STATE OF KANSAS PAYNE RATNER OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR GOVERNOR TOPEKA May 9, 1940 Dr. Forest C. Allen University of Kansas Lawrence, Kansas Dear Phog: This is to acknowledge receipt of your letter of the 7th instant. The basketball has arrived, and I want you to know how very much we all appreciate this courtesy on your part. Please thank the boys for us. The children are delighted with the ball, and you could not have pleased them more. With kind regards and best wishes, I em rel PR: LK PeS. The Goal Hi- Set came today. Thanks ever so much. The boys are busy reading*the instructions and I know we will get a lot of pleasure out of it. PR.