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Pebruary 1, 1941

Mr. HeGe Olsen

WAA Basketball Tournament Comes
Ohio State University
Columbus, Ohio

Dear Oles

T always answer letters even though I am somewhat belated in
my replye Your telephone call perhaps made it unnecessary for me to
sallaae the lean, woh 5 leawe'a letter an ay tok CaaS teen ae
itand I aa now answering your good letter of the 14th instante :

in the last part of the first paragraph of your letter, you
state, “but apparently the sticking point came in that the representative
_ ‘from that district had taken a poll. which indicated that there was a

strong desire for a changes”

Doubtless you will recall that I informed you that four years
ago this same representative had apparently taken a poll because your
Professor French told the basketball committee that there was a strong desire
for a change, but it happened that Mr. Artie Eilers, who was then the
chairman of the Nominating Comittee, informed Mre French that he had the
poll in his possession and everybody in the Missouri Valley and the Big-Six
had voted for me with the exception of Missouri, and it was Professor
FPremch's desire at that time to place Mre fdwards on the canmittees

I oly refresh your memory for the purpose of informing you
that I was not born yesterday, and that it does not always take a
young man to read the handwriting on the wall for an old kinge

| Persomlly, I think they did me a real kindness, So many fellows
are afraid to express their thoughts for fear of their getting in bad with
the machine and they go on taking dictations forever and failing to be
fully independent as they should bee I have always been of this opiniong
T would much rather be free, white and effective than to be a stooges

You have asked me to let you know right avey my feelings in the
matter, @nd I have done that, —

Geod luck to you, Oles
Sincerely yours, —

Director of Physical Rducation end Recreation
Varsity Basketball Coach

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