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

Odd you understand that
order to mean that Mr.. Gosser
would make the purchases for
{ h e Summer Camp and the
Farms?
Al think what you should
do is break it down if you are
going to use this letter, because
don't know how to go on this
second paragraph. Do you mean
in the second paragraph, do you
mean he put it in there, or did
he just say it verbally? / mean
that's the thing that bOthers me
MR.. ELLIS: What is the ques-
ton. Read it back please.
(The question, "Q-Did you
understand that order to mean
that Mr.. Gosser would make the
purchases for the Summer Camp
and the Farms?" was read by
the Notary.)
A-You are leaving the Cor.
pOration out of it.
Q-At the moment, yes.
A-Well, I'd go back and say
that he as rule, and to the best
of my knowledge and under
standing most of the time, oh
he'd get the things what he
had wanted up there. l dom
know whether you'd call it or
ders or not, but he'd detail some
body to see that the things were
gotten. We didn't always have
purchase orders until later.
Dwell, paragraph two 0.
this March 8, 1948 order reads
follows:
"In the purchase of thing!
needed all purchases must come
through the President of Loca
IL and be approved by the Presi
dent of the Building Corpora
ton; all vouchers filled out
etc. and be approved by him be
fore payment. Even in the case
of an emergency there still mus
be a voucher filled out by anc
sent to my secretary in a nor
NAL way. The check will be for
Warded at later date"
Now, / am asking you, Mr.
Gray, if that is an order issuec
by Mr.. Gosser under which Mr.
Gosser made or approved al
purchases made for the Summer
Camp and the Farms?
MOTE: T h e paragraph
quoted, as a matter of fact,
is eUen more than EllS ask
ed. 1t is obviously a direct
order by t h e responsible
officer of an organization
that all expenditures be
okayed, recorded, and ac-
companied by a boucher.
That is a1hy the books, as
the auditors report will
state, are in ercellent shape
and give a complete and
understandable record Of
everything that tDas done.)
Al still don't know tn,
meaning of that. Like l say HI
had charge of that, but to sa.
he actually approved of it
mean if he wanted anything HI
had it done.
Odd Gosser place order
for things needed at the Sum
mer Camp or the Farms?
ADO you mean that he wen
out to a store or a lumber yart
or something like that, is tina
what you mean?
Q-That's right, did he dt
buying?
A-UsualIy somebody els'
went, as a rule.
Odd Mr.. Schultz do tht
buying?
A-Oh, 1 could say that or
occasion he did. Pm not too
sure. AS near as / know there
quite a group of people wen
out and got stuff.
Q-Now, within your know
ledge, Mr.. Gray, were sizeabl'
purchases for the Summer Camr
and the Farms made from Col
onial Hardware?
MIR. STEINBERG: May l OBJ
ject to the use of the wore
"siZeable."
MR.. ELLIS: All right. Put hi
objection in the record.
At h ere were purchase.
made there. / don't know about
those wOrds-like when you say
"Sizeable."
Odd you sign checks pay
able to Colonial Hardware?
Ayes. I've signed checks
payable to Colonial Hardware.
MR.. STEINBERG: Wait &
minute. l want to raise an OBJ,
lection to that.
MIR. ELLIS: All right, put il
in.
Awe signed a number oi
them. / don't know whether it's
a great number or what.
MR.. SMITH: Well, let's gel
whether it's five hundred OF
how many.
THE WITNESS: l don't want
to be pinned down to any GER
tain number.
Q-Do you recall the total
amount of money paid to Col.
onial Hardware covering pur-