inteedies 20, 19394 PCGAsSAH Varsity Basketball Director Ay ieabateals Geach aa ond Recreation, Cawrence Public Schools Lawrence, Kansas spt Ae LFC Pe. October 25, 1989s ti Hie iF si il ata Nii a af gap i he h ui 1 He ii i a Bags: gue : franks to see Milton Director of Physical pduceation and Varsity Besketball Coache | FCAsAR October 25, 1939. With all good wishes for your success, I an Director of Physical Education and Recreation, FCAsAH . Varsity Basketball Coach, Portis Hish School 1939 SENIOR Class Play “The GAY PRETENDER A COMEDY IN THREE ACTS BY WALTER RICHARDSON Time — The present; about mid - summer. Elate =. 175 bungalow of Charley Jones and wife, New York. Time of play — About 1 hour and 45 minutes. The Cast Of Characters RICHARD TULLY, a newly-wed — — — —.—— — — MAX KISSELL IRENE TOULLY, lds wife — — -—— — — iL PHYLLIS THORNBURG | HIRAM SWALLOW, Richard’s rich uncle —. — PAUL FRYDENDALL MIRANDY SWANK, Irene’s tich aunt — — — ROMA PLETCHER CHARLHY JONBS, a neighbor — —- — — — — LOYAL YORGENSEN SUSAN, Charley's wife p— —- = 5 ee: BEULAH STAALDUINH PLUIUS, 8 COlOPEd BEPVANE ao oon We es Ge VERNON CONE DELLAH, a: colored maid) — — — — — — JUNE DUVALL riday -Oct ober - Q7 PORTIS HIGH SCHOOL SEE — EIGHT O’CLOCK, P. M. Prof. T. R. Monroe, class Sponsor and Coach. Admission Prices are 15 and 25 cents. No re- served seats. Entertainment between the Acts. PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY THE PORTIS INDEPENDENT J.E.KISSELL,EDITOR, OWNER AND PUBLISHER PORTIS, OSBORN Co., KANSAS December the Twenty-Second, Nineteen Thirty-Nine. Dra FP G. ALYen, Lawrence, Kansas. Dear Dr., Sir, Friend, Coach, Taxpayer and whatever else you may bes — Have intended writing you a number of times since you peo= ple wey@ out here, but I let procrastination creep onto me, and so here I: am and no letter, yet. I am writing right now to ask about Max. That is I want to ask about over-exertion.or possible weakening of the heart in games, particularly. Max is okay so far as I know but at Russell the other night to see Newton Hi play, some fellows were talking to me about Max and they said (one of them did)---Watch his heart and Gon't let him burn himself up now, Of course I have him exanined at times and the local dock always says he is alright. I also leoked — thru your book, one of them, and did not lowate anything particular on. 16. Max is §trong and quite well al] the time but plays very hard and J wanted to ask what amount of practice and play in basketball you think adviseable for him, or any average boy. What.length schedule do you recommend for high school boys? Last year we had I think 29 which is too many but seven of them were in tourneys. This year we have [ think sixteen, exelusive ‘of tourneys.. If boy is in good condition, do you think two games per week (Tues. & ari.) are too much. We never have two together except in tournaments, Any suggestions you offer will be appreciated, Max is growing and has & time getting enough sleep. We feed him carefully and well and my wife has read all the diet tables and also has read your books on that sort of training and the Dr. here is giving him cod liver and vitamin tablets. Not that he is unhealthy, but to give him just what he needs. After you were here I had intended clipping the notices from the various papers as $o your speech at Osborne, but failed to do that to. Will] still get af it, if you care. for them, You had some very nice comments from various ones, Generally folks thot it was. the best talk for the occasion we had had for a long time and they appreciated it. We usually have some very goog Gat dry and draggy. Too, you wrote me some time back asking something as to Max and school, that is college, next year or whenever he gets ready to go. i judge that he will start next fail, You asked as to finances, that is.I judge you wondered whether he would have the cash to atart to college. -Max has some money of his own and has worked hard for it. I do not know that he will spe nd it going to college, That may sound peculiar to you and what I mean is as low as it hes ever been, is that money is hard to get around here now. Economically, our locality | Sasa ET SE oe ———————————— SE Te i a Dr. Allen, page two. Fully one-third of the people here are devending.upon public agencies for getting along in every way, and none of them appear to have any enthusiasfyabout getting any other way. I am connected with enough: organizations around here that I know whereof I speak and I can't yet see how we are going to pull thru. I am speaking in