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FEDER/\I ELECTION COl\;11\USSION

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Attached please find a copy of the final audit report

of the Nevada Republican Slate Central Committee Federal

Account \vhich \vas approved by the Commission on April 30,

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FRED EILAND

PRESS OFFICE

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JUDY HAWKINS

PUBLIC ISSUANCE OF AUDIT REPORT - NEVADA REPUBLICAN STATE CE~TRAL

CO~h~ITTEE FEDERAL ACCOUNT

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As of this date, all informational copies of the report

have been received by all parties involved and this report may

be released to the public.

~ttachmcnt as stated

cc: FLC Libr~l~Y

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FED[R/\L. ELECTION COI\11\t1ISSION

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REPORT OF TIlE AUDIT DIVISION

ON TIlE

FJ:nERl\L ACCOUNT

T11is f-cT10rt isb-ascd- on an audit oftho-- !;evada

RC:Jublicun State Con tr.:ll Cor1I11i ttce FedL!ral Account (" the

CO~~1ittcc"), undertaken b~" the ;\udit Division of the rcderal

Election Commission in accorc1~nce \.,i th the COI'iMission IS anai t

policy, to determine whether there has been com!)liance with t~c

provisions of the Feder~l 1~10ction CaMpaign Act of 1971, as

.:1:~cndc·c1 (" t he Act"). '~'hc ouc1 it \v(lf; conducted nursuant to Sec:: :o~

43;3 (.::1) (3) of 'I'itle 2 of the t~nitcd States Code, \vhich directs the

CC'~~:-.1i.s~~i()n to make fro::l tir1c to tiple audits and field investi ~c:ltions \'7i th r(~spcct to reports ~nd stat.CP1ents fi led under the

pr\.")visionr; of the Act.

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rrhe COf.1mi ttCQ req ist0rcc1 \vi th the Federal Election

Cc:'::--:i~)sion on Nov(~mb('r 28, ] 977 i..1S the state cOIlr.1ittce rcpr0~~'_"=1ti:1'-J the P0r'ublicl1n P~rty of Nc:v.:lc1Cl. It maintains its hcadc:t:·~~~tt..:rs

in R...."'Ino, t!,"'IVLlda.

The audi t covered t.he Deriod 'November 1, 1977 throur_~:1

~·:C1r"ch ]], 1'178, the fini..l1 covcr~qe date of the latest rc;:,ort

fi10c1 b~.. t-hl~ Cor.~mi.ttce at t.he tiI:IC~ of the tludj t. nurin~r t.h;lt.

!~cr:i.od, the CC~:1!"'1:i ttcc, r0!)ortc(1 (l bcninninCf Cll;'~1 bZllance of

~lO,617.00k, tot~l rcccil)t~ of ~~2,271.0n,-tot~1 ex~cndjtureR

of S .12, GG2. 00 Ql~:"! II cl osin(~ c:lsh b~lancc dt ~·l1rC"h 31, 1978 0::

510,226.00. .

'l'hj S ..1\1(2.-1. t rC!"'IorL ; s bd~~l~ll on dOCU~l<."\nt~~ ~nc.1 \'lor~~in(~

"''"''1~''''crc:.~ \.;l11<.... 11 C"11~)l"'()1~t· .,~1(· .. ,1 ()f 1· t c f-1Cttl ...... ] C't.,t-('\~~r.""ts r:-'11e~· t=,...~...., .. '" flo .. • ..... .) ~. .. "- ,"" .... • • _ • ..,.. ,,&. _ .., 4. I _ •.• \_- ~, •• _ • .• .... \".. _ •••

p~rt of t!1\' r. ·cOl'.-d tq,nn \·:hj (·h thc' \or:!'li~~si()n b.-l~1('~d its dccisi(':-,.s

O~ t.:~(\ rl.1 t t·l"'r~; in t:1 i:-; r0i'nrt ~nll ".·er(.~ av~il ah1c to Cor.J.li;)siC':~\.~1'~S

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The principal officers of the Co~~ittee durin4

the period covcr0d hy the audit were Fr3nk Fahrenkopp, Jr.,

Chaiman, and Gt..~rtlld s. Ballard, Treasurer.

c. -_Scone.._-

The audit included such tests as verification of

totl'\l reported rec0ipt~; and expenditures ~nd individual transsilctions: review of rc(~uired supporting documentation: analysis

of Conunittee debts and obligatio~s: and, such other audit procedures as deemed necessary under the circumstances.

