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letterhead® are not entered; and when D.E.Colp was reciuired to submit / itemized statements for his expense drafts (nearly .)1200 00 in 6 mos. } it was shown he had overdrawn jlOO 00; Clifton George was charged twice for the same item, etc. etc. ..A personal loan of -150 OO^to Coin by Ayres, in. April, to relieve distress', was nrosroily entered on the cash bool: as an OST item.
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AES ACCOUFTS PAID HT REixSCFABLE' ORDER, AS h6fEY CO'S3 I!T 0?. ARE FUNDS USED FOR EHE 0Ii.R.-*f 10'. D Oh. CERSIN ITDIYIDUALS?
A♦ Accounts have not been paid with due regard to their character or standing. False statements were made to avoid paying standing accounts while moneys collected as a result of the materials and service these accounts provided were wasted on excessive commissions, traveling and other expenses. 10,000 history booklets, for instance, were used to gather in money, but the only pay.er.ts on these booklets were provided for by Hr. Ayres before he left. * Until the last three months no rent was paid except '.'250 00 paid by Hr. Ayres to prevent their being disposessed. Hem’: or ship emblems were delivered in January and. distributed tkruoxyb Teias to build up interest and revenue, but the balance due on delivery is unpaid; the only payment oh this was by Hr. Ayres before he left.	This account is in the hands of professional collect-
ors. She man who narked the Brownsville Division has not been paid, and suit is threatened. ..tt.
> V/IIAT 13 Thu CHuE^CTER OS' CONTRACTS MADE ■/ITE SOLICITORS IN THE S’ELD?
A. Ho contracts, no "written agreements, no standards for commission-payments or compensation. Shreve was paid 75,j commission and given the 0ST car; Thompson was paid 25)j commission and. furnished his own car; Eeddrick was paid S3 l/S.o commission and car mileage in addition; Francis was given valuable privileges and given authorization to collect moneys in the name of the OST, there is r.o record to show that this money would reach the 03T treasury, there are records jtesknK that indicate another loose arrangement. Shreve denies $h© claim of Colp that he was to pay half the cost of printing the 30,000 section maps with travel information for which he has collected some JJ3600 00 Thompson files claim for 3806 16, while Colp claims he was paid in full. Reddrick was sent our soliciting after the return of the Managing Director, and a belated attempt was made to protect his work from blunders, but damages are resulting nevertheless. Francis left unpaid bills at San ^hstonio and elsewhere, and one of his bad checks is drawn on a bank which reports he has no account. The OST is held for all this. Shreve and his 75'j commissions were secretly continued after the Managing Director had recalled him and ordered the arrangement with him cancelled. Francis was sent westward after his activities were stopped eastward.
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Q. V/HAT METHODS FOR CHECKED UP COLLECTIONS TO ESTABLISH CORRECTNESS OF REMITTANCES BY SOLICITORS?
A. Machine numbered receipt books were in stock with ample privisions and methods for protecting the money paid by the people. These receipts were not chocked and proven as turned in. It took considerable time and many adjustments by an auditor to establish Shreve1s accounts, then it was shown he was overpaid.
ARE SOLICITORS BOHDED aS OST REGULATIONS AND PRINTED MATTER' REQUIRE?
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