a general way and I.doubt df some sood crops would be the answer. So many people havé gotten to be so foolish, with money that they would go more into debt or buy with their money in good times, and not pay aébtss. A local man told me he had $50,000, outstandin and he would take $500, cash for it and doubts if he ever collects that mach, < have some eight thousand dollars out on subscription account and do not believe I will ever get five per cent of this. I got off onto this rampage about economics and must quit, as it has nothing particular to do with Max and school except that with money so hard ‘ to get or collect, it is a problem to know what to do about spendi ng it. However, I am very much for higher education and Max will go some=~- ; where in a year or two no dount. We and he cannot decide what he wants to take up. e glad for any suggestion from you but I guess you talked to us about it that day at Osborne. I won't dare get started talking about our Hi basketball thks year, or I will get pertinent as I did above on the money question. I will say this, AJlen, that I think Max is the best Hi basketball player I have ever seen, Our coach, tre Jewish boy, Max Kurman, said the other day, "Max is just a dream player and I never had expected to see a high school player like him." Our Hi has won all eight games by big scores and Max has scored over 200 points, or 26 plus per game. IT know that I am partial to his play, since I am his father‘and can only see the good points and fail to see the weak ones, but I'll say this to you, that Max may write his name alongside some of the basketball greats in the next few years. On the other hand he may go, to some school-and not get off Tigkt, and drop out and find tough competition and turn out to be just another pasketball player. I have seen 2 lot of flashy Hi boys that way; gzood against weak teams but can't stand uo against the hard tests. I think Max can,but can only hope now that he will, The other night a sportsman from California was thra here looking for ereynounds, anda friend of his here said to him to come out to. the game and see our pretty nice little basketball team. That night Max ran 35 points, and looked like 4 pesketball machine in precision, The next day the man came in and offered Max a complete coverage (he called it that) education at a big California school. He said that while he had not seen Hank Luisetti much in Hi school, ‘yet he knew Hank did not do the things in Hi school that Max does. Of course, Allen, I am not enthused about his plan as I feel that if liax was not a high-class player in games, they would cut him adrift out there. I guess, tho, that any school would. Two coaches have been here to see us and our coach is trying to get Max at KState a d isbaking him down there soon for a check-up. Have letters from Nrthwestern where I the ceach and also from Oklahoma, and Gene Johnson wants Max at Wesleyan, my old school, A doctor we know from California was in yesterday and told Max the place for him to go was Kans. U. and Frank Mandeville ‘wa in for a tlak about Max going there, T gee I did just what I said I would not do so will qu ate I watch your team daily and believe you will go good this year qd you win them all. I think I will give Max a Christmag-ppéjgnt a trin to Toneka to see that tourney. Thot he might ge by watching that thru and it is when we have vacation Bob, is getting pretty slick on the court and see bE refers to him as “diabolical. How come, Doc, is he Must close. Regards to your wife, Bob, and al wile. orl ip | : me Hi Hy ! HE ie it erties 2 i ai 6 ity allies Ut wi, 4 a. dips cig a | H Ht (in Wa nh iy, ij i ti Ht aad tt Lo , oade & Sag te Bees it | iH iH HED Tee ata Sh ane hl at ; aia ale iu gal if Portis, Kansas, March I2th, I9--Forty. Coach F. C. Allen, Lawrence, Kansas, Dear Doctor Allen: I have your letter mentioning the Quigley broadcast and am gald you heard it and thanks for remembering it to us here. We heard it real well, though the statkce bothered a lot here that night. I have known EC a long time and though we are on oppositéfsides of the fence on smme things, he is as good a friend as I have, I guess, and I think he is a grand character and his word is as dependable as the Rock of Gibraltar, When I got your letter I thot I had a letter due from you about some questions I had asked you last holidays as to number of games high boys should play; chance for too much playing; over- exertion; heart weakness, etc. I think I asked you those things and others but maybe not or maybe = replied. I was not asking particulalry as regards Max ag he is very well all the time but as regards hi boys in general. I thot maybe our team was over-trained a little and hit the peak too soon. | See Oklahoma beat MU and so you will tackle the Oklahomans, Max and I guessed on it and while we fear Okla. some we take Kansas. by 5 points and my guess was 33 to 58, Kansas. Hope you win and also win the game with Ok. Ags. If so will try to get to K@ for that 2-night series at least and will be pulling for you if you are in. By the way, how would one get seats, that is who should we write to at KC for reservations if some go down? t have been a bit gloomy this week since our Hi boys played their last game last Friday night. I am not feeling low for any reason other than it was the last game for Max in Portis Hi schoo 1. Maybe I am a sissy but I hated to see that time come. Since then I have hardly slept good, just because I knew he had played his last year. I guess I had ought not feel that way because he has had a fine career and has scored over I000 points for the school and right at 500 this year for a 2I minus @Vy per game for 24 eames, I have had no reason to be other than proud of him in every game and I'm sure he is about as good a kid ball player as generally > comes along. He was named on the class B all-team at Concordia “Regional and also on the alltépegional class A and B mixed and was high-point man there with 46 in 3 games. He also gained considerable other recognition such as outstanding player of the tourney; best tip-in; best long shot and so On. We don't allow him to shoot long but in the last game they tried it and he hit all that he tried and they were long ones, too. As the halt ended, he had the ball on one free throw ring as time was about to end. He tried one clear across court to other end. It left his hands just before the buzzer and soared high and far and fell squarely thru the net. They said it mea ured 60 feet floor line from the spot to a point below the goal. ait sata stalls 3 ee a Allen page two---lMarch I2th. In our game at Concordia where we went out, we lost by just a shade and the other two men who usually help Max with the scoring, failed to come through and we did not get enough points. At that I think there was some kind of a world's record set, in that the opposing team (Jamestown) had 29 chances at the free throw line. Some of our boys fouled pretty much and we had subs in atthe finish. I wonder if 29 frees is not some kind Of a record. Of course the other team did not make all the frees but they made enough to keep them in therunning. I must shut that talk off of you may think I am goofy on basketball (and maybe some others are like ied | I watched all your game Fok tila: you did well with the club there this year. I feel the bad knees of Miller and Engleman cost you at times. | I get the KU Kansan daily but do not see much in it about the fr@Sh. boys and team. What are they floing? Are you really going to pick up some good men from that squad? | What about that fellow Buescher, and Sollenberger, and. esaeanr and our Downs boy Hall? I am not asking to be inquisitive but just wondered and do not want to bother you if you are busy and I know you are. Sending herewith a program of the Concordia brackets. Regards to you and all and tell the son, Bob, to give those Oklahoma teams all he has. Most sincerely, _. Regional Basketball Tournament of North Central Kansas held at Concordia, Kansas, March 6-7-8-9, 1940. For The Building of Strong, Healthy Bodies Eat GOLD NUGGET Ice Cream Good For Old As Well As Young The Concordia Creamery Co. 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Home Cooked Meals - Good Coffee Lunches - Sandwiches - Cold Drinks West Side Inn We Serve Good Coffee Light Lunch Hamburgers Pies Chilli Pop Candy Bars Better Light Better Sight With good eyes and good light your children - get more from their school activities CThe Kansas Power Comrany TOLBERT OIL COMPANY SUPER SERVICE STATION Sixth & Lincoln Phone 216 We are Interested In the Educational Progress of This Community PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY THE PORTIS INDEPENDENT J.E.KISSELL, EDITOR, OWNER AND PUBLISHER PORTIS, OSBORN Co., KANSAS March the 24th, Easter, Nineteen Forty, DR. F. CG. ALLEN, Lawrence, Kansas. Dear Sir, Friend and so forth: For your preliminary information, I will say that this letter is soing to deal with basketball and nothing else, I was about as wild with enthusiasm last night as anyone at the ringside in your Kansas City game