8-K/A

                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549


                                   FORM 8-K/A

                                 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
             (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)




                                EXPLANATORY NOTE

The Sprint Retirement  Savings Plan hereby amends its Current Report on Form 8-K
dated  October  14,  2003 as set forth in this  Current  Report on Form 8-K/A to
clarify that it was the decision of the Audit Committee of Sprint  Corporation's
Board of Directors to change  Sprint  Corporation's  and the plan's  independent
auditor  and that  Ernst & Young  LLP did not  resign  or  decline  to stand for
re-election.   The  Sprint  Retirement  Savings  Plan  is  sponsored  by  Sprint
Corporation.

Item 4.  Changes in Registrant's Certifying Accountant.

     On October 14, 2003, at the  conclusion of a competitive  proposal  process
involving the four major international  accounting firms, 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  ("Plan") for the year ending  December 31, 2004.  This
action  effectively   dismisses  Ernst  &  Young  as  Sprint's  and  the  Plan's
independent  auditor for the year ending  December  31, 2004;  however,  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/A,  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/A.

     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  December  1,  2003,  is
attached as Exhibit 16 to this Form 8-K/A.

     During the fiscal  years ended  December  31, 2001 and 2002 and through the
date of this Form 8-K/A,  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
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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


Date: December 1, 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

December 1, 2003



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

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We have read the  Explanatory  Note and Item 4 of Form 8-K/A  dated  October 14,
2003,  of the  Sprint  Retirement  Savings  Plan and are in  agreement  with the
statements  contained in the  Explanatory  Note and the first,  third and fourth
paragraphs  of Item 4  presented  on pages 1 and 2 therein.  We have no basis to
agree or disagree with other statements of the registrant contained therein.

                              /s/ Ernst & Young LLP
                              Ernst & Young LLP