Address Reply to:
Officer-in-Charge, not to
signer of this letter.

NAVAL AVIATION CADET SELECTION BOARD
1210 BRYANT BUILDING
REFER TO NO. x 3 11TH AND GRAND AVENUE
KANSAS CITY 6, MISSOURI
Oct. 28,193

Dr, FeGe Allen,

Director of Physical Education,
University of Kansas,

Lawrence.

Dear Doc:

In checking over my correspondence I discovered that I had neglected
to answer your letter of October 6 concerning the desire of George B. Hayes to be
ordered to Lawrence after the completion of his work at William Jewell. I am sorry
that I overlooked replying for so longe Our old board has been split into two
separate entities and the part with which I remained deals only in procurement
but nevertheless I think I can arrange to have Hayes sent to Lawrence when it is
time for him to move on, which will not be for a couple of monthse

The separation of functions almost enabled our friend Jack

Gardner to slip one over on me when the last class left Jewell the other day,
Fortunately at the last minute I discovered that he had routed all the good
football players to Iowa State, By enlisting the help of a friendly officer I was
able to shuffle a few cards and asa result two fine backs, Bishop and Miller,
reported at Lawrence yesterdayeAt least these two boys are said to be goods
I have heard some complaints from naval aviation people at Lawrence
that for some reason our cadets have not been getting too many breaks from the
coaching staff, I find it hard to believe that the coaches would overlook any bet
that would enable them to win ball games. I've had enough to do with athletics to
know that it is most common to hear certain players or certain groups complain
that they have been discriminated against. However, I pass the report on to you
for whatever it may be worthe

We are now looking very hard for 17-year-old high school seniors
or graduates and superior high school graduates inthe 18 to 26 age range,
If you have any in mind I'd appreciate it if you would send them over. Our monthly
quota of l17-year-olds has just been increased five-fold.

Sincerely,

Theodore M. O'Leary
Lieut. A-V(S), USNR.