[I. i\uditor' s Statcr:1er~t: and Description of Findinqs

It is the opinion of the Audit staf~, based up0n examination of the -reports- und stat~mpl1ts_ f_i1cd and the records

presented, that, except [OT- the clef icIc:1cies n6te-d -bT'\-lo\·" the

renorts and statencnts of the r-!c~larlu P(":~"'~blican Stat,(" Central

CO;8ittcc Federal Account fairly prcscn~ the financi31 activities

of the Con~it tec~ f or the poriad covered b~/ the audi t. Further,

e:·:cept <lS noted bclo\v, no m~lterjal problc:,,:":s in complyinq v:ith

the FQ\1cral Election Car.1p;' iqn 1\ct \·,crc c::"sco~..... cred durinq the

course of the u~dit. .

Discussion

The Xcv-au,]. ~(\~)ubl Je,ln ~~t3tc Centr:tl CCJ:~\mittce Federal

l\ccount \·:(1S est~blishpd to conduct acti'.:itic·s in support of

both Fcc1erul and non-Fc(h~r~l c.:lndic1atcs. The Conuni ttce did

solicit and receive con tor ibutio!1s intc~c~0c1 for use in sup!'ort

of both Federal nnd non-Federal cnndid.:1tes; ho\vcver, no Fcc1crCll

cClndidc:l tcs ,·,ere supported dl1rinq the period from inccpl:ion,

:;ovcmbcr 1, 1977, throuqh r·iarch 31, 1978, the closing date of

the audit period.

The COP.'lMittec r.~Clint~lincd t\·;o (2) C::,oc::lnq aCCOU:1ts jntc>

\·:hich contributio~lS for non-Fcdcr~l acti~::"t~! \·lcre dcnosit(\d.

In ~H'!dition , it \';.'"18 d, tL(tl-mined that C014~O~:ltc contribution~;

(Sec Finc1in~l 7\) a~d tr~lns fcrs from unreGis::crcd political (Jrrr3.niz~tions (Sec Finc-lin<]s B (lnd C) \·:cre also deposited into the~;0

l1CC()U~-:ts. A thi~(l chcc}:inq <1.ccount 'vas suhseC1ucntly est~bli shed

on Fc:'1:·ru:lr~1 10, 1978 to be used c:-:cl1lsi~:c;l~... for Federal acti\·ity.

IIo,.·:(,\,.re~·, it '..las (~t~t.cr:~lincc1 that trl1n:;:.~~s from unrocfistcrcd

politic31 orq~n~~~tion~ were d0P0Sitc~ i~to thi~ account (~0e

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'I'll(' .\\ld~ ,- st~1f[ rccoqnizes th~t the Committee tcchnjc~lly

did not (l:'L\l-.:lte in ClceordLlncc \'lith Section 102. G (a) (2) of

t;~c COr.1~li~)S j on I s Rcqu lat ions, c f fectivc Apri.l 13, 1977, \'/h ich

~; t,ltos, i!"'. ~-t): '_~·l unt p;lrt, th~t a sing Ie conuni ttcc sup~ I()l- t- i ng

bo L:J. Feder.,l and non-T"(\(l£:ral cundida tes must m.:lintetin ,I ;, i nq Ie

."1ccounl to lTlClkc contr i but.i.ons to Federal and non-redel·,11 c:lndid.:lte~~, but only if all contributions received aro pcr!~li~~~~ible

ur.c1er tho i\Ct (See Findinq A), and .:lll contributors Cll-l' informed

thea. t. d 1 _1 C( In lribu tion~j tlre subi eet to the 1imita t ions () r Sl'ctions

