Mrs Don Tavis = Director WHB Broadeasting Station Kansas City, Missouri Dear Dons The contract has been signed with the Auditorium for our Western Playoffs of the National Collegiate Athletic Association for the dates of March 21 and 22. That means that the winners of the Fifth District, which include Kansas, Missouri, Oklaham, Nebraska, Iowa, the Dakotas and part of Colorados the Sixth District, the Southwest Conference; the Seventh Coast Conference, will meet for the Nestorn Playoff. The four collegiate districts of the east will meet either in Philadelphia or Indianapolis and will decide their eastern championshipse Then the National Championship winners of the Bastern and the wimers of the verter il) ee ee This will be the same seteup as we bad lest year, - In addition to this, the National Basketball Rules Committee of the United States and Canada will meet in Kansas City on March 30 and Sle This will imnacdiately follow our National Championships Of course, the Rules Members will be here to see the Playoff. This adds much prestige to the Cham- pionship, as last year was the only time that the Natioml Basketball Rules Committee had met in Kansas City, and for them to follow it again this year makes it doubly importante | ao mail I remember your telling me e that you would will refer to my letter as of July 20, 1940, you will see that I explain whole mages to yous George Bowles morely did the soliciting for the adver- tisinge We paid him for it but we feiled to collect for sare ef the advertising which he solicited for use We paid him 25% for soliciting. | of 20; “Bowles explained to me that this $75.00 ad was split three ways between the Enporia station, the Kansas City, Kansas station, and WHB, each assuming the financial responsibility.” I am sure that you mderstand this. 0m the same dy I sent you a bill reading as follows: “STATION WH B | Kansas City, Moe he Advertising in NeCeAeie Basketball Tournament Program, March 22, 23, and S30, 1980 -«<-8 8 eee ee eo = wo = $74.00" That was for both Tournaments, Don, the Western and the National.