and I am still thinking over those last few minutes of that game and wondering how your valiant boys pulled that one thru. I am sure, Alien, that nobody there was more on edge and pulling harder for Kansas than I, out here 500 miles away. To offer you and all congratulations would be mild. I ought to have more than that to offer. Some of us had talked of coming but at the last we could not and some had talked of going to Denver, But at home we (my wife and I) had two radios on. One of your KC games and the other in Max's room of the Denver final as Max was in Denver at the National, for the last sixteen games. I We honestly had a little doubt as to your being able to hold South Cal, But after the game got under way I felt rather confident. I had thot they were maybe super=-humans and also that your boys were some smaller and might not reach them, But I felt good at the half and then of course a little low as Cal. pulled a- head early in the last heat. As I recall your boys _ a few frees ina row. When Cal. got to,I think it was six ahead, I be- lieve my wife said, "Oh, shut it 6ff," meaning that she could not listen to KU losing. But I let the radio go and went to the other ne a minute to get some dope on Phillips and Denver, Then I came back and they were saying that Bob Allen had scored and in a minute he scored the tieing points and also the freee and we thot KU was in but then we sunk again when a Cal. man made that one--and then we = reallydid become speechless during that last half minute when KU Won. I believe it was when Bob stole the ball and pegged to fimmlémm - Engleman for the clincher. I oy prayed, Doc, as those seconds passed and it seemed ages as they’ set Engleman was getting his pose and was shooting. Those last seconfés I held my breathe. I do not think a game via radio or any time has had such a thrill for me, I thot I could follow your strategy most of the game and I figured all along that Cal. would tire out some and that Kansas would come in strong at Ehe finish. But I'll tell you that at one point there I was about rady to fold up. Anyway it was grand triumpland I think you have done just won- ders with your club, I had not figured it was as good as some of your former teams, but I don't baalnanDesanelen 5 panel of boys Dr, Allen --= page two. can come thru as they did last night, and show theib mettle in the face of defeat, I'm not sure but that you or we or anyone can, rank them with the best of Kansas teams. Of course we are now asin hoping you can win from Indiana but whether you do or not, we are all wekl satisfied with your great team and I feel you and they have risen to new heights, in the face of odds and injuries and bad legs and sO One I get started to rambling along and can hardly stop. I think paskéetball is getting better everywhere and I don't know what we would do from November to March without it. And it is eredit to you fellows who have kept it up and are keeping ib up and improvi neg it from year to year. And I know of no one person, Allen, who has done as much for the cause of the game and the good of the game and the general welfare of the boys who play, as yourself, and there are scores around who agree with me. T'm not writing that as praise along but as a plain statement of fact. High school ball is getting better, tourneys are getting better, there are more good coaches, more good gyms more players becoming interested, etc. I thot last night was a great one for you, because out there in Denver were Ebling and Pralle winning that Nat. AAU title and on the losing club was that fine player, Dick Wells. That was abig enough night for you, Doc, wasn't it? Think I had better close or I will run out of words. This is written to get to you how far-reaching your games are. After it was over a mumber came into my office and we vlayed it over and talked of your strategy and yourg substitutions and changing Miller to guard and shifting around to prevent Cal, stalling, etc, At least we did a lot of talking and what I set down here may mot be just like you did, but some of us thot we were "calling your shots." | Kindest regards and luck $o you for next Saturday night. Also thot it was grand about the way the son, Bob, pulled KU out there in those last minutes, A fellow can always figure that is darkest just before the dawn and I thot Bob was furnishing a lot of the light in those last two minutes, | : : If weather is good, I may have to buy myself a necktie or some sox in KC this coming week end. Most sincerely, rascals risa is aie De << we ea wipes