Letter is from Shaughnessy in his role as President of the International League and chairman of the National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues executive committee to fellow committee member and president of the Southern Association Charles Hurt. Letter is dated December 19th, 1949. Body of the letter reads "Enclosed please find the decision in this case and I think the best procedure would be for you to send on the decision to Herman (presumably Northern League president and fellow committee member Herman White) and have him return it to you and then have you send it on to President (of the NAPBL) Trautman." Signed in black ink.