The Washington times., 1930-02-13
FLYNN CHARGES
AGAINST DRYS
DISCLOSED
CONTINUED from Page H.

sylvar1ia Avenue Northwest, al.
though drawing the $2O8.33 a
month of a prohibition agent.
Flynn further declares that two
other agents are assigned to do
this work required at the ware
house and that on ten occasions
in one month he and another en-
ploye of the unit found the agent
in question asleep on duty.
This man was ordered sep.
arated from the service by the
Civil Service Commission in re-
fuSing certification because Of
physical incapacity on December
20, 1929, but at last accounts was
still there.
In q letter to DR.. Doran, dated
February 4. 1890, answering
Flynn's charges of "malfeasance
in office on the part Of both Her
bert and his former assistant,
John J. Quinn" Herbert denies
that there was ANY conspiracy to
defraud the Government by know
ingly falsifying the payroll when
payment Of salary was made to
this employe."
Herbert's Explanation
Much stress by the author Of
the Flynn charges" Herbert said,
els laid on alleged irregularities
amounting to criminality on my
part in paying salary to the pro-
hibition agent. The agent was
allowed all sick leave due him
and all annual leave to which he
was entitled. At the expiration
Of the allotted leave he was still
unable to report to perform &C
tive duty.
II consulted with the assistant
commissioner of prohibition and
inquired If action sanctioned by
precedent and practice in the
prohibition service could be taken.
That action would provide that.
If there was work to be done and
the agent could do it at his home
the work to be performed of
clerical nature.
Such work was done during
the time Of convaleScence but q
short time previously by an agent
wounded in the performance Of
his duty. The Assistant Commits
sioner Of Prohibition approved
such q dealing in the case"
ALI Oftedahl, Assistant Commits
Sioner of Prohibiting at the time,
refused to either confirm or deny
this statement, after first stating
that he had no recollection of
ever having heard Of this par
ticular, prohibition agent, whom
The Times investigator named to
him.
Work Sent To His Home
Herbert went on to state that
some records were sent to the
mans home for him to assert.
Flynn declares that q check-up on
the work done by an investigator
Of the prohibition unit showed
that total Of three hours was the
outside time required to render
this service"
In order to get these payments
by the disburSing officer Of the
Treasury and the General Ac-
counting Office. the agent IN
question, whose name is with
held because it is believed that
he was in no way concerned with
whatever violations Of law or pre-
cedent occurred. was told to sign
a daily report certifying that he
performed duties of special as
signment by the deputy prohibi-
ton administrator Of the Seventh
District" beginning December IL.
1928, only after Flynn had com
planned to DR.. Doran about this
procedure. DR.. Doran refused to
listen to him, Flynn said.
This report in turn was signed
by Quinn and certified to and then
checks were made out and signed
by Herbert.
Accountants Records
Records Of the General A.
counting office are said to show
that the following checks were
paid out to this agent during the
time he was confined to his
home: