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You will understand that I have no objection to the Eastern-lestern
play=c and then the national, but personally, a big play-off during Easter
week in my opinion is the biggest thing that could come to basketballs In
your circular letter I noted that, of course, you did not mention Baster vacation
‘timee Also in the letter you asked for an opinion, and at the same time
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*You will youd at the time of our sinha 4 in Kansas osty
last Spring, that I suggested that representatives of the
Basketball Comittee attend the next meeting of our Executive
Committee to discuss problems in connection with the baskete
ball tournaments Our Exeoutive Comittee meets in Chicago
6th and 7th at the Sherman Hotel. I will be vory
s ‘gina to have you attend if possible at that. tines

“I en also aslitig Mr. Olsen of ohio Bate to be presente"

| I an replying to him this morning, seriding a copy of my wire to
him and imploring him to have Mre Ste Claire Personally, I would not want
to take the responsibility of you and I alone doing this job without Sainte
And too, since I have borne the blunt of this distribution problem in my
conversation with lire Owens and Professor May, I would not want to put myself
in a position of opposing these gentlemen who feel that the ileCeAsis organizae
tion should have all the moneye In my opinion, this scheme of President
Owens' is doomed to failure and our tournament is whipped forever So I
prefer to let them outline their strategy and policy rather than to have |
me oppose it because I would be misunderstood if I presented the case as I
see ite ;

‘If the three of sn‘ aaitbiaie Ws could so uals oie tinal,
go that all of us could be agreed upon the policy presented to the NeCeAske
and no one individual in particular could be put in & position of opposing |
the men of high authority. For that reason, I stand on my former statement
‘that I would not @are to attend the meeting unless Saint, you and I were there
to diseuss the matters in fullest detail before we presented them to the
NeCeAshe Rxcoutive Camittee.

1 would have felt very much better last year had I riot been represented
by @ teame I could have then without stint of selfishness presented the case
even more vehemently for the team members who participated, I am not for the
: individuals getting a pot of gold, in fact, I see eye to eye with the officials
of the Executive Comittee having the players assume the role as pot hunter, but
I do believe that these institutions who go to the finals should have their
treasuries enriched in a small degree because it then gives that sport —
prestige with their own athletic committee and their University. Every adninis=
trative officer of any institution that I have talked with thinks that the