October 23, 1941

Mr. J. E. Kissell
Portis, Kansas

Dear Mr. Kissell,

I'm sorry that I've failed to answer your good letter of the
15th instant. I've been so tied-up in drives, speech-making
ete, that I've not been in my office long enough to complete
any job ° ‘

I appreciate your writing regarding the All-Star basketball

game in Chicago, Friday night Nov. 28. Of course, this is an
advertising stunt just like the All-Star game, and the procedes

are supposed to go to charity. I believe the Chicago Tribune's
charity on football is the Milk Fund, but the wise ones tell me
that the fund is “milked” of all the cream before charity sees

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Bob is in the medical school at Pennsylvania, Engleman is with
Phillips, and Kline is with the Navy. They bring those boys

to Chicago for two weeks training, but none of our boys are in |
@ position to spend two weeks, taking the time from their edue
cation or business. I'm on the board to help select these All-°
Star college men, but I feel that it would be a reflection on

a boy if he had two weeks to take out and do nothing but. prace
tise and play. A boy would have to be out of work to be able
te accept a proposition of this kind. Since I'm on the board

I will vote for a group of men and then they're going to boil
it down to 18 to be voted on again. I'm doing it just because
they asked me to and not because I have much enthusiasm for ite
If you need eny additional information I'll be glad to give ite

This is the general remark I make about Kemper. If the postman
stopped to kick at every dog that barked he'd never get his mail
delivered. I quite agree with you that when poor games are
officiated, Kemper will officiate them. Pe en

I believe we were all disappointed in the Nebraska and Marquette
games. We'll see what we can do against Iowa State and I'm

hoping that Kansas will come out of the slump and play a bang-up
game. We need it for the morale of the team and the morale of the
students. There is a feeling on the part of some that Kansas will
do just that. I hope it clears up so that we will have a good daye
A good day means a good crowd and a good crowd means money which the
‘Athletic Association could use very handily.

Now, I want to tell you a few things about Max. Max is a most im-
proved basketball player -- the most improved of all the boys back