xij. viouai xKjpoi* vauce of the project and where, ; ince, resolutions hs.xe been'- ihtfoduoed in Congress seeking authority for arm; ei'-c-ineors ■to oe detailed oh. certain 01 the great problems. Billowing the Hashington achievements^ civic -Globe of the last threw their weight hehind the work and assured the finances? for the continuance of it. ' \ . In three 3 ear a the Old Spanish Trail 3; stem had no-! onl; attained a position as one of the few great national highways, hut it had carried its tributary trunks to "borderland points for international connection^ and the people had become read; to unit; into one great continental or- ^ ganisation. lilCEAT"XBIuS C0ITDI2I0E3 CUT Cr SUT AEIOHIO OPHICA Aiigust 7 th the h’anaging Director returned to San Antonio to find conditions of gross carelessness and waste at Headquarters, and the confidence of the people of Texas and the West abused. 1922 had indeed, proven a year of increasing support in I’exas. Over •'"•11,000 00 have been paid the the San Antonio office from January 1 to ITovember 1 — and it is gone. Instead of the narking and sorvie0 work being rail on toward 3t. Augustine, grave problems exist now in Texas to burden all work. Over •"5000 00 ".■ bean collected in three districts in Taras for the travel maps, 50,000 of which are promised to be issued and distributed. 10,000 worthless booklets (not in any sense the service maps planned) aero printed for c > •» district- the to were "Ajnaig?:fd '■ "k. wrote — the; embodied the greatest collection of ignorance and errors one could hope to encounter in a life-time. It is difficult to estimate what it will cost now to correct the mis-infonaation and get these maps out with some degree of intelligence, and restore the credit of the organisation. It is. difficult also to estimate the losses beoa-o.se those field men are not finished in Texas, and at work in eastern sections where the; are wanted and needed. Additional!;, .*2500 00 to 04000 00 of direct and contingent liabilities are hah.....ding. Those good merchants have net been paid; histor; booklets, membership emblems, office stationer;, rent and other items' used in building up this income, are still unpaid. The man who marked the "Brownsville division is unpaid, altho considerable szsrx sums were collected as the result of this marking. Hew claims are filed by field men. Bad checks and accounts of a field man are unpaid, for someone to lose or this organisation to come clean. IT0 agreements or definite understandings exist with the field non, and tangles are the result. The ua were not bonded as required by regulations. _ The; were allowed to indorse or convert chocks to their own use, altho regulations and •orintad receipts required all checks to be payable to the association and remitted to* the office. He proper accounts are_kept_altho complete and accurate books were in .existence when the IanagiAg*Director left for the Hast. Iroofs and balances cannot be obtained, and all figures are given subject to these uno or tarn nes. In justice to the men still, employed it should oe sard w.j faui-.-s and failures are largely chargeable to the :,.anagew.cnt. PEHSIDHHT A3HAD TO PJAilGE These conditions wore at once evident- and prompt measures night nave been taken to reuairs the k-w - .. v.t - krosxaon t,aii& D.H.Coxp, •-— ...-:• .•■ :n - Texas" in H ' _gi Biroctor'e , see 'wk- wrm •'Settle control the; had established. Greatness was being achieved by them. Ten days after the Managing Director’s return he appointed a^oomnrvtee qv inozident bus.tee; .. non, n u p_uoo a-. j:;.r ua mar?. _ ..-...-n accountants and the law firm that have always served thaOSI, and asked that ■11 business methods and accounts be thoroly mvestxga 000., nnc »v the- report solely with regard to the welfare of the Old Spanish Trcix. Tho President.*. accepted this committee as satisfactory, cutt^ agreed to abide" by its decisions. After a*full and open inquiry’rXi£»4>£u£. -T-iftsc •' • HP unanimously that the President snould m ■: •-resignand the ^resident failed to either respect, his pledged word, tr the conclusions of his fellow-citizens. -resident no matter hov; incompetent, still has the powers inherent-in the office, ‘ kan; mlays fc!-kr,. " k. ,» followed : k. " " :w.t and constructive correction of conditions. This committee was appoint d August 17th; it:, report was ro-- d; 3 q " “:/vn. ' •-•. G -m tractive activities an ’•: wutive '"'v ?::i kk;- v- : ?.v • i-v1- and the '..resident agreed to sign papers conferring upon wu^ouxatvs.^ his powers of administration. T 1 •' s nk --v : 'l'- ■ s- '