: OFFICE OF
COUNTY ATTORNEY

oe RILEY COUNTY, KANSAS

COUNTY ATTORNEY

MANHATTAN, KANSAS

January 8, 1944.

Mr. Homer K. Ebright,
Governor, District 123,
’ Baldwin, Kansas.

My dear Homer:

I am just in receipt of your letter,dated the 6th, relative
to the foreign student, and with which you enclose copy of a
letter of Henry Werner.

Simply because the criticism must fall upon me I assume
all of the responsibility for the present situation. No one
ever told me how this foreign student was selected,or advised
me as to when he should be selected, or the school which he
should attend. I don't know how the plan started. As a matter
of fact while I was Governor the former Governors, who must .
have had something to do with the plan, didn't talk with me at
all about it and I was wholly in the dark. I admit that I should
have answered Mr. Werner's letter but I didn't know what to say.
It seems to me that if we are to continue this plan it should
be done under the direct supervision of the District Governor
himself. Certainly no Past Governor has any official authority.
In his hands are deposited the district funds, but that is all.

Homer, you are a college man and you know how to handle
such things properly, and I suggest that you take the matter
up with Mr. Werner, or in such other way as you see fit end if
anything can still be done about this foreign student perhaps
it should be done. I feel that such student should not neces-
sarily attend the University of Kansas but that perhaps a
student should attend that University one year, another student
atten&@ Teachers College the next, another Baker, etc. However,
I submit that only as a suggestion. If there is a foreign
student now attending the University who needs help, perhaps it
can still be done for this school year. I have now all of the
district funds as Scotty was here Thursday and on that date
turned over to me the funds which had been in his possession all
of last year and up until now this year. I shall prepare shortly
and send to you a statement showing the funds on hand. Briefly

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