Evening star., 1936-06-05
NEW CONTRACT
FOR RECREATION
GROUP IS URGED
Public Grounds and Interior
Department Units Would
Be Knit More Closely.
COMMITTEE SUGGESTS
STUDY OF ACCOUNTS
Recommends 6 Per Cent Interest
Charge on Advances 0utstand-
ing More Than 80 Days.

Drawing up of new contract be-
tween the Welfare and Recreational
Association of Public Buildings and
Grounds, Inc, and the Interior De-
partment was recommended by spe-
cial committee. named by Secretary
1ckes to examine the relationships OF
the two groups, officials disclosed today.
A summary of the committees re-
port was made public by the Interior
Department, which said the new con-
tract proposal was urged 80 that the
enlarged activities of the association
might be brought more closely in line
with its purposes and aims"
The committee also recommended
that identical accounts be numbered
the same for all units, that a general
ledger be installed, that all asset ac-
counts remain open until the asset Is
disposed of and that all original in
ventory sheets certified by respective
unit entries be submitted to the office
of the chief accountant and retained
there for a period of at least three
years.
Farther Study Advocated.
Further study of the accounts of the
association back to 1888, when the
National Park Service came into the
picture, was advocated. The committee
urged that interest be charged at the
rate Of 6 per cent on all advances or
charges to employees outstanding more
than 80 days, only in such cases where
the employe merely desires loan OF
funds for the purpose Of meeting a
voluntary rather than necessary
obligation, such as that incurred in the
purchase of an automobile"
The committee recommended that
no interest be charged in cases where
employees, because of illness, death in
the family or other occurrences causing
necessary and unusual expense, is in
need of temporary financial aid, hold
ing this Is sin promotion Of the welfare
of the employe"
Annual physical examination Of all
employees handling foodstuffs was
recommended.
Further Qualification should be
made, the committee said, ''in sepa-
rating the deductible expenses of the
association before computing its net
profits, so per cent of which are
paid into the Federal Treasury"
Gifts Must Be Approved.
All contributions made in the fu-
ture to charitable organizations, such
as the Community Chest and the Red
Cross, must first be approved by the
Secretary of the Interior" and later
may be deducted from the compu-
tation Of the net profits to be divided
with the United States" the commi-
&c said.
Recommendations for several changes
deemed necessary were given inform
ally to the association, the Interior
Department said, and these in practi-
cally ever case have been accepted
Members of Committee.
The committee comprised Frederick
L. Kirgis, representing the Interior
Department solicitor; George A. Mos
key and Charles L. Gable, represent
ing the National Park Service, and
Samuel Goodacre, business manager
of soil conservation, and George A.
Holcombe, attorney in the solicitors
Office of the Veterans Administration,
representing the Welfare and Recra-
ational Association of Public Buildings
and Grounds, which is a corporation
created under District law.
The report showed the association
operates Ill concessions, such as
cafeterias, shoe-shining places and
newSstands in Government buildings,
as well as golf course and swimming
pool. In doing this, it utilizes some
Government facilities and for the
privilege pays net share of the profits
into the Federal Treasury. Reed F.
Martin, chief clerk of the General Ac-
counting Office, is president of the
Board of Trustees