The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-26

LOOK a EEEE udAU-AEs AUuEah-
and that's why he lost his job.
After Hitler left, Scheellkopf's
forces began to clean up N. Y.
Power and Light Company audi
tors came into the Gohoes relief
bureau about the last week of
August and the first week of Sep
TENDER and began to destroy cleo
trio light commitments (dupli-
cates) discovered by Hitler and
re-srrsnged all bills 'ship-shape.'
Who gave utility auditors per-
mission to dig into relief rec
ords2H
These facts are further confirmes
by the Troy Observer-Budeet II
news story on Oct. %, that papel
states, under a two-column head
STATE ORDERS CLEAN UP OF
c0HoES RELIEF WORK:
"A general cleanup Of the
Gohoes relief situation has
been ordered by officials of the
State T. 3. r, A.. it was learned
BY the Observer Budget last
night. =,
1.-THE startling ultimatum Of the
State T. E. r. A. officials, it is
claimed, is the result of inforna-
ton furnished the state commit
tee by Karl Killer, former T. E.
R. A, auditor, who claims to have
been oustsd from office as a re
suit of sensational findings in
check of Gohoes' relief records"
Not only did the New York Power
and Light Company present-and
receive payment on-duplieate bills
in Cohoes, but they even issued bills
to the Cohoes relief bureau for dead
people. Among deceased persons
listed by this Schoellkopf utility
were Henry Besumsn, Al Central
Avenue, Cohoes, and William II.
Reed, Is Summit St., Cohoes.
A complete schedule Of this type
Of fraudulent relief bills is in the
hands of the Daily Worker. We
will be glad to present a copy of it
10 any State or Federal agency
which wishes to satisfy itself as 10
the correctness Of the statements
made here.
Cites Size of Graft
The small sums chiseled by the
utilities in Gohoes seem insignia
cant. But, as Mr.. Hitler pointed out
to the writer:
Take a city like Cohoes, with
$4,000 people.
Suppose the utilities Illegally
received S25 a month for two and
a half years. That's $3.50. Pro-rate
that for the population of all
these upstate cities that SchOell-
kopf utilities serve. Can you
imagine what staggering sum
that mounts UP too" ~
The possible extent of this is ire
mendous, as can be readily seen by
the number OF cities served" by
New York Power and Light-only
one OF the subsidiaries of School
kopf's Niagara and Hudson. Among
the cities to which the philan-
thropists of the New York Power
and Light render service-at a COM
Portable profit, be it noted-are Al
bany, Schenectady, Troy, Amstsr-
dam, Cohoes, Glens Falls, Gloyers-
Vile, Waterviliet, Oneida, Saratoga
Springs and Hudson. The corpora :
tien owns over 500 franchises, of
which over IS per cent are unlim-
tied as to duration.
Should there ever be a State or
Federal inquiry of relief, the investi-
gators might like 10 hear the 1igiis-
handed way in which Mr.. Schoell-
kopf transfers auditors from the T,
E. r. A. payroll to that Of his
Niagara and Hudson, or Vice-yerSs
A case in point is that of a certain
John N. Williams, who was a deputy
comptroller in the Niagara and
Hudson until Mr.. Schoellkopf de-
cided to sacrifice him in the in
terests of the public veal, There
upon Mr.. williams was made
Comptroller of T. E. r. A.
But Sehosllkopf evidently is spme-
thing of an Indian giver, In June
Mr.. Williams was removed from the
T. B. R. A. payroll while maintain
ing his title of T. E. r. A. Comp
trellsr. He then resumed his se-
tivity at Niagara and Hudson, a
feat obviously accomplished without
too much difficulty, since Williams
had the happy faculty
of keeping in touch with both in
stitutions simultaneously.
Mr.. Williams may have forsaken
the T. E. r. A. haunts, but he had
not forgotten. Only July Is, after
he was nominally off the T. e. r. A.
payroll and on that of Mr.. Schoell-
kopf's private corporation, he was
seen in Albany, bound for Governor
Lehman's executive office "to ex-
plain figures of t. E. r. A." CHS
own statement at a conference at
tended by Schoellkopf, Daniels and
Jne Governor.
sehoellkopf's Stock Juggling
Nor is Mr.. Sehoellkopf syerse to
turning an honest penny in ordinary
business enterprise. According to
testimony recently diyulged at the
hearing of the legislative committee
investigating public utilities in New
York, the Niagara Hudson Power
Corporation was guilty of writs-
up Of ss2 ,Aoa,eoa in its own assets
at ths time it was formed Or, in
other words, the company whiei,
Mr.. Schoellkopf heads watered stock
for at least $4,000, ooo-and, OF
course, demanded legitimate in
terest on this highly liquid capt.
talization.
We quote from the New York
Times story of Dec. 10, describing
this fact:
THE 'write-up of $4,000, 900
was brought out by . table pre-
pared by MIR. Seymour Ia witness