Creepy Night letter ? March 27, 1940.6 Je Ee Kissell, Portis, Kansase for’ you and Max 2 working press tickets/will be left at auditoriun } ‘in your name. Other three tickets for your party to be paid for will also be held in your name. They will be good seats. Congratulations to Max. on his fine record. mere you enjoy gamee Ferrest:C. Allene BOY the WY CORLL AY Portis, Kansas, March 26th, 1940, Dp, Allen, Lawrence, Kansas. Dear Sir: I am sending this to the KU athletic offices I do not want to bother you very much but did not know - of any better way to get information I want, Group from here want to go to the KC game Saturday night. . But we or they do not want to go and travel the nearly 600 miles unless they are assured of pretty good seats, that is seats near the court. They are willing to pay what good seats cost if they can get same, say close in or maybe on the main floor, as we would even stand on the floor rather than sit away back. collect. Will you please wire me at once4if five good seats would be available for the game, I could then get definite information to you as to picking up the tickets, or other arrangements of if you get this Wednesday and answer right back by card or letter -I would get it Thursday morning. We would not leage bil some time Saturday. I fudge one of the seass would be used by Max as I want him to see the game and he could sit most anywhere, By the way Max got some National Tourney programs and | said I might send you one and am so foing under other cover. if you do not have one, it will be interesting. Don't know if I told you that we are quite sure that Max is highest scoring high school player in nation this year, Eddie Brietz has made some inghiry about it. Max has 491 in 24 games for average of just under 2I per came. sorry to bother you, and if you can offer advice we will _ be glad. If not maybe we can get tickets Regards again, and most sincerely, : f i Je Hk Kisse Very cordially yours, Diastor of Physicel Riucation and Recrea: e December 7, 19396 Mare Harold Keith, Publicity Director, University of Cklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma. Rear Harold ; i imegine you sex the write-up regarding Missouri Winning the pentathlon in Sundy's Kansas City Star. I understand that it was sent out from a release out of Columbia. Why don't you adroitly give the history of the _ pentathion from 1923 on, and state thet thet ms for the acadertic year each year and not for a combination check, a breaking whenever a team happens to get the breakse : in other words, when Missouri won the football chanpionship this year they displaced Oldehome from her academic year when they won the pentethlon, and they started the new way of scoringe ‘J am surprised that you haven't rather cleverly put Miscouri in her places With all good wishes, I an Sincerely yours, : Director of Physical Education and Recreation, FCA:AH Varsity Basketball Coache .. Che University of Oklahoma Norman, Oklahoma December 1], 1939 INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS Dr. Forrest C. Allen, Basketball Coach, University of Kansas, Larwence, Kansas. Dear Coach: I want to thank you for your letter of December 7. I always appreciate hearing from you and am particularly greteful for any suggestions you care to makee I believe we will pass up the attack on Missouri, although I didn't like her=preverted all-sports table any better than yous However I doubt if anybody took it seriously since it came in the middle of the year and besides Gayle Talbot of the New York Associated Press office recently misquoted us so badly in his recent Christman-Clark-Seymour story that we believe another blast at the Tigers would be out of place at this timee Anxious to see you when you bring the Jayhawkers to Norman. We hear your son is playing some real basketball this season. Sincerely yours, Harold Keith, Director Sports Publicity HK:djk Mire Milton Kelley, : Head Trainer of Athletic Teams, Dear Kell: i em wondering if you would be kind enough to mail me at once a gloss or a photograph of yourself that I can Send on te sane of these publicity hounds who desire pictures of the trainers of athletic teans that I hve developed. I do not want you to go to any you have your physiognoay in, and send that alonge I can have the photographer here blow up the picture to & size thet will be sufficient for the purposes : Sinee you, Jiuuy Cox, Boland Logen, Elwyn Dees and Dean Nesmith are all doing good work for the cause, i believe it would not be amiss to tell then of your prowesss Please send