May 28, 1946

Mr. Ve Ee Willis, at ree
Veterans Administration
Board of Trade Building
10th & Wyandotte Streets
Kensas City 6, Missouri

Dear Mr. Willis:

I am’very happy to commend Miss Velma Ruth Baker to
you for your serious consideration as Training Officer with the
Veterans Administration.

I knew Miss Baker very well as a student here at the
university when she, obtained her B, S. Degree in Education, She
then went to New York University and obtained her master's degree.
She taught wigh distinction at Dearborn, Michigan, and other
schools where she was supervisor of physical education.

I have not seen Miss Baker for a matter of over two
years, but I understand that she had some illness and went to
Burlington, Kansas, her home, She has communicated with me only
by letter and for that reason I do not know what she has been
doing for the past two years, I did, however, fill out an
application blank for her for the overseas American Red Cross
just prior to the ending of the war,

T am happy to recommend her as one of high character ~
and certainly I have never known her to use intoxicating liquors
or to gamble in any way. The type of person that she was would
be just the reverse about which you inquire. Her associations
were always-of the highest and best.

~ Very cordially yours,

; | Director of Physical Education,
FCA:MF Varsity Basketball Coach,