110.1, 110. 2, and 110. 5. 1'he conuni t tees estab 1 ishcc1 in ZlCcor-

(~.::nc(~ \'w'ith ~~ection l02.G(;l) (2) ;lrc c:·:prcssly prohibited by

Svction 102. G (b) from 13cccptinq trLlnsfcrs from ~CCOU~ltS or

c():::ni t tees not cs t~blishcd in .:lccord~ncc \-1i th Section 102.6 (a) (2)

(~cc Finciinqs 13 ~nd C). IIo\·:I~·....('r, since the Committee (1) did

!~.-"~- r;UP:'drt Fodera1 candidL1tc:~~, (2) ::1.:lintainec1 scp.:lr~te FedcrLll

i.1D,l non-Fcder.:tl bank account~;, (1) tr.:l.nsferrcc1 the beer inning

c, s 11 no ted in r i 11 (1 in(T 13 to a s t, 1t L; 1cve 1 party 0 r c: ani ;:.:l t i on :- 0 r it:

tL~l.~ in sup!)ort of non-F(~c.10rt11 CdlHliddteS', (·1) has deleted all

ot.:ler non-rt'dC'1·~11 ~cti':it~~ from its reports, cJ.nd (S) hZlS trans~\-:1-r(:d

t~1c prohibited cC1ntribulions (S~'\.~ f'indinqs !\ ar.d C) to tho ~':CV.J.l~:l

Rc,:,::lJlic.:ln C(:nl.t-;il C()r:nittl.;c Ul!l t1:1rc,~istcrcl1 [;t.:.::tc level or0:tniz:1-

tin:l) t.O be 1l:~1 'd to SU!~l"nrt non-I'<.'C~crt11 candId;. tcs, it is the

0;) i:1ion 0:' thc\ .:'\ud itst.:1 f t :1~1 t thc~ rcconr~:( 'n<.1.-1 t inns, :15 S t:t ted,

.:t~•._~ LlP:)1-o:)ri:lt\.~ "'"J·ith re~;~"'l_\ct- to thi~.; Cnn:~1i_Lt·(·(,,:: :'"~(~~_i~:ities durinq

t~c ~lu:.~it perin.. l.

St..'ction ·1·11b(Zl) of ri'iLle :~ or the Pnitt'd ~~~3.tcs Code

~~t:1tc~), in purt, th~1t it is unl,1\-Jful for Clny cor~or::~tion to

::::l}:l~ -.t c0ntributi:-_"'1l 0t4(::.:~")\.~!l("1 i Ltn·c· in connc~cti()n ....:i t:~ any

elect ion to any poli tic.J.l o:~ f i ("~'\, .:In<..1 it i:; unl:'~l..::u1 for

~:.n~r c.1:~ai.c1:ltc, politic;ll C("1::-.:·,i t-t"l.!(:, or Otht~14 !)\.':sGn ~o kno\\·-

i!~·'=1".: t~CccFt or rC'C'ci'."e ~1ny C(lnt l-iLaLl0n frn!:1 ."1 cor:---or~ti0n.

j)t:ri:~'~ thl~ period CO\·~'~·t_·d :1':" thl~ ClU(~:it, .l r'l."::i(:...: of the

\'c':-:.:it.tl·~"~; cO:1trib1.lt:io!1 l·\.'l:-:~l·\.::; d;:~\"'10~;l\d t~l'd: 11 ccntributi('n~; frn::l t~j:~ht (~-;) bu~i~'h':~:; t'11t Lt.1l"S tot-~ll inl~ ~~·~~~.OO \.... \.:r(~

I.·O:lt·_1·il;~:lit)n~-; fr0:n rOl'pllr,-1ti()n~: .in (;l)o(1 st,.in\.~i:1{~ :It the ti:-:e

tl:c r('~::>_'cli\·l~ C'o:ltriln4t-ions ~";\'l-t~ r.;:1.:_~c. r;':-:\·Sl.~ cO:lt:.-i;)'..1tions

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'l'he Coranli t tc~(!' s re~Jorts inc 1 uc1~"d Fcder:ll .:lnd non-1"t~<.1cral

Llctivity durinq t}1L~ period covered b~.... the c:ludit, hO\·'(,,'1('l-, no

Ff~<.lcral c;lndidl.ltl_~S \-Jerc supported.

