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...Hours & Money. The GAO found that "there appears to be a strong undercurrent of opposition" among airmen; it reckoned that the military labor cost for each race averaged $23,000 for duty time and $115,000 for total time. Last year's race at Offutt alone took 117,239 man-hours of work in duty jobs and voluntary service. Besides, the GAO said, some supplies were used but not fully paid...
...last week, after GAO filed its report, Brannan appeared before a Senate agriculture committee in a humbler mood. He apologized for his earlier crack about politics, admitted that CCC had known about the shortages at the time. They were worse than GAO had estimated; Brannan testified that they, might run as high as $5,000,000 to $7,000,000. Some 30 warehouse operators are involved. Twelve have been hauled into court already, and investigation of the rest is in the works. The Agriculture Department also revealed that one Nebraska grain-elevator owner shot himself two days after...
...Board Chairman Charles B. Henderson had pooh-poohed most of this. Said he: "GAO does not show that the Government has suffered any loss whatsoever. . . ." But the House committee admonished RFC to follow Warren's recommendations, which include a complete overhaul of its accounting system and the appointment of a comptroller to see that the system works...
...House Merchant Marine Congressional Committee now probing the Maritime Commission, Lindsay Warren's General Accounting Office made a report: Maritime Commission books had been kept so badly that GAO could not find out how the money had been spent. Apparently, there were no records on $910,494,372 worth of ships which the Commission built. GAO had uncovered no record of fraud; it was just wondering what happened...
...After World War I, some Government-business fights over war costs (notably the Bethlehem Steel case, finally settled in Bethlehem's favor in 1942) went on for more than 20 years. Today GAO, although it is relatively up-to-date on current audits, is still two to three years behind on less pressing business. * Committee members: the Army's Price Adjustment Board Chairman Joseph M. Dodge (chairman); Navy's PAB Chairman Kenneth H. Rockey (vice chairman); Maritime Commission's Thomas M. Woodward (also representing War Shipping Administration); Treasury's Captain Harry C. Maull...