this to me at your earliest poss- I see where the Texs basketball tean is going nicely. Congratulations to you and to Coach Gray. Also give my kindest regards to « Xe and the rest of the heip at the University. Tell Jack Gray that I will be writing him real soon to get our two dates for Lawrence next year before he decides to take another trip to the Gardene Give my regerds to your good family. I trust the Kelley imee pads are going splendidly. “ith all good wishes, I an S s Sincersly yours, Director of Physical Education and Recreation, FCAs All | Varsity Basketball Coach. February 1, 1940. Me Dwight Keith, Editor, Southern Coach & Athlete, 751 Park Drive, Ne Be» : Atlanta, GSeorgiae Deaz Mr. Keith: I wonder if you would be kind enough to send us two extra copies of your last issue of the Southern Coach and Athlete which contains an article by Adolph Rupp on the relationship of the coach to his team. Director of Physical Education and Recreation, FCAsAll Varsity Basketball Coache September 18, 19S0>— Mre Dwight Keith, 7 iE th, Secretary, 751 Hoe Park Drive, Atlante, Georgians Dear Mr. Keith: i am returning to you the copy of “Setter Insietinll", daly autographed. I assure you it is a great pleasure for me to do thiss Please give our best regards to Mra». Keith end your With ell gopd wishes, I am Very sinerely yous, ‘sector of yet miuoetion and Heoreatton THE KIPLINGER WASHINGTON LETTER CIRCULATED PRIVATELY TO BUSINESS MEN THE KIPLINGER WASHINGTON AGENCY NATIONAL PRESS BLDG., WASHINGTON, D.C. Dear Sir: Washington, Saturday, Sept. 16, 1959. One way to establish order in the tangle of business problems is to take big questions which are basic, and work toward the answers, even if absolute answers are beyond the ken. And take the questions piecemeal, or break them into parts. By doing your best on each, you make a rough pattern of expectations. This pattern may shift, but it's a foundation for business judgment. How long will war last? This is still the biggest question. Of course no one knows, but the Washington men who are best informed think that it will be a long war...certainly one year, possibly three. This opinion is stronger now than it was when we wrote you a week agoe The few who think a-short-war admit they are clinging to hopes. And will the U.S. get into it?...as an active war combatant? A portentous question, not to be answered offhand or flatly. We can report only this: Perhaps 90% of the best informed men to whom we have talked during past week, both in gov't and in business, feel that developments are "likely" to make the U.S. a combatant in war. Not sure, but probably...chances on that side...in varying degrees. The swing of thoughtful opinion is rapidly toward the prospect of war. If so, when? On this, too, there's a changing trend of opinion. Most think 6 months to a year. The trend is toward closening. But there's something else in the air, a subject of whispers: In VERY HIGH official circles (not the slightest doubt of it) there is solemn talk of the "possibility" of U.S. in war “by January." Reasons are not fully disclosed, but have to do with diplomatic advices concerning German plans for drawing in Russia, Japan...and Italy later. The fact is that some very high officials halfway believe these advices. How seriously should this be taken? We don't know for sure, but we are inclined to be skeptical...at least for the present. An impressive fact to which you must get accustomed is thiss Our government, particularly at the TOP, is acting on the theory that the U.S. "may" be at war "Sooner than the general public suspects." That's not precise, but that's the way it is put...it shows the Spirit. It is our opinion that the Executive branch of our government is putting up a front of intention-talk about staying out of the war, but is actually preparing to go into it. Sorry if this shocks you, but it seems to us to be the fact. There's no use in being timid about stating it. Implication is subject to pro forma denial, but it will become apparent in the next few weeks. Congress will be generally a restraining influence on Executive. Congress will be defense-minded, but not aggressively war-minded. Spirit will be to hold-back, go slow, rather than go-ahead, be daring. COPYRIGHT, 1939, THE KIPLINGER WASHINGTON AGENCY, INC. The arms embargo will be repealed. President has the votes. Some new ideas are brewing, varying somewhat from Hull plan of last session. These will stir resistance, but not enough to kill. Time of final vote: Probably around mid-October, hardly