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DEST RAB UTO 8S PRENTING AND WRAPPING Phe ERs
860-880 N.W.SECOND, 0 K LAH OMA Clit, @k te ee ee

July 9, 1941.

De, f. Cx Allen,
University of “ansas,
Lawrence, Kansas.

My dear Dr. Allen:

Another letter from you outlining your continued efforts to
match a home and home series of basketball games with Oklahoma
A & M reached my desk during my abesnce in June.

We had a glorious opening for the newspaper house and I
barged out of town with my family on a tour of half of America
to avoid a padded cell and a straight jacket in the saniterium
at Norman. This will explain my delay in answering your fine
letter.

I greatly appreciate your confidence, but you know | am
violently interested inasmucy as 1 did all 1 could to point

you in Iba's direction for this series of games. I1 reviewed
your exchange of correspondence and cannot suggest inyanyyway
that 1 would follow any course other than the one you_ have
pursued. In fact, 1 think you are exactly right and 1 think you
have used every means of developing the situation with him.

I believe you have reached the point where-it will be well for
you to forget Mr. lba and you have my permission. 1 think he
is entirely out of line and I am very much disappointed at

his attitude. He is a pretty crafty boy and probably has the
idea that he is on top and can dictate his terms in any
situation.

To be perfectly frank with you, the alumni in our city are not
particularly anxious to hsve you play him. They appreciate
that he has somewhat of a reputation in basketball circles,
have always resented our playing them because