'■'paymentsby K.3.Eyres of ;j£50_00 for rent and of: §50 00 for letterheads are not entered; and when D.m.Colp v/as required to submit itemized statements for his expense drafts cf (nearly §1200 OOUt was shown he had. overdrawn §100 00; Clifton George was charged twice for the same item, etc.etc. A personal loan of §150 00 by Hr. Ayres to Hr. Colp, in April, to relieve distress, was promptly entered on the cash book as an OS? item. Q ABE OLD ACCOUNTS PaID HI REASONABLE ORDER, AS MONEY 001.053 III, OR ABE FUNDS USED FOR TEE OPERATIONS OP CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS? A Accounts have not been paid with due regard to their character or standing. False statements were made to avoid paying standing accounts while the 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 payments on these booklets were provided for by Mr.. Ayres before he left. Until the last three months no rent v/as paid except the §250 00 paid by Mr. Ayres to prevent their being disposessed. Membership emblems were delivered in January and distributed thruout Texas to build up interest and revenue, but the balance due on delivery is unpaid; the only payment on this was by Mr. Ayres before he left. This account is in the hands of professional col- lectors. The man who marked the Brownsville Division has not beer, paid, and suit is threatened. Etc., etc. 0 WAT IS TEE CHARACTER OP CONTRACTS MADE Y/ITE SOLICITORS IE TEE FIELD? A Eo contracts, no written agreements, no standards for commission payments or compensation. Shreve was paid 75^ commission and given the OST ear; Thompson was paid 25M commission and furnished his own car; Reddrick was paid 55 l/5§j commission and car mileage in addition: Francis was given valuable privilegesand given authorization to collect moneys in the name of the OST, there is no record to show that this money would reach the OST treasury, there are records that indicate another loose arrangement. Shreve denies the claim of Colp that he was to pay half the cost of printing*the 30,000 maps with travel information for which he collected some ;5w00 00 Thompson files claim for 'J806 16, while Colp claims he is paid in full. Reddrick was sent out 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 Antonio 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 these. Shreve and his 75;S commissions were secretly continued after the Managing Director had recalled him a.nd ordered the arrangement with him cancelled. ) WHAT METHODS FOR CHECKING UP COLLECTIONS TO ESTABLISH CORRECTNESS OF REMITTANCES BY SOLICITORS? A Machine numbered receipt books were in stock with ample provisions and methods for protecting the money paid_by the people. These receipts v'ere not checked and proven as turnedma.- it took considerable time ari adjustments by an auditor to establish Shreve’s accounts, then it was shown he v/as overpaid. i i ARE SOLICITORS BONDED AS OST REGULATIONS AND PRINTED MATTER REQUIRE? A No solicitor was bonded after the Managing Director left. Reddrick v/as bonded, but the application for this bond ’./as made cwo weeks after the Director's return and had protested against the reckless conditions.