earlier. Roosevelt's motives will be treated gingerly by all concerned. Neither criticism nor support will be along party lines. But Roosevelt's judgment will be sharply questioned in debate. It will be said that sale of war arms is almost sure to lead to ware Net results: We shall sell quantities of war stuff to Britain and to France, for they have Billions of their own funds here to pay, but none to Germans, who can't come and get it. Business result: U.S. will make money out of European war. And that is an important underground influence on members of Congress. It means a higher degree of business prosperity here...for a while. Short or long session of Congress? President wants it short, but our opinion is that it will drag along for a couple of months. There may be recesses, but practically the session may be considered an early start for next year's session. One reason for dragging it out is that many members are suspicious of the headlong rush toward war, and want to be on hand to watch it...and check it...if they can. session limited to neutrality? President says it should be, but other legislation will be taken up...not restricted to war. War risk insurance for exports is certain to be discussed, to speed up sale abroad of farm surpluses and other goods. Export-Import Bank will need and get more capital...ultimately. It's not sure as yet whether funds will be voted this session or next. This Bank COULD be used to supply credit to war-debt defaulting nations, getting around the Johnson act, raising a row in Congress. This is why the administration may wait a while before asking funds for the Bank. Wage-hour amendments will come up again...eprospects uncertain. Probably no big price control law will be passed this session. Administration would LIKE to have it, but Congress is not willing. Instead, other methods will be uSed against price profiteering: (a) Presidential utterances, pointing out what he believes are unwarranted price boosts from time to time, emphasizing idea that to avoid hardships the price structure must be kept in careful balance. (b) Similar utterances from other officials in situations which.come under their jurisdiction. Example - Ickes on oil. (c) And especially threats of antitrust prosecutions...Arnold. The Arnold antitrust threats are likely to be fairly effective. He wields a club... "scare-&-indict"...to use against those price boosts which are largely speculative and monopolistic. He says his tactics appear to have worked on prices of milk, fertilizer, building materials. So Arnold is the chief of police against EXCESSIVE price increases, and traffic-cop at what he calls bottle-necks of distribution. But higher price levels ARE expected, despite the policing. Administration wants higher farm prices, and recognizes fact that many other raw materials are entitled to MODERATE price increases. So the fears of higher prices are largely crocodile fears. How high will the price level go? And when? Recently it was around 75, by the BLS wholesale price index. At present it is about 80, and the average is still rising. Somewhere between 5 and 10 points gain in the next 6 months is expected by most gov't price experts. This is regarded as "moderate." It is not a runaway. The rise is seen as gradual, affecting most things, but there may be an early correction in some commodities. ‘Remember that this refers to AVERAGES, not to each commodity. Ideas about special commodities are too complex for brief reporting. As for the longer-range price trend, most gov't analysts agree that world-wide and domestic pressures will be on side.of higher prices, until the war and the war-born inflation have run their course. Past supply-&-demand statistics are no longer conclusive guide in the calculation of future prices..ethis is now generally admitted. There's a new fundamental factor...ewar-inflation psychology. This is replacing the depression psychology. Turning point is past. For years the prudent have clung to cash and "safe" investments...scared. Shift from this to equities, tangibles, would change the whole picture. So concepts about "normal" inventories must be revised UPWARD. "Normal" inventories will be larger. in the future than in the past. This note of caution for laymen is sounded by experts heres; Unskilled and non=nimble persons. usually get caught and whipsawed when they try to speculate on short turns...in markets like the present. Commodity prices, if U.S. goes to war, will be controlled, frozen. Guessing is that control or freeze would be at higher levels than now. Railroads