PUr~\l,lnt to onr rc:C1uc~ t the 'rrCClsurcr rrC'\Wided C'J i dencc

th~l t ni l1t" «(l) \"(In t r i bu tion~; from six (G) cor~~(\'·a tc en tit ics

..;t 're not d 1- 01\-111 from c~orporatc source';'. lIot,vC\"t"lA, the 1\\ HI i t

~: f dff r0Cn !lIl:\0nded th;1f-: in 1. icu of rc~ turnina the t\vO (?) corpor.:lte

C( In tribu t i ()!l~-; ($100. 00) to the con tri btl,tors, the Cnmlll itt C!c shou lel

t 1- ,'1nsfc r Lh () ~; c f IIn d ;) to a s c p Cl r ;1 L C 11 0 n - Fed c r .:11 s t.:ltell'vel

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On r-1:n·ch 16, 1<)79, the COl'u:d ssion recc i~:cd :l copy of bot'h

~~ j d(..:s a f the C.:.111Ce 11t.... d c}H.... ck \'Jhich ShO~"'C'l1 th:l t the cn t :i rc uI~1< '1\ I: 1 t

a 1~ ori.e; int111ys ~1 spec ted CC'l·porC1 tl,~ func.1s ($ 422. 00) \oJ~S ll-~ns­

~~1~rl~d to:i n<"'n-:'C'(lt"'r;ll ol"·:ini;:4ll-.:ion. '1'h0re~()l·e, it is the

rL\Cc.~':1::h.."nC::1.ti('n of. t.hl.~ ]\ud i t st~f~ Lh.lt no f:'lr+:lH,:I" Llct.inn be t.:-l~:(!n

on this m~tter•

Sl'ct.i<'11 l()~.()(.l) (]) tl:1d (:~) (j) ,-lr:<.1 (:i) n~ the C0r::-lissicn's

P_" :'..ll,Jtions Dr(;'\:il.~l\~·~ that Stdt\.~ l,..~O;~·.!·~i.tt.(les ~()2 icitinq or rcci..... i".'ln<:

c0:".~.:.r.i.but.iG:".s ~0r C'l~ on bC'!:,llf or l't_'(:cr~l C":1!~(:ic1~tL:s shZ111 C'ithl~r

c~~t~1bl ish ~l Sl':'.-l1",lt l" l·('d('~·:ll c;n:l:',11J!n COI:'.:'·.:~ ttl'.r' ,lnd sc(:rc(!Z1lcc1

T\:,:(~cr;ll b:ln1: :lCC'()\lnt (~;) or esL.lb1 i~~h <1 ~;i::,~lc CC'::Tlittcc \·:ith a

si::(~ll~ ClccounL to !:ldk.c contributi()n~ to F~"'\'!~"'r.J.l i:l!ld non-rc~d0r:ll

c::~:jid~lt,~~; if Llll c()ntrilnlt:i.cn~; 1~·,"cc:i":(·(1 .:11"t" ~"t-"r;:1i~sible undl..'r th"

