IOWA STATE COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE AND MECHANIC ARTS AMES, IOWA DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION May 6, 1940 FOR MEN Dre Fe Ce Allen Director of Physical Education University of Kansas Lawrence, Sensas Dear Doc: I have your letter of May 2 in which you suggest that I call a meeting of the Big Six basketball coaches to meet in Lincoln. S I really don't believe that I have the authority to call this meeting as it would have to come through the Directors. I believe, though, that most of us will be there. I am not positive that I can make it but if I can 1 will, and we can informally get together after the Friday night dinner, I have turned over to Veenker the requests that we made in our March meeting, and I am also including to each of the Big Six basketball coaches a copy of these requests so that each of us in turn can take these matters up before the director goes to the meeting. I believe this will get the desired results for us rather than have the Directors feel that it is necessary for us to have another meeting, With best wishes, I am