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MARTIN M. FOSS

CURTIS G.BENJAMIN

VICE PRESIDENT

VICE PRESIDENT AND TREASURER

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. SECRETARY.&ASST. TREASURER

September 21
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Dr. Forrest C. Allen
University of Kansas
Lawrence, Kansas

Dear a Allen:

I cdwiunicdgs your first letter of Sesbinber 15
in which you take up with me a few of your outstanding bills
in connection with BETTER BASKETBALL. I shall be most frank
with you in this connection, as I know you would want me to
be.

It is our policy and that of most publishers
to help an author with his illustrations. This we have
done and, of course, will approve the bill for $6. 50. when
you pass it on to me.

I think the bill of $50.00 for the draftsman
should be approved as well, even though in most cases we
would probably qeestion it. That bill pass on to me as
well. ;

Hodes: the bill for stenographic work in the
amount of $125.00 seems to be out of order. In no case
have we paid our author for his stenographic help and it
has always seemed to us a part of the author's expense.

In other words, the author should deliver a suitable manu-
script. I know you will find this in line with common
practice. ' :

I have taken care of the inquiries from Mr.
Williams, coach at Hampton Institute, which order we
would naturally fill direct from here. I am also caring
for the inquiry from Mr. Dingle of Calgary, both these
inquiries in response to your two other letters of.
September 15. It would seem to me that in the future
you could pass such inquiries along to us and let our
correspondence department handle them. It will save
you a lot of time and effort, and peeeret ty an author
gets a great many of these.