:\~t, an(l all cont.ributors ~rc" :i nror!~1\"\..1 t.h,'1t ct'] 1 Cl)ntrj butions art"

~~~:;'''1cct to t:1L~ ljpllti:ltions of ~~,,\~tions 110.1,110.2, [\1':(1110.5

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;(";i1:ni~ ... (~ C:l~~~l (;~1 hd~;d o~- SlO,Gl'7.00 ('11 ::'~~··\:-;\'l· 1, 1977. '~~w..:o

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~111owcd to accept corporate contributions, since no Nevada

st':ltu~-e nrohibits acceptance of such contributions for state

~nd local election purposes. The Committee subsequently returned tLe beginning ci1sh, $10,617.00, to the Nevada HC'pl1b1ic.:111

Central Committee on April 14, 1978 and deleted this ~lmount fr0t:\

its report.

H('(~onm(~nc1tlt ion

It is our recommendation thl1.t, ~~ i.nce the Commi tt('t~ (1) dia

not support any Federal candidatcs, (2) maintained a sl'parnte

non-Federal bank account into which the $10,617.00 \-Jas dcpositl..'d,

(3) rc~urnec1 the bcqinninq cash amount to the Nevada RC'pub1ic~n

Centr~l Com;nittce, and (4) deleted this activity fron its re!"'0r+::,

no further action be taken on this m~ttcr.

Tr3nsfcrs from Unrcqistcrcd Political 0r0anizations

St~ct ion 102. G(b) (2) of the CO!~-::~lission '~ Requl.:t t ions s t.:.'1 tf_'S

t h~l t COI~lni t tees cstablishcd in ~lccordLlncc '..1i th 102. G(cd (1) .:1 nd

(:~) (i) ~1nc1 (ii) of the Cor1Jnlssinn's Rcc:u]:ttions mu'v' not rccci'.re

t-l',1nsFl-\1~S from an account or c0nmittec" est,tblishcc1·bv a

~~ t:lto c()~lr:1i t- tee, suborc1inate cunnai t tee of (l State cor.,..rni t tee,

01~ :tl-:0thL'1' po1 itic~l c0nl;'1ittco, (\:':CC~)t fror:1 a cor.lmi ttcc or

~("count set ou t in puralrraphs (i) ~lncl (i i) •

Du r inn l he COllrsc 0 f the ~1 nd 1. t, :i t \ala~; dctcrr.lincc1 thu. t the

Cnr.:t:li.tt\..\C r(\(·l~ivc(l 14 trLlI1sf(;rs from 13 unr0nistcrc(1 no] itic.:11

or(~.:1ni~~atinn~; tot.ulinq $3,765. S7. Thirtc(;n --(] 3)-o(-thesc tr~~~~~~-.. ~-"

\V(.'rl.: rl""'ccivc~d from 12 county and local poli tical or(~,"1nizatinns

'a!hiCh :lre permittL\d to accept C'orporLltc contributions. rive (5)

of the tr:lnsfcrs (totc:llincJ $ 3 , 01.0. 20) \,:cre deposi ted into a

cl1t.~ckin~: u.ccount mLlintainc<1 by t..hc COr.~I:1:i.ttcC to be ur;eL1 c:·:c} u~~i·:c·l·

f014Fet1cr:1.] activity, hO'\1cvcr, no FcderCll c,-:lndid~tcs \vcrc .. a.::)_

r O!4tecl durinq the period co\?crcd by the audit. The rcm.:linin·~

ni~1t..: (9) tr0.n~-lfcr:; (totu.linq $755.37) \·.?('\rc dcpositl'l1 i.nto a

St'~'I':-l~4:1tC Conr.1ittt..... t.~ checkinn ~1cC'ount for non-:edt'r~l ~ct:i\?it·:·. r:':~ .. l.1:·~'-)\'1~1t $3,76S.57 inclulh·c.l r(~qi:~tr~ltion fees for a C.:l:".:!"):li<::l .-~t·:··~!~ ~~­

school, pa:-·mcnt for survey rl'~ults ~nd tr:u1f-)fC'r~~ ~4,~ccjvt:d :-~4(':'~

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'lIth' /\Ild i L staff notified the CommittGe that si.nce no

F'c~dc'1·~l (~.l:ldid.ltes \-lcre supported by t~hc Committee durincr the

perio(l cC'vf'l~pd by the ~udit, that tll'~ Nevada Republican Statc

Ct.~ntr~l COf:UlI; t-tcc Pcderul Account trdnsfcr illl funds rc] atinq

to non-l·'(:dt-:rI11 activity, includinq trL1nsfers from county and

lac;}.l or~;aniz.-ltions, to a separate non-Federal organi:-:a t ion in

lieu of returning these trnnsfers to the donor orCJaniz~tions.

On N~rch 16, 1979, the Commis~-;ion received a copy of both

:.:;ide~; of the cL1nce1led check \..;hich ~;ho\vcd that the t.otal umount

of funds received from the unreqistf'rcd political organizations

wl'r(~ t r:1n~~ fprr(~c1 to the non-l:.-C'tfcriT organization. Therefore, i.t

i:...' the' t"CCoI:1r10ndcttion of thc Audit. :;t.aff that no further action

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Sect i.on 43·} (b) (9) of '!'i t] c 2 () f the tTni ted Statcs Code

sL'l.tes, in p.:ll~t, th~t each report ~:h.ll.l disclose the ic.1cntifiC~lt inn of CilCh person to \vhoTIl c:·:pcnd i tures h~vc been made by

~~ u c 11 connitt('(' \-l i t 11 i n t 11 C~ c '11 (~n L1 r y f Clr inc:.:c e S S 0 f $ 100 0 r

]:1 ~n aG{~rC.':'::l t-(, l'lrlOunt \-:hj ch exceeds $100.

S\~ctic'ln lO·1.2(}) (4) of the COi'wd.ssion's Rcqulations stil.tcs,

i:1 p:1rt, thdt l"l1ch rcport shall di~;cloSG th(~ identification of

L·.:C~1 r'nlj til.'ll 1. co~amittl~c or other po1itic.:11 orqani2ation to \..;hich

t·ll<..) rt~p()r t i nq ccr.1!:li t tee m.:lc.1l~ any t r d n~; [cr 0 f funds in any (1I~10Unt

d~lriI~·.r the rc~~ortinq period, toq("th(_~r \vi th the anount.s and dates

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Dn1- i n ~j t ~1 C C our seaf t 11 e ilud it:, i t \va s de tcrmi n cd th.:1 t

=~0 C\!r·:.~itt(.;c h~d failed to i.tcmi:~t~ ~)i:{ (6) c:-:pcnc1iturcs t0t..:11in;r

