A letter written to "Dossie" from T. N. Carswell, Abilene, Texas dated April 16, 1940. Carswell discusses the importance of the selection that must be made by the Trustees for a replacement for J. D. Sandefer as President of Hardin-Simmons University and offers his opinion that Rupert [Rupert N. Richardson] should be asked first. Carswell defends his opinion, noting the probability of "Dossie" being selected for the job thus requesting that "Dossie" encourage the selection of Rupert, in order to keep Rupert at Simmons, then the offer of the presidency would be made in due course to "Dossie".