Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-22
Letter Disrupts
Board Meeting at
District Offices
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into the affairs of Albert Pond,
former power superintendent for
the district at Calipatria now under
indictment charged with misap-
preparation of funds, the grand jury
! letter said:
". evidence pointed to the fact
that there was no cooperation be-
tween the Calipatria division and
all other divisions of the district
which naturally led to the utmost
inefficiency on the part of the Cal
ipatria division.
1T appears to the grand jury that
this d. not only occurred from
lack of cooperation, but because
the director and his superintendent
have deliberately ignored orders
from the general office =.
"The grand jury has also evidence
of lax methods in other divisions
and other departments :"
Normally ruddy faced, Young was
even redder when Goodson finished
reading. Several times during the
recital he had difficulty in con-
trolling himself. His pipe required
several lightings.
Young broke in Immediately after
Goodson had finished. He blurted
Il charge the grand jury with
inaccurate reportsl I deny the ac-
cusation and stand ready to resign
if my constituents wish!''
THE northend is being discrimin-
ated against!"
After an interjection from Mark
Rose, Holtville director, in which
he denied discrimination, Young
continued:
THE grand jury didn't call me in
but they called others from my dis
trict." 1893
Rose again interrupted:
where there's smoke there must
be fireH'
Young repeated his offer to re-
sign if his constituents saw fit and
after a statement from Evan T
Hewes, board chairman, Young con.
tinued:
Il stand my groundl Let the
grand jury indict if they have any
evidence.
Il take no responsibility for thi.
water clerk . Preference appar-
emily to Albert Pond whose activi-
ties as water clerk are under quest.
ion in the grand jury Indictment
Why incriminate the director
from that district?"
A squabble over framing of a res.
olution ousting Guest followed, dur.
ing which Rose said
Il am assuming the grand jury
knows what it is doing"
When the resolution was agreed
upon it called for the resignation o.
Guest as water superintendent a.
Calipatria within "a hours. There
was only one dissenting vote
Young's.
A letter from the board of direct.
ors to the grand jury shortly aftel
the hectic session set forth:
g. this will advise you that il
carrying out your suggestions the
board has caused Mr.. Guests con.
nection with the district to be dis.
continued
You are further advised that the
board (already) has placed the op-
Grafton and maintenance of canal.
E. under 9. w. E. Hartzog anc
has made r. H. Maddux busines.
manager
With this change the busines.
manager of the district has intro.
duced a new system of accountine
for all collections of money as well
as acquisitions for materials
which i. will make impossible a
recurrence of a condition such as
was found in the accounts OF the
water clerk at the Calipatrla di-
| vision :"
Specific cases of alleged ineffi-
cheney in the Calipatria division and
diSobedience we're still a matter of
secret grand jury records Wednes-
day. They will not be made public
until Monday, when filing is re-
quired. a
The findings will be included in
the mass of data gathered during
the long investigation into the
Pond case, which began early in
the fall.
Although the grand jury findings
were withheld, it was speculated
that inefficiency charges probably
would be based upon water account
records. The Pond inquiry brought
out differences between the north
end division and headquarters in
that the former delayed for long
periods in delivering receipts to
the head office.