~~~·13. 75 (20. r;9~, of th".... tot:l1 c:·:pondi turcs rccyuirinq itcr.1i:~.:lti()n

.~!~d 1.15~ n:- the t.ot.:ll <1ol1.:lr v111uc~ of cxncnditurcs rCC1uirinq

it-::-·n.:~:~~t:i.():1). 'rhpsc fiqurf...... inc]u(1c~ three (3) transfers out- to

pc.1 it:i~:l~ ("\~. I,1ni:::~ltions tot~llinq $110.00.

r:'l:c :-·.t~~l i t: st~ff rccor~:lcnc1cd tl~,-1 t the Commi. ttcc filc~ ;1n

~l: ~1..:ntl:..~\.1 rr\:~nrt: i t~mi~~in(J t!1c e:-:penl ! 1 turcs.

~~i:1Ct~ Lh...: CC·:-.::1jttl..'\.~ fl1('d :lrl (1~1enl1c"1..1 report on ~·~~rch 16,

1:)79 ~t·\..,.:j::i~1'_: t~~,.:' (':':pl_)IH.1:i.tur"ps, it" is the reconuW'l1cnLt.:1ti0:1 of t!1l~

:-.. ~:d itst. .-:- t- ::, 1t no f tU- t hl"r ;~ct:i 0:1 bt~ l:~I:C'n on th is m.lt t l:r •

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Durin':; the courf;C of the aud it, ~n()thcr matter was noted

f () r \'1hieh the i\tH1i t r; t II f f fee 1 5 1) () ..1d d i t. iona 1 c t ion is

'.'; ,1 r r :1 n ted.

Dur inq the r( "J io"., of soli c i tIlt- i on m~'\ ter i~ll s, i t Wilr~

<1 •. ' \'l-mincLl th"-lt S(II:le of the solici t-.ation m~ltcrials rcqu(·::tinq

::.::Jport for Fcdcrd 1 canditl.:J. tcs did no t cnnt Cl in thl~ notic('

l"quircd by Section -135 (b) of 'ri tJe 2 of the linitr~d States

('( ldr'. The CO~1r.1it tee Trcl1surcr \·I.:lS adv i~-;('d of thi.s ma t t.cr and

lltp apr'1-0pr i.:l te Sc:c tion of the i'\c t •