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silence ir the face of these actions.
It has boon the policy of this organization to bond all field men; to require all checks to be made payable to the Association 'and remit tod to the office; 'oo have clearly defined contracts with the men; to enter all transactions or the Cash. Book and to Xedgorizc the accounts: to deposit and disburse the moneys according to the constitution of the Association; to uso the assets and income of the Association to pay its obligations; to mark the Highway according to carefully prepared"specifications; to build up a service for r.ombera and" for the traveling nubile; and to heop clear of ell advertising schemes and exploitation of friends.
In this period of usurpation these policies have been ignored.' Whether this has been because of business stupidity, or from more discreditable motives I will not attempt here to prove. ’ ”;ata or -this sobieot la 1*» hand.
... few illustrations will be sufficient here:
Before I left for the fast last January wo ^	X*
to be issued containing all needed travel iniopation.	J^dv for
onforMuibf! ane!	o^no^oun
as planned, would have cost .;90 GO for printing 10,000, and" the additional cost of a mar. over the route-soot ion gathering the travel info ration and enough revenue to pay costs. There are calls from all over the country for such information, and travel will be attracted to the Highway when it is available. The 031 is not yet ready for a complete bog Booh.
the lection .'laps for the Texas thin line should have been ready for last summer’s travel, and all Texas and Louisiana should liavo been roady for the fall tourist movement. Thera is nothing difficult about these section map plans for any intelligent man.
A man was started out in ..arch and given 75g commission on his collections and the 03T ear. On my return in August I found an advertising abortion Just off the press representing to b'e this soot ion map for the San. Antonio—Orange soetioyT. It contained no travel Information.
The crude maps were jsrajjg inaccurate. The printing was full of errors, and amateurish, and a reproach to the organisation.	fhrecQfourths
of the advertising is from non-members, yet this work was intended to develop a service to members by bringing them ar.d the travelers into touch and by proving that the organization was working for them". Tot possessing intelligence enough to got out the travel information planned this advertising stuff was printed in the expensive colored cover's of the History Booklet. By phone, the printing office stated the account due as about yjj80 00 ,7hen the auditors tried to check up this solic'itoris accounts a long list of adjustments were found necoosary of items not on the books of the office, amounting to several hundred dollars. The
advertising copy for the section, ban Antonio----:i Paso is probably in
the same ralxod up condition.