8-K

                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549


                                    FORM 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT

     Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934


Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)              October 14, 2003



                         SPRINT RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN
                          FOR BARGAINING UNIT EMPLOYEES
             (Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

         Kansas                    1-04721                  48-0457967
(State of Incorporation)   (Commission File Number)      (I.R.S. Employer
                                                        Identification No.)


   6200 Sprint Parkway, Overland Park, Kansas                 66251
     (Address of principal executive offices)              (Zip Code)


Registrant's telephone number, including area code        (913) 624-3000



          (Former name or former address, if changed since last report)


               P. O. Box 7997, Shawnee Mission, Kansas 66207-0997
                (Mailing address of principal executive offices)




Item 4.  Changes in Registrant's Certifying Accountant.

     On October 14,  2003,  the Audit  Committee  of the Board of  Directors  of
Sprint  Corporation  ("Sprint")  determined that Sprint's  independent  auditor,
Ernst & Young LLP ("Ernst & Young"),  would be replaced by KPMG LLP  ("KPMG") as
the independent  auditor for Sprint and for the Sprint  Retirement  Savings Plan
for Bargaining  Unit Employees  ("Plan") for the year ending  December 31, 2004.
Ernst & Young will continue as Sprint's and the Plan's  independent  auditor for
the year ending  December 31, 2003.  Ernst & Young was notified of this decision
on October 14, 2003.

     KPMG's appointment is subject to the completion of KPMG's client acceptance
and transition procedures.

     Ernst & Young's reports on the Plan's  financial  statements as of December
31,  2002  and 2001 and for each of the two  fiscal  years in the  period  ended
December 31, 2002 did not contain any adverse  opinion or  disclaimer of opinion
and were not qualified or modified as to uncertainty, audit scope, or accounting
principles. During the fiscal years ended December 31, 2001 and 2002 and through
the date of this Form 8-K,  there were no  disagreements  between  Sprint or the
Plan and Ernst & Young on any  matter of  accounting  principles  or  practices,
financial statement disclosure,  or auditing scope or procedures,  which, if not
resolved to the  satisfaction of Ernst & Young,  would have caused Ernst & Young
to make reference to the matter in their report. None of the "reportable events"
described in Item  304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K of the Securities and Exchange
Commission have occurred during the fiscal years ended December 31, 2001 or 2002
or through the date of this Form 8-K.

     Sprint  has  requested  Ernst & Young to  furnish  the  Plan  with a letter
addressed to the Commission  stating whether Ernst & Young agrees with the above
statements.  A copy of Ernst &  Young's  letter,  dated  October  17,  2003,  is
attached as Exhibit 16 to this Form 8-K.

     During the fiscal  years ended  December  31, 2001 and 2002 and through the
date of this Form 8-K,  neither  Sprint  nor the Plan nor anyone acting on their
behalf  consulted  KPMG  regarding  (1) either  the  application  of  accounting
principles to a specified transaction, either completed or proposed, or the type
of audit  opinion that might be rendered on the Plan's  financial  statements or
(2) any matter that was either the subject of a disagreement  with Ernst & Young
on accounting  principles  or  practices,  financial  statement  disclosure,  or
auditing  scope or procedures,  which,  if not resolved to the  satisfaction  of
Ernst & Young,  would have caused Ernst & Young to make  reference to the matter
in their report,  or a "reportable  event" as described in Item  304(a)(1)(v) of
Regulation S-K of the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Item 7.  Exhibits.

      16. Letter to the Securities and Exchange Commission from Ernst & Young.






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                                    SIGNATURE

     Pursuant to the  requirements  of the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant  has duly  caused  this  report  to be  signed  on its  behalf by the
undersigned, hereunto duly authorized.


                              SPRINT RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN
                              FOR BARGAINING UNIT EMPLOYEES


Date: October 17, 2003        By:  /s/ Gene M. Betts
                                   Gene M. Betts
                                   Pension and Savings Trusts Committee Member












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                                  EXHIBIT INDEX


Exhibit
Number      Description                                            Page

  16.       Letter to the Securities and Exchange Commission
            from Ernst & Young.

EX-16

                                                                    EXHIBIT 16

October 17, 2003



Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, DC  20549

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We have read Item 4 of Form 8-K dated October 14, 2003, of the Sprint Retirement
Savings Plan for Bargaining Unit Employees and are in agreement with the
statements contained in the first, third and fourth paragraphs on page 1
therein. We have no basis to agree or disagree with other statements of the
registrant contained therein.

                              /s/ Ernst & Young LLP
                                  Ernst & Young LLP