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

$40 the Local finally paid
Odd that happen in many
cases within your knowledge?
A--That / don't know be-
cause l didn't pay too much at
tentiOn until we got a little
short Of cash and then l com
menced to get kinda nosy.
Q-When was ii that you be-
gun to scrutinize these expendi-
lures?
A-WelI, I'll say not too
many, but the most outstanding
was, think, oh, around about
in May or June, something like
that, Of 194S.
Q-Of 1949?
Ayes.
Dwell, within your know
ledge Mr.. Gray, were most OF
the purchases from Colonial
Hardware made on the same
basis?
A-Well, that I'm not too sure
of-1ntil / could check with the
ether concerns, because l guess
maybe what happened the COM
pany got mixed up and sent me
the original billing and OF
course l couldn't pay it; I had
to pay it the other way, and
when / brought it up with Mr.,
Gosser l was told to keep my
nose out of his hardware store.
Q-In other words the COM
pany which supplied the bal
loon made a mistake and sent
the bill to Local IL?
Alt said Local IL, ii didn't
say Colonial Hardware on it.
Q-And when you questioned
the transaction Mr.. Gosser told
you to keep your nose out OF
Colonial Hardware, is that cor
rect?
Ayes.
Q-Now Mr.. Gray, did you
always see itenized statements
on all purchases from Colonial
Hardware?
A-Well, I'm not too sure OF
that. l hope you can understand.
Hundreds of items 90 through
there an dts no small thing. In
the last year I've tried to watch
it closely but like i say I'm not
too positive about it. I mean az
rule they did have.
Q-Does Local II have a sys-
tenn whereby receiving sheets
for purchases must 60 along
with the voucher?
A-Not the Local itself, !
don't believe it does. They talk
ed about lido you mean from
the company or from us?
Q-From your own local,
from your own union.
Al don't quite get that.
On other words let US sup
pose a hundred hunks are pur-
chased for the Summer Camp
and an invoice comes in to Lo-
cal IL to pay for those hunks,
is that invoice paid before you
as financial secretary know that
those hunks have been de-
livered?
A--That could be possible
because I wouldn't know. All
get is the bill, and pay it.
Q-Then you would pay that
bill without knowing whether
the items on that bill had been
received or not, is that correct?
A-Well, / understand they
checked them off as they came
from the Farm, but all got was
those guys word for 1t. I don't
know. just paid it. l mean
didn't see them personally my
self.
Q-In other words checks are
written and payments are made
and you signed checks for those
payments without your personal
knowledge that the material
had been received?
Al assumed that IL had
been received.
Q-But you did not actually
know that?
Al don't know personally,
no. mean / just can't be i'm a
million different places at the
same time. He'll, some days I'm
out of town all day altogether.
Q-Does not the Local have
some system TO protect itself
against being defrauded by a
vendor?
A-That / don't-I'm not too
sure Of. i mean we have had
them return checks for over
payment on some of these.
Q-In other words the COM
panies to whom the checks were
issued sent them back because
they were for more than the bill
called for?
A-Well, there might have
beena difference, yes.
Q-Do you ordinarily make
an audit yourself to avoid du-
plicate payments?
A-Under the instruction I
have and with all my duties it's
just impossible for me to do
that.
Q-Do you recall of ever hav-
ing received a check back from
Colonial Hardware for any du-
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