are a special concern of gov't war-planners just now. Many are deficient in rolling stock, behind times on maintenance of way. They are being pressed by gov't to remedy both, and are responding. Plan is to buy some new cars and locomotives. And large program of fixing up old ones is to be pushed. RFC is working out an easy plan to finance such a program, and signs are that the RFC plan will be used. Thus rail equipment business will be upped substantially above what had been forecast heretofore. But gov't plan to own-&-lease is out. '.. For power companies, the gov't has war plans which involve extensive interconnections of facilities of private and public plants. But some left-wingers want a gov't ownership program as defense item. The private interests say they are fully ready to meet ANY war need. There will be some minor conflict between the gov't and the industry. Utility plant expansion plans probably will be increased a bit, due to gov't preSsure..eplus higher estimate of future demand volume. Construction: War is traditionally bad for normal building. Authorities here believe, however, that during the next few months there will be further extension of the residential construction trend, due to rise in purchasing power, and also the wish to beat rising costs. FHA dropped interest rate just before other rates began to rise. Some say this was untimely. FHA officials say 44% rate is high enough to attract investment funds, and will not be serious brake on housing. For durable goods lines, the current trend seems especially good. There's no plan for special war taxes prior to U.S. in war. The business pick-up due to war will produce enough additional revenues to more than offset the additional expenditures due to war preparations. If we escape war, the budget may be nearly balanced in another year. Rush of war orders from Britain & France is expected shortly. Each will have its own central purchasing agency...not Morgan, not Chase, not any other Wall Street agency...subject to political criticism. There's close tie-in between gov'ts of Britain, France, U.S., on war purchases here. Agents of these countries consult each other, through State, War, Navy Depts, and newly created War Resources Board, to prevent interference with our own industrial mobilization program. Practically, materially, the U.S. is already an ally in war, despite the legal and technical "neutrality." If we get into war, it means a complete dictatorship, of course. Current detailed plans are based on 1931 War Policies Commission report. They cover everything...military, economic, industrial, labor, etc. Plan would require legislation. Congress would squirm but would vote it, for there wouldn't be time to pauseeeeto deliberate...to debate. Gov't would take ANY property it wants and needs for war, would pay, would not confiscate, would have the power to tell every man what to work at, what to do, fix his pay..-eindividuals and businesses. "Profit system" would be maintained, but taxes would be levied to scoop most of the profits back into the gov't treasury. There will not be much profit in war, if the U.S. goes to war. Stettinius in due course will become "director of war industry." He has already been designated. He will graduate from the chairmanship of the present War Resources Board, which is merely advisory. But, actually, a war would be run by the President himself, and he would rely for ideas on management of the internal economy on his close group of New Dealers. Rumors that they are in disfavor are incorrect. They are merely lying low...for the sake of strategy. Business men and industrialists would NOT have a free hand, would NOT determine the major internal policies during the war time. Current reports are contrary, but current reports are a smoke Screen. President's attitude on war: Those who talk to him privately say his mood is "belligerent." Not that he wants to get us into a war. But, rather, that he shows no strong determination to keep us out. This attitude will become the key to many things. Lindbergh is believed to have had this situation in his mind. (Also Lindbergh reflected ideas prevailing within some army quarters.) Draft plans are nearing completion. Important feature of them is that care will be taken NOT to draft essential workers in industry. Personnel and employment policies are affected. Within next few weeks we hope to be able to write you more about the draft. Yours very truly, Sept. 16, 1939. oe THE TPR GTON AGENCY } : : i No quotations, please. No copying. Note the copyright.