NATIONAL COLLEGIATE A. A.

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of

NATIONAL BASKETBALL COMMITTEE

of the UNITED STATES and CANADA

CHAIRMEN OF SUB-COMMITTEES

Executive

H. H. Satmon, Jr.

Research
Forrest C. ALLEN

Game Administration
Sumner A. Dote

Complete List of
Committee Members

F. C. Allen
Univ. of Kansas
Lawrence, Kansas

John Brown, Jr.
347 Madison Ave.
New York, New York

John Bunn
Stanford Univ.
Palo Alto, California

Forrest Cox
Colorado University
Boulder, Colorado

J. H. Crocker
Univ. of Western Ontario
London, Ont., Canada

M. C. Cunningham
High School
Desloge, Missouri

Sumner A. Dole
Connecticut State College
Storrs, Connecticut

J. Mark Good
Sun-Gazette Co.
Williamsport, Pennsylvania

E. J. Hickox
Springfield College
Springfield, Massachusetts

A. F. Jefferess
114 Carrick Ave.
Hamilton, Ont., Canada

Frank P. Maguire
Dept. of Public Instruction
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

H. G. Olsen
Ohio State University
Columbus, Ohio

Curtis Parker
* Centennary College
. Shreveport, Louisiana

H. V. Porter
11 S. LaSalle St.
Chicago, Illinois

Floyd A. Rowe
Board of Education
Cleveland, Ohio

J. W. St. Clair
Southern Methodist Univ.
Dallas, Texas

H. H. Salmon, Jr.
40 Wall St.
New York, New York

Oswald Tower
Andover, Massachusetts

Publication
Oswatp Tower

Questionnaire
H. V. Porzer

Vice Cuairman, JOHN BUNN
Stanford Univ., Palo Alto, Calif.

Treasurer, FLOYD A. ROWE
Board of Education, Cleveland, Ohio

Epitrorn, OSWALD TOWER
Andover, Massachusetts

Cuairman, H. H. SALMON, Jr.
40 Wall St., New York, N. Y.

Secretary, H. V. PORTER
11 S. LaSalle St., Chicago, Illinois

March 12, 1940

Dr. Forrest CG. Allen
University of Kansas
Lawrence, Kansas

Dear Phog:

First of all, let me thank you for your dandy letter in regard to
the information on basketball. I think you know me well enough to
know that I don't kid people very much — that is, excepting when
everybody knows it. What I am trying to say is that I really
meant what I said about your being the best posted man in basket-
ball in the United States, in my judgment.

I am coming to you for advice again, because I think that the
affairs of the National Basketball Committee and their proper
functioning are of more importance than the personal interest of
any single member of the group. |

Under date of September 27th, I wrote St. John, voicing my mind
and displeasure at the way "June" Salmon failed to respond to
correspondence, Under date of February 13th, I suggested a change
in chairmanship of the committee another year, and said that
Porter and myself, in talking the thing over, had agreed that you
would be a highly satisfactory chairman, and further that because
of your long years of service in basketball, you had the honor
coming to yous

In response to that letter, Saint said he agreed with me thoroughly
in that you would make an excellent chairman and that you had the
honor coming to you.e However, he went the next step and said that
while he was for you and always had been, he felt that your
election to the chairmanship might establish a precedent which
should be discouraged - namely, that of having as chairman of the
committee, an active basketball coach. I suggested to Saint that
I would like to see either you or John Bunn elected chairman -
probably Bunn, because of his being Vice Chairman, and of your
being elevated to that position because of your long service in
basketball,