interests are more intelligent and absolutely a unit in feeling that
the best interests of basketball can only be served by carrying on
in a perfectly and satisfactory, harmonious agreement and arrange-
ment for basketball as a game.

That is just a declaration of principle or belief, if you please,
which has brought about such a satisfactory report as the Executive
Committee is ready to submit to you members of the Joint Basketball
Rules Committee. I think that Dr. Brown will for the Executive
Committee make the report.

Dr. John Brown Jr:

Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen: It is with an unusual pleasure that
I present this report as the unanimous report of the Executive Com-
mittee. The basis of representation of the various constituent mem-
bers in the proposed enlargement of the Joint Basketball Committee
has been given a great deal of thought by these constituent groups,
and also by each of the members of the Executive Committee in
personal conferences and in committee as a whole.

We propose for your action, endorsement of the following basis
for committee membership, beginning with the adoption of the report
at the meeting today. The National Collegiate Athletic Association
to have ten members; the Amateur Athletic Union to have ten; the
Young Men’s Christian Association, ten; the National High School
Federation, two; the officials’ organizations, two; the Canadian
Amateur Basketball Association, two; making a total membership
of thirty-six.

The fundamental reason for the proposal to increase the represen-
tation of the original charter constituent members in the National
Joint Committee from six to ten is the feeling, particularly on the
part of the National Collegiate Athletic Association, that all of
their eight districts in the country should be represented on the
Joint Rules Committee. The Chairman of their committee is a
member-at-large, and Mr. Tower, our efficient editor and interpreter,
is also a member-at-large.

We also believe in the principle of equal representation for the
three original organizations; therefore, we are proposing that the
N.C.A.A., the A.A.U. and the Y.M.C.A. have ten each. We recog-
nize that this may be a little bit unwieldy, but we believe that the
interests of the broader representation of the field to the Committee,
and the broader representation of the work of the Committee to the
field, is sufficient to compensate for that. If, as time goes forward,
the National Collegiate Athletic Association should select their
chairman of their basketball committee from one of the members
representing the eight districts, or if our editor or interpreter should
be elected through one of the regular channels, it is conceivable that
a representation of these three original constituent members might be
reduced to eight or nine.

We are recommending the invitation to the National High School
Federation to become a member, believing that the high school

constituency and interest and participation in this game is sufficient

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