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Show , COMPTROLLER HAS HANDS FULL NOW I v I In Repod, Offers Congress Sonic .Suggestions for Simplifying Intricate Business. i ! WASHINGTON". Oct. L'O.The comp-' trollcr of the treasury directed thlrtcy.t j sjiita to he Instituted against officers and I , others indobled lo the United States, handled more than 151,000 papers and j ' passed upon many million dollars' worth ' of government transactions In the last, i liaeal year, according to his annual re- i ! port. ' Express congressional authority Is urged to permit payment without letters of administration upon tho numerous applications ap-plications by beneficiaries of the estates of deceased persons for aniall sums due the estates from the United States. These payments arc now being made without express legal authority and are at tho risk of the government. li'dlei of the government from the risk ' of double payment is sought in a rc.com- ! , mcndallon fi-om congress, In cases where ( $300 or less is due tho estates of dc- i I ceased clerks, or other employees, au-. au-. ihoi lze accounting officers to allow the , amount found due the widows, or legal 1 hclrr. Such a provision already applies i to officers and enlisted men of iho army, j 'i |