Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1950-05-19

i 6-Dld ne tell you why ne
wanted that report changed?
/ MOTE: And here Is
t1here Gray tries to tt1ist
the facts to make Gosser's
inSistence on a full record
I look like an attempt to con-
ceaI it.
Ale said / was just pointing
a finger at him. told him that
was not my intention because
I didn't know what to call ii,
because getting that report out
for a couple years, it was very
difficult-with figures in writ
ing-to get 1t too accurate, so
just made IL in writing and
/, gave an approximate figure on
certain items like coal and diff
ferent things like that, and i
thought maybe we could group
them with titles such as lumber,
and coal, and feed, and i guess
there was electricity and teIe-
phone bills, and so we grouped
them that way.
i Q-Were these items for the
operation of the Camp and the
Farms and the Local?
Aust the Camp and the
Farms.
Q-Just the Camp and the
} Farms?
A-To the best of my knowl-
edge, yes.
Q-Do you recall when this
report was made, Mr.. Gray?
Al believe it was in the
latter part of 1948 il I'm not
mistaken, or somewhere in the
middle of the summer.
Q-And within your recollec-
ton this report showed twenty
or thirty thousand dollars of
payments to Colonial H a d.
ware?
A-That's right.
). Odd you ever see itemized
bills covering purchases from
. Colonial Hardware?
/ Awe seen those bills, yes.
! Q-And, on m occasions
| you thought the prices were
high?
A-WelI, yes, it would be my
opinion.
Q-Could you recall any of
those instances for us?
A-Well, for example, if you
were to purchase an item from
a retailer at certain figure, in
order to get the Colonial Hard
ware name on 1t it might cost
you five dollars.
Q-Could you be more speci-
fic, could you name any single
item where in your opinion
there was an overcharge?
A-WelI, j don't like to in
voIve people that are in busi-
, ness in town
Q-Yes-
A-but / do know that.
, Q-That answer is not re-
[ sponsive, and l will have Mr..
{ Hise read the question back to
r you, and you can then answer
it.
: (The question was read by
: the Notary.)
MIR. STEINBERG: Note an
objection to that.
A-WelI. / answered 1t.
MR.. ELLIS: Will you read
that question again.
(The question was again read
by the Notary.)
A-Well, / would say-and i
have ito take this on the basis of
the company's billing on a bal
loon for example.
Q-Do you have reference to
a toy rubber balloon?
A-No. wouldn't exactly
call it toy. 1t was a pretty
good sized ballo0n. 1t cost
thirty-five dollars, which was
what we were supposed to pay
for it, and when / got the bill
il was for forty dollars.
NOTE: 1t tDus the Labor
Day parade balloon paint
ed 1vith a BEAT Taft" sign.
:. Most such balloons cost a
thousand dollars or more.
By the use Of long distance
telephoning, at substantial
expense, Colonial H ar d.
WGre finally located the
smaller balloon in Toledo.
! 1t placed a SIS profit mar
gin" on it, 1Ohich did not
eOen pay for the ph one
calLS.)
I Q-For VIII a purpose was
such balloon purchased?
A-FOr Local affairs.
I MR.. STEINBERG: Do you
mean toy balloons?
THE WITNESS: No.
Git was purchased fr o m
Colonial Hardware?
\ A-Well, / don't know how
you mean it was purchased. 1t
was purchased at another place
and IL went there, and after it
L.