make some such distribution of the royalties as is now being made. It PUBLICATION
is apparent that that is not acceptable to all organizations and OF RULES
therefore the organizations that may wish, may have full use of the

rules as adopted by this organization for use in the publication or
presentation of their own guide. It is the understanding that a defi-

nite date for the release of the publication of the rules and the be-

ginning of distribution would need to be set for the protection of the

various parties concerned. If an organization desired to publish a

separate edition of the rules, then our organization would be under

the necessity of sharing the expenses of our rules meeting as would ap-

pear to all as appropriate; expense for the stenographer; hotel em~

ployees and expense directly incident to carrying on our annual meet=

ing - but nothing would be said about personal expenses of delegates

and would not include the cost of honorarium to the editor of the

guide as the editor would not be serving in that capacity for all of

the organizations.

"I have tried to cover the proposed reorganization = the proposal
on the part of the N.C.A.A. and the Chairman of this National Basket-~
ball Committee of the United States and Canada. We are trying to say
what we believe to be the right thing in an wmselfish manner in the in-
terests of the various constituent organizations. I am in favor of
the joint idea and have personally helped to keep a single set of rules
in the United States. I am anxious to preserve a single set of basket-
ball rules to govern all plays, from the kid teams through the college
associations, high school tournaments and championships of the A.A.U.,
ete. We should be able to go ahead on a single code of basketball
rules. Aside from this the matter of membership and finances are more
difficult to resolve into satisfactory terms."

Remarks

Mr. Ornstein: "I want to thank you for the privilege of joining in this
group this afternoon. I have followed basketball for 25 years and well
recall what brought about the original joint committee from the A.A.U.
standpoint and we feel that this committee has done an excellent job
which could not be done in any better way and we should like to see this
committee continue, in the interest of the sport. For a number of years
we have discussed what was believed to be an wmfair way under which this
committee was operating. We feel that we should have at least an equal
representation here with the college group and a more equitable distri-
bution of the funds derived from the basketball guide. For the past
four or five years when this matter has come up we have been happy to
continue things as they were, having one set of rules and foregoing the
matter of representation and distribution of the funds. As far as the
A.A.U. is concerned, we have a considerable number of men registered
throughout the country with a considerable number of teams, tournaments,
and championships, that all deal with the playing of the game and I feel
that as long as the representation is equal in number, we do not care
whether you want 3, 4, 5, or 6. We would like the same equitable dis-
tribution of funds derived from the sale of the book. The number of
books sold by each organization cannot be proven. We feel that if the one
joint set of rules is continued, we might well continue to have one book
and it only becomes a question of dollars and cents. I do not agree with
the publication of several books as I think the matter of changes in the