The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-11-10
FINANCIAL, POLITICAL
CORRUPTION CHARGED
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market atnrices In advance OF tho
original cost prices OF the materials
sold.
However The report said. the
mintstration. rather than one OF fun-
damental conditions, insofar as tho
limited returns from the sale OF
these materials Ii concerned
The report said that the "Barde
company" was trying to purchase
under blanket contracI all supplies
and stores OF the fleet corporation
and charged that one of the Off
~cials of this company was also IAN
adviser to the shipping boards can
collation. and claims board"
The shipping board announced
last night the sale OF surplus ma
tcrial ON the Pacific coast valued
at about si5.o00.o0O, to "Darde
Brothers. Inc. Of New York.
soft Tor MIR. Rogers.
AS to building contract cancella-
tions and hull removals the report
asserted that the shipping board en-
tered into contract with George
l.. Rogers to remove hulls which
were on the wayS In an unfinished
state at the time the contract was
signed. or to secure from the build
ers or the owners of the land on
which the hulls and ways rested a
release from further liability.
"For some reason" the report
said, Tho United States chipping
board saw ut to make n contract
with Rogers to pay him $1,000 per
hull for zach hull thus handled by
him. The result has been that in
many cases the United States ship
ping board has paid an additional
$4,000 per hull to have Rogers sell
the hull or give II away, In many
- case. the cost ~ the huh represent
Ing several thousand dollars. Rog-
ers has found no difficulty In sell.
Ing these hulls, Mt "A very fair price,
which revenues revert to Rogers, In
addition to which no collected from
tho United States shipping board
emergency fleet corporation $4,000
per hun fee"
The report said the contract en-
tered Into with the American Lum-
Der Sales company should be gone
Into by this Committee. because /,
presents some features that are
questionable, to say the least" The
report then goes on to charge that
the company was to some extent
composed OF persons previously en-.
gagged with" the fleet corpora ion,
that II purchased materials from
the corporation at q stipulated pTic,
ana sold these materials at an ad.
vance sometimes of more than l0C
per cent over the purchase price
and that In many cases Il appeared
that the company used the fleet cor.
poration plants and equipment "tc
reap enormous profits from the sa Ia
OF materials which IL had purchas-
cd from the fleet corporation.
The contract with the Southern
scrap Mater.,1 company. which, Il
was stated, had been ahrogated, also
was criticised. II was charged that
the contract was made by an agent
or the board at New Orleans with
out the knowledge OF his homo OF.
flee" and that materials, in man,
cases not declared Surplus. were
sold TO the company at prices far
below the market quotations at IN,
time OF the sale"
Thereport further charges tina,
the organization OF the boards sun
ply and sales department. partic
ulhrly It's port representative. wa
used by the company to soil ma
terial purchased from the shinpin,
board and that IN many cases m,
port representatives sold these sur
lies "for perhaps 100 to 1876 per con
net profits to the company AN
that certified checks for same wer
made out TO order Of the Souther
Scrap Material company"