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silence in the face of these actions.
It has heon the policy of this organization to bona all field men; oo require all checks to he made psyablo to the Association and remitted to the office; to have clearly defined contracts with the men; to enter all transactions on the Cash Booh and to ledgerize the accounts; to deposit and disburse the moneys according to the constitution of the Association; to use the assets and income of the Association, to pay its obligations; to marA the Highway according to carefully prepared specifications; to build up a service for'members and'for the traveling nubile; and to keep clear of all advertising schemes and exploitation of friends.
In this period of usurpation those policies have been ignored, Whether this has been because of business stupidity, or from more discreditable motives I will not attempt hero to prove. Bata on this subject is in hand.
A few illustrations v/ill be sufficient here:
Before I left for the .'last last January we had planned for Section Haps to be issued containing all nooded travel information. This was similar to the strip map idea of" other parts of Lho country, sc handy for information and travel over unconstructed highways.® These, if prepared as planned, would have cost -;90 OO for printing 10,000, and' the additional cost of a man over the route-section gathering the travel information and'enough revenue to pay costs'. Thore are "calls from all over the country for such information, and travel will be attracted to the Highway when it is available. The 03! is not yet ready for a complete bog Book.
The Section .laps for the Texas .Main Line should have been ready for ! ) last summer's travel, and all Texas and Louisiana should have been
ready for the fall tourist movement. Tlfcro ib nothing difficult about these section map plans for any intelligent man.
A man was started out in larch and given 7&,_. commission on his collections and the 03! ear. On my return in August £ found an advertising ( °jj abortion' Just off the press representing to b'e this section map for the Ban Antonio—-Orange section. It contained no travel, information.
The divide maps were jboasg inaccurate. The printing was full of errors, and amateurish, and a reproach to the organization. ThreeQfourtlrs of/the advertising is from non-members, yet this work v/as intended to develop a service to members by bringing them and the travelers into touch and by proving that the organization v/as working for them". Fot possessing intelligence enough' to got out the travel information planned this advertising stuff was printed in the expensive colored eovors of the History Booklet. By phone, the printing office stated the account due / as about f;080' 00 when the auditors tried to check up this solicitor's accounts a long list of adjustments were fourd necessary of items not ' / on the books of the office, amounting to several hundrod dollars. The
advertising copy for tho section, San ^ntonlo----HI Paso is probably .in
the same mixed up condition.
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