my evening
hours. I had a large number of Commencement Addresses and this schedule
has really ruined me as far as initiative is concerned. I'm as stale
as a three-months-old piece of rye bread.

When you mentioned Stanberry, Missouri, it called to my
attention that I was born in Jamesport. Gallentine, Clarence and in
all towns up North, I have relatives there. My grandfather, George
P; Allen, was County Surveyor of Davies for a great number of years.
And the Pogues, the Millers and the Allens are a great number there.

Harry K. Allen, former Dean of Washburn College and now one
of the Associate Justices of the Sansas Supreme Court, is one of my
counsins. I do not know whether your father kmew any of them or not,
but I presume he did because he is an old timer, too.

T have not written to Superintendant Zeliff or to My, Hubert
Lindley, a member of the Board of Education, but I gave Red Dugan their
addresses and I'm assured he will write them tonight.