LAY OFFICES OF

JOHN A.RUSH
PACIFIC FINANCE BUILDING

Los ANGELES,CAL.

December 7, 1939.

br. Forrest C. Allen,
University of Kansas,
Lawrence, Kans. |

Dear Brother Allen:

3 I appreciate the compliment of be-
ing invited to become a member of a committee to refurnish
the Phi Kappa Psi chapter house at Lawrence. A few years
ago I contributed for a like purpose, and am always willing
to do my share upon proper occasion.

: However this situation reminds me
of the young fellow who, without any whys or hows, blurted
out a proposal of marriage, to which the young thing¢g nat-
urally responded that "it was so sudden". Now comes your
invitiation on the wings of lightning. It is so sudden.

It gives no hows or whys. It contains no statement of
assets or liabilities of the chapter, nor of its annual
income and expenditures, nor of whether or not the members _
of the chapter are keeping up in payment of their dues and
obligations. Should I permit the use of my name until I
have these facts ? For I would then impliedly guarantee
that all is well and would be pressing for contributions

in a cause about whose needs and just demands I am ignorant.
So, at this time and under these circumstances, I must beg
to be excused from accepting your invitation.

Permit me to suggest that your drive
is badly timed. We have just had demands from the Red Cross,
and are now in the midst of a Community Chest Drive, and, in
addition, Santa Claus has just straddled our backs. Father
should have a breathing spell before he is asked to pungle
up any further.

And, finally, I would much rather
sontribute to liffing the mortgage on the chapter house
than to help pay running expenses that should be met BY.
those who should properly pay them. How much is 1G Ai mG |

With my personal regards to you and
to your co-conspirator, Bill Piatt, I am,

Fraternal

  

121 So. Hudson Ave