April 16, 1945.

Major B. Le Roberts, 0-155036,
Prisoner of War Camp,
Cemp Cerson, Colorado.

Dear Major Less

You know you may always count on my helping you in any way that you
should ask me. There will be a lot of jobs open, Les, but
ent time many of the colleges have such a smell enrolinent. tudents
‘that the kind of a job that you want is not wide open at presen

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Certainly there are a lot of important high school jobs that pay ex-
eeptional money, but the college jobs are few and far betwean because
of the low enrollment. At the University here, Henry Shenk and Zlmer
Schaake, two Fansas football stars, are soaching the varsity football
team. Roy Kanehl, a varsity track mn and formerly head of the Physical
Edneation department at Wichita East High, is coaching track. All of
these mem are doubling in Physical Famesation, and I have the basketball,
so ow staff is pretty well filled.

The University of Missouri is mmming on « reduced steff, with
Cheumesy Simpson the head football coach, sesisted by another Missouri
man whose name has slipped me for the moment. Tom Botts is track coach,
end Geerge Edwards is basketball conch. “Sten" Stankowski is the intra~ —
murel man, so Missouri is in about the same fix we are.

The small colleges just haven't the personnel end they are coasting
slonge Would you be interested in a large high school job?

By the way, Colorado Aggies are to be open for a man, assistant in
football and basketball, but I think that is efter the war. Harry
Hughes is the athletic director there. :

What I fear, Les, is that most of these sohools when they go out to
hire a men will want a fellow who has been identified recently with
_ Suecessful occaching jobs. I know that you could do a swell job, but it
is getting these fellows sold on the thing that is the most important
consideration at present. Won't you write mo at length and let me know
your reactions? You oan count on my helping you in every possible way.

With all good wishes, I en
Sincerely yours,

Direstor of Physical Education,
PCA: AH Varsity Basketball Coach.