Without an explanation of how the dollar figures on PS Ex. 3 were arrived at, and some persuasive evidence that they represent the correct amount of overages to be offset against the main stock shortage, this document is nothing but a piece of paper with numbers on it. It does not prove a loss. In various documents that were filed with both the Petition and the Answer there are many references to Petitioner s failure to properly manage the finances of the Paoli Post Office. Because Respondent has not proved a loss, the Petition is sustained. Bruce R. Houston Chief Administrative Law Judge 1.
References are to the hearing transcript.
This document is attached to the Petition. This document is also attached to the Petition. A more legible copy of this document was also entered into the record as Pet. As most of the events pertinent to this case occurred before November 1996, the earlier version of Handbook F-1 is also applicable. The corresponding section of that version was Section 131, which contained language similar to that quoted above.