Show HANDliNG OF REliEF BELIEF FUND BEING PROBED NEW YORK Nov 27 P f R The Thc The administration administration administration ad ad- ministration of or the city's fund for the relief of the unemployed came sharply today under the scrutiny scrutiny tin tiny of or the Hofstader committee Samuel Seabury chief counsel for forthe forthe the joint legislative committee which is inquiring into charges of ot graft and crookedness in New York City made public the names of ot persons who he said received checks one week last June from the relief fund al although although although al- al though there was nothing to indicate indicate indicate indi indi- cate that any of the recipients had hac asked for relief The checks ranged from rom to 42 and totaled slightly more than 2000 There were several duplications duplications duplica duplica- in the list and many similarities of names the counsel said Several of or the checks cheeks appeared to have been indorsed by the same persons persons and to have cleared through the same banks Names of the persons had been certified to the comptroller by someone someone someone some some- one in the office of President Lynch of the borough of ot Richmond Seabury said The department of ot public welfare welfare welfare wel wel- fare which ordinarily would handle such items has no record of the names so far tar as Seabury could discover dis dis- dis cover |